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I studied abroad in Switzerland for almost 4 months with the marketing department at Virginia Tech. While there I got to travel all over Europe. What a great experience!BTrim
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February 29th 2008
After arriving in Paris from Amsterdam on the night train I took by myself. O have no fear it was not an overnight train, but it was kind of strange traveling alone. Michelle was supposed to go with me, but when I reserved my ticket it cost me 70-something franc for some reason I cannot remember. O wait! It was because all of the seats reserved for eurail were booked so I had to purchase an actual ticket which was a huge bummer. O well. Anyway that is not the point of this tale. Please allow me to continue. When I arrived in Paris Nord (Paris North) I ran into some trouble. I needed to get a ticket on the RER 43 to Charles de Gaulle Airport before the last one left. Well I had very ... read more
February 28th 2008
For the second week break we traveled to various regions in the Northern area of Western Europe. Stop one was Amsterdam. I was only there for 12 hours because I had to catch a train to go get Meagan in Paris. It was still a lot of fun though. The way there was very interesting. There was a train accident on our way to Zurich for our connection, so we had to take a bus to another train station to get to Zurich and catch our overnighter to Amsterdam. When we got on the overnight train we went to the wrong room at first. Liza and Michelle were trying to adjust hte beds because it was a four person room adn there was a man sleeping in it. Very awkward. So we then found our 6 ... read more
February 23rd 2008
Yes I went to Monaco, the place where the enviable Princess Grace dwelled and reigned. What a lucky woman! It was here that we actually went to the beach. Allow me to relate that tale briefly. We woke up in Nice and ate a 6 euro breakfast (we were tricked) and then hopped on a train to our final destination. One problem...there were no seats. Natalie, Monica and I stood the whole way, which was only about twenty minutes, but still. We had our backpacks with us too which made it even worse. O well. Once we arrived we reserved our tickets back to Lugano and attempted to find a place to put our bags. No luck. In the end we carried them around ALL day. It sucked but what can you do? After that slightly ... read more
February 22nd 2008
This was such a marvelous adventure. I had a great time with Monica and Natalie. We got to relax a lot. On the train up we met two elderly history professors from Paris. They were very nice and once had been to Virginia a few times, once for two months! How random is that? The only stressful part of this trip was trying to find our hotel! We got lost in what I can only assume to be the Chinatown of Nice. The first thing we saw when we got out of the train station and on our way was a red neon sign blinking "Sex, Sex, Sex." Very awkward if I do say so myself. Anyway we eventually found it. It was very nice. I had a nice double bed all to myself. We had ... read more
February 17th 2008
What can I say about Rome? It is the most beautiful ancient city in the world. I loved it. We found our hotel easy enough. Then we decided we could go see the Trevi Fountain. That took forever but we eventually found it after finding the Triton fountain first. It was breath taking. Such a romantic spot. Pop you should take Mom there one day. You're supposed to throw a coin in it over your left shoulder, or is it your right? Anyway...it symbolizes that you will one day return to Rome. I would like to one day. I was a little irritated because it was taking us forever to find it and I was tired, but once we there it was simply magical. It's so pretty at night. The next day we walked our butts ... read more
February 9th 2008
Where do I begin? Prague is beautiful! We arrived at about 11 p.m. The main station is the sketchiest place on this planet. There's all sorts of strange people hanging out. There were some that had a dog and they kept pulling it's tail. I felt like I was in some sort of twisted circus. Everything looked and felt distorted. It was weird. Rick Steve's warned us about pick pocketers in Prague so needless to say I was a little sketched out about that too. We had to take a metro to our hostel but after that the directions stopped. We stopped at two hotels to get directions and asked a random couple on the street. We were all tired and frustrated by the time we got there. Emily told the guy that worked there they ... read more
February 7th 2008
What an interesting trip this has been! Since I've been here I have had Turkish food (delish!), goulash (delish!), and some form of Hungarian food (delish!). So...the gist is that Hungarian food is amazing but everything else is just plain interestin'. Yesterday we slept in a bit and then went on to the Synagogue. Budapest is home to the worlds largest synagogue supposedly. While inside I sat down where everyone else was for a bit and looked around. All of a sudden some woman said we were very rude for sitting in on her tour when other people paid for it. I kind of knew that she was giving a tour but wasn't really paying attention. It was so pretty in there. It was like any other church, but it was bright. There was peachy and ... read more
February 5th 2008
Quote of the trip: "What would Rick Steves do?" - Raleigh lives by the word of Rick Steves, travel advice conoseiur. Whenever we have an issue we consult Rick Steves. Too bad he didn't have anything on Budapest. Where were ya on that one Rick?! What an ordeal! This week I lost 2 corks! The one Antonio gave me fell off in Vienna :'( and then Natalie gave me one to make up for it and that one fell off too! Can't win. Since we've been here we took a taxi to the sketchiest hole in the wall of a hostel. It reminded me of something out of Great Expectations. We go to where you check in and it's a table in a corner. The guy says o we don't have room for you here so ... read more
February 5th 2008
What an adventure this had been! Where do I begin? The beginning I suppose...The sleeper car train lost power in our car over night, so when we awoke we were freezing. We got to our hostel easy enough. It was nice, Westend Hostel. We had our own bathroom. It was sweet, but it didn't have any handsoap. We took a brief nap at the hostel and then went on an adventure to find the Opera House. Emily Raleigh and all them asked this man in the street wearing a theatre looking cape about standing tickets for the opera. I said I'm not dealing with this sketchball and went in to where the actual tickets were being sold and asked the ticket man when they went on sale. He said 5.20 and that he was closing in ... read more
February 3rd 2008
Todays events were as follows: We got up early and I wasn't feeling too good. I got yelled at last night by some Venetian jerk because I didn't want him to talk to me and was apparently "rude" and used a few swear words. He told me to go back to my country. I had never felt so belittled in all my life. Now I know how minorities in America feel when we shout that at them. It's terrible. Looking back on it I probably was rude but I don't care. I don't like sketch Italian men trying to talk to me when I'm inebriated. There's this place in Venice where you can buy wine and put it in your water bottle. It's pretty cheap (about 2.50 euro) and definitely the coolest thing ever! We went ... read more
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