Spain07 - Ryan Bader

I love to travel, so I decided to do a study abroad trip in Alicante, Spain. I first began my travels with the ol' cruise boats visiting Mexico 3x, The Cayman Islands, The Florida Keys, Belize, and Honduras. I previously came to Europe in 2005 with a friend. We visited Reykjavik, Iceland - London - Brussels - Amsterdam - Paris - Nice - Strousburg. Since I've been in Spain I have been to Alicante (where I live), Valencia (3x), Granada, Madrid, Calpe, Benidorm. Other places in Europe on this trip include; lots of Italy, a bit of Greece, a quick stop in Portugal, then out east to Czech, Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia. The best part about myself just turning 22 years old and being in many places around the world is that I have done it all with my own limited funds I have accumulated through the years. Anybody and everybody can travel for less then they think, I love it !!!

I Have been back in the states for almost a year now, August 2007.. but it seems like just yesterday I arrived in Spain.

Seems like I wrote this so long ago, I am now 23 about to be 24... and I talk about 22, sigh the good old days.

Next stop, my MBA in Germany, Poland, and China in October of 2009. I am sure I will be adding to my 18 countries and be updating this completely one day.
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By Spain07
August 25th 2008

The 2nd most consistently expensive beer North America » United States » Rhode Island » Block Island

marina

Another day another reason to leave my “home” and head somewhere new. This trip was based around my buddy Brian and I taking the ferry to Block Island for a night or so. His dad lives in CT, so I flew into Hartford, considering acting.... do not be offended, but as homosexual as possible, since his dad kept asking when his bf was visiting. Didn’t do it, but told them on the way to there house, while drinking some road sodas, and it turns out I should have… pops thought it was hilarious. That night we basically sat in the [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
July 8th 2007

Hvar and Brac, Croatia -- and a shady ferry back to Italia Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Hvar

Hvar blue

• 7-8 Hvar Rise and shine, it is time to find a smaller non connected chunk of land off the coast of Croatia. Oh yeah, its 730am, my “landlady” woke me up because she needed to keys to the place back… I would have discussed my dissatisfaction, but I do not believe she knew many other words in English other than “key”. I stuck it out anyway regardless of her taking the keys and headed towards the docks around 900am. I have not been on the internet or spoken with Camille in many days, so I stopped in a shop and [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
July 6th 2007

Croatia - Zagrab to Split Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split

Zagreb street

• 7-6 Bled - Zagreb That morning I finally got to enjoy Lake Bled with all of its intended beauty. The sun was finally out, the mountains were still snow capped, the lake and all its surroundings where all at there peak. The only thing missing was an attractive female and a picnic basket… Well leaving bled moments after my daydream and off to Zagreb, Croatia. Unfortunately trains decided to be late. Oh well, there was some good graffiti around. However I almost did make the decision to take a much longer train ride and become completely off track by going [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
July 4th 2007

Lake Bled, Lake Bohinj, Mt. Sija Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Bus ride
Ljubljana - Bled bus ride

Ok, Lake Bled with Amy. Sleeping in… horrible way to start this venture, so I grabbed a quick bite to eat at the hostel and took off towards the buses. I actually got on the correct bus where she said she would be and headed towards the lakes on a rainy day in Slovenia. Although it was disgusting out, the scenery was fantastic, everything was insanely green, the fog peered in and out of the mountains along the road, and when the sun peeked through a rainbow seemed to appear every time. We got there around noon and headed towards [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
July 3rd 2007

Travel and Ljubljana Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

hostel Celica
Former military prison now hostel

Rise and shine buttercup!! Say good bye to the dear friend Lindsey and take off deeper into the unknown, but first things first, let’s call the guapa Camille. She was excited to talk to me and as was I; even though it was 6am in Vienna and she was drunk in Missouri. Ok, onto the train station where I was unsure of my next destination. I had the options of stopping in Maribor or going straight to Ljubljana, the stop would have been a three to four hour delay and would have worked out just fine, but I decided against [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
July 1st 2007

On to Vienna Europe » Austria » Vienna State » Vienna

P1010171

Prague was fun, especially because of the people that I met, but it is time to move on. The morning of July 1st I headed out for Vienna, but missed my train, so I need to get the next one that was not direct. I met a couple from Ohio that were cool and then when we stopped in Braclav Czech Republic I met another couple that helped to pass the time, while beggars where nearly nonstop. I do admit one of the funniest things happened on these trains… the doors were automatic, so no need to close them, but every [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
June 30th 2007

Heading East; Prague Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Charles Bridge at night

I suppose this will be my first venture to “Eastern Europe” or I suppose more or less “Central Europe” … either way I was ending east. My first stop after leaving my sisters in Barcelona was Prague. There was a decent amount of confusion on my side but I requested assistance from the girl that was sitting next to me on the plane and she was eager to help, instructing me to get on bus 119 to get into the city. When I arrived in the city I needed to find my hostel, for those who have never been in Prague; [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
June 20th 2007

Los Hogurous - una hermana, dos hermanas, tres borrachos - Madrid, Alicante, Barcelona Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

Kerry and I
Checking the map, just after we checked into the hotel

I normally enjoy starting trips to see visiting family members by getting hammered the night before and of course forgetting to go the sleep. This is a highly suggested strategy and I will recommend it to everyone. My sisters Danielle and Kerry came to visit me in Spain on June 20th, being a very responsible brother I was meeting them in Madrid, but Los Hogares were going on in Alicante. By the time Wednesday came around I had already partied all week and I had to catch a train at 8am. I return to my flat around 5am, pack, blinked for [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
June 4th 2007

Bullfight, que Romantico Europe » Spain » Basque Country » San Sebastián

RECOVERED

Vale, another fun filled trip with Ms. Camille. We took to the streets of Madrid to start our adventure and watch some bulls get destroyed. The purpose of Madrid was the bullfight and meeting up with one of Camille’s friends Louis. After a quick lunch with Louis and dropping our stuff at the hostel, we hit the bullring. We originally had the intention of getting a little tipsy, but after that first seven euro drink we had enough (poor college students). I have never been to a bullfight before, nor have I watched one on the TV, so the initial [View Full Entry]

By Spain07
April 19th 2007

Milan - There are no rooms because of furniture Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

Entrance into the Acropolis

The depressing realization that we were no longer on a Greek Island or on a beach called Paradise was with us until we got back to our hostel and found a nice little party. Cheapest beers in Athens they say and they are correct. Then the bar in the hostel closed... but wait they took us to the “Orange bar” (it had a orange sign). After a handful of Mythos and buying a sweet .5 liter mug from the bar for a euro and went back to my room and got a wonderful surprise of some new English friends. After [View Full Entry]

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