So why would a play-it-safe guy like me quit my job to bum around Europe for 99 days? It's cliched, but I need to find myself.
Somewhere, somehow, I've lost myself & my direction in life. After each trip to Europe I return having found a tiny piece of myself. This is my third trip there & by far the longest; hopefully, I can find the rest of me.
Of course, there are other reasons - travel has always been my biggest (perhaps only) passion in life. This is something I have dreamed of for many years; I need a break from life's daily grind.
Finally, there is Isabel, the impossibly cute Spanish girl I met in Toledo last year. For those that don't know the story - I'll discuss it later. But she definitely plays a part in this ...
| Date | Blog Title | Location |
| July 15th 2006 | Ay caramba! | North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary |
| July 16th 2006 | Change of plans | North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary |
| July 17th 2006 | Six hours of hell | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater Manchester » Manchester |
| July 17th 2006 | Crawley isn't so Crappy | Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Sussex » Crawley |
| July 18th 2006 | The journey begins ..... | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
| July 19th 2006 | London - A beautiful Spanish girl wanted my ..... | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
| July 20th 2006 | A crazy man's crazy dream begins | Europe » Spain |
| July 21st 2006 | Lost in translation | Europe » Spain |
| July 22nd 2006 | Beaches, Tapas, and all that Jazz | Europe » Spain |
| July 23rd 2006 | The cure for a tortured soul is Tortured Soul | Europe » Spain |
| July 24th 2006 | A mix of Disney, baguette, fromage, and merde! | Europe » France » Languedoc-Roussillon » Carcassonne |
| July 25th 2006 | A French woman speaking Spanish - tres sexy! | Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Arles |
| July 26th 2006 | Nice is niiiiiiiice!!! | Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Nice |
| July 27th 2006 | Nice guys Finnish last | Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Nice |
| July 28th 2006 | At least he didn´t grab his crotch! | Europe » France |
| July 29th 2006 | Torino is Borino | Europe » Italy |
| July 30th 2006 | Because I´m Asian, single, or don´t wear pants? | Europe » Italy » Liguria » Levanto |
| July 31st 2006 | Just like us Asians, they all look the same | Europe » Italy |
| August 1st 2006 | Como-tose in Lake Como .... but in a good way! | Europe » Italy |
| August 2nd 2006 | Bellagio is bellissima | Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Menaggio |
| August 3rd 2006 | Give me back my money, you thieves!!! | Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan |
| August 4th 2006 | Venice .... .ahhhhhh | Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice |
| August 5th 2006 | All I wanted was to share a bed with 5 girls ..... | Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice |
| August 6th 2006 | She had the firmest breasts I've ever touched! | Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona |
| August 7th 2006 | This is what living in an Ikea hell is like .... | Europe » Italy » Trentino Alto Adige » Bolzano |
| August 8th 2006 | At least the cheese didn't taste like Dinki | Europe » Italy |
| August 9th 2006 | The perfect place for a "gutefahrt" | Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck |
| August 10th 2006 | Who knew that Mozart's balls tasted so sweet? | Europe » Austria » Salzburg » Salzburg |
| August 11th 2006 | I may steal breakfast foods, but I am not a thief! | Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich |
| August 12th 2006 | I'll never forget the night I spent in prison .... | Europe » Czech Republic » Prague |
| August 13th 2006 | What does Barbie have to do with Czech culture? | Europe » Czech Republic » Prague |
| August 14th 2006 | The sausage party finally ends!!! | Europe » Czech Republic » Prague |
| August 15th 2006 | Cesky Krumlov - a Horni kind of place | Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov |
| August 16th 2006 | I had just enough money left to go pee! | Europe » Czech Republic » Prague |
| August 17th 2006 | Sometimes the best drug is a little Placebo | Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków |
| August 18th 2006 | Horrified, appalled, and speechless | Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Auschwitz |
| August 19th 2006 | How much fat can a man eat? | Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków |
| August 20th 2006 | That a zloty in your pocket or R U happy to see me | Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków |
| August 21st 2006 | The tastiest thighs I've ever nibbled on ... | Europe » Hungary » Northern Hungary » Eger |
| August 22nd 2006 | I need to get more people to cook for me .... | Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest |
| August 23rd 2006 | For the first time, I can't think of a dumb title! | Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest |
| August 24th 2006 | The nastiest soup I have ever seen .... | Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest |
| August 25th 2006 | Bratislava - more wiener-esque than Bratwurst | Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava |
| August 26th 2006 | I was born to be a Wiener | Europe » Austria |
| August 27th 2006 | A perfect day being a Wiener | Europe » Austria |
| August 28th 2006 | Today, I held a galaxy in the palm of my hand ... | Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana |
| August 29th 2006 | We really must stop meeting like this ... | Europe » Slovenia |
| August 30th 2006 | Changing my illiterate ways | Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Zagreb |
