Blogs from Europe - page 12022

During the first week of our Easter break, five of our friends (Tom, Tina, Emily, Jason, and his friend Jason - yes, three Jasons) came to visit from California. It was great to see them after so long and we somehow managed to squeeze seven people into our 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment without too much trouble (although it did take some serious strategizing to get into the bathroom in the morning). Everyone flew into Lisbon on Monday and they rented a Peugeot minivan (how stylish) and drove up to Coimbra. It was kind of funny seeing all of these familiar faces from halfway around the world standing at our door but after about three minutes everything was back to normal and everyone was having fun and catching up. The first night we went out for Portuguese/Brazilian ... read more

So it's done and I've been home almost a week and leave again on monday. Off to the land of holey cheese, yodelling and Heidi- Switzerland! But lets recap. I think last time I wrote I was about to kick off the last two weeks of the season. The first went relatively smoothly- just the one group who were lovely. As per usual I stuck with the beginners and attempted to play at being an instructor (yeah I'm pretty useless!)when one of the kids was a little on the scared side. Nightmare. I think they need to give training courses in the best way to deal with hysterical children on the pistes! After doing blue 20 & 2 about 5 millions times- the kids always love them coz they get to do jumps along the ... read more

Hi Everyone So we have been informed that we are letting the team down by not updating the travel blog on a regular basis so here we are sitting at our new favourite internet place updating our BLOG!!! The reason for the laps on entries is that we have been looking for JOBS and housing (very important) So finally after staying on Kim and Ryans lilo, and at LOVELY backpackers we have found a house (for Ryan, Kim, Glen and I) its lovely its central and its known as West Maitland street!!!!!! I started working for a place called Full Circle and they were such WANKERS that i had to quit, no we all know that i am not a quitter but i was having daydreams of smashing the boss in the head with a ... read more

As Mona said...Time to write again There are so many things to say and I don’t know where to start; I think I will make more than one post. So now I am going to talk about Poland, about Krakow and about some people I met there. Krakow is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen, a city of great and interesting people, and a city where I really felt like home and where I really enjoyed staying. I cannot say I have seen it all but I can say what I think about what I saw. During the first days I was in the center of the city and the area around. Main market is beautiful and clean, with lots of pigeons. It is crowded of tourists taking pictures and enjoying ... read more

Konstanz Europe » Germany » Baden Württemberg » Konstanz By saharanzApril 21st 2007.... read more

Went for a looooong hike through the Galtee Mountains. We hiked 16km+ and 6.5hr (including breaks) and we were able to reach our desitination...Galteemore, 919m. I think it's the highest peak in Ireland and I was dead tired. The gang had a good guide with us from work so we were able to hike through random areas we never would've found on our own. I think we took the extreme scenic route which allowed us to see the nicest bits of the Galtees. I am a wimp though and thought I was going to die on the mountain. Luckily, we found one of those fancy hiking sticks and that saved my ankles more than once coming down the mountain. There was beautiful scenery all around and sheep galore! We saw baby sheep and dead sheep ... read more