Blogs from Europe - page 12071

Hey everyone!! Sorry if this e-mail is brief or vague but i just responded to my e-mails in my inbox after not checking for a week (so if you wanted more detail blame Sophie as she had sent me 3 e-mails!!!). So anyway when i last left the post i had just spent some time in Colchester with my Aunt and Mum and had travelled down to Mersea for some really nice seafood (I had a big bowl of mussels!!) and a walk around (where there was sand Daniel ... SAND!!). Anyway the next few days were mostly spent organising trips to various places which i'll tell you about as they occur (wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!!!). I was going to go somewhere over Easter but to travel was really expensive and everything was ... read more

Her følger en kort oppsummering av den bulgarske påsken 2007 slik norske tungvint-turister opplevde den: Skjærtorsdag og langfredag ble, som seg hør og bør, tilbragt hvilende, nærmere bestemt i svartehavsbyen Burgas i Bulgaria. En forholdsvis stor mengde svett arbeidsantrekk (=sykkeltøy) ble vasket og til og med de svette syklistene fikk skrubbet seg til påske. Langfredag ble også laugardag for syklene. Kvine satte personlig rekord med å bruke nesten to timer på å rengjøre kjedet sitt... Påskeaften ble brukt til aktivt å unngå å diskutere Arne Paasche-Aasen. Derimot kastet vi oss igjen på syklene og satte kursen mot landsbyen Straldsja, litt nord for Jambol. Der var avtalen at vi skulle hente en kaval (bulgarsk trefløyte) for nesten-bulgareren og instrumentalschizofrenetikeren Stian Carstensen i Farmers Market. Vel framme i Straldsja fant vi byens eneste hotell. Det ... read more

Well as you will see from my intro i'm just about to set off on a round the world trip. Originally the trip was for 12 months, but hey life changes and I'm now going to cram it into 4.5mths. One good thing about it though, means I don't have to work at all on the trip. So first stop Bangkok. I'd be lying to you peeps if I told you I wasn't absolutely terrified, don't get me wrong, I'm excited as hell too, but you see I've been planing this trip for almost 12 months and then 3 weeks ago my life changed and I'm now travelling alone, which wasn't part of the plan. Hey I'm a big girl now, (no matter what you say Dad) and I can do this on my own. So ... read more

My trip across the border Europe » United Kingdom » England » London » Central By bsmurf77April 10th 2007UntitledBrian Murphy Following a very long and horrendous bus ride, I arrived in London, England. Unfortunately, National Express overbooked the bus, and they were forced to call in another bus. We therefore left Edinburgh an 1 hr late, and arrived and 1hr 30min late. Still, it was better getting in at 8am than at 6:45am. The main problem was t... read more

So after a good night's rest, we took advantage of the free breakfast and decided to head towards the Barcelona Cathedral. After consulting our maps a few times, we made it to the Barcelona Cathedral, which was also under construction, but very cool. We went inside and it was huge! There was a really big area for the choir to sit in as you walk in with a really big pipe organ. Along both sides of the church were big shrines to saints where you could go and light candles. There was also a room solely devoted to prayer. In the front of the church was a giant altar and below the altar was the crypt of Barcelona's patron saint. After leaving the cathedral, we made our way to the Basilica, which was another big church, ... read more