So this is my first day in Venice.  I took a night train, which I was SOOOOOO paranoid with.  I was terrifield that somebody, probably a gypsy (unfortunitely with the styerotype) would sneak into my room and steal my stuff.  Thankfully, there was a lock on the door, but anytime anyone opened the door or rattled it from the outside I would wake up ( Read more... )

I've been really unmotivated these past few days, which is too bad since Vienna is a beautiful city.  I haven't really seen much of it though.  I never even made it to the opera, which is too bad, since it was really cheap for standing room only.  I'm taking an overnight train to Venice tonight though, so I'm hoping my last few days of unmitivation ( Read more... )

I went to a punk show last night.  I finally got some live music, just as I'd started giving up the idea of it until I got to the UK.  Of all people to tell me about it, it was the nice girl who worked the evening shift at the hostel in her nice blouse and sweater.  I never would have thought to ask her, but she said that she went through a phase ( Read more... )

          Ok, so this is Budapest.  I can't give you a good evaluation yet.  Yesterday was awful.  I got up at 06:45 because the website I checked said that a train left Prague, made one stop, and then I could catch another fast train to Budapest.  It would take just under seven hours, and the first train left at 08:39, so I got to the train ( Read more... )

Ok, so this is long overdue.  I have had several people ask my why I haven't been updating.  I totally do not appologize, because I have been too busy.  So no offence, but all of you can suck it up.  All that aside though, I've been having a blast in Prague, which is where I'm at now.  If any of you ever make it to Prague, I highly recommend a ( Read more... )

Well, I have successfully navigated the polish grocery store.  It took me a little while, cause I figured I'd try pasta.  Pasta is easy, right?  Step one: buy pasta sauce.  Step two: buy things like onions and garlic to go in pasta sauce.  Step three: buy noodles.  Step four: buy ground meat.  Step five: buy cheese.  Step six: combine and consume ( Read more... )

........ they're everywhere!!

I went to Auschwitz today.  It was.... really heavy.  I bought an english tour because I had to, being as I went during peak hours, but I'm kind of glad I did.  I got way more information that way.  I'm not going to write about it much, it was really depressing.  We went through some of the buildings in Auschwitz.  They had some photos, and some ( Read more... )

So I jumped right from the middle of the week in Berlin to Krakow, and I appologize for that.  My second-to-last day was mostly uneventful, but I did go out and wander about the town Saturday night.  It's really easy to get around Berlin.  For those of you who only have Vancouver to compare the transit system to, it's completely incomparible.  ( Read more... )

Well, I finally made it to Krakow.  Huzzah.  I almost missed my train this morning, as I slept in and had to rush for the train.  Thankfully, it was fifteen minutes late, so I managed to still catch it.  Unfortunitly, in my mad dash out the hostel, I forgot that piece of art I bought at Tacheles, so I'm pretty bummed about that.  I was going to ( Read more... )