Miss Julie

We flew into Cancun to clear skies and sunshine (which came with the obligatory heat and humidity). After going through customs, and Mom and Dad's first stamp on their passports we were on our way. I was super excited to see my parents as they experienced another country, especially Mexico! We headed towards Chichen Itza on the toll road and stopped at Valladolid to get gas. The attendent filled up the tank and the total came to $285 pesos, we gave him $300 and he said the total was $385. We looked at the meter but he had already started another vehicle... hmmm. So, our first transaction in Mexico was us getting ripped off by the gas station attendent. Great! We arrived at the Dolores Alba Hotel and had a delicious Yucatan dinner. The next morning, ... read more

Malmo Europe » Sweden » Malmo By Miss Julie June 18th 2007 Malmo Julie J Vanover I took a day trip to Malmo from Copenhagen, it was a little less than a half hour train ride over this huge bridge. I liked riding over the water on this huge bridge. I didn't realize that Copenhagen was so close to Sweden. I really didn't know anything about Malmo, I just knew that I wanted to see Sweden, so I arrived and just walked around town. I walked through this huge beautiful series of parks with windmills, ponds, and of course bridges. There was a ton of geese that ran around everywhere and let me know that th... read more

Amsterdam Julie J Vanover I arrived in Amsterdam and I needed to find my hostel quickly so that I could get settled in and make it to the Free Tour of Amsterdam. The only problem was that there were no written directions on the website, only a map. So I used the little map that I had in my book and what I could remember from the web. Well, somewhere I turned the wrong way and the 10 minute walk from the train station turned into over an hour walk. I rushed to the meeting point for the free tour and passed them on the sidewalk so I just joined in the line! Yeah! I really enjoyed the free tour, we went into the history of the area starting from it's first settlement and the ... read more

Brugge and Brussels Julie J Vanover I thought that Belgium was very suprisingly beautiful, however my encounters with people here were very odd. I got off the night train from Berlin in Brussels and hopped on the local train to Brugge. The train was practically empty and so when a guy came to try to sit across from me experience had taught me this wasn't a good thing. He spoke a language that I didn't recognize (maybe Flemish) and I played dumb when he was asking if he could sit across from me- luckily my pack was in the way otherwise I believe he would have just sat down. He sat across the aisle from me after I played dumb with his gestures and continued writing in my journal. I could see him moving and ... read more

Berlin Julie J Vanover I arrived in Berlin much later in the day than I had planned because of my visit to St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. I didn't get checked in at my hostel until about 9pm and I still needed dinner. So I headed over to the main street a block away from my hostel and had an Indian Buffet. While I was eating I ran into two girls that I had stayed with in Budapest, they were on a pub crawl and seemed to be very much enjoying themselves. As I was walking back to my hostel I walked past a building that at first glance appeared to be a vacant building. Upon further inspection there were many red lights in the back of the building so I wandered back there to ... read more