NETHERLANDS | Tuesday, 10 Jul 2007 | Views [352]
1) Bikes are very very common in Europe and regular people (even tourists!) can ride them without fearing for their lives (unlike in New York, where you are just stupid if you are not a messenger or delivery man and yet insist on riding your bike outside ... Read more >
Tags: bike tours, the netherlands
NETHERLANDS | Monday, 9 Jul 2007 | Views [331]
Hey everybody... made it to Amsterdam and let me tell you: overnight trains are worse than overnight flights. Seriously, I have never slept so badly in my life... probably because I was in an aisle seat, in the last row of the car nearest the club car ... Read more >
Tags: amsterdam, more rain, wi-fi
GERMANY | Sunday, 8 Jul 2007 | Views [320]
Spent the morning at the Deutsches Museum, the world's largest mueseum of science and technology. It was pretty awesome, even if only half of the exhibits had English translations. The aeronautical wing was amazing and I even sat through a Planetarium ... Read more >
Tags: germany, munich, rain storms
GERMANY | Saturday, 7 Jul 2007 | Views [425]
Hey everybody! Things are lovely here... Went to Dachau this morning to visit the concentration camp and was thoroughly depressed for a good three hours but it was worth it. I remember going there senior year at Interlochen with Mr. McCall but all of ... Read more >
Tags: dachau, germany, munich
GERMANY | Friday, 6 Jul 2007 | Views [636]
So I am off on my backpacking leg and already I am infinitely happier than I was at the dig. I am in Munich and have checked into my super cool hostel and have planned out the next three days. Going on a bike tour of the city tonight then back to the ... Read more >
Tags: being spontaneous, germany, munich
GERMANY | Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 | Views [263]
Well friends, I am here in Bavaria and it is cold. Cold and rainy and did I mention cold? I packed for light rain and maybe 65-75 degrees... and it is pouring rain and about 50 degrees. I am the only native English speaker on the trip so that has been ... Read more >
Tags: germany, munich
