Costa Rica: ontem a noite!

Day 14: Come back

jgl97 — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:43:00 GMT

Today I'm leaving, flight at 845 am to madrid and then 1200 to cr. all together its around 15 hours. I will arrive around 4pm cr time. I have to go to work at 10pm, graveshit.

DAY 13: SUPERCLASICO BARCA vs REAL MADRID @Camp Nou

jgl97 — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:04:00 GMT

Hoy es todo o nada, voy a intentar entrar!! Vamos a ver como sale el negocio de la reventa. Se suponia q volvia hoy pero total vuelvo manana, Dios quiere que vea el partido!

Actualizacion:

EXTRAORDINARIA EXPERIENCIA, Barca 5 - Real 0, espectacular!

Consegui la entrada, solo tuve que donar un pulmon, pero pude ver, grabar y celebrar los 5 goles, definitivamente valio la pena quedarme un dia mas y donar un organo.

Tome muchas fotos y grabe bastante video.

Barcelona esta totalmente vestida de fiesta.

En unas horas me toca agarrar el vuelo p madrid y despues p cr.

Day 12: Rambla pa'qui Rambla pa'lla, esa la rumba de Barcelona

jgl97 — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:20:00 GMT

Me di el tour en el bus, Barcelona tiene mucha historia, museos, monumentos. Oficiales son el catalan y castellano, esa cosa suena rarisima. Conoci el museo del Barca, es muy tuanis, solo creo q le hace falta algo mas siginificativo de Romario. Salimos un grupo del hostel a pegarnos la fiesta, yo esperaba q iba a ser la ultima, asi estaba planificado. Andaba gente british, australiana, polaca, italiana, alemana, y por supuesto de tiquicia. La fiesta estuvo excelente, pero por ser Domingo estaba un toquecito apagado, ni parecido al viernes o sabado. Saque mas o menos bastantes fotos ya las estoy subiendo. Hoy voy a intentar la hazana de entrar al Camp Nou, ayer que fui al museo habia reventa, el precio minimo q vi fue de 300 euros ($ x 1.5 aprox). Voy a esperar hasta el ultimo minuto para ver a cuanto baja, espero no pagar mas de 150 euros, ya estoy pelado. Anoche estuvo bien loco, termine en un chingue con la polaca y con unos tios de marruecos y un che indio.

DAY 11: BARCELONA, joder!

jgl97 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:46:00 GMT

Acabo de llegar a Barcelona, el vuelo desde Roma estuvo bastante bien, normal, un poco de turbulencia pero todo en orden.

El hostel Equity Point en Praca de Gracia esta muy bueno, creo q es el mejor de todos los del trip. Hasta Wii gratis tienen, aki unos gringos (creo) estan jugando tennis.

Nunca habia estado tan contento de hablar espanol tras las perdidas q me pegue en francia e italia.

Voy saliendo a ver q.

day 10: Rome, COLOSSEO

jgl97 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:39:00 GMT

The hostel was pretty nice, it was kind of a family house and it seemed as the hostel were their way of living. It was decent, quite cheap and well located so it was completely worth it.

Around 1km or less, just 15m walk, I found the 'Colosseo'. It absolutely sucked not having a camera and I will ask IBERIA for a huge compensation. At least I managed to get 1 pic from some brazilian guy, funny how portuguesse ended up saving my ass like 3 times.

Italian people it's absolutely different than the other nationalities I've met in Europe. I would say they're more likely to help you than french ( nevermind the french, they...) or maybe british, but considering that I had no language issues in London, the minor lack of driven intention to help is ok, it's manageble and doesn't frustrate much.

I took the city tour bus, which goes all over the historical spots and, well it's the same than London's and Paris'. Although I think Rome was not as magnificent as I expected it to be, but it was quite interesting meeting people here. I think Italian people are like the Europe's Latinos. They are messy, the wall are so full of graffitis, way more than CR. The streets are as dirty as San Jose's or even more, but of course they do have better streets and transportation means, and they are as efficient as they have been all over Europe. The street are all full of cars, they yell and swear as we do, maybe just a little bit less. And they are very much into football, i did like that, seeing them discussing about that was very interesting and funny, somehow reminded me of some Sopranos

moments.

Night life, well I think they're not so much into partying as English, Dutch or hopefully Spaniards. I expected to see more pretty girls than what I really saw, not that they're not, but English are still on the top so far, hopefully spaniards will be more beautiful. They have a law which prohibits alcohol to be sell after 2 am, but I dont know why, some places dont follow such law.

