Blogs from Europe - page 11911

We arrived in Frankfurt earlier than scheduled, around 9am rather than the original scheduled time of 9:30. So the answer to question #1 is yes. During dinner I watched the movie "Because I said so" with Mandy Moore. I thought it was cute. Our flight also had a bit of "eye candy" with a group of handsome soldiers. One young man was in our row and was a fun talker. Once they landed they had a 5 hour bus ride to their station. There was also a "High maintenance woman" in front of me. Nothing seemed to please her and she made a rude comment about how can all these Americans afford to go to Germany. Question #2's answer was approximately 30-45 minutes of a twilight sleep listening to the music of King Arthur on my ... read more

I'm now starting to realise what its like to drink like a true Londoner.. What’s the clinical amount that deems you an alcoholic?? Is it drinking more than 6 times a week?? Coz I think I’m rooted... I never thought of myself as a big drinker, I well.. I don’t think I am really.. But my recent efforts are starting to refute that.. I'll start with a quick rundown of the last couple weeks.. As of yesterday, I have been on the UK for 1 month exactly.. Man I cant believe how quick my first month has actually gone.. Since my last post...mmm where did I leave you guys last time?? Oh, yeah, I’d just moved into East Acton.. Well, while Erin and Bec were away, I was left to my own devices.. Tara was ... read more

Today was the famous Stanislaw Moniuszko Vocal Competition. It was really interesting. There were vocalists from all over the place and they all were really good. Listening to them just inspired me to get better at singing. They were incredible! When Abby and I got tired of all the singing, we went walking around. We saw many different kinds of people. One of the people that Abby and I encountered is one that we’ll never forget. He was like the squire, in the Canterbury Tales. He was serenading us by kissing our hands and buying us bouquets of flowers and things of that nature. It was pretty funny. Abby and I just laughed. We thought it was cute, but somewhat ridiculous. We also encountered a man who reminded us of the plowman. We didn’t really get ... read more

We headed into Oban to book our £75 island rover tickets, which would pretty much let us and our bikes on any Caledonian MacBrayne ferry for the next 15 days. The woman there told us that there was a problem with the Castlebay, Barra ferry (it was broken) and that they would book us on it anyway and send us a text to let us know if it was cancelled or not. So we headed to the cafe in Tesco where we overdosed on carbohydrates and both fell asleep in the car. Never got the text but got confirmation that the ferry would set sail for Castlebay at 5.30pm, about two and a half hours late. As it was a five hour sailing this would mean we would arrive in Castlebay at 10.30pm rather than 8pm ... read more

Without cheating, write down everything you know about Slovenia. Information such as "it's an 8 letter word beginning with s will not be accepted. What you have written would probably fit on the back of a postage stamp. If you gaze at a world map, Slovenia is roughly the same size as that postage stamp. While she is small, Slovenia punches way above her weight in terms of attractions. Now, pretend you are an artist, and without anything to copy you would like to paint a landscape. A lake would be nice, surround that lake with hills and in the distance some mountains sprinkled with snow. How about a castle perched on one of those hills and a steeple in the midst of a lakeside village. This might be overkill, but let's throw in an island ... read more