http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/wherearewenow/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from wherearewenow en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:56:07 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:56:07 +0000 Hello EveryoneThree weeks left in Europe one more week of traveling around with Alan and two more weeks of doing absolutely nothing in Berlin but relaxing. In the one week left of touring we decided to squeeze in a few days in Krakow a few days in Berlin to give Alan a proper city tour a couple nights in Heidelberg to visit a college friend of Alanrsquos before ending back in Munich on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-119706.html Hello EveryoneGood news Laila said yes to Fred at the wedding so that was a big relief. It was great to go back home for a month to see all our family unfortunately we didnrsquot get to see as many of our friends but we were quite busy helping with the wedding. Before we knew it we returned once again to Europe for a month but this time we had a new side kick. Our great friend Alan was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-104330.html Hello EveryoneHeading into unknown territory and we werenrsquot exactly sure what to expect. When we told some of our German friends that we were going to Romania their first response was Why Well my reason was to hunt and kill Count Dracula but I donrsquot think they would have believed it if Irsquod told them. The other reason was to utilize our railpass because it was only recent http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/blog-102927.html Hello EveryoneFour countries in seven days that is less than two days per country but we had 8220somewhat8221 of a plan set out to try and conquer Scandinavia in this short time. This was going to be a real challenge for us though because it8217s very expensive in this region of Europe and we of course are attempting to be serious budget travelers. Well after 12 train rides one b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-102329.html Hello EveryoneBack in Germany for some more traveling times Our time in Europe was running shorter and shorter with each passing day and there were so many things left for us to do especially in Germany. We had a busy two weeks ahead of us starting with the Love Parade in Berlin then to the south of Germany to visit with my host family from when I was an exchange student and on to tour aro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Memmingen/blog-100005.html Hello EveryoneWe had five days to make a whirlwind tour of the Benelux and we decided we would start with Amsterdam head to Brussels and from there visit Luxembourg. We didnrsquot have the easiest time getting to Amsterdam because we were running about two minutes late to the train but as we ran to our platform it appeared our train was still there so we jumped on. The train immediately st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/Brussels/blog-98321.html Hello EveryoneFinally we get a little rest and relaxation from running around and there probably isnrsquot a better time to be in Berlin than the final week of the World Cup After taking a little nap Daniel laid down his house rules. 1 You are required to sleep in preferably past 11am. 2 You are not allowed to talk to Daniel until after he has had his first cup of coffee. 3 You can no http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-92940.html Hello EveryoneSorry we are a little behind been a bit busy but please continue to tune in and hopefully we will be caught up soon. Each blog is dated so be sure to look at that so you know what time period we are inThe Swiss Alps Swiss Army Knife Swiss Bank and Swiss Cheese all in one place Ok so we all know that the small country of Switzerland has many things that make it famous but http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-West/Lucerne/blog-92286.html Hello EveryoneWe survived our overnight train to Munich even thought the cabin was a bit crowded but wersquove gotten pretty used to sleeping like sardines in a can. We had plans to meet up with some friends in the small village of Tegernsee later in the afternoon so we had about 5 hours to kill in Munich which was enough time to introduce Heather to the German state of Bavaria. Our first http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/blog-84963.html Hello Everyone No reservations no itinerary no idea what we were going to do and we only had one week to get in as much Italy as possible. We definitely were going to stay in Florence Rome and Venice but also wanted to check out Pisa and Pompeii. Since we were going to be arriving in the area late we decided the first night would be in Pisa and from there we would head to Rome. We ca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-81771.html Hello Everyone After Morocco we took our night train to Madrid and planned continuing straight on to Barcelona but the train was full so we were stuck in Madrid for the day and had to take a night train to Barcelona. The great thing with having a few extra hours in Madrid was that we were able to go to the Reina Sofia Museum with Picassorsquos Guernica YEAH bad thing was we were going to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-78982.html Hello Everyone Heading to Africa Really But itrsquos so far away. How did you do that Well Morocco is actually only about a one hour ferry ride across the Mediterranean Sea but the culture there makes you feel a million miles away from Europe crowded markets a Moroccan carpet store and camels. We didnrsquot want to kill ourselves with traveling from Portugal to Morocco in one da http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-78480.html Hello Everyone We were very excited about Portugal since their language is Portuguese obviously which Heather is fluent in and I can get by from what I learned in Brazil but also this was going to be the first time that we would be somewhere with warm beaches since we started traveling over a month ago We had no specific agenda and really didnrsquot know what Lisbon had to offer but th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-71779.html Hello EveryoneThe Kingdom of Spain the official name was our next destination after the great time we had in Paris and Madrid our first stop in Spain was a great introduction to the country. They had ldquogood eatsrdquo Calamari sandwiches are very popular friendly people great museums and bullfights. We took an overnight train there and shortly after we found our hostel and set http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/blog-69563.html Hello Everyone Paris was our first stop on our trip to France. We did way too much in Paris for us to tell you about but hopefully the pictures will provide enough of a story. We will tell you about our run in with the Metro Police that had us mad for a few hours and also tell you about a website we discovered from some other travels that has saved us a whole lot of money and introduced us to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-64854.html Hello EveryoneWe basically had about 6 days to take on the countries of North Ireland and Ireland and we wanted to make sure we did them justice with such little time. We started off with one day in Belfast one day in Dublin one day in Killarney one day in Cork and then our last two nights back in Dublin before we took off for France. We had a great time and met many wonderful travelers and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/blog-63382.html Hello EveryoneOur time in Scotland was short very short but we took in what we could and had a great time running around. The landscape out here is unbelievable and the architecture is absolutely amazing many cuts and lineshellipget it Fred. We were expecting rain in Scotland since it is well know for that and it pretty much rained the whole time there. We werenrsquot disappointed a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-61663.html Hello Everyone After 4 hours of sleep we were back on the road for another adventure to visit Felipersquos parents in the city of Serra Talhada which is 430 km directly west of Recife. This time there were ten of us going in two cars but not Samuelrsquos car since it had the AC problem yesterday and we didnrsquot want any problems on this trip. I donrsquot remember much about the dri http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Serra-Talhada/blog-39676.html On the road again goin' places that I've never been seein' things that I may never see again and I can't wait to get on the road again... Fortunately today we are only heading 300km northwest to the town of So Lus. We enjoyed our time in Barreirinhas but we were glad to be heading to a different location. So without further adohellip January 21 2006Day 7 Jesus JuiceSo Lus is th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Maranh%E3o/S%E3o-Luis/blog-39656.html When we last left our caped crusaders they were trapped inside a car heading towards the town of Barreirinhas. Will they make it there today Will they survive this drawn out car ride Will they be able to experience life outside of the vehicle Read on for more of their journey to answer these questionshellip January 18 2006Day 4 Middle of Nowhere LandWe had about 400 km to go today so http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Maranh%E3o/Barreirinhas/blog-39083.html