I have to say that Jessi is pretty smart. I mean she had a great GPA, profs always liked her, she got lots of scholarships and has managed to be basically fluent in German in less than a year. Which, I suppose, makes for an intelligent person. One would think anyway. While in Ios one night we had to make arrangements for accommodations in Santorini. For what ever reason, I thought it was a great idea to write an email, while letting the some what drunk Jessi and Jono do the choosing. While they were flipping through places I saw the name "Tony's Villa" and laughed. Tony's Villa doesn't exactly imply a nice place you want to visit. It implies the mafia (or as it's known in Greece, the Mapia), and meat balls, and someone named ... read more

As promised, the Greek Adventure! Part 1. (Jetlagged) After super Jono (that's pronounced Yono in some countries, ie: whatever country I'm in), made the train and comfortably ate our victory sandwiches, we rolled into Frankfurt's main train station around 9pm. We found a reasonable hostel where we could get a decent night's sleep, and get a private room. Considering we had only about a total of 6 hours in the room, we thought we should "splurge" and try and get a little sleep. When reading reviews of our hostel on hostel world (every backpackers favorite website, www.hostelworld.com) people said it was in a bit of a sketchy area, but they didn't mind the hostel itself, because it was really close to the train station. Because we needed to take the train to the airport early the ... read more

I made an error! I don't land at 2 but at 5pm... This means it is the perfect time of day for you to leave your jobs, hobbies, wives/husbands and come and meet me at the airport! I've off to the Globe! I'll write an actual entry later, I just thought that I should fix this rather large error! Also it's Kristin's birthday today, and because I can't be there to tell her that she's old to her face, I'm doing it on this very public forum. Happy Birthday Kristin, you're old! Dear Blog, Europe likes to steal things, Love Lana (to be explained later)... read more

I know I've been behind on my blogs! I just wanted to write a quick one, for once, from the country I'm actually in. Greece to be exact. The island of Ios. Everyone should move to a greek island immediately! It's way better than Mexico or any place like that. Seriously. Also, I come home in just a few days. June 20th. I have mixed emotions, though mostly, I would rather stay here than leave. This however is an open invite for you to join me at the airport, with gifts, on June 20th. One day I'll check and see what time I arrive. But you know, if you want to be at the airport to greet me with gifts.. I wont hold it against you or anything. Anyway--I finally wrote about Berlin. I'll write more ... read more

This is what I like to call a cheater entry. Right now, let's pretend I'm not sitting in a hostel which is located in the middle of a forrest on the edge of Berlin, but instead inside a cute little apartment in the fairytale city of Prague. A fairytale city, peppered with communism and a rather violent history. Before I forget I get too ahead of myself, I would like to tell you that homeless people in Munich can be extra special. Even now, a long while after leaving Munich, we are still talking about a woman who was sitting outside the train station when we were saying goodbye to Jessi. She was crouched in a ball, while we waiting for Jessi's carpool/organized hitchhiking ride to arrive, we were standing in a circle talking, when from ... read more