July 12, 2008 We have now entered into Scotland and arrived in the city of Edinburgh. This city is very different from its English neighbour. Many of the streets are still mostly cobblestone and instead of using mainly red brick like England, it uses a greyish stone to build their homes and buildings. Due to the type of stones they use, the stones tend to turn dark with age giving the city a dark gothic feel. One of the most famous features of the city is the Edinburgh castle which sits in the center of the city. Even though we [View Full Entry]

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July 4, 2008 We woke up early this morning, packed up our stuff and headed to catch the train to Calais, a small Freanch port city where we would be catching the Ferry to England. While on the bus to the train station, we couldnt help but notice ho much traffic there was and how little time we had. With minutes left we had to catch the subway and run to the train station. As we ran into the main terminal we the hour long lineup to pickup our tickets. To say the least we missed our train wich also [View Full Entry]

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June 14, 2008 This morning we were up early to make our way into France. We caught the bus and made the four journey into Beziers. The small town so far has a really good and mellow feel to it and that is another reason why we came here. After finding our new digs for thirty euro a night we made our way around town. The majority of people here look to be Arabic and a small percentage of Caucasians, not what we expected but, it never is. The park in the center of town was relly nice and even had [View Full Entry]

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May 28, 2008 We woke up very early this morning and ran to catch the bus to a city called Sevilla in Spain. It was recomended to us by a few people in Lisbon so we are going to check it out. The bus ride was only 3 hours and we slept the whole way. After arriving in Sevilla, we realize that we forgot to write down the name and addess of the hostel that we would be sleeping in! Once we got on the computer and found the info, we headed to our hostel. It was in a prime [View Full Entry]

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May 19, 2008 After a 10 hour flight we have now arrived in Portugal. It was pretty cool as it was Henry's first time being in Europe, He thought about this as he walked down the stairs from the airplane and set foot on European soil. The first thoughts of Portugal are very positive, The city of Lisbon is very clean and beautiful with so many street side cafes, old Eurpoean architecture,and even a castle on the mountain top. We have also never seen so many Mercedes Benz, a lot of the taxi cabs are Mercedes as well. We did not [View Full Entry]

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May 3 - 9, 2008 We have changed to a new hostel named Stone of a beach. This hostel has a lot going on and can fits lots of people as it is comprised of about three stories of rooms and a rooftop bar with a hot tub. Once again we are near the nosiest part but, the noise from the bar is guaranteed to end by midnight which is fine by us. These days in Rio have been spent lounging on the beach, shopping, trying new foods, meeting new people, and exploring the area. We visited another one of the [View Full Entry]

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April 23, 2008 Waking up on a bus is always hard. We travelled for 18 hours through Pantogonia to a town called Rio Gallegos where we hoped to catch a bus to Ushuaia (home of tierra del Fuego) but, found out there is no bus until nine in the morning, the next day. We have no choice but to grab a hostel for the night. The town itsef seems pretty laid back and it is pretty small. The main thing that sticks out is the wind. It would almost blew us over and from what we were told, it is like [View Full Entry]

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April 7 - April 9, 2008 Our last few days in Peru were spent souveneir shopping, walking around the city, and taking care of some errands. We both feel sad to be leaving Peru as we have had such a great time, gained so many memories, and experienced so much. We are now recharged for a new adventure in Argentina. April 10 - April 14, 2008 Tango, world renowned steaks, and wine. This is what we have gotten to know really well here in Argentina. These three Argentinian favourites are every where to be found. You can literally see people dancing [View Full Entry]

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March 26, 2008 We took a tourist bus from Puno to Cusco that was nine hours long. We made many stops along the way to view archeological sites and many markets. One of the sites in a town called Sicuani had an ancient town that was built at least 1200 years before the city of Machu Picchu. Another stop we made in a town called Andahuaylillas had a church that had an alter from floor to ceilings (30 feet high and 15 feet across) made of 24K gold leaf. The moldings along the church were made of gold as well and [View Full Entry]

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March 15, 2008 Today was the day we were flying to Peru, our first destination in South America. We woke early to catch a bus to the airport. The flight to Peru was 3 hours and 25 minutes from Costa Rica. We were really excited when we arrived as it is a country so rich in history and culture that we didnt know where to begin. The outer city limits that we have seen so far showed us very poor areas that still have dirt roads and almost rubble for houses. These areas just being 10 minutes from downtown. The [View Full Entry]

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