Vaticano was overwhelming, but I don't mind it much since I give a f... about you know what. The infrastructure

is, of course, wonderfull, huge, a complete 'piece' of Art.

So far I'd say if I had to come back to Europe I'd go straight to Amsterdam and after that maybe London, or possibly I would travel around England.

Nom im flying to Barcelona. I have big expectations of Barcelona, let's see.

DAY 9: MILANO TO ROMA

jgl97 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:10:00 GMT

I'm going to Rome today.

I ate ITALIAN PIZZA today, it tastes definitely different. Once again my flight got delayed, easy jet, 1 hour delay.

Muy buenas chichis en milan y en roma, pero curiosamente las q mas me han gustado han sido las inglesas, percibi q hacen tanto ejercicio como las brasilenas

Day 8: Enschede, Twente University - MILAN: INTER vs TWENTE

jgl97 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:18:00 GMT

Today has been very rushy and exciting. Right now it's 1800 and I'm flying from Eindhoven to Bergamo, Milan.

I woke up very late, had breakfast at the hotel. This hotel was expensive (65 euros including breakfast and internet) but right next to UTwente, so I rathered been close than having transportation issues.

Their whole campus is awesome, not hugeLY large though, I'd say twice or 3 times the size of UCR. The faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences is great. I had a quick chat with the manager of international affairs, who is, the dean of Computer Security Masters Program as well. He talked to me a little bit about their field of action, projects and current research studies. He also mentioned their admission requirements.

Everybody here in UTWENTE is extremely kind, I guess this is the typical behavior in here. And when I told them that I was from Costa Rica, most of them did recognized it,'Ruiz' or 'Football' were their reactions.

I had the chance to look at some catalogs, or presentation banners of many students research and they all seemed quite innovative and very interesting. In Telematics their projects seemed to be somhow focused on new tools or improvement of mobile devices.

The campus has a lot of things, supermarket (were I met the cheap version of europe...), their football field, the SportCentrum, other faculties

Leaving the campus wasn't complicated. One bus took me to the Enschede train station and then I wento to Eindhoven, where I caught a really cheap flight to Milan.

Llegue 15 minutos tarde, habia una fila de 100m para agarrar taxi en milan

Entering this stadium was almost as exciting as entering the Maracana, but with a supposed to be, better game. The sensation u get in dis THIS PLACE IS AWESOME

The game was not good I think, Bryan couldnt make a thing.

Que pequeno es el mundo, entro al estadio y un mae me dice q si le puedo tomar una foto, y no va resultando tico y del tec... despues del partido terminamos bebiendo Beck con unos holandeses en la calle

Tomorrow Im going to Rome

DAY 7: ENSCHEDE

jgl97 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:43:00 GMT

Here is TWENTE, Bryan Ruiz Team.

I am visiting the University of Twente, seems pretty nice. There is a supermarket inside, and finally i managed to see fair prices, tonight my dinner was a juice and a sandwich, for a total of 5 euros or something.

The campus is huge, cold, well designed, I saw their SPORTCENTRUM, which seemed like the perfect anti anxiaty spot.

I will take a look at their Computer Science Research Laboratories.

Tomorrow Im heading to Milan

DAY 6: AMSTERDAM...

jgl97 — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:37:00 GMT

This city rules, it's so joyful, full of life and lights, most of the people are visitors, and every ducth speaks english, thats really good. Theyre really kind to visitors. The water all over the city is unbelievable. Coffee shops.............!!! WOW, red light district, double WOW, I bought some nice things here.

This is definitely the place I have liked the most, IT'S SO DIFFERENT, RELAXED, BEAUTIFUL, CHARGED, COMPLETE, HAPPY, SAFE, and you make friends in every coffee shop, people gets very outgoing in those.

One important thing I noticed, THERE ARE WAY MORE GUYS THAN GIRLS, who knows why.

Twice I ended up playing pool with some spaniards and dutch guys. I dont play and havent done it in 3-4 years, but it was nice. By times we all got really terrible and couldnt get to place any ball on its place, for even 20 minutes.

G, well there are good prices and qualities, I entered straight to ask for the first nice thing I could find, it was some special haze rolled in a huge joint. 5 Euro and boom, straight to neverland.

