http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/kevdogg/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from kevdogg en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:24:05 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:24:05 +0000 Good old Lagos....what a crazy and wonderful place I arrived in Lagos after an intense over night 13 hour train ride from San Sebastian. I was on a bench on the train with 6 other men for 13 hours Luckily I was able to crawl under the bench and lay on the floor beneath them for the majority of the trip and was even able to grab a few hours of sleep After a train transfer in Lisbon and anothe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Algarve/Lagos/blog-420702.html Well it has been a while since my last update and I will try not to make this too long. When I last wrote Richard and I were planning on heading to the bull arena in Pamplona to try and get tickets for the bullfight. We headed there and found scalpers everywhere...seemed as though everyone we talked to was selling tickets. The prices started high 7050 euro as it was a couple hours before the ma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Navarre/Pamplona/blog-419406.html So we made it to Pamplona after a 6 hour bus ride that left Barcelona at 730am....we arrived in Pamplona around 2 and the madness ensued. The moment we got off the bus we were surrounded by thousands of people in white shirts and red scarfs completely covered in red wine.....absolutely drunk off their asses. It was a site that we will not soon forget. So needless to say the first thing we did was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-416155.html After an insane 24 hour marathon of travel we arrived in Barcelona yesterday safe and sound. We took an 830pm night train that was scheduled to arrive in Barcelona at 10am the next morning.....perfect Unfortunately our train was delayed 15 minutes which made us miss our connecting train thus creating 24 hours of transferring training inland 4 hour lay overs at 5 in the morning....etc. It was q http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/blog-415478.html I think I just published 2 new entries from Croatia that I had written but not published Im not sure what happened there....thats a lot of reading i know. We are now in gorgeous Cinque Terre after arriving a couple days ago from Florence. We had a great time in Florence We stayed at a wonderful campsite located 2 minutes from the Michelangelo Plaza which over looks all of Florence. We arrived http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-413381.html Well I have fallen in love with the city Split which is the central hub on the dalmation coast. I have found a wonderful little hostel just 10 minutes from downtown its called the 3 turtles because of the turtles that run wild in the main courtyard....quite neat. There are some really people that I have met here and we have had a great time spending evenings walking through the central boulevard. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Split/blog-408840.html So after much difficulty and confusion I finally met up with Richard I was down at the harbour looking for him for 2 mornings...the first day he wasn't there because he accidentally told me the wrong day.....ooooops. bloody forbes The 2nd morning I was up at the crack of 9 again to meet him at the harbour....but again to no avail. He was re routed into Zagreb and had to take a bus down from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Dubrovnik/blog-410718.html So we made it safely to Rome from Dubrovnik after a loooong 24 hours of busses overnight ferries and trains. We arrived in Rome at about 2pm and made our way to our campsite. This place is fantastic It has 2 pools a beach volley ball court 3 bars 2 restaurants disco outdoor theatre...its got it all. So the first day we were beat and hung around the pool swimming and tanning...we played be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-411860.html Well I am not sure where exactly I left you last but I think it was Interlaken I had a fantastic last night in Interlaken....We had a giant Fusbol tournament in our hostel with a couple Americans and a few other Canadians that i met there...i definitley represented. So in the morning it was off to Venice which was a last second audible I figured since I was in the neighbourhood I should at le http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-408024.html Well I had a fantastic final day in Munich. In the morning I went for a really long walk along the main river in the city and stopped at a few parks along the way. I made my way into the city center for a free walking tour that was set to begin at 3. Before the tour started i met a few aussie friends at the Hofbrahas for a beer. It is such a cool atmosphere in there. It was sunny in the beer gar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Interlaken/blog-406925.html Hello again I finished up a great time in Amsterdam the other day and have now safely arrived in Munich. My last day in Amsterdam was fantastic. There was a beach volleyball tournament set up in the middle of Amsterdam Dam square so myself and a few boys from the hostel Australians and American bought some beers and hung out there for much of the day. We headed back in the evening for drinki http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-406087.html Well i made it to Amsterdam safe and sound. It was a very enjoyable 9 hour flight which included the blockbuster epics Marley and Meand He's just not that into you...both are highly reccomended NOT I sat in between 2 middle aged dutch men who had recently moved to Vancouver. Both were very different and very interesting guys which made for some good convo on the way over. We discussed ever http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-405297.html So here we go only one day to go I think I have everything in order but who really knows. I leave Wednesday at 150pm and arrive in Amsterdam at 830 in the morning. I am spending two nights in Amsterdam and then am off to Munich Germany I am just figuring out this travel blog thing so I hope that it works out. I will try to update it every couple of days so that you can all stay tuned to m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-404480.html