http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Nebraska Nomad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Nebraska Nomad en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:26:35 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:26:35 BST The rest our journey was more precarious and I gazed at the broken guard rails strategically placed beside the worst curves. Some good they did. The snow fell furiously Axel Rose screamed ldquoWelcome to the Junglerdquo which was remarkably appropriate for the chaotic traffic we kept engaging and I watched the world drift on. The mountains are intoxicating in this region not that we neede http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Armenia/West/Yerevan/blog-153175.html We arrived at the Georgian border our car devastated by dirt and snow and breezed through the checkpoint without hassle. Americans donrsquot need visas to Georgia which I find a remarkable turn of events given the history of the region. A quick stamp and we were off. Others werenrsquot so lucky. I didnrsquot care. The dramatic mountains followed us north and while obviously pained eco http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-153174.html Itrsquos been three years now since I departed my life from deep behind the Iron Curtain Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstanhellipand over a year since I departed my life in the Balkanshellip.they seem like only distant dreams to me now. But it took roughly three seconds to revert to the behavior necessary to survive in this place. My first sign that I was back was the contingent of soldie http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Armenia/West/Yerevan/blog-153173.html Saturday was a momentous occasion in Italian history. Was it an anniversary of a war of yesteryear Establishment of a stable longterm government The end of strikes No. An Alitalia flight landed gasp 10 minutes early And I was on it Brilliant. After swooping over what were probably the Austrian and Italian Alps we banked softly south and shortly landed alongside the beautiful city of Ven http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-150413.html This past weekend many of us went south to Bohemia and visited a UNESCO heritage site the town of Cesky Krumlov. On the way we stopped in a town called I think Pilzn where Pilsner Urquell is headquartered. We actually spent a night in Pilzen which has nothing really going on except the brewery. We stayed in the Hotel Continental which I have learned is code for Commie hotel trying to pose http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/South/Cesky-Krumlov/blog-147189.html Irsquove spent much time east of the Iron Curtain and made several visits to Germany but this weekend I finally made it to the one place where the Cold Warriors stared one another down literally face to face Berlin. I took the 4.5 hour train journey from Prague and arrived early evening on a Friday. After a packed week of class projects my 6 Taiwanese friends and I were tired but Berlin w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-146963.html Some people have said So...do you actually study also or... Fair enough question I guess. As the consultants from the movie Office Space wisely asked What it is ya say ya do here Well we actually do study. It sort of sucks since we're in Europe but here are a few propaganda pictures. Any alcohol sightings in this photo must have been PhotoShopped in by my roommate. But I live and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-146960.html In case I didnrsquot have time to tell you I am spending the second half of my spring semester in the Czech Republic. Thunderbird has a tiny ldquocampusrdquo at the Czech Management Graduate School of Business which is located about 30 Km from Prague in a village of about 1500 called Celakovice pronounced Chelakoveetsiya. Irsquoll be here about 7 weeks. My professors are flown over a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-146954.html