goldentravelers

As a Christmas gift for Evan and myself. Our lovely mothers rented out an apartment flat for a week in the East side of Rome. We beat the mothers there and explored the flat. A beautiful apartment with two bedrooms, a kitchen, bathroom, dining area, sitting area and a stunning terrace. It was beautiful. Our mothers arrived shortly after, seeing them was both a very exciting yet incredibly odd feeling. It had bee, after all, almost 6 months. After a round of hugs and touring the place we had a small bite to eat at a nearby cafe. We then went out for a grocery shop, just around the corner. We bought lots of 30 cent beers, 1 € bottles of wine, massive loafs of bread, hunks of cheese, salami, proschiutto, olives, pasta, and much more. ... read more

Ever since India, where we cursed every layer we wore because of the boiling heat, we've only been confronted with the cold. From Germany's blizzards to Italy and France's chilly wind...it's just been too much. We made a mutual agreement to go someplace where we could sit in the sand and take a dip in the ocean. We were in Barcelona, where a warmth was beginning to submerge, but it wasn't quite hot enough for us. We looked at our map of Europe and it was; Alicante. Right down in the south of spain, just oozing with warmth 365 days a year. We looked at one another and it was agreed. Alicante would our next stop. It was a five hour train ride from Barcelona. We took the 10am and watched "Hairspray" in Spanish on the ... read more

It was 9am when we rolled into´Venezia´train station. We had taken a night train from Paris and our plan was to spend a day exploring Venice and take another train out that night. After an hour of pure hassle and cues, we had purchased our tickets for our upcoming train and dumped our bags in a locker. We were off to see the sinking city. As soon as you step foot out of the train station, the beauty of this old city hits you, straight in the face. You´re left standing awkwardly gazing out at the picturesque river and the most romantic buildings you´ve ever seen. As well, there´s a massive poster of actress Kate Bosworth in a Calvin Klein ad. Not too bad. We walked across a huge marble bridge and towards the city centre. ... read more

We were on the tram, on our way to our hostel, only two minutes after stepping foot in the Netherlands most popular destination. The bicycles, the buildings, the cobblestone and canals...aaah, this is Amsterdam. We walked the main street and crossed over one of the many beautifully built bridges towards the "StayOK Youth Hostel". After making ourselves comfortable in our 20 bed dorm rooms, we headed out into the street to gfind the essence of life in Amsterdam. We spent 4 days in the land where drugs, sex and liquor run the streets and everyone you meet seems to be ON something. We rode bicycles thorugh the many canals running alongside and throughout the city. With everything so close, we were able to see so much of this dutch landmark. We felt we'd been living there ... read more

It was an 18 hour train ride from Kesinga to Kolkata. A trip that resulted in my ipod being stolen from my sleeping bag, as I slept in it, and a lady boy beggar punching me in the face and screaming what sounded much too much like a Jihad curse. It was an experience, i'll say that. One Chris and I will not forget. Our first day in Kolkata began very early when we rolled in around 8am and immediately began a bidding war with taxi drivers to take us to a guesthouse. We found one reasonably priced taxi and hopped in. The ride from the train station to the guesthouse, i will always remember. First, the taxis in Kolkata are beautiful. They have the look of the old 50's cars (probably because that's when they ... read more