http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/kgeiter/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from kgeiter en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:33:30 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:33:30 BST It was never about the football for us. It was never about the unprecedented 3 MVP's or the Super Bowl title. It didn't matter that he held all major passing records.You see Brett Favre gave the game of football to us. He came in wideeyed with a cannon for an arman old school gunslinger. His first completed pass came against Tampa Bay. Do you know who caught that pass He did. That w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Wisconsin/Green-Bay/blog-254124.html I'll be honest. There is no fun in celebrating your country's independce day if you're not in that country. I think that is why the 4th of July was nothing to write home about for me this year. I was in Barcelona. I had randomly met a girl from Wisconsin and her American cohorts on the 4th and went with them to a 4th of July party at the Hard Rock Cafe. Seriously without the BBQ fireworks http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-201313.html So other than being frugal with my money the only thing keeping me from going to a movie theatre and watching the new Harry Potter movie that opened the day before was the fact that today was the day for me to watch a bunch of cyclists fly by in a middle leg of the Tour de France.It should be noted that when I initially started planning this trip it was a planned vacation to go to the British http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Bourg-en-Bresse/blog-201308.html So it turns out that there were benefits to sitting on a fence for 8 hours over 2 days in Pamplonathe random people you befriended. So yeah the second day of the running of the bulls found me sitting next to 2 girls who go to Purdue and were doing a program in Lyon over the summer and would be heading to BourgenBresse the same day as I to watch a leg of the Tour. After 4 hours of rail time http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Bourg-en-Bresse/blog-201300.html I spent Bastille Day in Lyon walking around and taking in as much of the city as possible. What really intrigued me was the basilica of NotreDame de Fourvire that sits atop a huge hill that mind you I had to walk up 400 some odd steps the night before to get to where I was crashing that most people take the Funicular to get to. I got up there late morning and started my visit in the Crypt. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-185960.html The real fight of Pamplona isn't in the street with the bulls or in the arena with the matadors instead it's along the route amongst the spectators. I had been told ahead of time that if you wanted to get a spot along the route to see the 8 am Bull Run you should get there no later than 2 am. Well at about 4 am the morning of the first run I finally started my trek to find a spot to sit. Ab http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Navarre/Pamplona/blog-185870.html So I finally made it to Carnoustie. I got into Dundee last night after a 12 hour bus ride I immediately went to a pub if only because that was the only type of business open and I deserved a beer after my long day. I supposedly met Andrew Carnegie's greatgreatgreat grandson. Haha the guy's in his 60's and he's still trying to use the family name After a couple free rounds in the pu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Carnoustie/blog-183924.html here are the gazillion photos i took in Pamplona. There are none from the day I ran but I'm hoping that a guy I ran with sends me his photos because there are pics of me in the arena.i thought it smart to not take my camera with me especially with the luck i have...httpwww2.snapfish.comthumbnailshareAlbumID162435618a9920988299209882t99209882 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Navarre/Pamplona/blog-181172.html ...a carnival ride in San Sebastian almost fell on me. So two of the four guys Im traveling with right now and I were eating our breakfast in a plaza this morning. We would have sat on a bench but they were wet from the rain so we set our bags down and leaned against a bench next to a carnival ride with an aluminum small looking type house thingy on the platform. We were going about our busi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Basque-Country/San-Sebasti-n/blog-179628.html Im in Pamplona. The running of the bulls is insane. I have video of a guy getting gored and a good pic of him being carted off. Ill blog more when I have more than 2 minutes of internet time available.tomorrow I leave for france. no idea where but Ill be heading that way http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Navarre/Pamplona/blog-178699.html Same deal as beforea link to Snapfish. No captions at the moment. Enjoyhttpwww2.snapfish.comthumbnailshareAlbumID162464841a99209882t99209882 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-177382.html Im sure everyone is out celebrating wfireworks and the like. I spent mine walking around Barcelona and have the blisters to prove it. While walking tonight a group of mostly still college kids wvarious internships out here walked by. One of the girls was from the Dells Wisconsin Dells for the non cheese heads so I hung out wthem. Listened to some great jazz in a park and then headed to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-177358.html Ok so I cant put more than 50 pics up this site so here is a link to Snapfish to see the pics. They dont have any captions so you either have to use your imagination common sense or pull out a guide bookhttpwww2.snapfish.comthumbnailshareAlbumID162426385a99209882t99209882You have to register to view the pics but its free and its the best i can do.Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-176467.html Ive decided to give a not so brief on what Ive been doing. I spent about 6 days in London and a majority of that was spent in a queuein the rain. I can honestly say I havent even seen the major tourist thingsTower of London wthe crown jewels the Eye wthe view and St. Pauls Cathedral. I definitely hit up all those places but I was walking around and figured I would pay to go in anothe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-176460.html Just in case anyone reads the news about the apparent bomb threat in Central London that happened early this morning 2amish just a heads up I was asleep in a separate part of town and didn't even hear about it until 1130 when I got all my stuff packed up to leave the current hostel I'm in and went online. What really hit me when I read it was how little it didn't worry me. I don't know if li http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-175010.html There isn't much to update on yet but I got into London this morning. Had an uneventfulsleepless flight from Chicago to London. I shouldn't say sleepless entirely I maybe managed an hour or two but no more. I found my way to my hostel in Kings Cross slept for a couple hours walked around a bit and am now getting around to letting people know I'm alive.FYI Kings Cross is just like Harry http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-173869.html I know it's been a few weeks coming but I finally decided to start a travel blog in preparation of my upcoming trip. While where I'm at now isn't quite Europe it was quite the journey to get here.Sunday May 20th545 p.m. EST Boo and I finally left DC for Chicago. It might help to mention that I woke up at 630 this morning with the hopes of being out of my house by 10 am. But low and beho http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Wisconsin/Wabeno/blog-166459.html