So, it is Sunday and I leave for home on Tuesday. I am getting very excited to be actually CLEAN for a change. These showers have been nice, but not the same feeling. I managed to change my friends minds and they are staying in San Sebastian for 2 days before they leave, but I think it is going to be cold and rainy.... OOOOOPPPSSS!!! I feel kinda bad, but warned them that since it is on the coast the weather is weird. Plus, any day in San Sebastian is better then Madrid, well, so far.
I have learned alot from this trip, mainly patience and when not to talk.
Weither it is the person who argues to argue, bitches to bitch; or that person who just wants to save a dollar on a meal because that restaurant is just around the corner, for 50 minutes of walking, just around the corner. Or if someone doesn't eat exactlly where they want to eat and then gets sours and pissy becuase he/she doesn't eat right then and there. PATIENCE!
Traveling for me will have a new look. I wont go from city to city, country to coutnry, but stay in a spot for a week at a time in the same country.
I hate to say it, but Italy wont be on my list to return for a while. Too expensive, a bit dirty and too many fucking SCOOTERS!
Looking forward to seeing/talking with friends and family in a few days. I am having to take another overnight train to Madrid. 13 hours on a train. After all my experiences on a train, I will have to say that the little 6 hour flight home, meh. Just a few songs, a good nap and a couple pages in my book away. Plus, I get free drink and the bathroom is free too!!
love you all
stu
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Happy Birthday to me?
Ok, so the train ride to Prauge was only supposed to be 6 hours. We are chugging along and all of a sudden, stop! Tick, tick, tick...
There was an accident a few miles up the tracks from us, delayed us 2 hours on the hot train. Which made us miss our next train.
What is the solution.... a cargo train to Prauge! Which toock another 2 hours, did I mention that it was a cargo train. We had to stand!
6 hours, light travel, turned into 10 hours of fun in the hot train sun! But it could be worse, while people were bitching on the train, I was thinking oh how that would have sucked to be on the one with the accident!
But Prauge is nice, prices are resonable and I think we are celebrating my Birthday tonight, while people actaully have Croons (Cech)... wish me luck.
There was an accident a few miles up the tracks from us, delayed us 2 hours on the hot train. Which made us miss our next train.
What is the solution.... a cargo train to Prauge! Which toock another 2 hours, did I mention that it was a cargo train. We had to stand!
6 hours, light travel, turned into 10 hours of fun in the hot train sun! But it could be worse, while people were bitching on the train, I was thinking oh how that would have sucked to be on the one with the accident!
But Prauge is nice, prices are resonable and I think we are celebrating my Birthday tonight, while people actaully have Croons (Cech)... wish me luck.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
4 L of beer...
Ok, I know it is a few days late, but we didn't have internet access in Munich, so it is from Prauge.
Munich was a great town, could have spent another full day there, but oh well... live and learn. Pretty much, our Munich trip can be summed up in my title.
The first night there, we all decided to go to the Hophbra House(buchtered the spelling but oh well). The beers were only 6.30E for a full Liter. Between the 4 guys, before hand we bought one of those "mini" kegs, 5l of beer. So, there was 1.25L a piece, then at the house, we had 3 beers, while Brandon had 4. Mind you this was in about 1 1/2 hours. What a fun subway ride home.
The next day, after we all got up ( around 2) We saw the Glock-en-shpeel, what a let down. HA, but then again, we still couldn't see straight and probably we still a little drunk....
Munich was a great town, could have spent another full day there, but oh well... live and learn. Pretty much, our Munich trip can be summed up in my title.
The first night there, we all decided to go to the Hophbra House(buchtered the spelling but oh well). The beers were only 6.30E for a full Liter. Between the 4 guys, before hand we bought one of those "mini" kegs, 5l of beer. So, there was 1.25L a piece, then at the house, we had 3 beers, while Brandon had 4. Mind you this was in about 1 1/2 hours. What a fun subway ride home.
The next day, after we all got up ( around 2) We saw the Glock-en-shpeel, what a let down. HA, but then again, we still couldn't see straight and probably we still a little drunk....
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Venice
Arrived in Venice about 3 hours ago. Very nice city, so far. The hostel is the most expensive by far, but luckily there isn't a whole lot to do here but walk around and get lost! There is a little fishing village about an hour boat ride away that is supposed to have good seafood. Lets hope so ehh! Must get back to my friends, which is getting better, mainly because that chick doesn't talk much after the last out-bust. I think she got the picture that she needs to calm down, but there is always tonight. Lets see, first supermarket with good prices, cheap alcohol, could get scary later on tonight.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Florence...
Getting ready to take a train ride to Rome tomorrow. Should be an easy one, high speed. 2 hours i think. This place is nice. Beautiful scenery. There is a bridge that runs the city that is the only bridge in Florence to survive WW2. Ponto Vecchio is the name. It's pretty cool, but now it just has jewlery shops on it. Excited to get to Rome. I have used up about half of my memory cards and figure in Rome it might take up the rest of my gig memory and will have to start in on the 512mb.
The other chick is on everyones nerves. She argues just to argue and I may have to smack her. We will see.
