We spent the day at the hot springs in Slovenia. It was somewhat of a mix between a water park and a spa. This was so relaxing after all of the traveling we had been doing. I wish we could have seen more of Slovenia, but we just drove through the countryside and went to the hot springs. On our way back to Austria, we were stopped at the border(since Slovenia isn't part of the EU). The guards didn't want to let us go back into Austria because our rental car was not approved to leave the EU. We had no [View Full Entry]

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We left Rome and drove up through Ravenna to a campground on the Adriatic Sea. I had 2 firsts there..... Driving in Italy and Going Topless on the Beach! Lex and I decided that we wanted to take the car and go explore on our own. This probably wasn't best idea considering neither one of us know the roads, what the street signs mean, or any italian(except for vino). It was quite the experience. We took the car to Ravenna, luckily found a place where we could park, and walked around a square. We had found a McDonalds in that square, [View Full Entry]

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We drove down throught Italy to Pereto, a small mountain town outside of Rome. The drive was really amazing. We drove through the Alps, then through fields of olives, and then by Florence. We didn't actually stop in Florence, but we could see the city from the Autostrada. We also saw the Prada factory!! Pereto is beautiful!!!! It is what you would think of as a typical Italian town. It was very small, and all of the streets were only big enough for one car. If you met someone along a road, one of you had to back up and pull [View Full Entry]

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We spent the day driving through the alps. I am soooo glad I didn't have to drive. The scenery was amazing. We even got out and had a snowball fight. Since it was so hot, we were all wearing shorts, but then we changed to get out and run around in the snow. Then we went to Neuschweinstein Castle. We got some great pictures there. [View Full Entry]

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We visited Heidelberg castle. The view was beautiful, but we have all begun to drag. There was no recovery from the jet lag, followed by nights of partying. It has been a rough trip so far, but still a lot of fun. That night we took it easy and had a cookout in a small town in the alps of Austria. It was great just to go grocery shopping and relax, cook out and drink some wine. [View Full Entry]

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We spent the day driving along the Rhine River, touring castles, and visiting Cologne. At one of the castles we went in an underground maze(see pic of Josh). For a girl that is kind of claustrophobic the tight squeezes were a little scary. Plus I was not informed that we could be crawling around in a tunnel, so I wore a skirt. Oh well, it was a blast. Cologne was beautiful and so was the cathedral. [View Full Entry]

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My first day ever in Europe!!!! We landed in Frankfurt(longest and worst plane ride ever), and then drove to a small town about an hour away(Bensheim). We stayed at a monastery that was really interesting. None of the friars spoke any English, but they were all really sweet. Lex and I decided to go exploring because it was some sort of holiday there. Some of the streets were shut down and there was music and beer drinking. It was the perfect beginning to our trip. [View Full Entry]

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