December 2009
7 posts
Rome
I was really tired the first night from a lack of sleep, and I woke up in the morning with the flu. I didn’t get to see the sights, but here’s a picture of a sweet car in front of an embassy.
Florence - What a wonderful city.
I arrived around sunset, and after dumping my bags in my room, I met this guy Tom in the computer room. We were both traveling alone and in Florence for the same duration, so we decided to stick together. We headed to a place called Kitsch for aperitivo (the Italian equivalent of Spanish tapas), but not before Tom found another Brit named Ian smoking on the terrace. So, we three headed down the...
Venice
Charming, but not nearly as fun as elsewhere. Venice was basically built as the European equivalent of Las Vegas, and it does show through. The city isn’t full of culture and interesting cafes, but rather, souvenir shops, and restaurants. They all look the same making it incredibly easy to lose your sense of direction.
Still beautiful though. I went out and wandered the city, then took the...
I fell in love with Budapest, who would have...
I wish I would have stayed 4 days in Budapest and 2 days in Prague, but of course hindsight is 20/20. I’m def coming back if I’m ever in the area. [should be duly noted I’m traveling waaaay in the off season so these cities are much quieter than during the summer. how do I know? I was one of four in my hostel.]
I took the night train to the Hungarian capital, and spent two and a...
Prague… eh
I stayed in Prague for a few days. It wasn’t my favorite city. I’m not sure if it’s because it had been hyped up by everyone I’d talked to, or because I saw soooo many bogen Aussies among other foreigners, or what, but I wasn’t the hugest fan. I kind of felt like I was being suffocated by tourist luring activities the whole time.
A highlights included the city tour,...
Seven Falafels, Art in the Most Peculiar of...
I stayed with Lisa in Berlin, ah, I could live here forever, or a few years at the very least.
In case you’ve never been, or haven’t snooped around on wikipedia about the modern history of the city, a short history of Berlin in the past 50 or so years.
post WWII to 1989 - The area surrounding the Berlin wall isn’t the most desirable, immigrants with little money move into the...