RyanEMuise

Day 017, Monday July 4 WORST SLEEP EVER! I thought the Krakow beds were bad, No. The train beds were just some stiff plank of material I guess they figured people would be fine sleeping on. NO! And the constant rocking of the train which I figured would put me to sleep. NO!!! kept me awake, and it made ^plenty of stops with more people getting on and noisily settling in, then for some unknown reason we stopped somewhere for the sole purpose of keeping us all awake with a single constant tone of horror, a loud never ending banshee scream! But we arrived in Prague around 8amand I couldn't be happier! Prague is easily the most beautiful place I've ever seen! You turn a corner and find yourself assaulted with stunning beauty in each direction, ... read more

Day 015, Saturday July 2 Today was Auschwitz. Like I said it rained, hard, the day before. Couple that with Alyssa’s foot being border line out of commission, we took it easy, bought her some new shoes (since the others were likely the culprit for the current paediatric problem) and some sweet anti water jackets (raincoats, but my way of saying it is better). We stayed in and planned the next two days with her foot up as best we could. But today, we woke up at 8 am, and at 9 a tour bus (we booked the night before) came to the front door of the hostel to pick us up. It took about an hour to get to Auschwitz from Krakow, and once we arrived you knew you were there. It was insanely busy, ... read more

Day 012, Wednesday June 29 Got up too early, not in a sense that we had time on our hands, we were rushed all day, but rather we didn’t get to sleep until late and had to wake up at 6:30 and be out by 7:00 in order to make our train at 7:30. Thus, as I didn't want to be up at that time, due to lack of sleep, it was too early. We made our train without issue and settled in, got to go on a ferry again, good times. Now, we were supposed to arrive in Berlin at 14:27 and had to catch the connecting train at 14:41. 14 minutes, more than enough time to get off the platforms, find our next platform, find a post office to mail postcards, find a souvenir ... read more

Day 010, Monday June 27 We just passed into Denmark, fifth country on this journey, following England, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. I suddenly realise as I write this that Austen Powers is from England, Dr. Evil is Belgium (he even says he’s from Bruges), and Goldmember is Dutch (from Holland, aka Netherlands). I now find myself having a hard time believing someone so evil could have come from the beauty of Bruges, I didn’t even meet any fifteen year old prostitutes with webbed feet. Now we did have ourselves a “Smoke and a pancake” though actually it was waffles, lots and lots of waffles, even from vending machines. Of course we were sure to have fine chocolates in Belgium, in fact we just got a bag filled with them and munched on them every step of ... read more

Day 006, Thursday June 23 1630 (4:30 pm) Cows, everywhere, left Bruges, now on the train from Antwerp to Amsterdam, incredibly comfortable private seating in first class. Antwerp was only a 30 minute stop over from Bruges, which I think I’ll miss as much as London. Despite being extremely small in size, Bruges seemed as equally full of tourists as London, and just as beautiful and rich, culturally, and far more densely packed. With a population of 20,000 it is likely, at any given time, that there are most tourists in the city than locals. All the streets were cobble stone and could really only fit one vehicle in any given direction, additionally there were never any street signs indicating which way traffic would be flowing. Thus leading to multiple occasions where I found myself pondering ... read more