http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/b1062613/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from b1062613 en-us Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:19:24 UTC Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:19:24 UTC There is a lot to see in Rome.We smashed it all into two exhausting days.The first day we started early in the morning at the Vatican museums. The line went on forever but the wait was worth it. We hit the highlights inside. A full tour would take days. The Sistine Chapel was probably my favorite thing to see inside but again no pictures Then we headed to St Peter's Basilica. It is massi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-198310.html If I decide not to come home you'll know where to find me.The Cinque Terre is five little villages clinging to the Mediterranean coast between Genoa and Pisa. The villages are surrounded by vineyards olive trees and breathtaking views. All five are connected by hiking path and rail. We easily covered all five in a day.The villages are all made up of multistory buildings decorated in vibrant http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-197777.html We made a short stopover in Pisa on the way to the Cinque Terre. Our plan is to spend a couple of hours in Pisa to take the standard holding up the tower pictures. It looks as though a thousand of our closest friends have the same idea.We get our pictures and get back on the train.Off to the Cinque Terre http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Pisa/blog-197763.html We arrived in Florence at about 11 am after an uneventful and cheap bus ride from Siena. Florence is definitely busier than sleepy little Siena. Florence is really a great city. It is full of culture good food famous art and TOURISTS. We have seen a lot of Americans. They seemed to be a lot in Venice too but not really is any of the other places we have been. You always know the tour groups http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-196899.html to going on a gondola ride Hahahaha just a little Venice engagement humor Hope we caused a gasp but thankfully ITS ONLY A JOKE Sorry for the delay in updates. Its been a busy few days. We started out on a terrible night train journey from Munich to Venice. The train compartment was loud tiny and old. On top of that our Asian neighbors accidentally broke into our compartment at 2am. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-196883.html Jeff thought it was time I took up some of the blog slack. I am a little more long winded than him so bear with me. We arrived in Siena after an eventful day. After Venice we took a train to Florence to connect with our train to Siena. We must have awful timing because we got on the same train as about 200 Italian soccer hooligans . As we sat there more and more of them just kept coming on the t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Siena/blog-196882.html Yesterday we rented a car and drove down to Austria. Our destination was the little mountain village of Hallstatt. The rental car place didn't have our Opal so we got stuck with a Mercedes E class darn haha The first bit of driving on the autobahn was a little scary but once I got the hang of it it was a blast. It was like I was driving in a luxury car dealership. Porsche's BMW's Mer http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-195908.html Hello from day 3 in Munich. We arrived early in the morning Tuesday off the night train. With not much to do and a free day of train riding we decided to head out to Dachau. Dachau was the first concentration camp built by the Nazis. It was a great experience. I couldn't believe how close the concentration camp was to the city of Dachau. There were houses right next to the walls...The next http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-195365.html Big sight seeing day today. We visited Prague Castle first. I don't know how we'll see anything more spectacular than this. It looks like a postcard. I kept telling Nicole it wasn't real even as I looked at it with my own eyes. The inside of the Castle cathedral was just as great as the exterior. Inside the Cathedral we climbed 287 winding steps to the top of one of the church spires for g http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-194660.html We made it to Prague yesterday. We went from a sub par American Airlines Boeing 777 to a specatular German train to a scary Cold War era Soviet holdover Czech train before finally making it to Prague.Our journey from Frankfurt to Prague looked a lot like Missouri with rolling hills and fields... of course with little red roofed villages and the occassional castle sprinkled in. Prague is a g http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-194001.html Its 1230am and I get to sleep for 4 hours.Tomorrow we look forward to 11 hours in the sky 3 hours of lay over and a 7 hour train ride from Frankfurt to Prague.See ya in Prague http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Missouri/St--Louis/blog-193195.html I'm starting the mad rush of preparation for our big 2007 trip to Europe. I had so much fun making Simpsons versions of me and Nicole that I decided to use them for our blog picture. Hopefully you enjoy as much I doWe leave in 6 days. I have my packing list complete and will begin the task of packing everything for 17 days into 1 bag tomorrow.Hopefully this blog works out on the road and I wil http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Missouri/St--Louis/blog-191456.html Test entry for blog. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Opera-House/blog-191453.html Test the blog by entering old trip info. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Opera-House/blog-191427.html