| August 31st 2006 | Am I hearing things, or is the sea speaking to me? | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Zadar |
| September 1st 2006 | Resplendent in Transcendence | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split |
| September 2nd 2006 | What's that warm and gooey stuff on my neck?!!?! | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split |
| September 3rd 2006 | Halfway home and another year closer to death | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Korcula |
| September 4th 2006 | Dubrovnik: Worth a second look! | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik |
| September 5th 2006 | Naked, wrinkly, old German tourists - I'm blind!!! | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik |
| September 6th 2006 | Today I did nothing, but experienced so much | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik |
| September 7th 2006 | A masterpiece so beautiful it made me cry .... | Europe » Italy » Apulia » Bari |
| September 8th 2006 | Growing in more ways than one ... | Europe » Italy |
| September 9th 2006 | Napoli is Crapoli | Europe » Italy |
| September 10th 2006 | Embarrassment - outsmarted by a dog!!! | Europe » Italy » Campania » Positano |
| September 11th 2006 | It's just salami - get over it!!! | Europe » Italy » Campania » Sorrento |
| September 12th 2006 | Take my wallet and I'll slap you in the crotch!!! | Europe » Italy » Campania » Capri |
| September 14th 2006 | I've finally found my calling in life. | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Taormina |
| September 15th 2006 | Mandorla - more addictive than heroin | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Siracusa |
| September 16th 2006 | CFF - to me, it means "Creepy, Freaky Fool" | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Siracusa |
| September 17th 2006 | Aggravated in Agrigento | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Agrigento |
| September 18th 2006 | I spent the night with a cute little doll | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Trapani |
| September 19th 2006 | A traumatic experience made me a little emotional | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Segesta |
| September 20th 2006 | After tonight, I need to wash more underwear | Europe » Italy |
| September 21st 2006 | A nice surprise today! | Europe » Italy |
| September 22nd 2006 | A culinary delight - cannelloni with phlegm sauce! | Europe » Italy » Sicily » Palermo |
| September 23rd 2006 | A gelato flavor that wouldn't sell - veal spleen! | Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Cagliari |
| September 24th 2006 | I said goodbye to a dear friend today | Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Oristano |
| September 25th 2006 | On days like this, all you can do is laugh! | Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Bosa |
| September 26th 2006 | The highlight of the day was a dirty pillow | Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Alghero |
| September 27th 2006 | What if her name was Isabella???!?!?! | Europe » Italy |
| September 28th 2006 | I'd sell my soul to the devil for a good pizza | Europe » Italy |
| September 29th 2006 | Shame! I killed a living, sentient being today. | Europe » Italy » Sardinia » Olbia |
| September 30th 2006 | Extremes of Rome: St. Peter's and transvestites | Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome |
| October 1st 2006 | A day without gelato is like a day without air | Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome |
| October 2nd 2006 | Not quite as breath-taking as Toledo's masterpiece | Europe » Italy |
| October 3rd 2006 | What's Mr. Bean doing in a choir?!!??!? | Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome |
| October 4th 2006 | A bad combination - cheap wine and limoncello | Europe » Italy » Umbria » Orvieto |
| October 5th 2006 | Every Rose Has its Thorn | Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi |
| October 6th 2006 | Please don't eat me!!!! | Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence |
| October 7th 2006 | I had the perfect gelato - my life is now complete | Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence |
| October 8th 2006 | Racism reared its ugly head today | Europe » Italy |
| October 9th 2006 | For the 2nd time, I can't think of a dumb title! | Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena |
| October 10th 2006 | What? No grapes or scantily-clad Spanish women? | Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence |
| October 11th 2006 | Wong Plays Pong | Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Interlaken |
| October 12th 2006 | Did I eat my shower sandal??? | Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Interlaken |
| October 14th 2006 | After over 90 days, it finally happened to me .... | Europe » Switzerland |
| October 15th 2006 | I'd like to be beaten with hazelnut sticks | Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Montreux |
| October 16th 2006 | Half-assed Switzerland | Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva |
| October 17th 2006 | When did I become a sappy, romantic fool? | Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris |
| October 18th 2006 | I re-kindled an old romance today ... | Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris |
| October 19th 2006 | The tastiest dish was not on the menu for me | Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris |
| October 20th 2006 | Parting is such chocolatey-sweet sorrow ..... | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
| October 21st 2006 | Depression is starting to set in .... | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
