Ok - really quick entry right now because I'm on the computer in the lobby of my hostel... the wireless is crap, so I'm going to hunt for a real connection tomorrow so that I can properly update. (ie. hello McDonald's and free wi-fi! oh the joys) Not much to say about today anyway - I was on a train all day from Gdansk to Krakow. There are some details to be said, but I'll add them into tomorrow's update. I'm going to go organize photos now since I have nothing else to do without internet haha. I spent the entire day reading on the train, so I'd like a break from that. Talk to you all tomorrow! ------- Alright, of course right after I send this and check my laptop, the connection is fine. Go ... read more

Busy day! I must start by noting there is a daddy-long-leg spider crawling across the floor of the chill-room in the hostel. At least, I hope that’s what it is. Anywho. Check-out was at 11h this morning... and I was so caught up in my dream that I thought my alarm was part of it... and woke up at 10h48. Good thing I packed the night before!! I def checked-out in my pajamas. I win at life. After getting dressed and leaving my backpack in lock-up, I set back out to continue exploring Gdansk. I returned to ul. Dluga area to pick up a few souvenirs and grab some lunch. To do so, I had to fight thru the crowds! There was some kind of festival..? Or perhaps the street vendors are always set up like ... read more

Oh what a long, long day! Flight from JFK to Berlin wasn't bad. I never sleep on flights, so that part was a little sucky. The food on the plan started great... and then I don't know what I had - probably the coleslaw - but I felt beyond ill. Hah. Great way to start. I found in interesting how everyone presumed I was German on the flight... I don't think I look overly German? Each steward(ess) addressed me in German first, followed by blank looks on my part. Even the girl sitting beside me started this epic convo... and I"m lie... English...? Francais? Haha. Landing in Berlin, it was raining and I still felt a little off, so there was no big desire to explore. I did however putter around the Reichstag area and walk ... read more

So, plan was to do the zoo today... but that changed due to hour-conflicts. Ahem. I started the day by going to Arlington Cemetery. It's quite the impressive and solemn sight - row, upon row of tombstones. The Cemetery is insanely large to walk around, but I saw most of it. I also watched the Changing of the Guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Afterwards, instead of taking the metro like a normal person, I thought "hey, there's a bridge. I'll just cross over the Potomac River to Washington DC!" thinking that it would bring me RIGHT to the Jefferson Memorial. Yeahhhh. I was wrong. First off, bridge was longer than I thought. Then I realized it brought me to the Lincoln Memorial and that it was another 20min walk to Jefferson, plus another ... read more

Holy mother.... it is hot down here. Felt like 46 with humidity today.... ayoye. Plan was to stay inside at the museums... but of course I got stuck in the subway, missed a stop, and then ended up getting off at one end of the National Mall rather than at the middle where I wanted. Not a long walk... but in this weather? Ick. I made the most of it - took pictures of the Capitol from the other side, some statues, etc. and then wandered down the Mall towards the Washington Monument... all the while trying to zig-zag between the occasional tree to get any shade possible. (I'm still impressed I only had a slight sunburn.) I hit up the Natural History Museum (Ottawa's Museum of Nature's got nothing on this one =( ...sigh) and ... read more