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Wow, i am so far behind! I'm in Italy now writing about Croatia! That was like 6 countries ago! The first major place we went to was Dubrovnik. I was really excited about it because it us we here they filmed one of my favorite shows (game of thrones). It has really tall walls that are just beautiful. We didn't get as much time theree as I would have liked, but theere was enough time to see a few things and walk most of the walls. Tere was a large fountain that you could drink from and it was pretty cold! Theere is also a small ledge that if a single man can hop onto it and stay up there, he will find himself a wife in Dubrovnik, lol. We only had one single guy on ... read more

Dax made the border crossing between turkey and Greece seem really intense! He had told us the history between the two countries and they don't really like each other. It actually wasn't bad at all. What was funny was the differences between the two sides. A turksih soldier actually saluted us, and theybwere all at attention as we drve by. The grreeks were just kinda lounging around, talking and smoking. There were also a lot of garbage cans spaced about 7 feet apart which was a little odd. Even more odd was all the trash that was *next* to the cans! Our lunch stop was in a cute little town called Kavala. I knew there ws going to be a roman aqueduct there, but I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know that it would look the ... read more

I happen to find the history really interesting, so if you don't want to read about it, just skip past the bullets :) Greece has over 1300 islands, but only 240 are occupied. Greece was very advanced for it'd tme and invtented democracy, science, math, comedy, tragedy, politics....and....the yoyo It's a country of contrast. They invented all that stuff, yet you can't flush toilet paper, and only ine bathroom so far has had a toilet *seat*, I kid you not. Exciting tme to be here because of the elections. The Greeks got way into debt, and if the country collapsed, the euro would suffer, so the other eu countries didn't want that. They gave Greece 110 billion euros (that was to pay off the interest, not even the principle of the debt) to help them, but ... read more

Before I talk about my time in Istanbul, I'd like to share a list of things I have noticed: Pilots make the same "err" noise when deciding what to say on the intercom Babies laugh the same and for same reasons. They will also chew on phones and grab strangers' pants....namely mine lol People are constantly on phones and iPods. A business man may be concentrating on his blackberry...but sure enough it's angry birds. Turkish people just look like tan Americans. Some are very light skinned! I saw a bunch that looked like celebs and my friends. There was a guy that looked like the balding guy from 30 rock There are still obnoxious teens Men still think they are charming Girls love sparkles and soft fabric Taxis are terrible drivers Police sirens are annoying They ... read more

Arrived in Ljubljana! Man... this trip is really straining me in every possible way. Financially, emotionally, physically... In all my other travels, nothing big usually goes wrong... on this one, its ALL going wrong! The only consolation is all the cool stuff I'm seeing, on the occassaions that I am actually able to see something! Rome was incredible! There was so much richness and history there, it was almost palpable. You couldn't turn around and not see a beautiful piece of architecture... or a moped scooter thing, lol. I went to the Coloseum, Pantheon, St. Peter's, Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Trevi fountain. Al the usual spots. Sistine was amazing... not at all like I had thought that it was going to be! I had always thought that the painting of God and Adam was really big and ... read more