Girls, well it's a whole new level, not better, but extremely different. I had no idea how that thing worked. They are all over the windows posing like ALIVE shoes or clothes giving you faces and calling you names so they convince you to get in... Quality, I saw what you usually see everywhere, good, great, excellent, terrible, regular. Based on the fact that most of them looked different, it made the situation a little bit more interesting, there were more east europe alike faces, tending to russian-like biatch.

There seems to be some kind of celebration here, I believe it's a mixture of thanksgiving with winter entry fancy shit. And along all they got on the streets, there were nice traditional meals or deserts, any kind of shit you want to eat when you get that so called munchis,

The worst ive suffered here has been that my camera died in paris and I couldnt get any picture here. I NEED THE CHARGERS.

TOmorrow Im heading to the northeast, Enschede.

DAY 5: AMSTERDAM

jgl97 — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:55:00 GMT

HOY SALI DE PARIS, JALE COMO A LAS 10 AM DEL HOTEL HACIA LA ESTACION. A LAS 1225 SALI EN EL TREN PARA AMSTERDAM PASANDO POR BELGICA (BRUSELAS).

CAMBIE 100$$ POR 60 EUROS EN LA ESTACION, X LO Q VEO Q LA COGIDA ES PAREJA, NADIE AFLOJA.

EN PARIS TUVE MUCHA BRONCA CON LA TARJETA, ALGUNOS COMERCIOS LA ACEPTABAN Y OTROS NO, LLAME A CREDOMATIC Y ME DIJERON Q NO TENIAN REGISTRO DE NINGUNA TRANSACCION INCOMPLETA O PROBLEMATICA, SO QUIEN SABE Q PUTAS ESTABA PASANDO, TOTAL ME SALVARON LOS 58 ROJOS Q ME PAGO EL INS EN MI CUENTA DEL BCR DE LA CUAL SI TENGO TARJETA, EN LA DE BAC EN ESE MOMENTO (CUENTA Y TARJETA DE COLONES) SOLO TENIA MIL CANAS.

VOY EN EL TREN, ESTE VIAJE SE SUPONE Q DURA 3:18 ESTA TOTALMENTE NUBLADO

EN ESTE MOMENTO TENGO POLICIAS CON PERRO ENCIMA, ESTAN PIDIENDO PAPELES Y PREGUNTANDO NO SE Q, HABLAN FRANCES, A VER Q DIABLOS PASA, LE ESTAN PIDIENDO A ALGUIEN AQUI Q BAJE EL EQUIPAJE PARA REVISARLO, ES UN MAE DE MEDIO ORIENTE...

CURIOSAMENTE HE HABLADO DE TODO AQUI, SOBRETODO EN FRANCIA, CON EL INGLES ESTOY DE LO MAS TRANQUILO, PERO CUANDO NO HABLAN NI ENGLISH, ESPANOL NEM PORTUGUES ESTOU SIM COM PROBLEMAS.

ESTAN PREGUNTANDO Q A Q VA UNO, A Q SE DEDICA

FUE UN CHECK de rutina para foraneos (union europea), no issues.

Cuando llegue' a la estacion de Amsterdam todo era absolutamente diferente, la gente mas alta y palida, toda esta rodeado de agua, y las entradas/salidas del la estacion estan abiertas.

So me toco' agarrar un tram (tranvia), q por cierto se parece un poco al de heredia bajarme en un nombre raro, preguntar por algo q tenia en la punta de la nariz, y listo, llegue al hostel, no tiene un gran rotulo pero encima de la puerta si dice muy claramente hostel.

El hostel resulto' mucho mas sencillo de lo q me esperaba, comparado al de londres, brasil, y el hotelito de francia, pero tenia lo esencial, y el precio no estaba mal, 20-24 euros xnoche cuarto con 4 camas individuales, no camarotes.

incluye desayuno, llegue y adivinen pa donde me fui, por una birrita

DAY 4: PARIS - LOST IN TRANSLATION - LANGUAGE n CREDIT CARD HUGE ISSUES!!

jgl97 — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:33:00 GMT

TRAIN TRIP FROM LONDON: INCREDIBLE!!! 90 POUNDS

CITY TOUR > AWESOME!!!! 29 EUROS

COULDNT FIND HOSTEL, SO GOOD AND ACCEPTABLY NICE, 40 EUROS

ME TOCO HACER SOME NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING PARA PODER USAR INTERNET EN UNA CAFETERIA PICHUDA, Y LUEGO PARA Q LE FUNCIONARA AL MANAGER

TOMORROW AMSTERDAM

MI LUGGAGE YA CASI LO DOY POR PERDIDO Y TENGO POCA ROPA Y YA GASTE EL CREDITO DEL DELAY, ES MAS, ME EXCEDI!!!

