Blogs from Europe - page 11699

Woke up just in the nick of time to leap up and get breakfast at the hotel buffet. It was well worth it though, the hotel put on a huge, impressive spread of food; scrambled eggs with ham, bacon, meats, cheeses, little hot dog things, breads, apple turnovers, mini pitas, chocolate filled croissants (Steve say’s they were extra yum!), fruits, super sweet fruit juices, cereals and yogurts. Whew, I’m sure I forgot something but that was basically it, the only downside was you had to eat in the dining area, if you took the food back to your room or deck there was a 3 Euro per person charge. We planned to go shopping in Fira and decided to go to the Hondos Center , so we parked at the entrance to Fira. We ended up ... read more

We took a 4 hour train from Rome to Naples with a mother/daughter duo from Mexico sharing our car on the train. Then, once in Naples, we switched to a smaller train line that would take us from Naples to Sorrento on the opposite side of the bay. As it happened, this was the worst train ride I could ever imagine. It was a solid hour and a half long train ride that stopped over twenty times on the way to Sorrento. Also, the train was not airconditioned and it was badly overcrowded. So, I got to sit on my bag in the aisle of the train and smell the stink of Italian armpits sans deoderant while we slowly made our way to Sorrento. Finally, upon arrival in the Sorrento train station we began looking for ... read more

This is where we spent the first 2 days of our return to France, a wonderful small 2 star hotel with elevator and private bath and balcony. We began a long awaited return to France in Annecy, our favorite French destination. The resort of Annecy, which is the region's capital, makes the best base for touring the Haute-Savoie region. Once a Gallo-Roman town, the seat of the comtes de Genève, Annecy opens onto one of the best views of lakes and mountains in the French Alps. Historically, it enjoyed a brief flurry of importance in the early sixteenth century, when Geneva opted for the Reformation and the fugitive Catholic bishop decamped here with a train of ecclesiastics and a prosperous, cultivated elite. Today, it is a spectacularly beautiful town with a fast moving canals running through ... read more

Maybe it was the trekking... I was so tired when I woke up so just hea around, and didn´t go out till like 11! took the bus to Levoca.....small little city....not much around....actually was disappointed=( anyways, managed to get online there so that was ok..haaaaa! and it RAINED...yada __" So after strolling around town...decided to head back to the penzion and just rest...didn´t feel like taking anymore bus rides anymore...haaa So got back and went grocery shopping......I think I bought too much.... got chicken..potatos...corn...bread...some spread for the bread.... anyways, got back and did my laundry...then took a nice long afternoon nap!... read more

Totally didn't plan to trek for so long and so high! haaaa.... How nice to meet people on the way..haa...coz this trekking was SO GOOD...the view was superb!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, woke up around 7 and by the time I got ready....breakfast was already out in the garden! wah....so nice=) We kinda took our time and then got to the bus station and AH! missed the bus by like 2 mins!!!!! __" So we decided to hop on the bus to Levoca and hope there were more frequent buses going to Poprad...and BINGO! haaa....one in 15 mins! sweeeeeeeeeeet! Got to Poprad and had to take this electric train to Stary Slomovec....somewhere like that. From there we started walking into the trails. The first hour wasn't that great....the trail didn't look nice coz the trees were all gone....due to..maybe ... read more