The other chick is on everyones nerves. She argues just to argue and I may have to smack her. We will see.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Here finally
Ok, so I know its been a couple of days, but we have been on a train about 1 full day in the past 3. So cut me some slack. Mersalle was very nice, got to see the actaully Chataeu d'If, from the Count of Monte Cristo book. Very cool. Then we were on a train for about 15 hours to get to Florence. That sucked. No place to sleep, etc.etc.etc.
Now that we are here, it, of course, has been raining all day until just now. Just with our luck, we got lost for about an hour and this was after we had checked into our hostel. Yeah, we are all a bit tense right now. Actually missing the traveling alone part. I can see hour the Aussies can do it by them selves now. Traveling with a group is hard work. Paying is the worst, because everything is total, hard to separate the checks, room rates, etc.
On the bright side though, it is nice out now and my last currency exchange was for .60e to the dollar. Beats the hell out of the .52€ for the dollar that I was getting.
Had some very nice pastries the 1 day we were in France and so far we've just had lunch, but the rissotto I had was great.
Taking loads of pictures and will be excited to show them. We have 2 more full days here and then 4 days in Rome and a few days in Venice. Which is going to by nice because I think we will have to pull another marrathon train session to get from Italy to Prauge.
There isn't any internet at this hostel so will check again before I leave this city, but because of the group restrictions it might be every few days that I am able to check to internet. So just to let you know, we are all doing just fine and despite the occasional annoyance, we are doing just fine. But it is going to be interesting to see what happens, because some in the group are polar opposites. Should be funny to tell you what happens.
Now that we are here, it, of course, has been raining all day until just now. Just with our luck, we got lost for about an hour and this was after we had checked into our hostel. Yeah, we are all a bit tense right now. Actually missing the traveling alone part. I can see hour the Aussies can do it by them selves now. Traveling with a group is hard work. Paying is the worst, because everything is total, hard to separate the checks, room rates, etc.
On the bright side though, it is nice out now and my last currency exchange was for .60e to the dollar. Beats the hell out of the .52€ for the dollar that I was getting.
Had some very nice pastries the 1 day we were in France and so far we've just had lunch, but the rissotto I had was great.
Taking loads of pictures and will be excited to show them. We have 2 more full days here and then 4 days in Rome and a few days in Venice. Which is going to by nice because I think we will have to pull another marrathon train session to get from Italy to Prauge.
There isn't any internet at this hostel so will check again before I leave this city, but because of the group restrictions it might be every few days that I am able to check to internet. So just to let you know, we are all doing just fine and despite the occasional annoyance, we are doing just fine. But it is going to be interesting to see what happens, because some in the group are polar opposites. Should be funny to tell you what happens.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
1 more day
One more day in S. Sebastian and it is a gloomy one. Very happy to see a few familiar faces tomorrow though. Meeting with my friends in Madrid, will be glad to comunicate in actual Spanish with Spaniards. In San Sebastian they don´t really speak Spanish. It´s Basque, which I found out is one of 2 areas in the world that they really can´t track where they came from. Finland is the other, so the language is a mix of a few other languages. In Barcelona I could get by, but here it wasnçt difficult to say, but you could tell people just wondered what kind of idiot I was. Lucky for them I am used to that anywhere I go! Laundry is done, leaving tomorrow at 8 and getting to Madrid at 2'ish, had a good night last night, it was georgous. If there were a place for me to move, would have to say San Sebastian; I would move here in a heart beat.
The city just drags you in. There are the occasional problems, but honestly everyone I have come in contact with has been really nice. The city is a mix of rustic buildings and even older churches. A river divides San Sebastian in half with old and new sections in the city. The Atlantic to the north, mountains to the south, east and well, the west. On a day like today you can see mist around the tops of the mountains, but the water is still crystal clear. The ¨downtown¨, if you can call it that¨ is made of little clothing stores, pastry shops, bars bars and bars. It really reminds me of downtown Hawatha, Kansas. The old just sitting on a bench, enjoying paradise. While the youth sit outside of bars drinking beer or wine.
When I first got here, it was 7:30 in the morning and nothing was open. I was walking around the beach, with my backpack on and a little old man came up to me. Asked my why I didn´t just use my wheels, laughed, tapped me on my shoulder and said good´bye. Like I said, I would move here in a heart beat.
The city just drags you in. There are the occasional problems, but honestly everyone I have come in contact with has been really nice. The city is a mix of rustic buildings and even older churches. A river divides San Sebastian in half with old and new sections in the city. The Atlantic to the north, mountains to the south, east and well, the west. On a day like today you can see mist around the tops of the mountains, but the water is still crystal clear. The ¨downtown¨, if you can call it that¨ is made of little clothing stores, pastry shops, bars bars and bars. It really reminds me of downtown Hawatha, Kansas. The old just sitting on a bench, enjoying paradise. While the youth sit outside of bars drinking beer or wine.
When I first got here, it was 7:30 in the morning and nothing was open. I was walking around the beach, with my backpack on and a little old man came up to me. Asked my why I didn´t just use my wheels, laughed, tapped me on my shoulder and said good´bye. Like I said, I would move here in a heart beat.
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