Brussels, Belgium, Europe I wasn’t surprised that one of the girls in the dorm came back last night at 3:30am, and the other one didn’t come back at all. That was pretty much what I expected. I got up early and got ready to go out for the day. I left at the same time as Thea, so we went out for breakfast and walked to the train station together. She got on her train to Hamburg and I hopped…
Brussels, Belgium, Europe I was really sad to be leaving Langedijk and the company of Jacquelien this morning. I was up at 7am, showered, packed and ready for leaving at 8am. Jacquelien gave me a ride to the train station and we said our “see ya laters”. I couldn’t have asked for a better hostess for the last few days and I’m really happy we met while travelling and became friends. I arrived at Amsterdam Amstel station and got my…
Langedijk, Holland, Europe I had an absolutely brilliant day today! I got a great night’s sleep, woke up late, and had a few hours of relaxation time at Jacqueline’s house. She and Tim were off to work, so it was just me and their chickens in the back garden. I did some laundry, caught up on sports scores, and had time to just relax. It was really nice. Jacquelien took a half day and got back to the house around…
Langedijk, Holland, Europe I had an awesome day in the Netherlands. I was all over the place, but it was excellent! I had an awesome sleep at Jacquelien’s house, and then she was nice enough to give me a ride to the train station at Heerhugowaard to head into Amsterdam. I got into the city by about 10am and had a few hours to walk around the city. I’d been here before a few years ago, so today I just…
Langedijk, Holland, Europe I had a horrible night’s sleep in Hamburg. Between the other guys coming in the dorm at random times during the night, and me constantly waking up to make sure someone wasn’t stealing my stuff, I probably got about an hour of sleep. Finally at 6:30am I decided to just get up and get out of the room. As I was getting ready, another guy came into the room at like 7am. It must have been a…
Hamburg, Germany, Europe Today was a strange day. I left my hostel in Berlin, got on my bus and ended up in Hamburg at 1:30pm. I met a nice Swiss girl on the bus named Laura and we were both starving when we got to Hamburg, so we grabbed a bite to eat. It was a good chat with another traveller who has lived in Australia and America too. She was meeting a friend here and I had to find…
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…