http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/feministraveler/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from feministraveler en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:01:18 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:01:18 +0000 After a long bus ride from Prague to Vienna we were so excited to see friends. The main reason for making a stop in Vienna is not because it is the capital of Austria or the capital of Wrstelstands but because of Simone and other old friends that I haven't seen since 2000. If you don't know Simone was an exchange student at Lakeville High School 305n 1996 and we have remained friends since. W http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-439641.html Ever since I found out about this Bone Church in Kutna Hora I have been dying to check this place out It was definitely one of my favorite places to visit. The Sedlec Ossuary Bone Church is a small Roman Catholic chapel located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40000 and 70000 people many of whom have had their bon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Central-Bohemian-Region/Kutna-Hora/blog-439628.html Our time in Czech Republic was short. We only had two full days to see Prague and the long awaited Kutna Hora. Day one we started off with a breakfast at Bohemia Bagel. We read this place had an American breakfast and this is something we have been craving. It was indeed delicious with egg and cheese bagels and jalepeno omellets. They also had bottomless coffee we stayed a long time Afterwards w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-439598.html I took a daytr305p by myself to Auschw305tz as Em305ly told me she could not handle go305ng. I would say 305t was def305nately one of the th305ngs I was most 305nterested 305n do305ng 305n Europe. Of course there are so many books and mov305es wr305tten about the holocaust you could say Yeah yeah I know I know but actually see305ng 305t 305n per http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Auschwitz/blog-437590.html We took a train to Krakow. Somehow our seats ended up 305n the babychang305ng station carriage. We were fortunate that no one came in to change their baby's nappies during the ride peeyuWe arrived at Krakow's Glowny Station around 4pm. Glowny station is attached to a huge mall called the Galleria. We found a Carrefour grocery store in the mall and bought some groceries for the next day's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-437580.html We travelled to 321d378 because we wanted to see a smaller city in Poland. I also couldn't miss 321d378 because it is David Lynch's favorite city there is an active modern art scene strong film roots a Hollywood style walk of fame old looming textile factories and so much more. I also will say that 321d378 has the most helpful tourist office on our trip so far. We loved it http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lodz-Province/Lodz/blog-437346.html Warsaw Warszawa PolandWe had or305g305nally hoped to travel 305n Poland for one month but because of our Schengen worries we dec305ded to travel for 2 weeks 305nstead. We arr305ved 305n Warsaw by a very n305ce Pol305sh tra305n and stayed at 123 Campground. We were so exc305ted to travel 305n Poland 305t was a country that was on the top of both of our l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Masovia/Warsaw/blog-436466.html Berlin is off the hook Emily and i had such a wonderful time that it was hard to leave Berlin. After being on an island for 27 days it was so nice being in a big city where there are so many vegetarian options and to actually have a real bed to sleep inLet me start at the beginning... We left the island of Brac at 7 in the morning and had to head back to Split by the catamaran. The waters ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-428778.html There isn't much to write about the month of July spent living and camping on the island of Bra269 because we didn't do much Our campground was located in the city of Bol and we were right on the beach. The campground was situated in the back of the Dominican Monastery. We swam almost everyday went to the Bol library and checked out books we sat on our favorite benches over looking one beach http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Brac/blog-427902.html We travelled to Mostar for a couple of reasons. I really loved Bosnia and wanted to see another city besides Sarajevo. I was also interested in seeing the region of Herzegovina. Our friend Tina in Serbia recommended Banja Luka and Mostar and we had also met a Dutch traveller in Sarajevo who told us a little about the history of Mostar the seige ethnic cleansing and the city's division between Cr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/South/Mostar/blog-428770.html Friday July 3rd We took an 8 hour airconditioned...yes bus to Sarajevo Bosnia from Beograd Serbia. Tages and I were overwhelmed at how beautiful Bosnia was. We didnt know much about Bosnia and didn't know what to expect because it is not in the one large guide book we decided to bring. I felt like my breath was taken away when seeing Bosnia out of the bus window. The landscape slowly started http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-415146.html 1041107710861075108810721076 Beograd or Belgrade SerbiaWe decided to travel to Serbia earlier than originally planned after finding out about the Schengen Rules for travel in the EU. We thought we would leave the Schengen area for a while now rather than later. Without much notice two very nice women in Belgrade accepted our request to couchsurf with them. Tina and Lily ro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/West/Belgrade/blog-427860.html Dohany Utca 84 Apt 7 Budapest Hungary is where we lived for the whole month of June and it was spectacular It was great actually having an apartment and not constantly sleeping at a hostel or in our tent. Not to mention eating hot meals everyday. During the month in Romania Emily and I were craving bloody mary's so we were able to enjoy BM's multiple times during that month. We found a h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-408085.html Thursday May 28th to Saturday May 30th. Our stay was short but nice in Oradea. There were three reasons we picked Oradea to be our exit point out of Romania. One it was close to Budapest. Two Tages really wanted to visit the popular Bear Cave. Three Oradea has the only strictly vegetarian restaurant in Romania. We had read a vague discription about a camping ground in Oradea and we figured we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Crisana/Bihor/Oradea/blog-408083.html there has been some pretty awesome stencil art and graffiti around europe. keep checking back as i am sure this will keep growing. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-408694.html Saturday May 23rd..Today we travelled Northwest to Sighisoara by a dirty old rambling train with lots of character. Our new friend Wieteke from the Netherlands took the train with us because she had also planned to stay a night in Sighisoara. When stepping off the train it had a distinct small town feel about it. Sighisoara was high and low. The main city was low in the valley in between two moun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Transilvania/Mures/Sighisoara/blog-408037.html Tuesday May 19th. We took the 613am Ptrain from Gara de Noor in Bucharest to Brasov. We were so excited to get our first peek at the mountains. The train ride was very nice and quiet. We arrived at the chaotic train station and navigated our way by bus to the hostel. Unfortunately they did not get our reservations and the cheapest dorm room was booked. We had to stay in a private room which wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Transilvania/Brasov/Brasov/blog-405171.html May 17th to May 19th. Back to Bucharest We hadn't planned on going back to Bucharest but it made the most sense being that our next stop was Brasov almost straight North through Bucharest. We emailed the Funky Chicken and our friends that we were Surprise coming back. Laura and James were waiting for us at the hostel. It was so good to be together again And Anna was working at the Funky Chicke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Muntenia/Bucharest/blog-405168.html Sunday May 17th...I had to create a seperate entry for this special train ride back to Bucharest because it was so great. We left Vama Veche by way of maxi taxi bus to another sea side town called Mangalia. And from Mangalia we took an hour and a half train ride back to Constanta. In Romania there are 4 different classes of trains. PPersonal AAccelerated IIntercity and RRapid. As you can gu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Dobrogea/Marea-Neagra/Mangalia/blog-405164.html May 15th to May 17thWe travelled to the Southern most tip of Romania on the Black Sea to a little seaside town called Vama Veche. We went there because our Let's Go guide had said it remains a destination for Romania's counterculture with hippies punks and goths flocking to camp on the nude beach and rock out under the stars. Sounds like paradise right Well we didn't really see any punks but http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Dobrogea/Marea-Neagra/Vama-Veche/blog-404897.html