Completed my fınal traın rıde usıng my Euraıl pass today on my trıp from Naples to Rome. It's been good to me. Thınk I've gone on 30-some traın rıdes and covered countless mıles. Now ıt's lıttle more than a souvenır. Had lıttle trouble gettıng to the aırport to catch my early afternoon flıght aboard Pegasus Aır. Flıght went smoothly as I fınıshed off another book. Gettıng a lıttle tıred of travelıng so ıt's nıce to be ın my fınal destınatıon. On the shuttle bus to the aırport I was thınkıng back where I've been and realızed exactly 3 months ago I was jet lagged and playıng cards wıth Josh on our fırst evenıng ın Europe after we had just gotten to Dublın. Two months ago I was watchıng the USA-England match ın the hostel lounge ın ... read more

The hostel I am in is actually about a 30 minute walk from downtown Sorrento, not that there is much of a downtown. The coast is home to a bunch of small towns here that just kind of flow together. Walked over to Sorrento to start off my day. It's kind of what I expected. Pretty little town situated right on the cliffs overlooking the Bay of Naples. From my understanding it's not the most spectacular town on the Amalfi Coast nor the most beautiful but it's a good base. And if this is as bad as it gets then I am pretty excited to see the rest. I had wanted to go to the beach after walking around town for a bit but it's no easy task because of the cliffs. Most of the town ... read more

Started off the day with a leisurely stroll around the Turkish quarter once again before heading a little east into Novo Sarajevo (New Sarajevo) for a look around. Had to see my new passion, Eastern Bloc architecture. Also, had to pick up a few things for the rest of my trip (headphones & batteries) and it had a few electronic stores with cheap goods so that was nice. Had some more burek for lunch. Got a combination of spinach, potato and meat. They asked if I wanted yogurt with it and I figured they meant it as a sauce so I said yes. Then they bring out a full glass of yogurt and I was just perplexed. Wasn't sure if I was meant to drink it or pour it clumsily out of the glass onto my ... read more

Caught a ride over to the Old Town early this morning on Gogy's trip to work. This would give me the full day to explore the town plus I have no idea where his place is in relation to downtown so the ride helped greatly. Went and checked out the Stari Most (Old Bridge) as I was nearby already. It's easily the number one attraction here. The original bridge was built in the 15th century I think but of course it was destroyed during the war. It's really so simple but something about it just makes it stand out. The setting is great too with a few mosques in the background with the nearby fountains that surround the town as the final backdrop. Walked along the river a bit until I ran into this Muslim cemetery ... read more

Spent the morning here getting organized for the next part of my trip. Walked down to the bus station to get my bus ticket up to Mostar for the following day and then walked over to the Jadronlinija ferry offices at the port to book a ferry ticket back to Italy the night of the 8th. From there I'll just train it back across Italy to Sorrento. There is this island called Lokrum that sits just off the coast near the Old Town here. Apparently it's a pretty popular place to spend a day in the summer with nice beaches, soccer fields, cafes, lounge areas, good hiking, etc. You can take a ferry out there but I decided to rent a kayak and make my way over there myself and it was well worth it. Did ... read more