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Italy

ITALY | Thursday, 30 Mar 2006 | Views [1267] | Comments [1]

After a week in Greece we were planning to spend another week in Italy visiting the smaller towns as we made our way back to Spain.   Our first stop was the town of Salerno.   Salerno is in southern Italy about an hour from Naples.   It sits with ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


Rome

ITALY | Friday, 24 Mar 2006 | Views [3989] | Comments [1]

Any trip to Italy just isn’t complete without going to Rome.   Rome, however, is just another large city with some really cool sights.   Our plan was to only be in Rome long enough to see those sights, head over to Greece, and then come back to Italy ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Gallery: Greece

GREECE | Friday, 24 Mar 2006 | Photo Gallery

Athens and Kephalonia
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Gallery: Rome, Italy

ITALY | Tuesday, 21 Mar 2006 | Photo Gallery

Rome
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The best laid plans...

SPAIN | Friday, 17 Mar 2006 | Views [1151] | Comments [1]

Sometimes when traveling, things don’t work out the way you plan them to.   This last trip had us feeling like the Griswalds on European Vacation and at times we wondered if anything would go right at all.   How bad could it be?   Well, let’s start ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures


Eastern Europe

HUNGARY | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2006 | Views [953]

Going to Eastern Europe is an experience neither of us will ever forget.  The trip started with an overnight train from Bern, Switzerland to Budapest, Hungary.  Having an armed border patrol guard pound on your door at 2 a.m. asking to see your passport ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Gallery: Prague, Czech Republic

CZECH REPUBLIC | Thursday, 23 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Auschwitz

POLAND | Monday, 20 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery

Pictures of the concentration camp
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp

POLAND | Monday, 20 Feb 2006 | Views [6305] | Comments [7]

Riding on the train to Oswiecim, Poland (the site of the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camps) was an eerie experience.   I couldn’t help but think that these were the very same tracks that innocent people rode to their horrible deaths just a little ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Gallery: Krakow, Poland

POLAND | Monday, 20 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Budapest, Hungary

HUNGARY | Saturday, 18 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Switzerland

SWITZERLAND | Wednesday, 15 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Morocco, North Africa

MOROCCO | Friday, 10 Feb 2006 | Photo Gallery

Morocco, North Africa
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Morocco

MOROCCO | Friday, 10 Feb 2006 | Views [1184]

Morocco was a country unlike any we have ever seen before.   The people, the culture and the architecture in this Muslim country are far from what we are used to in “Western societies”.   Being in Morocco is an overload of the senses from the sounds ... Read more >

Tags: People


Sweet Home Sevilla

SPAIN | Friday, 3 Feb 2006 | Views [952] | Comments [4]

We really lucked out with our apartment in Sevilla.   Our only stipulation when looking was to find a place with a roommate who speaks Spanish.   Brad, our roommate, is actually a New York native who has been living in Sevilla for 13 years.   He ... Read more >

Tags: Party time


Intro to Sevilla

SPAIN | Friday, 3 Feb 2006 | Views [1059] | Comments [1]

Finally getting to Sevilla meant one thing: finding a new home!   After 8 days of traveling around Spain, we were tired, our clothes were beginning to smell, and we were tired of living out of our backpacks.   When we arrived in Sevilla, we wasted ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


Gallery: Our Apartment in Sevilla

SPAIN | Saturday, 28 Jan 2006 | Photo Gallery

Pictures of where we live in Sevilla
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Gallery: First Days in Sevilla

SPAIN | Thursday, 22 Dec 2005 | Photo Gallery


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Toledo, Spain

SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005 | Views [1416] | Comments [3]

We stopped in Toledo for a couple of nights on our way from Valencia to Sevilla.  Toledo, Spain is one of the oldest cities in the country and the entire city is a designated historical monument.  The city sits on the top of hill surrounded by a river ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Gallery: Toledo, Spain

SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005 | Photo Gallery

Pictures of Toledo
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