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CROATIA | Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [132]
Well, so much for that plan. I got to the train five minutes before it left, only to find out that I need a reservation. Drat. So now I've got a reservation for the next train going down that way, which leaves at 11.00. I think I've even got a return ... Read more >
CROATIA | Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [129]
I got cut off last night mid-sentence because my food came, then I found internet, and then I was exhausted so I went home to sleep. So let me try to recover my train of thought: Zagreb, unlike its Eastern neighbours, is a (mostly) clean, foreigner-... Read more >
CROATIA | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [123]
It's amaying how good a hot shower, clean clothes, the promise of hot food, and being able to take your eyes off your bag for more than five seconds without worrying about gypsy children making off with it can feel. I'm sitting in a pub right now in ... Read more >
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [106]
I am now adding "confirming ticket prices before handing over money" to my list of important travel lessons learned this trip. I just dished out a whole 20€ for a ticket from Beograd to Zagreb when I really only wanted to pay as far as Sid, ... Read more >
ROMANIA | Tuesday, 5 Aug 2008 | Views [98]
Well, I'm certainly feeling better. I was a bit off kilter when I first showed up here. This was because I knew nothing about the city, didn't recognize anything about the language, was hot, was hungry, was thirsty, and misplaced a decimal when withdrawing ... Read more >
ROMANIA | Tuesday, 5 Aug 2008 | Views [110]
Wow. Romania is not what I expected at all. We're only halfway to Bucureşti and yet I think I've already got a pretty good impression of this country. It's somewhat hard to imagine a place like this is a part of the EU, but it is. There is almost ... Read more >
HUNGARY | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [161]
I'll post more poorly written stories and maybe even some pictures later. I've already got them all written down, just not on the computer. Now I've gotta go catch my train. Ciao!
HUNGARY | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [163]
I either look Hungarian or just not worth the effort to talk to. I am amused. A couple of girls giving out tourist info for Budapest just skipped right over me. The Hungarian border was pretty neat. There was some huge, dome-roofed palace or castle ... Read more >
SLOVAKIA | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [89]
I am becoming increasingly annoyed with rail travel in Eastern Europe. The people are friendly, the food and beer are good (and cheap!), and the landscapes are beautiful, but the trains just suck. As I'm writing this I'm sitting in the stairwell of ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [58]
Ok, now where was I? Ah, right. The bone chapel. Instead of being some spooky, surreal creation, it was just a very creative decorating job which happened to have been done with bones. The biggest downside of the place was the smell, since the whole ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Sunday, 3 Aug 2008 | Views [55]
Well, I'm now in Ostrava. I just shaved and took my first shower in three days, so I feel incredible. I'm also waiting for my friend to come back by so we can go check out some pubs, so this narrative may end at any time. This morning was a bit of ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [52]
Prague is neat. I smell terrible. Only five hours to go before my train leaves though, so not worth finding a hostel. Well, I don't have to find one, as I already passed three in the city centre. but it's just not worth it. I'll have to find one ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [52]
I just had a conversation with an East German grandma travelling to visit her kids. Apparently in East Germany the economy still sucks. The kids are leaving for the West for work, leaving the old folks, who long for the return of socialism, to farm ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [105]
I have now seen Berlin. I am not sure what I expeced from it, but I unded up having a good time. I showed up in Berlin on the 31. with Izzy, who was just daytripping it. We ended up on the same train out of Bremen as Nick and Ahmed. We joined them ... Read more >
LUXEMBOURG | Saturday, 26 Jul 2008 | Views [56]
Okay, I'm going to gripe a bit now. I'm sitting here in the Luxembourg Gare right now. I am cold, hungry, and wet. Well, maybe not cold. That much at least would be easily rectified, as the waiting rooms here are quite warm. The other bits hold ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Saturday, 26 Jul 2008 | Views [65]
Well, I can now say I've been to Belgium. From what I saw it's not that great, either. Granted, I didn't stray far from the train station in one city, Liege, and the train station was being remodeled, but I still think I was expecting more. ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [74]
Well, Denmark was okay. I'm still not a huge fan, but their museums are really neat. The new Prehistory exhibit at the National Museet in Koebenhavn is especially neat; they've got free admission and they allow cameras! At the Vikingeskib Museet ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 19 Jul 2008 | Views [327] | Comments [1]
It is strange how much revisiting a place can change one's impression of it. Perhaps for this reason it is best not to attempt to seek out places which leave a particularly strong impression the first time round, as it may be possible for this idea ... Read more >
GERMANY | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [100]
Well, not that much exciting stuff has happened in the past few weeks; mostly it's been school and some neat little side trips. Last weekend a few of us went out to Güntersen, a small city near Göttingen, with our teacher for a few days. We went and ... Read more >
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