http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/NessaBlake/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from NessaBlake en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:56:12 BST Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:56:12 BST Hey all Just a quick update to let you all know that Im alive. Lysh and I are in Salzburg right now on a day trip from Munich... we just arrived but needed to burn our photos onto discs so we stopped in to an Internet cafe quick. I havent seen the places where the Sound of Music took place yet but from the train this place looks soooo beautiful Almost like a painting. Dont worry Madd http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-280671.html I still have yet to figure out what that saying means so if any of you know you should fill me in haha I don't exactly remember that last time that I posted but I think it was in Athens.. so I'll go from there. Santorini was GORGEOUSSSS. I haven't finished my traveling yet but I'm pretty sure it is going to be my favorite. I was ready for a few days of relaxing on the beach and that's exac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-278441.html Hello from Athens or as the Greeks like to say Giasas I arrived here a couple days ago and met up with one of my good friends Thea from Barca. We hit up one of the nearby islands for a day and then did a 7 hour walking tour of Athens today. We were exxxhausted but it was so great to see the acropolis and other greek and roman ruins. Tomorrow morning I leave for a week on the island of Santo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-274549.html I survived I got back from the camino last night and wow what an experience. Hundreds upon hundreds of people from all over the world Literally Korea Russia Canada Germany you name it they were there. It was a brutal few days and I give so much credit to those people that choose to walk the full 31 days. Each morning we would get up at 5 am... start walking by 6 am... and finish depen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-271008.html Hola a todosThe time has come... two days left before I leave for backpacking. I don't know if I'm going to have time to post while I'm traveling so I thought I'd do one last hoorah. There's so much that I want to do before I leave on Wednesday but not enough time. My friends and I spent Friday and Saturday painting the town red for one last time. I think it was my favorite memory so far. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-268310.html Hola The weather here is really perking up and it makes it difficult to do any work so here I am procrastinating once again. Classes at my university are over in two weeks which means they are piling on the work.... but we all continue to travel and NOT do our work. Ooppps Oh well the professors should know that doing homework in Europe is a big no no. This past weekend ten of my frien http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-261930.html Wow It's been quite a long time since I posted on here. HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE Let's see... what else is new The weekend following Madrid I bunch of friends came to visit from St. Bens. It was soooo much fun seeing the sights and what not...... until one of the girls got pick pocketed. Long story short we spent the entire night in an ambulance and police station. Soooo frustrating becaus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-259034.html So to recap the last few weeksSitges UNREAL I thought Madison Halloween was crazy nope... not compared to Carnaval in Sitges. Sitges is a small coastal town about a half hour from here and it is the main place to celebrate Carnaval in Catalonia. Trains were free all throughout the night and man did people take advantage of that There was no place to move in this town Literally you got http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-247996.html So I survived my first weekend trip We left for Portugal Thursday night and arrived safely which I was a bit worried about with our cheap flight.... the landing was a bit rocky. haha After getting there we attempted to find our hostel which had a whole in the door and looked shady as hell but in retrospect was extremely nice on the inside. Breakfast was included and we had hot water so I c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-242500.html Here are some GORGEOUS pictures from Montserrat. They don't even do it justice but look anyway. Side note I started classes this week and my head is pounding. Taking grammar classes in spanish is MUCH and I mean MUCCHHHHH different than taking regular classes in spanish. For six hours straight I am translating as fast as my brain allows which is not very fast..... at this rate I'm hoping http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Monistrol-de-Montserrat/blog-241207.html Hi I dont exactly remember what I wrote about last but hopefully I dont repeat myself too much. All of my classes start tomorrow and Im a bit nervous just because Ive never taken an actual class in spanish except for language and grammer courses so well see how it goes. I start at 930 in the morning and go until 7 oclock at night which is also kinda a drag but on Tues and Thurs I onl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-240063.html I promise I'll make this one short I've just been thinking of other differences that are interesting and I thought I'd add them to the list before I forget.the lights in our residenciahotel rooms are controlled by a room card.... you slip the card into this slot and then all of you electricity is able to turn on... so that way when you leave the rooms you take your card out and it saves on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-237148.html Ahh I meant Jewish American Princesses not Japanese.... my bad sorry http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-236562.html Procrastination always gets the best of me haha Deberes homework is overrated anyway right My first few days of school have been pretty easy so far. I have one class that is two and half hours long for the next two weeks and then I will have two more classes for the rest of the sem. I am taking a spanish cinema film studies course and then barcelona history. I am really excited for both o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-236553.html Lo siento I forgot to give you all my address and phone number. Some have been asking so here they areAddressResidencia OnixcSardenya 10113708013 BarcelonaCell 01134653591693 it may cost moola for you to call so beware Also you can talk to my on skype at vanessafraenkel or aim at nessa317 these guys are free. I will post more soon sobre clases y otras cosas Hope you are all having a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-236363.html Hola a todosI cannot believe that almost a week has gone by since arriving to this beautiful city I still can't even believe that I am actually here We moved into our Residencia on Wednesday. It is in a cute little neighborhood but within walking distance to downtown which is perfect. It is a lot nicer than I expected it to be. I have my own room and bathroom but I share a kitchen with a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-235629.html I MADE IT Estoy aqu I promise that I will not bother you all as much as I have been. It's easier for me to do a mass post letting everyone know I arrived then send out a million gagillion emails. But yes I am here and it is lovely I am sitting on the terrace to my hotel room looking out over downtown Barcelona with it's palm trees and 60 degree weather. If any of you get tired of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-233688.html Hi guys Well I am currently sitting in the Newark airport where I will be sitting until 7 pm. Notice that the time now is 1 pm. MISERABLE. From my seat in a cafe I can see New York City which I have been looongggging to visit since I was little and have yet to see. I asked someone if it'd be worth it to take the train into the city for a little bit but with the traffic and having to go th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Newark/blog-233464.html After searching through a million different blog sites I finally found one Don't feel any obligation to continue receiving my emailsreading them... just thought I'd give everyone the opportunity http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-230937.html