http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Katie Sims/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Katie Sims en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:11 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:11 BST Vienna was the most beautiful European city Ive yet been to and I felt like a princess. That is allcheck out the pictures http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-261688.html For Spring Break my travels took me to exotic Turkey. We flew in to Istanbul and checked into a hostel called Chambers of the Boheme where the beds felt like sleeping on a flying carpet in a night sky full of clouds. We were right off the famous Istikal street which is bustling with people day and night looking for treasures in the many retail stores or bookshops or grabbing a bite to eat at a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/blog-261682.html 3608Ahoj kamaradkas It has been a long time since I checked in with you all. This is partly due to an increased workload in my academic studies with CIEE and FAMU although they are hardly rigorous in the traditional sense. This week I was required to attend an Open Mike Concert featuring my professor. It was a strange evening of performances by people who were once highly subversive in the Cze http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/blog-253342.html 21008Dobry denI left you all having just discovered the wonders of Prague but a whole new array of delights awaits the one who ventures out of the city into the colorful and quaint countryside. Last Sunday was Masopust which is the Czech version of Carnival before lent. We arrived Sunday at a little village square to an onslaught of colorful tents smoking stands with toasted nuts and bright http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Trutnov/blog-245214.html Prague emails12508Dobry denPrague is like sleeping a butterfly only showing her true radiance once you have weathered the long wait while she stirred in her cocoon and you thought you would never understand the difference between Stary Mesto and Nove Mesto. Then one miraculous moment you look up and Prague sparkles like a laughing star glowing in the pride of what she has achieved. I think http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-245209.html