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Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice July 30th 2007

McDonald's Mystery Sandwich from Florence

Wow, so it feels so weird to be writing about Venice, while i'm in England working, and my eurotrip has finished..likkkeee....almost 2 weeks ago! but, ahh well! you guys can still enjoy! Here's the Venice section... We arrive in Mestre, which is one of the mainlands close to Venice. We look around us and all we see are construction sites, metal yards and run down houses. Not impressive. We get to our hostel, where we are sharing a room with one other person, and we chat with her a bit before going into counting sheep land. The next day, we wake up and we much down our breakfast, and i consume a coffee, with what i presumed to be milk, but was in fact a hell of a lot of cream. My stomach begins to churn ... read more

A Day in Bratislava, Slovakia

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava July 30th 2007

On the train

Mozambique

Currently I am sitting at a hostel in Vienna which is surprisingly very nice and clean. But, before arriving in Vienna myself and 5 of my comrades ventured slightly east to the city of Bratislava in Slovakia. The 5 hour train ride from Prague to Bratislava was priceless. Just sitting back and enjoying the extensive green countryside and small cottage villages over a beer with 5 friends was a memorable time. When we arrived in the city it did seem a little less sanitary than we have been experiencing in Prague but we soon found that it was just a less desirable area of town. When we arrived at our Hostel (btw this city is where the recent horror movie Hostel took place, kinda intense) we immediately checked in and hustled downtown since we were only ... read more

FRANCE!!

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris July 30th 2007

New Fashion

leskie

So right now, i'm writing this as there's a crisis occuring in LONDON. ...so yea, they found a bomb (undetonated) in London i believe, and with the Glasglow airport attempted bombing, london/england has gone completely crazy! and so i jus got news rite now that Heathrow airport has evacuated all the arrivals, and refused to let in any new ppl, and all the ppl that are there, are being pushed out, or sumthing like that. and since today, we've been receiving new students that's totally delayed all arrivals. and so we're all here in the office waiting for a group of spanish kids to appear, but as of yet, nothing. zzz... SO: Paris! We fly into paris, and we then get VERY lost on the metro because of the crazy amont of lines, stops and added ... read more

Auschwitz

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Auschwitz July 30th 2007

RECOVERED

Mozambique

While being in Poland we were told by others we ran into throughout our trip that we should go to Auschwitz because it does something to you that pictures and hearsay just cannot do. The best way to describe the visit is, "powerful." Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp during from 1940-1945. It housed at any given time 90,000 inmates’ 90% of which were Jewish. What makes the statistic even more horrible is the fact that the 90,000 were made up of 1/4th of those who were allowed to live when they arrived at Auschwitz. 70-75% of those who made it to Auschwitz were gassed instantly. Walking the same path where people were told they were going to take a shower and then were brutally murdered was heart-stopping. The gas chambers were a horrendous last sight ... read more

2007-07-30 England to Paris

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris July 30th 2007

Us in Paris

Lew and Holly

We're off!!! After a few relaxing days spent in Warrington with Eileen and Angelo we set off in our big red van for France. During those few days we cleaned out the van (massive job it was) and bought the essentials like a tent, a camp stove and butane gas, 2 chairs, an air mattress and some groceries to get us by on for a few days at least. We also managed to have a bbq (yes the weather held out for us) at Doug and Pam's (friend's of Lew's Dad). Keith, Bob and Barbara also came which was great as we hadn't seen them since they were in Australia a few years ago for our wedding. Eileen and Angelo took us out to dinner at a tasty Indian restaurant for our last night and we ... read more

'Ola and Adios

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona July 30th 2007

Guggenheim Museum - Bilbao

Tezz and Neetz

So... we spent 5 nights in San Sebastian and unfortunately the clouds once again followed us for most of the time. On one night Tezz was drinking with another Aussie we'd met along the way, just hanging out and talking around our campsite until the security guard came and said we had to move or go to sleep (but he said it in Spanish so we didn't really understand until he started directing us out of the campsite). I went to bed, Tezz said "I'll just go out to finish my drink then I'll come back". This was at about midnight. At 4.15am I'm woken up by a drunk Tezz stumbling over our tent and rolling on in squashing me in the process of getting into the tent. Very apologetic of course. The next day ... read more

Almost there

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Saint-Denis July 30th 2007

Tango Yoga

And today it is my last day in Paris! Walked all day again, I am doing the Left Bank Walk now... What a great city to just being here. I will leave tomorrow morning... I will see you soon! Mi ultimo dia en paris! Camine todo el dia. Estoy en el Left Bank... Que ciudad increible! Me voy manana a la manana! Un beso a todos!... read more

Greece - Athens and the Cyclades

Europe » Greece » Thessaly » Meteora July 30th 2007

Acropolis at night

TJG

I spent 2 days wandering the streets of the Plaka and up to the Acropolis and took an excursion out to Delphi to see where the Oracle once stood to gabble her prophesies. Most people I know have indicated that Athens is a filthy city and doesnt have much going for it. I found the tourist area around the Plaka to be quite nice and 2 days is the right amount of time to spend. Although, I have to say the port at Pireaus is absolutely filthy - trash biled up all over the place - I took the train out here to check it out and get a ferry ticket - all that is here is the ferries. Seeing the old Acropolis and the ruins at Delphi was pretty amazing - and would have been ... read more

ENGLAND!

Europe » United Kingdom » England July 30th 2007

leskie

here's my England stories now! ----- so i know that since i'm not backpacking anymore, you guys are sad that i haven't written anymore blogs! SO, to make u guys less sad, here's my ENGLAND blogs! I'll write it in point form, since i know u guys love to read my point form blogs (u lazy asses). so here is what i learned/experienced here in ENGLAND! - pylons are not pylons here in england. pylons here are telephone/electricity poles. pylons are called cones here. interesting. - i ate spotted dick. and it was good. now before you guys think i've become some weird little...weird person, i'll explain. spotted dick is a popular english dessert. It's basically a raisin muffin surrounded by custard. apparently the muffin is traditionally made with animal fat. mm... - i like custard. ... read more

Alex's home away from Home. Amaliada, Greece. Beautiful beeches and city

Europe » Greece » West Greece » Amaliada July 30th 2007

Photo 1

Dianna

On Sunday, July 15th, we traveled by car for 3 hours, (certainly it would have taken me 9 hours for sure with the 2 lane hiway with most driving on the shoulder to allow traffic to pass in the middle from both sides) and with all the turns and curves. Nick is a fast driver as all are here. The road goes through country and cities and villages, through the Korinthos Canal. Beautiful. Also beautiful was the new hugh Rio Antirrio Suspension Bridge at Patra. So impressive. The overnight stay at Alex's apartment and then to the beech and eating picalea at night so wonderful. Then on Monday off on the ferry to the island of Kefalonia.... read more

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