mandy jane

After missing a nightrain out of Berlin, I finally went down to the Czech Republic to see my friends I met in Vienna that were studying abroad in Prague. This is the only place I went in Eastern Europe and I wish I could've stayed longer because it was beautiful and especially nice because I got to stay in an apartment with Claire, Shannon, and Laura -- thanks girls! We went out that night to a few different bars and then Shannon showed me around the city during the day time -- I would come back here in a heartbeat :)... read more

This is definitely another place I would live. The city had a very cool, inviting vibe and there is tons to do and see. I met Anne and Ben, a Californian and a Canadian who were staying in my room and we all went out for my last night and saw the Redlight district and some of those famous coffee shops. Needless to say some pictures have been omitted... The next day Anne and I went to the Van Gogh museum and the Anne Frank house an then I headed out to Berlin that night -- talk about a quickie!... read more

London was amazing! It was so nice to be able to understand the language and to be able to read everything. I took a free walking tour with my friend Josh and also met a really nice Canadian girl and saw all the major sights of the city. We went to a concert on Halloween night of a band that was actually from Austin, TX so that was really cool. You still ready to move here Tarryn? Cause I'm game! ... read more

In Paris once again and this time I got to see the amazing Impressionist museum, which I quickly became obssessed with ;) Got a bit sick here and stayed longer than I intended and then I couldnt get a ticket out, boo! So I was pretty happy to arrive in Brussels when I finally got there. I took tons of pictures of the art which is actually kind of pointless because you can get a better resolution online if you google it but for some reason I felt the need to do it...but if you want to look at some works of art then here they are!... read more

Well Juliana and I had to part ways at last - she headed back to Rome and I went up to Switzerland. They checked my passport at least 3 times on the train which had hadnt happened to me thus far -- dont mess with the Swiss! Switzerland was so beautiful and I was thankful that in Bern they spoke mostly German-- it sounds bizarre but it was comforting to hear again. I only stayed for 2 days in the capital, and it is actually one of the smaller cities. I didnt take a ton of pictures because I was pretty run down at this point and ended up just wandering around the city a bit and relaxing :) My hostel room also had TV which was really funny because I watched some Southpark and MTV ... read more