Six jam-packed months of study, travel & living out of a backpack.
So, here’re the finer details of my trip. Enjoy. Length of Trip: 182 days Countries visited: 16 + the Vatican City (England, Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece) Cities visited: 73 (London, Sheffield, Manchester, Keswick, Edinburgh, Mayen, Koblenz, Bacharach, Read More …
It’s spectacular! And almost makes the travel to get here worthwhile. The boat from Italy was fine, I drank wine and played asshole with some 2 americans and 2 aussies. The train ride from Patras…well, let’s just say that the train system here is way shadier than Spain, Portugal and Read More …
Since I was in Barcelona, my days have been pretty full. I ended up staying in Barcelona for almost a week. The city is amazing, I was expecting not to like it very much but it turned out to be amazing. I stayed in a more residentail part of the Read More …
the museums are too damned expensive and don’t offer student discounts. I have a great idea, they should open up a new museum and call it: The Museum. They can house all the works by Michaelangelo, Donatello, Rafael and Leonardo (Da Vinci) and charge €20. And, there’ll be a sign Read More …
Sosososososo…I’m in Flornce now. All things straight, whoever recommended Genoa as “a beautiful city” needs to have their head examined. Verona, on the other hand, was amazing. It’s the first really beautiful city that I’ve been to that doesn’t have a funk of piss/dogshit/rotting-garbage about it. Seriously, this town’s amazing. Read More …
So, I’ve been on the Riviera for the last 5 days. Two in Marseille, two in Frejus (and a daytrp to St. Tropez) and now I’m in Genoa. I cannot get ovr how BLUE the water here is. Unfortunately, the last two days have been chilly- so no beach for Read More …
I am amazed at the inconsistency of what my limited spanish can get me. I can buy a sim card for my phone, I can get a new ISIC card (like I did today) and I can buy tickets and bargain at flea markets…but telling someone where the bathrooms are, Read More …
I’ve been going on Gaudí overload the last few days, it’s awesome. Not only is the architecture much cooler here, but this also seems to be the only city in Spain that didn’t ignore Art Nouveau. My hostel has beautiful art nouveau architecture and original tilework. And now, an exemplary Read More …
¡Hola! So, after 6 weeks in Spain (four of those spent in Madrid) I am almost on my way out of the country. I last left off when I first arrived here and stopped through Barcelona for the first time. Now I’m back, this time to do a bit of Read More …
Several very cool/important things happened today. I shall list them here in chronological order. 1. I voted today!!!! My absentee ballot had not arrived as of this morning, so I went to the embassy and sent in my write/in ballot. Yay, go me! 2. I finished my last class of Read More …
Not Spaniards, that’s for damned sure. Just got home from the Real Madrid game. They won, the game was good, I enjoyed it. Aside from the Ultima sur “football hooligan” section people were really tame. When they’d get pissed off everyone would jump up and shout a lot of things, Read More …
So, in order to experience the real Madrid lifestyle I deemed it real-ly important to go to a REAL MADRID game. For those of you who don’t follow football (soccer), don’t feel bad…I really didn’t have a clue before I arrived in europe…and I still don’t have much of one. Read More …