5/8/08 Ahoy from Praha! I just got into my hotel. Prague even has a different smell to it than the United States. It is weird not knowing how to even try to pronounce the words here. A few interesting things I have seen so far: a dog peeing on the floor of baggage claim, Delta punishes people who bring more than one bag by losing it, the only stores here that are always in English are McDonalds and sex stores, and the coolest architecture ever is here in Prague. It’s weird to think that this was a communist country in my [View Full Entry]

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Nach meinem ersten Trip nach Marokko und der Visite nach Dubrovnik über Pfingsten werde ich den Rest des Monats Mai zuhause verbringen und meine weiteren Vorhaben vorzubereiten. Und natürlich werde ich noch ein Bisschen die Golfschläger schwingen und bestmöglich mein Handicap pflegen, werde später im Jahr weniger hierzu kommen. Ganzen Monat Juni werde ich in Barcelona verbringen - habe ein kleines Appartment organisiert und werde halbtags zur Schule gehen um Spanisch zu lernen. Werde bestimmt noch eine Menge Tipps über "must sees" in Barça erhalten. Freu mich gewaltig. Darüberhinaus ist immernoch die Reise nach Südamerika zu planen. Stell mir ca. 8 [View Full Entry]

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Today is our last day in London (at least for sightseeing, we will come back later as a stopover to somewhere else). Can't believe it's been a week, the time has flown by and my feet are paying the price for all the things we've done. We've managed to fit in so much this week and we've hardly had a chance to be home except to sleep for a few hours before the next day begins... but it has been such an experience, London has blown us away and the weather could not have been better. Monday 6th was a public [View Full Entry]

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The grey skies have cleared, the rain and hail have ceased and sunshine has arrived! Well, maybe only temporarily but we're making the most of it. Tuesday saw Renata finish her last day of work after handing in her resignation a few weeks ago. We took the opportunity to head to St Andrews Square, a recently re-done park. I took the camera down to capture a day in the sun and thought I'd share the pics with you all. Enjoy. [View Full Entry]

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On Sunday morning I woke early and headed down for breakfast at 6 o’clock. Expecting the breakfast room to be empty at that hour, I was quite surprised to find a large group of French eating. Later on, as I waited outside my hotel the same group came out to wait for something, presumably a tour. They left and I waited for my ride. They were 20 minutes late so I had begun worrying whether I had made a mistake or they had forgotten me. Eventually they arrived. After picking up more people at other hotels we headed down to Piraeus, [View Full Entry]

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8 May 2008 The weather cleared and we enjoyed an unforgettable day on Etna with our guide Jean Baptiste. Our Italian Rough Guide suggested that it was not possible to go to the main crater of the mountain as it was too dangerous following major eruptions in 2001 and 2002, however things must have settled down because we were able to book a trip all the way up with Gruppo Guide Alpine Etna Sud. At €60 it was only €10 more than the normal ride up and short walk around the 2002 crater. After a short delay for a weather check [View Full Entry]

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Prague is the most amazing city ive ever seen. I barley ever put my camera away because every where you turn there is some ancient or medievil sight in pristine order. Its easy to understand why even the nazi's left the city alone. Old town, centre city, is amazing. Insanely huge and beautiful gothic churches and cathedrals line the city square, dotted just behind with mosques and synagoges. The Highlight of the centre is the Astronomical Clock and tower. Every hour on the hour the clock strikes as most do, but as its striking a skeleton on the exterior begins to [View Full Entry]

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Monday, and another early start. I was to be picked up 40 minutes later than Sunday, but as I had to pack everything, I was awake at the same time. This time, however, I had the breakfast room to myself and the tour company picked me up right on time. We continued on picking people up from various hotels, and I was a little worried as some of them had no luggage at all. What are they going to do for clothes for 4 days, I wondered. The mystery was solved when the bus pulled up and some of us were [View Full Entry]

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After a slight hiccup in publishing my last entry (operator error!), I have been extremely busy with this and that...you know how it is (smile). Monday 5 May saw the sun appear in bonny Scotland ..a very rare event by all accounts! Maia and I headed off to the Isle of Arran..... a 1hr5min train ride followed by a ferry trip of 55 mins. We thought it would be a nice quiet place to spend a Monday ...only it was a Bank Holiday here and everyone and their auntie and uncle had the same idea! The train was lovely and quiet [View Full Entry]

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..except me :/ Today has been a very interesting day. It is Thursday - which means I am free! Instead of really getting anything done, I decided to stay in bed and catch up on the Daily Show, Colbert Report and the Hills. It was very depressing. I started really questioning if I am really accomplishing anything by being here. I am not doing what I want to be doing - because I cannot financially do it. I started to get really homesick. I'm one of those people who likes to keep herself busy and constantly be achieving a specific goal. [View Full Entry]

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