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…
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…