Blogs from Europe - page 10054

Haho Ma később kezdődött az óra, 10kor, uh aludhattam..volna, de még mindig sokszor felébredek hajnalban a nagy világosságra. Ma kb mindenféléről beszélgettünk az órán, kiderült, hogy az indiai diákoknak kicsit fura felfogásuk van a cukorbetegségről: egyél minél több cukrot, mert öregkorodra úgyis cukorbeteg leszel és akkor már nem lehet…na hát ezt is jól megbeszéltük, meg egyebeket, holnap fogok betegekkel találkozni. Napközben elmentem a katedrálisba (sűrűn gondolva közben Kingára :)))), meg intéztem az ügyeket, voltam mrsa-szűrésen, a délutáni órán szintén beszélgettünk, aztán elszüttyögtem estig, amikor is anjával, a svéd medical studenttel találkoztam, hogy „fikázzunk”… :D itt ugyanis fikának hívják a kávét :)))) de aztán sörözés lett belőle, nagyon kedves aranyos lányka a problémás dolgokban segített és végre eldöntöttem, hogy melyik nation-höz csatlakozok (itt ugyanis nation-ökb... read more

Yesterday I was out at Kaunas Stadium mowing the grass. I really enjoy mowing grass. It gives me time to think, time to be with myself, it is this repetitive yet artistic activity. Back in North Carolina this is the way that I made spending money during the summers—I mowed lawns. I loved it. I remember the summer before my senior year in high school and first year in college I really got into mowing. It was a particularly wet summer, which meant that the grass was growing and so was the lawn-mowing business. I began with two lawns and by the end of the summer I had 15 or 16 different lawns I was taking care of. I was mowing them each almost every week. It was almost like a full-time job. I made more ... read more

Well, we seem to be the victims of climate change here in Tuscany. Apparently this is the wettest spring in memory. It has rained every day since we arrived - but there have also been moments (even hours on occasion) of sun. With the continuation of great coffee, the rolling hills of Tuscany, ancient villages, risotto funghi, etc etc etc one really can't complain about the weather. We had the usual disasterous arrival.....got here at 3pm by train on Saturday, car rental place closed at 1pm for the remainder of the weekend. It continues to be the case that all things in life can be solved with money....so we spent a ridiculous 60 Euros ( you would think they would have a Euro symbol on this damn keyboard) to get to our castle. Yes, that's right, ... read more

Just spent my first full day in Rome, and despite all my fears to the contrary, I had a great time! SO much walking, but as long as I can stand up tomorrow, it was worth it. I was able to wash clothes last night, took a good 3 hours of my time but it did happen. One thing though—when people give directions in this city, it seems they always (ie the 3 times I’ve asked) underestimate the amount of time it takes to get from point A to point B by a great deal. I’d like to see anyone walk from Termini station to my hostel in the 10 minutes they promised. Heck, they can run for all I care, it wouldn’t happen. Ergo why washing took so long. But it’s okay, I had some ... read more

Hi everyone, It's one day to go until Ben, Rolfe and Gareth set off on our little trip from Land's End to John O'Groats on our bicycles. We'll be using this site to let you know how we get on, to let you know about our joy, our pain, our adulation and our tears. And looking at the weather for the next couple of days, it looks as though it's mainly going to be tears. We're going to try to keep in touch every day and endeavour to upload photos as well as well as plotting our route. Wish us luck! Ben, Rolfe & Gareth... read more