Blogs from Europe - page 13928

After a long train ride from Trondheim, we finally arrived in Oslo late Monday night. We managed to find a hotel for the night, but had to get up early the next morning to find another hotel for the rest of the week since so many of the local hotels didn’t have rooms available on Wednesday night. While Jill & I repacked our things, Keith and Ben scouted out the city for a way to make the American laptop plug work in Norway (the adapter we brought with us was only for 2 prong plugs). We got checked into our home for the next few days, Hotel Savoy, then headed out for a tour of Oslo while Keith worked on his presentation for the JavaZone conference on Thursday. Jill, Ben, and I walked along Karl Johans ... read more

I arrived a week ago today and have already decided that I'm going o try to move out of my NHS accommodations. Not because I don't like only being able to take a bath or the beautiful paper thin, dark brown carpet, but because I'll have to be out within 3 months anyway so I might as well go ahead and do it now. I signed my contract with the housing people yesterday and they informed me that it was in fact NOT sorted that I remain there for the year like Sheila, my recruiter lady, told me it was. Argh!!!!!! I am going to look for a room in a place called Bush Hill Park. (The borough of Enfield is made up of many neighborhoods: Enfield Town, Winchmore Hill, Freezywater, Ponder's End, Hadley Wood, Southgate, ... read more

Den letzten Tag wollte ich unbedingt am Kite verbringen. Am besten bei mittelkräftigen, konstenten Poniente; sprich einfach ein bißchen "Genußfahren". Doch Mutter Natur und der "Kitegeist" hatten anderes mit dem kleinen Blondschopf vor. Denn es prügelte ein sehr böiger Levante auf uns ein und niemand hat sich raus getraut. Gegen 16 Uhr wurde das Warten zu lange und ich hab nen 6m² Kite startklar gemacht. Am Meer wurde ich von 30-40 Knoten und 5+ Böen ins Gebet genommen. Mit "gute Figur machen" war da nicht viel und eigentlich gab es auch ein Sprungverbot. Eigentlich... Diesen Tag am Wasser sehe ich als meine Kite-Tarifa-Abschlußprüfung an. Ich bin bei Levante gefahren, Höhe gelaufen, gesprungen, hab alles unverletzt überstanden und von Zeit zu Zeit sogar ein bißchen gestylt. Und dabei was gelernt und sicherer geworden. Paßt! Abends bin ich ... read more

hey everyone!! i'm finally able to update. i tried in italy twice. the first time, the page wouldn't load and the second time it wouldn't recognize the @ sign on the foreign keyboard. but, i am staying at a hostel that has a US keyboard. my back hurts from carrying my pack, which we decided to name (my packs name is jerome) since they were the weight of midgets. i have blisters on my feet, bug bites EVERYWHERE, and sunburn, but i couldn't be having more fun!! so...so much has happened since i left a little less than a week ago. because sarah (the friend i am traveling with) and i are crazy, we decided as soon as we landed at rome that we were going to take a train directly down to naples so we ... read more

I have been here for 2 weeks and have fallen in love with the Spanish way of life. Madird is such a beautiful city with plenty of galleries, museums and other interesting places to visit. The Museo del Prado for example is the art gallery where you can admire the works of Goya and El Greco to name but two. The city is vibrant and great for young people. There are several parks where you can hang out,or if thats not your scene then there are plenty of coffee shops and the like where you can watch the world go by and chat with friends. At night the city really comes to life. The madrilenos, like vampires, are creatures of the night. They pack into bares and discotecas, which incidentally stay open until 5 or 6am!! ... read more