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Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam June 1st 2005

We arrived in Amsterdam late yesterday afternoon. Dylan joined us in Paris safely at Gare du Nord. (Mama duck, Jeanette, took a sigh of relief that we were all in the same place at relatively the same time) As we exited the station, Jeanette, like a true backpacker, tripped and was taken down on the cobblestone with her 35 pound backpack. I haven't had a skinned knee or elbow since I was like 5. Oh well, it had to happen sometime. I just wish it wasn't in rush hour traffic and at a street crossing. The boys definitely love it here, for reasons more obvious than I am wanting to explain. I for one, was excited for the Van Gogh museum and the Anne Frank museum. The canals became a bit confusing last night, as we ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam June 1st 2005

I have added some pictures from Paris and Amsterdam to the gallery. Be sure to check them out.... read more

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini June 1st 2005

Hi Everyone-today we were on the Greek island of Santorini, I really loved it here! When we opened the windows this morning the first thing we saw was one of the most beautiful islands. The top of the mountains were covered with whitewashed and sea blue adobe type houses, hotels, churches and cathedrals. I really like it here. We had to tender (small boat) over to the island because our ship could not get close enough to the island. Once we arrived on the island, we had 3 choices to get up the very high, vertical mountain, 1. 600+stairs 2. cable car 3. donkey. Guess what choice I made? Yes, the donkey. Mom, Dad, Brittany and I each got our own donkey, they gave me a smaller one. Mom was so afraid the whole time we ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Lisse June 1st 2005

In the last week of April I was driving listening to the radio in Ireland. A garden expert was talking about some strange garden in Amsterdam, Netherlands called Guekenhof (Keukenhof). He extolled it dearly. It was May bank holliday weekend, I had not other plans. So I packed up my bags and went to visit Keukenhof. Flew by Rayan airways to Eindovan airport. Unfortunately 31st of april is Queens day and the whole of Netherland goes crazy, celebrating their queen. That means 3 hours extra wait in the bus stand for the Amsterdam connection ! while in the airport met this wonderful Korean girl Mira. Such a pleasant and lovely girl who really captured my goodness. She was a backpacer and just like any other backpacker - she was travelling on shoe string budget. During the ... read more
Orange costued youths
'Orange' Queens of the street
A  Dutch young fellow in orange

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice June 1st 2005

Ahh... Venice is beautiful! We were met by a beautiful Italian travel professional holding up our name the minute we cleared security in Venice. What a great reception. Then it was off to a private water taxi just a few hundred yards away and we were in the canal (or whatever it is). A nice British couple on their 40th anniversary took the picture you see from their seat on the boat. Kelly and I are both struck by the beauty of the city and the unusual nature of a town that seems to be floating in the sea and is only accessible by boat. We got off our taxi and walked a few blocks to our hotel. The Kette is beautiful and typical of nice European hotels. I will try to take a picture for ... read more
Kelly doing her thing
A View of a Canal
Chuck & the Pigeons in Piazza San Marco

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Interlaken June 1st 2005

We then spent 3 nights in Interlaken at Balmer's Hostel, which isn't that bad, but it's mostly a constant party and there are lots of beds to a room (like 12 in ours, up to 34 in some). Some of the beds were right together, lengthwise, so you are sleeping with complete strangers, possibly of the opposite sex. So Balmer's isn't that great, it failed to fulfill its purpose of giving me a place to sleep and shower due to the constant party going on and the cramped quarters. Our first day we didn't do anything, since we got to Interlaken around 6 or 7 at night (I think) due to long train rides through Italy and whatnot out of La Spezia. The second day we climbed up to Gimmelwald and Murren near the Schilthorn, which ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam June 1st 2005

Hello loyal readers! Thanks for tuning into the inaugural edition of Matt and Sung's excellent adventure. Most of our fears surrounding a 9 hour 40 minute flight were realized early on in the flight from Seattle to Amsterdam. Here's a few choice snippets from the running diary I kept. 11:01 AM Matt and Sung hit the Cascades bar in the SeaTac Airport for Embarkment elixir and plan our conquest of Europe. 1:00 PM We take off. Succesfully. 2:00 PM Sung ingests his 3rd piece of nicorete gum, he's exhuasted all his reading material and the shakes ensue. 3:35 PM Roughly 4 hours and 3 beers into the flight, Jill dishes out the ambian like brownies at a bake sale. 6:00 PM Sung is engrossed by Wimbledon, the Kristen Dunst lead steaming pile of celluloid. 7:00 PM ... read more
Arrived!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Nottinghamshire » Nottingham June 1st 2005

This was our first family holiday together Thomas was still a tiny little baba but had loads of confidence. We stayed in a 2 bedroom comfort villa at SHerwood Forest Nottingham. The villa was a good size and had an excellent log fire and was right in the middle of the forest, all around us was surrounded by nature, we sat for hours watching the wildlife pass our patio area, we seen squirells, pigeonns, grouse, pheasant and more squirellls in fact hundreds of them. We spent most of our time in the pool area, and Thomas enjoyed his first swimming expeirrence at the Baby Dolphins event, ive never seen so many floating babies in my life. We eat like kings while we were away and Center Parcs eatieries are spot on, not one bad meal the ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Budapest June 1st 2005

Chegamos em BUDAPESTE (HUNGRIA), por volta das 6hs. Pegamos o metrô e fomos para o albergue, que ficava próximo à estação Astoria. O Red Bus Hostel foi uma ótima escolha!!! A localização era espetacular, numa região central, segura e próxima ao metrô. O quarto tinha só duas beliches e havia apenas uma americana conosco, a Meg. Como chegamos muito cedo, nossas camas ainda não estavam liberadas. Deixamos as malas e saímos. Sentamos num café bacana na esquina da rua do albergue e comemos alguma coisa. A conta ficou pesada, mas beleza. Depois, demos uma caminhada até o Rio Danúbio, que ficava apenas a algumas quadras dali. Chegando na margem do rio, andamos até a Ponte das Correntes, a primeira a ligar Buda e Pest, os dois lados da cidade. De lá, a vista do Palácio Real ... read more

Europe » Hungary » Northern Hungary » Eger June 1st 2005

Após o check in no albergue, decidimos fazer nossa day trip para EGER, a duas horas de Budapeste. A cidade é famosa por seu castelo e pela produção de vinho tinto. A idéia inicial era passar uma noite lá, mas mudei de idéia porque achei meio cansativo esse negócio de ficar carregando o mochilão pra cima e pra baixo. A estação de trem de Eger ficava um pouco fora da cidade, então caminhamos em direção ao centro. O primeiro lugar interessante que encontramos foi a Catedral, toda pintada em amarelo e branco, com torres imponentes vistas de toda a cidade. Em frente a ela ficava o Liceu. Tiramos algumas fotos e seguimos em direção à praça central, chamada Praça István Dobó. A atmosfera por lá era excelente. Havia um bom número de turistas no local e ... read more




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