http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/rebekahmp/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from rebekahmp en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:21:13 +0000 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:21:13 +0000 HOT DAYWe woke up early and went to the Acropolis today And Zeusrsquo palace. Cost was supposed to be 12 euro which included about eight different sights but everyone except for me got in for free since they had European student ID cards and I only had to pay 6 euro since I had my old American student ID card. So amazing to see these places that we have studied since we were little We were a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Como/blog-406657.html Woke up early and took the 4 wheelers around the island again. LUCKY US it was a beautiful clear day out so we got to experience Greece the way it should be experienced We rode around until 1030 then went to the beach and lay around until we met our hotel man at 1pm to grab our luggage and board the ferry. So here we are no on the ferry and I feel like I am about to die of a sinus infection. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-406655.html Woke up at 845 because I originally wanted to visit the Island of Delos but was way too tired due to going to bed so late that I decided to go back to bed. It was a bummer but it gives me another excuse to come back to Mykonos in the future We slept until about noon then decided to rent some 4 wheelers which were only 15 euro each for 24 hours So only 7.50 each person since we could fit two p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Mykonos/blog-406654.html We woke up saw it was raining and decided to go back to sleep due to the slight depression that we had since we couldnrsquot be spending the day at the beach. After we all woke up and were ready we walked around town went to a honey store and got free samples. We bought sesame honey bar a specialty of Mykonos. We had a big breakfastlunch at Perfectos. I had a big Greek pizza and some Gree http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Mykonos/blog-406536.html Currently on the ferry to Mykonos. Just tried Greek coffee quite interesting I guess its like Bosnian coffee the grinds are super fine and actually stay in the coffee they settle to the bottom. We didnrsquot know this at first and added our sugar and stirred it up and took a sip and wanted to spit it back out. It was like drinking sand or dust I was about to go complain about it but then Sh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Mykonos/blog-406535.html Six young travelers try to achieve their dream of traveling to Greece. Plane tickets Paris to Greece just fewer than 100 euros cheap hostels booked a DREAM beach vacation. We packed our bags with summer clothes bathing suits and couldnrsquot wait to be tan. It started out with my goodbye dinner with Maury wouldnrsquot be seeing her for 15 days. We decided to use our frequent buyer card http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-406534.html Casa was scary There were no women anywhere Strange. Our taxi driver then brought us to an amazing restaurant We all tried tagine with vegtables and coucous Maury did and got an amazinggg couscous sauce We ate about 5 baskets of bread salads and ended with Moroccan tea We then went home and to bed. In the morning we tried Moroccan breakfast served by the hostel. Bread jelly butter f http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Marrakech-Tensift-El-Haouz/blog-405861.html February 9th 2009 Casablanca MorocooCurrently on the train to Marrakech 3.5 hours south of Casa. We arrived in Morocco yesterday after a long day of traveling. So letrsquos reflect. Yesterday February 8th I woke up at 7 I took the bus at 825 et I arrived at the train station around 845. I had only slept about 4 hours because I went out Saturday night to Falstaff to say bye to Kat and do k http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Grand-Casablanca/Casablanca/blog-405860.html ok so to start off im typing less quickly as normal because I chopped part of my finger off with Evarsquos knife tonight while I was cooking. I think I did nit because it makes me nervous when she watches me cook. She is like MASTER chef and has taught me how to cook the only things that I know how so when I am faire le cuisine she watches me and somehow always finds a way to point out what I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-362826.html Irsquom sitting in the Philadelphia International Airport on my way back to France after Christmas break. Being home was great. I am sitting in this airport waiting for my plane and surround by all French peoplehellipI am suddenly happy I feel home again Comfortable The pit left my stomach and I feel the strong sense of amazingness that I feel each and every day while I am in France. God i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Boston/blog-362481.html Been back home in France for one week now Irsquom not going to lie its been a lazy first week back I was really jetlagged all week. I napped a lot and of course went out had cafes ate good French bread and saw my friends Getting back to teaching was good too I thought I didnrsquot miss my studentshellipbut I actually had a fun time with them comme habitude and I love it all. Wedne http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-362471.html Okay I have the most intense thinking sessions on my way home on the bus every night. I have grown to LOVE my time alone on the bus...about 1520 minutesish on my night bus. Ijust love listening to my iPod and observing the French culture. Sometimes I put my iPod on pause and evesdrop on the conversations going on on the bus. Creepy eh Haha...I dont care....I am obsessed with the fact that I ca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-350474.html Malta is amazing....I recommend it to everyone. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/blog-350297.html I LOVE ITALY http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-350296.html So Thanksgiving was the first day I have ever felt truely homesick while being here. Although I am HOME when I am here....I really missed my family friends from the states so much Looking at everyones away messages on AIM was making me jealous...Thanksgiving weekend is always soooo much fun at home...going out to the bars and seeing everyone I worked for 5 hours on Thanksgiving had a ham and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-350295.html I am not good at keeping up with this thing. Which is horrible because the more funny and amazing experiences happen every day I really need to keep up with this We had some ham and butter baguettes this morning then took the bus to my apartment to cut my hair She did a fabulous job And saved me a lot of money since haircuts are so expensive. We hung out for a while then headed into Centre http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-346687.html Went for a nice run today around my area did some class preparation and had my one class I have on Tuesdays from 3pm to 4pm. Went to Carrefour and did some food and wine shopping. Then headed into town and made delicious Pad Thai with Maury and Lydia at Lydiarsquos foyer. Then we went out for a drink at Bar du Centrehellipour new favorite place because the stellas are only 2 euro always an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-346686.html About one month into being in France I love my life here. Itrsquos hard to describe to people who havenrsquot lived abroad and especially to people who have never even been abroad. The way my friends and I describe it is as ldquoconstant stimulation.rdquo There are NEVER moments where we are not completely overwhelmed and continuously learning new things around us. Even just walking down http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-346685.html Went to the Cointreau factory today with Ita Lydia Maury Dan Lee Annie Vanessa and Hannah I had been wanting to go back to it since we have been here so I finally just booked a reservation and told everyone that we were going It was a great success The tour is really detailed and the factory is nice and smells like orange everywhere The best part was at the end when we got to do the tas http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-346684.html My sisterrsquos birthday She is 20 todayhellipWHOA. So old.I had two classes today. I LOVE my 1030 class there is only 5 of them and we get to talk so much I am really going to get to know them and they all get so many more chances to talk. We did a ldquoBecoming Americanrdquo exercise where I asked them to imagine being an American. Their answers are so funnyhellipthey choose such ty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Pays-de-la-Loire/Angers/blog-346682.html