Matthiesen

Well since the girls are gone, I went up to Cinque Terre for three days of not doing anything. Definately the prettiest place I have been yet on the trip. I shared an apartment with a bunch of Australian girls who were spending a week there. I basically just wandered around for a couple of days amazed by the mountainous beauty and the roar of the ocean. It is a chain of 5 villages, so one day i made the hike from the east end to the west. About 9 km. Great stuff. I have now moved on to Venice where I am going to recreate the theft in the Italian job to fund the rest of my vacation. After this I get out of the heat and head up north to Austria and the Czech ... read more

Well, we made it to Marrakech after a short flight delay. We made it to our hotel, which turned out to be pretty decent. Not much night life around it though. We spent all of the 7th wandering around the souqs and various markets. I havent decided if I like the Berber methodology of negotiation. It makes you feel like everyone is trying to cheat you. By the way, learn some arabic before you go. The food was pretty freaking good if your down with olives and lamb. The coolest event was going to the market late at night. IT was like the entire city converges in this one area to trade and entertain late into the night. Pretty exciting. WE took our pictures with snakes and such. The next day was travel back to spain. ... read more

I am done with Paris and have made my way over to Normandy. Paris was beautifull. It seemed way more historic than London. That, and the food was better. I stayed in a hotel where I could see the Arc d Triumph from my balcony. That was cool at night. I didn't stay there the whole time due to prices. I went to a hostel for the last night and stayed in a room with some odd German girls. Not very friendly types. I have now moved on to Normandy. It is difficult to find places to stay in these small towns, but they are definately more relxing than the big cities. Tomorrow I am off to see the D-Day beaches. After that I am headed to a resort town for a few days at the ... read more

Today was my first real day of doing stuff. Yesterday I spent jetlagged and drinking with new friends watching the USA game and then the England game. It almost makes you want to like soccer/futbol. Sidenote: I know we don't really care about soccer, but the least we could do is come up with drinking songs for when the world cup is on. Today I did one of those insane walking tours. I basically saw what you come here to see in one day. I will wander around for the next few days before I move on to Bath. The hostel I chose turned out to be a crazy place. Either I am old or foreign people regularly do stuff to strangers that I haven't done since living in a fraternity house. I took some pictures ... read more