Hello friends and family, So goes the journey....The rains finally let up last late this morning. Apparently they were pretty bad and all of the surrounding wineries were flooded today. Good thing we didnt book one of those tours (maybe monday). This morning we went to a giant outdoor flea market and farmers market. There was a tonne of stuff that we wanted to buy at the flea market, but there was no way we are going to cart it around for the next five weeks. There was also plenty of wierdos too. This one guy was selling a bunch of old remote controls and cpu boards ripped out of computers. The food at the farmers market was unreal mmmmmmmmm goooood. Heather went to buy a kebab for breakfast and the man enticed me into buying ... read more

Hey everyone, quick little note to say that we made it to Vienna yesterday. CC is going to post pics later, but for now I can tell you that it is pouring rain and about 10 out, which is crap!! We had a crazy day yesterday, we missed our flight on KLM because all the computers went down at the Amsterdam airport and had to fly Air Austria instead, which was a very nice airline actually. We got in late and found a hole-in-the-wall bar to have a beer and relax and then slept for about 10 hours again. We really really loved Amsterdam more than either of us thought we would so now we have high expectations for Vienna. We are off to see what we can in the POURing rain and will write more ... read more

Hey everyone! Colleen suggested we put up our itinerary for everyone before we left so that you could follow us as we go and know where we are going when, etc. and I thought it was a really good idea. Here is our itinerary so far, subject to change as we go along, of course. This means our moms can check the weather for each place we are going as well-- ha ha. Here goes: September 3-6 Amsterdam September 6-11 Vienna and Bratislava September 11-18 Croatia September 18-21 Budapest September 21-23 Krakow September 23-26 Prague September 26-29 ??? September 29- Oct 2 Berlin October 2-4 Selcuk, Turkey October 4-7 ??? October 7-13 Bodrum Turkey October 13-17 Istanbul October 17 HOME... read more