http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Teeter/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Teeter en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:26:38 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:26:38 +0000 January 7th10th VeniceWe slept in until 930 which was glorioushellipwhen we opened the curtain we really couldnrsquot believe what our eyes saw it was snowing. Big fat flakes of snow were flying down from the heavens onto the little city of Venice. How would of thought that we would experience our first European snow shower in Venice Mitch and I were thrilled but we could tell it was jus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-363802.html Janaury 4th 7th FlorenceWe left Roma while the streets were dark and abandoned it felt like night time but really it was 530 in the morning. We remembered to make our train this time which was a blessing as we are headed to Florence or Firenze as the Italians say. We are spending three nights here and then headed to Venice. Mitch booked the hotel this time and he found a gem at only 16 US dol http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-361820.html December 30th January 4th Roma the heart of ItaliaJust a random tid bit of info before you get to hear about RomaSo before we left England Mitch and I had this brilliant idea. Hey why donrsquot we get a bag that has both backpack straps and wheels for when we are traveling so we donrsquot always have to be putting stress on our backs for the next 32 days. Sounds like such a great idea. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/blog-361818.html December 26th 30th SwitzerlandFriday morning was not a good one for us. So far we have not had one glitch in our trip but this morning is when it began. We woke up around 7 to get ready for our 9 orsquoclock train to Gryon our chalet in the Alps. We rushed to the train station because we had cut the time a little closehellipwe look at the board and see the 910am train to Geneva and Mitc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/blog-360075.html December 21 26th Paris the city of love love loveWe arrived into Paris extremely excited and anxious...I mean this is the city of love cheese and wine who wouldnrsquot be thrilled Unfortunately it was raining and a bit overcast when we arrived but the city was still breathtaking. We went from the train station to our apartment on the Left Bank which is arguably the best area to li http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-359250.html December 18th21st Tours BloishellipHOLY CHATEAUXS We got into Tours around 1 in the afternoonhellipwe had booked our hotel online that morning and just randomly found it didnrsquot read the reviews or anythinghellipwe walked out of the train station and BAM there it was staring us in the face. Literally 500 yards from the train station and the center of town best location yet. I was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-358270.html December 16th18th Bourdeaux The Wine Country Our train pulled into the station around 930 pm a 7 hour train ride from Marseilles. We were a little worn out from the long haul but the train ride is so much more relaxing than a plane ride that we really couldnrsquot complain. We were not prepared at all for what we were both in store for it was far far beyond our expectations. It was dark http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-355851.html December 15th 16th Avignon and MarseillesThe train ride through the coast and the country side has been one of our favorite aspects of the trip so far you get to see so much of France. One minute its cliffs and beach and the next its endless vineyards and cottages. Itrsquos amazing. We arrived into Avignon and bought our tickets for the rest of our time in France because things seem to fill http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-355850.html December 13th15th Nice and MonocaOur first stop in our Europe crusades is the lovely French Riviera. I only know what I have heard in magazines and tv freaking paradise. We left Oxford in the afternoon after some tearful goodbyes and made our way long way to Gatwick Airport. Mitch and I had purchased some new backpacks in the London ghetto to replace our old ones because we just had to have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-355846.html The Parents Invasion of OxfordThe last few weeks of our lives have been utter chaos between school travel and the parents invasion of Oxford. Mitch and I have been cramming everything in order to make time for the parents and also to not fail out of school. My mom came first she arrived the morning we got back fro Scotland. It was so awesome to see her we met her in the famous Eagle and Child http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-355845.html I canrsquot believe we only have another 3 weeks in Oxford it seems like we just got here Mitch and I have had the greatest last few months and just donrsquot want this to end. Back to reality No thanks. Graduating from college No thanks. Paying our own bills Definitely NO thanks. This weekend was our last trip before our months traveling after schoolhellipScotland We had a wonderful l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-349417.html I wish I could say we had a smooth arrival into Prague but I really canrsquot. The city was absolutely blanked in fog I had no idea that we were even close to the ground until the lights on our plane reflected off the runway pavement. It was an incredibly eerie and uncomfortable feeling. The pilot landed the plane on automatic mode which means a computer rather than a human landed us. When ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/blog-348235.html Day Five Hello SantoriniWe woke up again to that incredible breakfast and I seriously stuffed myself full of homemade Greek yogurt and fresh honeyhellipits incrrrrredible Mitch got his fill of everything there was to offer and we were honestly pretty bummed to have to be leaving our little paradise right on the ocean. It was a beautiful day outside no wind and sunnyhellipI keep think http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-341672.html Day Three Arrival into Naxos Six am wake up and off to the ferry port to head to the Greek Island of Naxos. It was about a ten minute walk through the dark breezy streets but we got to the port in plenty of time before departure. The ferry is much bigger than we were expecting and we suddenly felt like hey we are going on a cruise vivid flashbacks of the bliss we experienced on our luxury cruis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-338985.html Day One Arrival into AthensBeep. Beep. Beep. The alarm goes off at 415 am and reality hits Greece is here. All those months of planning wishing and excitementhellipabout to be reality. It was pitch black outside windy and coldhellipa typical Oxford morning. Our backpacks were loaded up and we were ready to bike down to the stations. The road was wet and we were about half way there when http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-338614.html This weekend was a bit spontaneous as a group of us decided to hop on a train and travel to Wales. Surprisingly Wales is only a short hour and half train ride from Oxford which is over an hour closer than the Gatwick Airport that we usually fly out of. The trip was short and sweet and we got into Wales around noon. We had this awesome affordable Bed and Breakfast right on the water across from th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-336551.html The City of Hookers Sex and really good cookies As you can tell this blog is a bit late for reasons that you will soon find out. But for nowhellip Amsterdam. Oh Amsterdam. We arrived into this wondrous city around ten orsquoclock at night on Thursday. We were welcomed with raindrops and dark clouds as we walked out of the airplane. The air was chilly and wet but we were all very excited s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-332344.html Day One Arrival into Ireland We are starting to realize that over here in Europe things just usually donrsquot go as planned thatrsquos just how it is. For instance our flight with Ryan Air was supposed to depart around 530pm out of Gatwick Airport so Mitch and I arrive about 2 hours before to compensate for traffic or anything of that sort. Check in went smoothly but Ryan Air doesnrsq http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-329116.html Day One Arrival into MunichThursday morning came oh so earlyhellipI canrsquot say that I was ready to ride my bike from Logan House to the bust station at 630 in the morning. My backpack is enormous and it weighed a tonhellipdriving in the bike lane in the dark half delirious with a small elephant on your back is not the ideal way to start the morning. However we managed and made it to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-326050.html It is quite difficult to a keep an uptodate journal of our time here. I came to that conclusion over the last 7 days as I keep finding myself too exhausted or just too busy to sit down at the computer for a few hours and upload pictures and document the days. However the bottom line being this last week has been just amazing we have traveled to London again gone to Stonehenge Bath had our http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-324754.html