It’s been an insane past 3 months… I’m beginning to write this final post from the airport in Athens and will likely finish at some point on the journey back home. But before I conclude this blog, I want to give a run-down of all the cities I’ve visited in the past few weeks, as [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Finito! The Final Posting
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Euro-Odyssey Pics
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here are my photo albums from this summer: Warsaw: click here Berlin: click here Leipzig: click here Dresden: click here Vienna: click here Lugano/Locarno: click here Italy & Monaco: click here Greece: click here
“You Want to Get Nuts?! Let’s Get Nuts!!!”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here is the latest major episode that changed the course of this epic trip… After having Alex’s wallet stolen and credit cards canceled canceled in Turin, we set out on trains to reach the French Mediterranean coast. So we take trains for a few hours to Nice, France. As soon as we get out of [...]
The Night in Italian Jail
Posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So we’re sipping beer at a café in Turin, then within the next hour we’re doing a ride-along with undercover Italian cops. Here’s how it went down: At 6:30PM, Alex and I get tired of walking around Turin, so we decide to sit down at a nice café in one of the main squares. After [...]
The Night Train in Purgatory
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our train ride from Vienna to Zurich was, as Alex and I both agree, the most insanely awkward experience of our lives… and that says a lot. Here’s how it went down… We get on the train at 10:00PM. There is nobody on the train and we had a whole 6 person cabin to ourselves. [...]
From Hell to Heaven: Prague to Lugano
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since the last posting, we’ve had a rollercoaster ride from Prague to the South of Switzerland. Prague quite honestly was just a miserable city. I’ve heard so much hype about it, and just don’t get it. If you want to do a tour of world capitols, Mogadishu, Somalia probably has more to offer than Prague. [...]
European Adventure: Days 1-6
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In the past 6 days, we’ve been to Warsaw, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, and Prague… I’ll give a short synopsis, then Alex will give his first impressions of the cities on this leg of the trip. I always think it’s more interesting to hear someone’s first impressions. Having lived in the first four cities, I really [...]
