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joelspants - Joel West

i am 18, taking a gap year currently travelling around europe

need to put up stuff for my friends and family to seeeeee

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By joelspants
October 1st 2007
super! Europe » Poland » Masovia » Warsaw
hello everyone! well i've been in poland and warsaw for just over 3 weeks now (i think) and what an amazing 3 weeks it's been! I am in love with this place so much, even if bum bags and denim jackets are the height of fashion and water is double the price of beer at clubs, this city is still 'super' (thats polish slang!!) I actually realised the other night, and i felt really accomplished when i realised this, I was on a bus at night, going out to meet some friends, and even in the dark i just glanced out [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 1st 2007 | 55 Views | [diary=207206]


By joelspants
September 16th 2007
czesc  Europe » Poland » Masovia » Warsaw
hello, or czesc from mighty poland! im finally here! i've had the most amazing week! i was the hostel in warsaw doing my teaching course for the past week and yesterday i was picked up by my host family and now im settling into my new polish way of life, i also start school tomorrow!!!!!!! its been such an amazing week i dont know where to begin! i got in from prague last friday morning at about 7am by bus... so needless to say i was a bit grumpy from the bus trip and my first impression of warsaw was that [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 16th 2007 | 57 Views | [diary=202706]

castle in old town
warsaw uprising monument
enjoying pizza hut at the beer gardens

hello everyone! well this will be my last group email as a dirty dirty backpacker because tonight im off to poland and my placement starts this weekend and then my friends... i will be a teacher... those poor poor polish children! anyway since prague ive had a few (mis)adventures, the bus i intended to get ended up not existing and the unpleasant folk at the prague bus depot weren't very helpful! so i ended up spending another day in prague which honestly... i was pretty happy about... ive really fallen in love with prague, and with czech republic, its such a [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 6th 2007 | 42 Views | [diary=199531]

so pretty
a random street in cesky
me and strange back alley art

By joelspants
August 23rd 2007
czech this out! Europe » Czech Republic » Prague
ok so thats a terrible pun but im in the czech republic, when else can i use it!!! ok first off before i fill you in on all my exciting adventures i need to mention 2 VERY important things i forgot in my last group email... when i was in paris i visited jim morrisons grave which was so amazing and when i was in switzerland the rolling stones performed a concert practically around the corner form where i was staying so i could hear it all... mmm happy rock times! also i need to point out that at this hostel, [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 23rd 2007 | 88 Views | [diary=195421]

rainbow jet
it's a big jet ok
AIDS ad in switzerland

hello all, wow it's been a few weeks since ive done one of these and what an insane few weeks its been after i last sent out a group email ive been all over the place!!!! first off was barcelona which was AMAZING.... its such a chilled out place and the weather was amazing... I spent a lot of my time just walking around and having fun at the beach which by the way, so far, european beaches, or spanish beaches, have NOTHING on the beachs back in australia, the sand was really dirty, it left a brown stain on the [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 13th 2007 | 53 Views | [diary=191967]

sacre coure
mery-go-round
arch di triomphe

hello everybody! it's been a while since i've done one of these and i've done a whole lot since! first of all i'm not in ireland anymore... i'm on the sunny shores of spain!!! but since i last emailed you all me and siobhan went to the west of ireland which was beautiful! although there wasn't a whole lot there... but we did check out an ireland where they only speak irish, or gaelic, and the best thing was crough patrick... this giant mountain we climbed... it's meant to be this huge catholic pilgramage... it was really hard to climb... i [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2007 | 60 Views | [diary=189846]

irish deer
pretty glendalough
sio feeding puppys

HELLO! ok so it's been a few weeks since i last emailed everyone... i've been doing so much it's insane... I don't know where to start!!! (also i figured out a way to email to EVERYONE, coz my inBOX was playing up but it's all good now) ok so after I met siobhanny in dublin we've done soooo much... we've been to a millioin museums and parks and galleries in dublin clearly they each had a profound effect on me because i remember them all! hahaha one thing we did do was go to the abbey theatre and see the crucible... [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2007 | 15 Views | [diary=189844]

james blake
big ben
houses of parliment

hello everyone! i've decided to keep emailing to those who i dont think have myspace coz it's just easier and anyone else with myspace can read my blogs! anyway i finally met up with siobhan again the other day!!! i was actually given the wrong time for her flight so i was just sitting at the airport waiting and all of a sudden this girl in a bright yellow coat stood in front of my and just casually said hi, i looked up and realised it was siobhan... haha.. it's good to see her again and we're just like we were [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2007 | 12 Views | [diary=189842]

nirvana
me and socrates
knobs and knockers

hello! so today was my first proper day of travels.. and i thought i'd do a blog because a) i need to kill some time before siobhan gets here and b) i was that out of it all of yesterday i dont really remember the group email i sent!! and c) bloggin is easier than emailing :D i ended up befriending a canadian and an american in my dorm yesterday... they were really nice.. me and bartt (the american) had a massive talk about the arrogance of americans and why almost eveyrone hates them... it was pretty funny... and i went [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2007 | 16 Views | [diary=189839]

dublin does sweeny todd
street performers
gold ladies