Pearl Street Gap Year

Amsterdam! It's not what you think. OK it is a little bit. OK a lot, sorry. Amsterdamis a wonderful place, and I can neither condone nor condemn the activities of anyone who sets foot in this great city. We were there for a little under a week. At first, we stayed in a brand new hostel in the south of the city called the Generator. This is another chain hostel that was almost more hotel than hostel. No kitchen, which is automatically a strike against them as far as we are concerned, but it made up for it in the quality of the beds and the jovial atmosphere. The hostel was an old converted university building, complete with a lecture amphitheater and a "library" that had about ten books. It was quiet like a library, though, ... read more

Welcome back, dear reader. This entry and the one immediately following it is this week's DOUBLE FEATURE! Blog written by me, Jordo, and a special edition entry where Rindi compares Hotels to Hostels and the pros and cons of both! I think! I haven't read it yet! We are by no means an authority, as of yet, but we have stayed in our fare share of hostels by now. I'll let her get to the nuts and bolts of that, later. Also, a tip for opening links to the pictures below (so that you don't lose your place), either right click on the link and "Open in New Tab" or use your middle mouse button to click on the link and it will open in a new tab automatically! You're welcome. Budapest, Hungary We left Croatia ... read more

Since the last time First off, apologies for the time span since the last update. Internet connectivity has been surprisingly shitty in places ranging from Barcelona to Rome. It's partially Windows 8 being stupid. I won't bore you with the technical details or why I haven't changed my OS yet but suffice it to say that it's all Bill Gates' fault. Gimme money, Billy. Surprisingly, Croatia/Montenegro connectivity has been very good so far. Even on this small island of Hvar, my throughput is pretty damn good. More on Croatia/Montenegro later. Second, you'll notice that rather than fucking around with trying to artfully insert pictures into the following text in any strategic or meaningful way, I have just provided hyperlinks to my google drive that contain folders with all the pictures we have taken so far. I ... read more

Disclaimer! We've decided to mark these as SFC (Safe for Children) or NSFC (Not Safe for Children) by request. My entries will be mostly NSFC. Rindi's, not so much. So if for some reason you decide to read these out-loud to some minors, be forewarned. Olá! It's been a bit since the Super bowl. Apologies to the four people reading this for no news between then and now. Been kinda crazy. Bunch o shit's happened so far. I'll break it down: New York I don't know if that picture posted right. I'm still figuring this site out. It's not very intuitive. I know, I know, I'm a computer nerd -- figure it out, you say. Give me time, ass-hole! I'm tired. New York was rad. We were only there for two days. Stayed in a hostel ... read more