Day 45: Monday, January 10, 2010. Budapest, Hungary. Today I crashed. I went out and grabbed some food, but other than that I lounged around and read and watched TV. It was good. However, I know you all love listening to me ramble so I've put together something for for you to read. I think at one point I figured out I was going to be "on the road" for 173 days. Now, don't you want to know- what would Amanda pack for 6 months on the road? Enquiring minds are about to be rewarded! MEDICAL & BATH STUFF: * 1 RX to prevent malaria in Egypt * 1 RX to prevent malaria in Vietnam * 1 RX to treat "traveler's diarrhea" (lovely, no?) * "Cera Lyte" powder to mix with water to prevent dehydration from ... read more

Day 43: Friday, January 8th, 2010. Pressath, Germany to Cologne, Germany to Budapest, Hungary. Egészségedre (aggie-she-god-ra) means "To your health!" Szya (ci-ya) means "hello" and "goodbye" Boldog Születésnapot (bulldog sully-nap-pot) means "Happy Birthday" Köszönöm (cos-sa-gnome) means "Thank you" There ya go, now you know all the Hungarian I know! So my plane leaves Munich around 11am (again, I'm writing this many days later so I don't really remember) and Dusty and I leave the house around 6am. Everyone in the area is in a tizzy about a snow storm that's supposed to come in and already the school has said they'll only have a half day and release the kids at Noon. So, should be a fun car ride to and fro for Dusty! I can't really say much about the car ride because, bei... read more

Day 37: Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. Prague, Czech Republic to Nuremberg, Germany then to Pressath, Germany ("OMG, just write it already!" That's what I'm saying to myself as I try to get back on track with this blog. So, 16 days later, herrrrrrrrre's Pressath, Germany!) I say goodbye to Susan at 4:20am and head upstairs to the lobby. I settle the bill and the taxi picks me up at 4:30 and I'm at the train station by 4:45am. My train leaves at 5am so I stare at the departure board and find my train number. Next to it is a bunch of information in Czech, and various numbers scattered throughout. I can't figure out what platform is the one I need. I go to 3 different people asking them if they speak English and if they ... read more

Day 35: Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Prague, Czech Republic Not really sure what we did today (still a little late on writing this log.) I did walk from the hotel to the Prague Train Station to buy a ticket to Nuremberg, Germany on 1/2/10. The walk wasn't that long, maybe 15 minutes, but it took me thru a part of Prague that I had no desire to see, I'll be booking a taxi to get to it, that's for sure. Plus, part of the walk was spent in a feverish sweat, so that added to the fun. Also, today was the day I was freaking out over the hotel not having Internet so I found a Internet Cafe and got my fix for a few hours while Susan explored on her own. I was having SERIOUS ... read more

Day 33: Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Paris, France to Prague, Czech Republic Four hours later, we get the wake up call. We head downstairs, settle up the bill, and walk around the corner to the shuttle pick up. The bus shows up a couple of minutes later and even though our plane (Smart Wings airline) leaves from Terminal 3, the shuttle only drops off at Terminal 1 and 2 so we'll have to get off at Terminal 1 and take an airport shuttle to 3. About 45 minutes later, we are dropped off at Terminal 1. We head inside, ask someone where we can get the shuttle, and he points to outside and a sign that indicates we should head that way to the Terminal 3 shuttle. So, we head back outside where it is raining ... read more