http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ARos/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ARos en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:24:23 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:24:23 +0000 Today I decided to spend some time walking around and just shopping. London has this amazing fashion and I wanted to buy some cheap pieces to transform me into that. I was buying accessories and wearing them as I was walking around. My favourite store is Top Shop...especially the one in Oxford Circus. Its huge and has so many awesome things. I didn't buy anything there because I don't want to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Soho/blog-402414.html I ended up going to the beach The Valencia beach was so gorgeous with this fine fine sand. The only problem with fine sand is that if there is any wind which there was and you're wearing sunscreen which I was you end up with a lot of sand on you. I had sand absolutely everywhere But it was so nice After that I organized my things for the airplane. I find I need to give myself sometime http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Valencian-Community/Valencia/blog-402250.html I packed up my things from Barcelona yesterday and headed to the bus station. The earliest bus was a 'supra' bus like higher class. It was only five more euro so instead of waiting around for two more hours I decided to indulge myself The seats were luxurious and we got a gift bag filled with goodies.When I got into Valencia I went about with errands supermarket lunch and laundry. I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Valencian-Community/Valencia/blog-401652.html Today I went to the beach even though it was overcast and read for five hours. It was awesome The waves were crashing on the sand and the sounds were great. Vendors walk through the beaches selling beer sarongs massages... seriously massages. They even have a card that shows you the muscles in your body. I bought nothing...especially the massage.I left all my time pieces at home so I was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-401224.html I am back in Spain and loving it yesterday I strolled around La Rambla saw the huge market and walked around el barrio gotic to see the cathedral. The market was nuts I bought fresh strawberry banana juice from a fruit stand. They have everything full pigs heads of lambs after seeing all the little lambs in Scotland that was gross. I am permanently in relaxation mode here. I'm having a har http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-400916.html On th 18th Krista Dan Pat and I see mom...I remembered went to Monaco. Monaco is awesome. Its so wealthy. I saw so many gorgeous yachts that I am ready to own at any time We saw the Grand Prix setting up and the famous tunnel. We also walked up to the Palace . The view from the Palace Hill is AMAZING. Afterwards we found the Monaco beach which is mostly pebbles and laid there for a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Monaco/Monte-Carlo/blog-400315.html I met a whole bunch of people at my hostel last night. Which was great this morning me and Christa were going to go and do the beach...but then we found out that all our friends were going to Cannes so we changed our minds at the train station and headed thereOn the way out we accidentally sat in first class which is not much different except for the table. We met up with our friends in C http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Cannes/blog-399778.html I went to Cannes today. It was awesome I also went to Antibes which is this beautiful mediterranean city. The best part was having lunch while four Spainish film workers of some sort were discussing stuff. Super cool. I also saw Quinton Tarantino and Juliette Binoche and an official red carpet.I went to the beach in my dress and just hung out there for a very long time. I'm not even burned http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Cannes/blog-399505.html So yesterday was...an adventure. I got to the train station in Milan with plenty of time I checked the board like a pro and I was encouraged because the intercom kept saying Nice...I obviously didn't understand the rest of the Italian. Because of a strike in France the train could only go to the border town of Ventimiglia. Then we had to get off and wait for an hour and a half for another train. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Nice/blog-399360.html Today was awesome I went to Duomo the HUGE cathedral but I couldn't go in because I was wearing a skirt . Then I had breakfast at McCafe ... Mcdonalds where you can get a cappucino and some delicious pastries. Then I found out how to get to the arena were AC Milan and Inter Milan plays. I went through the museum there and got a tour. It was so cool. The arena is huge and divided into five colours http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Basilicata/blog-398959.html Long time no write Venice was so cool. My favourite thing was that there were no cars... only water buses gondolas and personal boats. I went out to Piazza San Marco. Then I took a waterbus to Murano to see them making glass. It was so cool I bought a ring from a store that was making the glass in the back I went to Burano afterwards and saw the cute bright cottages and the many many lace stor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/blog-398706.html Bologna was beautiful...but major culture shock from Edinuburgh to Italy I met someone who goes to school in Ferrera and was visiting friends in Bologna. We went for dinner and since he knew italian it made things a lot easier. When you order a pizza here ... you get a whole medium thin crust pizza. I went back to the hostel and slept woke up and then made my way to the centre again to see http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-397954.html I know I'm supposed to be forward looking on the trip but I really miss Edinburgh I met so many great people and did so many cool things Oh well...onwards and upwards I'm in Bologna right now and I actually have seen quite a bit of the central area. There is a really interesting market right now in one of the squares. One booth had only things in purple I would have shopped a bit bu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Bologna/blog-397476.html I think its a really really good thing that I booked all my flights and stuff. I would have stayed in Edinburgh forever Its awesome here.Today I went to St. Giles Cathedral looked around heard choir practice and then sat in on the noon hour service. After that I went to Mary King's Close which was really really creepy. Its an underground street in the middle of Edinburgh You hear ghost st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-397365.html I started the day off with a three hour walking tour of all of Edinburgh. I heard some great stories like the one about Greyfriar's Bobby a dog who after his master the keeper of the graveyard died guarded his master's grave until he died. I also heard about the Stone of Destiny and many many other neat things. I met some really nice girls on the tour one from Saskatchewan and one from New http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-397257.html Today started off well as I looked around the city of Inverness to see somethings that I hadn't been able to see while I was away on day trips. I saw Inverness Castle the Victorian Market and the River Ness. It was a relaxing day. I hoped on the bus and headed to Edinburgh. Edinburgh is beautiful and my hostel not only has an amazing view of the castle but also is in an old mansion of sorts http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-396887.html Today I woke up earlier than normal to go on a day trip to see some Scottish wildlife and the highlands all the way up to john o'groats I got the idea from someone who was going on the trip in my hostel. We met at nine fifteen and headed out. There was ten of us on the tour plus the guide. We were in a mini coach so we got to get right up to nature. We went on a few mini hikes saw deer seabirds http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/John-O-Groats/blog-396556.html I went to Loch NessUrquhart Castle today. Nessie must have heard that I was coming because heshe hid for the entire time I haven't seen many tourists in Scotland yet as it was the bank holiday so I think many people in Scotland were in Scotland on a mini vacation. btw while tourism is down here acording to the news paper the amount of people from the uk going on intracountry holidays has i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Loch-Ness/blog-396233.html Last night was very fun as I went out with Kate my roommate from Australia and her friends from Glasgow. I had a great time at a bar called Moskito even in Scotland I can't get away from Moskitos. One of Kate's friends works as a primary school teacher in Glasgow and her boyfriend works as a chef. I had some delicious cider and some chips with sauce and pizza. I really like fashion in Eng http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Inverness/blog-396003.html I went to one museum today a very big museum kelvindale museum. It has everything from the stuffed elephant to Monet and rembrant originals. My favourite exhibits were the animals of Scotland and all about Glasgow. So really I did learn a lot today I'm enjoying a pint of strongbow in the hostel bar and may go out with one of my roommates tonight. I had my first fish and chips in the museum cafe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Glasgow/blog-395710.html