http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Glyn-Jones/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Glyn Jones en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:55:12 +0000 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:55:12 +0000 Ive been getting some emails and msn notes that people dont know where I am. Well to sum it all up Im back home in Calgary The trip through Europe was amazing but I ran out of money too quick and towards the end I was just way too burnt out to go look for work overseas so I caught a standby flight home and I have been back here ever since. I think that was back on the 11th so Ive been back a whil http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-85043.html Hey folks I found a cheap internet cafe so I thought I would just drop a quick update. A quick hello to John in South Carolina USA. I guess he was checking out this website and randomly subscribed to my blog to check it outl You were saying that you wanted to do a trip like mine someday and trust me when I tell you...DO IT NOW Its seriously the best thing that I have ever done and it has compl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-78711.html Hey folks in an internet cafe in London right now and its pretty cheap so I thought I would just fire off a quick updateIt was so hard to leave Switzerland but all good things must come to an end. When I win the lottery I am definatly moving back there Hopped on the 6 hour train to Paris and wow was that boring. The definate advantage of Busabout is that when you are on the bus at least you kno http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Elephant-and-Castle/blog-77452.html Hey folks super quick update here. Internet in Switzerland is INSANELY expensive and being that this is going to be the last couple of weeks of my trip the budget cant deal with the 20 it would cost for an hour of internet to do a full update. Allright where was I Oh yeah Florence Last day there I was planning the rest of my trip and since I didnt catch the bus there I had to find the correct c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Interlaken/blog-76390.html Been a little while since I have updated this thing and unfortunatly the internet cafe that I am at wont let me plug in my card reader so one more update with no pictures. GRRRRRRRRRSo I got on the bus in Munich and was going to spend 2 nights in this small little place called St Johan in Tirol in Austria and when the tour guide asked the bus who was getting off there I was the only person to put http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-74103.html Ok quick update. I was putting some pictures on here and I realized that I totaly skipped over Vienna on here I was in Vienna before I went to Munich. Vienna was a pretty chilled out place. Basically spent 3 nights there and I have some pretty sketchy notes about it. One highlite of the whole trip in general was a bike riding tour that we did of the Wackau region of Vienna. Sounded like a good i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-71062.html Ok if you have been following along with the blog you will be used to the format of this is what I did on Monday this is what I did on Tuesday... at this point I am going to have to change the format a bit because I have no idea what day it is anymore A few congratulations have to go out here to some amazing friends that I am incredibly proud of. In alphabetical orderAMBER Last year during C http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-69714.html So today is finally my last day in Amsterdam and since I have done everything today was a day to catch up on postcards and journal writing. I was listening to my IPOD and 'Who wouldnt want to be me' by Keith Urban came on and all along I have wanted to write a song about backpacking but I just dont really have the musical talent to come up with something myself so here is 'Who wouldnt want to be G http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-66736.html Yes you might have already been to Europe. Yes you might have already been to Amsterdam. Yes you might have already seen a live sex show. But were you up on stage at one with a naked stripper sitting on your chest Didnt think so more on that later though. Im pretty rushed here so just some quick notes here. So after Paris I headed up to Bruges for some of the most amazing beerchocolatewaffles http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-65380.html WOW Im supposed to do a quick summary for an update here cause Melanie wants to go drink some wine. I will make more of an update and put some pictures on later when I have access to some better cheaper computers. Had to leave Edinburgh and wow did the amazing archiologist Amanda and all the great folks at Brodies ever make it hard for me to leave. Jill was right Once you get sucked in you cant http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-64037.html 3 days has never flown by so quickly If you are in the Edinburgh and you are ever bored I only have 3 words for you HAGGIS HAGGIS HAGGIS And for those of you that went on the tour I only have a few words for you JOBBIE JOBBIE JOBBIE Can you imagine It was a time of war HAIRY COOOOOO Minger Look at his wee face Irsquom so moist Dead sexeh All right...where did I leave offWednesday http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Isle-of-Skye/blog-61038.html Well itrsquos almost been a month now that Irsquove been away and it really doesnrsquot seem that long but the amount of things that I have seen and done is just amazing Letrsquos see where did I leave offMay 7thStarted off the day leaving Liverpool for 3 nights in Manchester. Started raining pretty bad so that gave me time to get everything settled. Its funny how you meet all these ama http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-59781.html Using my almost godlike train riding abilities I scored a free train ride to Manchester from Liverpool. Rule 1 of train travel if they dont ask dont fill out your Brit Rail pass Not really too much to say just putting up some pics for y'all http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-57671.html Damn you FLAMESI thought it would be easy to keep this thing up to date but wow so much to do and sitting inside for an hour or so in front of a computer just seems so wrong for some reason. As you will notice I donrsquot have access to get my pictures off my camera so this update will be text only. Ok where was I April 27thWent out with the Steve last night got a little drunk so I didnr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-57468.html April 21stWhere did I leave off Oh yeah itrsquos our last day in NY so we had to go check out the infamous Canal St. This is what you would call the discount area of Manhattan. Canrsquot afford that 10 000 purse that you really want They can hook you up with a knock off for about 30. Nancy picked up what would have been about 4000 in purses for about 50. Not a bad deal if you ask me. Onc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Camden-Town/blog-55543.html Rough morning today dinner last night was just a bunch of appetizers and beer so my stomach pretty much hates me today. We were on the road by 9am and on our way to New York. Being that we were going down during the week and it was still early there were only about 5 cars ahead of us at the border. Why are you coming into the US the friendly border guard asked. Terrorism of course that Presi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-54413.html The second day Nancy had to work so I was on my own to terrorize Montreal and I hit some pretty interesting sites. As always I was hungry so I needed to grab me some food. I figured that being in Montreal I had to try some regional dishes. Well me and Mikka found ourselves a small little pub on St Catherines St and had a smoked meat sandwich with a pint of Belle Gueule beer. Talk about tasty this http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-54411.html Here are some more pics from my going away party for those that are interested.https19.photobucket.comalbumsb181Csamborsky3Glyns20Going20Away20WeekendWell its Saturday morning and I finally have time to sit down and do an update on this thing. The flight out here went great but before I even stepped off the plan I knew I was in for an interesting trip. Do you know when you are flying i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-54408.html HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE Well itrsquos my last night in Calgary and the last 3 days have been great. I really want to thank everyone that came out it was great to see you all before I left It meant the world to me to see you all out. Those of you that didnrsquot come out Irsquom sure you had your reasons. First night out at Ranchmans was a blast The 2nd night at Cowboys was a little roug http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-53183.html Well here I am getting ready for the trip. I'm just testing this thing out now to make sure that it works before I go over because if it doesn't that would require some last minute playing around. I've almost finished all my shopping and by the end of this week I will have my pack all ready to go. The passports still havenrsquot come in yet and I just found out that my bus ticket was reserved fo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-50635.html