SOLO ME QUEDA LA NETBOOK Q ME COMPRE EN LONDON, Y PARA PEORES, EL CONECTOR DE ELECTRICIDAD ES DIFERENTE AKI EN PARIS Q EL DE LONDRES...!!

COMO PUTAS SON TAN DISTINTOS Y VIVIR TAN CERCA!

DEMASIADO RAJADO SALIR DE LONDRES VIENDO CARROS Y VOLANTES A LA DERECHA, PASAR MEDIA HORA BAJO UN TUNEL Y LLEGAR A FRANCIA A VER CARROS Y VOLANTES A LA IZQUIERA!!

UN ITALIANO ME SALVO LA TANDA PARA PODER TOMAR EL METRO PARA IR A HOSTEL, ANDANDO $800 CASH, MAS 50 POUNDS, TRES TARJETAS DE CREDITO Y UNA DE DEBITO, INCREIBLE NO PODER DISPONER DE 5 EUROS PARA EL PUTO TICKET DEL TREN! TONCES EL MANAGER DE LA CAFETERIA AL Q LE AYUDE CON LA RED Y Q ME ENCAMINO AL METRO SE APIADO DE MI ALMA Y ME DIO UN TICKET QUE EL TENIA DEL TREN

ES UNA MIERDA OIR TELE FULL FRENCH, ESTE CUARTO ES COOL, NO ES HOSTEL, TOY SOLO EN UN CUARTO TUANIS, SON LAS 1230 AM, COMO A LAS 6AM VOY SALIENDO PARA AMSTERDAM, O AL MENOS ESO ESPERO!!

AHORITA SUBO FOTOS

A LO TICO, ORGUA!!

DAY 3: HOPEFULLY SOME SIGHT SEEING AND CLUBBING @ NIGHT

jgl97 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:23:00 GMT

INCORRECT LUGGAGE ARRIVED

Yesterday I spent over 300 pounds on clothes, it's SO FUCKING EXPENSIVE HERE

update:

The tour on the "2 floor bus" was GREAT! For a some minutes I could forget about the issues Ive suffered these days, and enjoy the history of london, las varas de ese castillo son increibles!!!! Hasta armas de antes habian, la entrada ahi cuesta como 20 pounds.

El big ben apenas lo pude ver a la distancia, se me acabo el dia por gastar un par de horas para irle a reclamar a la empresa a la q le compre las entradas para el partido de la champions, porque todavia no me las entregado, total me toca retirarlas en

MAIL BOXES ETC 197
Via Cenisio 78
20154 Milano

Manana juega arsenal contra cheasea, dicen q es imposible conseguir entradas, pero tengo ganas de pulsearla, ademas, manana voy para paris o amsterdam, no me he decidido todavia, y hoy volvi a comer en subway.

100$ son entre 54 y 61 pounds, en muchos lugares no aceptan tarjeta, y aki casi se le cobra a uno por respirar, q caro todo

DAY 2 - Shopping and walking around London

jgl97 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:11:00 GMT

I'm just about to go shopping, breakfast was good (included), there were flakes, juice, jelly, bread, milk... Pretty decent.

Now I'm spending the $500 I have for baggage delay.

DAY 1: HELL and MORE HELL: 10+ hours FLIGHT, flight lost, flight delayed and LOST BAGGAGE

jgl97 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:47:00 GMT

GOD HELP ME, I HAVE NO CLOTHES!!! GOOD THING I PAID A GREAT INSURANCE, so I have $500 for the baggage delay, I think it is good.

I missed 1 flight from madrid to london, not my fault, so I took the next one, which got delayed!!!

I ate @ SUBWAY, el del dia, 4.29 pounds, era de jamon,

camine como 2 horas para ubicarme en londres y encontrar el hostel, tiene pesima rotulacion en la calle, le pase a la par 2 veces y no lo vi, camine almenos unos 3-4 km buscandolo en todas las bateadas q se me ocurrieron!!!

At the end, at least I managed to meet the Absynth

Day 0: cruzando el charco

jgl97 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:10:00 GMT

Leaving at 6pm

Photos: primeira

jgl97 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:47:00 GMT

Milano