Berlin, Germany, Europe I am writing this entry on Sunday instead of Saturday because last night I got home way too late and a little too drunk to type it up then. I had a great day yesterday, with a little hiccup in the middle. It started out with a free walking tour of Berlin with New Europe again. Michael met me in the morning and we both went on the tour, which was excellent. The last two tours I…
Berlin, Germany, Europe This morning had quite a slow start, and I was definitely okay with that. I took my time getting out of the hostel, and caught my bus from the main train station in Dresden at 11:30am. I thought about getting all my stuff together to head back into the city this morning before getting my bus, but I was just too tired and didn’t feel like pushing myself. I got the MeinFurn bus to Berlin and it…
Dresden, Germany, Europe I did get lucky with the weather again today. I’ve been on a pretty good little run lately in that department. I checked out of my hostel at 10am and headed into the city to partake in another free walking tour. This one was with the company called New Europe and it was by far the best tour I’ve taken so far. The guide, Karel, was very interesting, very enthusiastic, and very fun. That combo makes for…
Prague, Czech Republic, Europe I didn’t get much sleep on the bus last night, maybe an hour or two. I was so impressed with the tv system they had that I didn’t want to go to sleep. I don’t usually have my own tv like that at hostels so I wanted to take advantage of it while I could. We pulled in to Prague’s main train station at 6am, and I was happy to see that I had another nice…
Salzburg, Austria, Europe I got to spend another day in the beautiful mountains today, and it was great. I packed up my stuff and left it in a locker at my hostel for the day and went out to catch a bus. I got the 840 bus from outside of Mirabell Palace and it was a nice 45 minute ride up to Brechtesgaden. I then switched onto the 838 bus to go to Hintereck, which is at the base of…
Salzburg, Austria, Europe I got to see some really beautiful scenery today on my way to Salzburg. I got the train from Ljubljana at 9:22am and I had one transfer at Villach. It only took 4.5 hours to get to Salzburg, and the mountainous scenery was stunning on the way here. You could absolutely see that this is where The Sound of Music was set. I got really lucky with the weather again, and had nothing but sunshine all day….
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe Today was an excellent day, spent mostly in nature. It started with a bit of a hiccup when I was told yesterday that the busses to Bled go every hour on the hour from Ljubljana. I went to get the 8am bus only to find out that is the only hour that a bus does NOT leave. So I had to sit at the bus station and waste an hour. Finally I got moving at 9am, and…
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe Today was a lot of wasted time trying to get things done, but I did get to see a lot of Ljubljana and it is a beautiful city. I spent a few hours walking around trying to find a place where I could do my laundry, and get my haircut. These are pretty easy things to find in most cities, but for some reason, they proved to be nearly impossible tasks here. I was never able to…
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe I had to get up at 7am to get ready to go today. I was out of the hostel by 7:30am and got to the bus station with plenty of time to get my Eurolines bus from the Erdberg station in Vienna. The bus was mostly empty, and it had wifi on board, so it made for a pretty easy ride to Ljubljana. We stopped once about half way for a thirty minute break, which I was…
Vienna, Austria, Europe Today was a pretty crappy and rainy day here in Vienna. The weather made it pretty difficult to do anything worthwhile, so I spent most of the day inside. I left the hostel around 11am and went to check out the rest of the city center that I missed yesterday. It turns out that I saw almost everything yesterday, so there wasn’t much more to see today. I wasn’t feeling in a very museum-y mood, so I…