Took the overnight train from Venice to Vienna. First thing, visted the Opera House and took a tour - amazing place. Unfortunately there are no operas during July and August so couldn't enjoy.
Then went to the Shönbrunn Palace and got amazing pictures from the Glorietta. This is definitely my favorite palace to have visited. Then changed and had a wonderful dinner at an Italian restaurant and then enjoyed a night of Mozart music at the Orangerie at the Shönbrunn Palace (including opera singers and dancers).
To bed as I have an early train to catch to Salzburg - can't wait!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Venice - My favorite town
So Venice has been my favorite town so far. Our hostel was in a old Palace (it's called A Venice Museum) with paintings on the wall and was fabulous. We got in late b7c of train delays so we ended up running through Venice with our bags to make it in time for the check in cut off of midnight.
First day in Venice, visited St. Mark's square, including the Basilic and walked around and took it all in. Went out with 2 Australian girls and ended up at a Discoteque where they played Brittnez Spears - so fun.
Second day, visited the Rialto Bridge + Venice Costume museum in another old palace on the Grand Canal. A big group from the hostel went out for drinks with a late night ensueing.
Last day, woke up late, went shopping and enjoyed laying out at the Grand Canal in front of the train station before Terri and I headed our separate directions.
Venice is amazing and if you haven't been there, then you must. Very sad to leave Terri and Venice but Vienna and Salzburg are calling my name.
First day in Venice, visited St. Mark's square, including the Basilic and walked around and took it all in. Went out with 2 Australian girls and ended up at a Discoteque where they played Brittnez Spears - so fun.
Second day, visited the Rialto Bridge + Venice Costume museum in another old palace on the Grand Canal. A big group from the hostel went out for drinks with a late night ensueing.
Last day, woke up late, went shopping and enjoyed laying out at the Grand Canal in front of the train station before Terri and I headed our separate directions.
Venice is amazing and if you haven't been there, then you must. Very sad to leave Terri and Venice but Vienna and Salzburg are calling my name.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Ironman 2009
Hey everyone from Nice, France.
Love this town - the past days have been so relaxing.
Got in yesterday and found a hotel to stay in - betzeen Louis Vitton and Armani and across the street from Benetton. Finding a place was difficult because the France Ironman 2009 occured this morning. Ze had an early dinner and then to bed.
Got up super early - 6am to see the Ironman athelets through their first round (ie szimming). Never seen anything like it - 2500 people were competing from 55 countries. Saw the sunrise and the athelets start and finish their swimming pôrtion and onto the bike portion.
We then went to the beach for a fez hours before taking a yatch cruise aournd Nice and the surrounding towns ( saw tina turner, elton john and the King of Egypt's houses). So great to be on the water - definitely coming back. More beach after and watched the Ironmen come in from biking for the marathon portion. Chinese dinner - best wonton soup so far of any city and back here to get ready to go out. Taking a nap and then off to the clubs.
We head to Venice tomorrow until Thursday. Nice has been more than expected and my hats off to the Ironman athelets. It makes me want to start riding when I get back - my new plan. Beaches on the Med. are my favorite and have been blessed to have visited!
Miss you all!
Lindsay
Love this town - the past days have been so relaxing.
Got in yesterday and found a hotel to stay in - betzeen Louis Vitton and Armani and across the street from Benetton. Finding a place was difficult because the France Ironman 2009 occured this morning. Ze had an early dinner and then to bed.
Got up super early - 6am to see the Ironman athelets through their first round (ie szimming). Never seen anything like it - 2500 people were competing from 55 countries. Saw the sunrise and the athelets start and finish their swimming pôrtion and onto the bike portion.
We then went to the beach for a fez hours before taking a yatch cruise aournd Nice and the surrounding towns ( saw tina turner, elton john and the King of Egypt's houses). So great to be on the water - definitely coming back. More beach after and watched the Ironmen come in from biking for the marathon portion. Chinese dinner - best wonton soup so far of any city and back here to get ready to go out. Taking a nap and then off to the clubs.
We head to Venice tomorrow until Thursday. Nice has been more than expected and my hats off to the Ironman athelets. It makes me want to start riding when I get back - my new plan. Beaches on the Med. are my favorite and have been blessed to have visited!
Miss you all!
Lindsay
La Sabranenque - a lifestyle of unknown proportions
2 weeks crammed into 1 blog - I will do my best but don't want to write forever so I will be brief b/c we are going out tonight in Nice and I need to take a nap before hand.
I had 2 roommates - one from australia and one from Chicago. We did stay in restored houses that were originally part of the "old city" of St. Victor La Coste. While I did not participate in breakfast - no surprise there, lunch and dinner were amazing and I got to help uin the kitchen for two meals. So I,ll talk about that first:
Marta, originally argentinian, has been in France for 20 years. The cook everything naturally, everything is fresh. We got to make salad dressing plus assist with the cooking/marinading of the meat. I'm so excited to bring back some of the tips/tecyhniques I've learned/ I'm going to start making my own salad dressing plus start using lore fresh products - no longer being intimidated. Plus there is a knife I will be getting when I get back to help with cutting (it is a shallow U shape that you roll back and forth to dice items. I'm in love with it!
As for the work, we would work for about 3 1/2 hours to 4 hours in the morning. I was on the crew working higher up on the path. My group - me plus 2 other guys - basically dug the path down to the bedrock and then rebuilt the wall, laying mortar and rocks layer by layer until we could add the pavement chips at the end. Took us about 7 days to do and then the other 2 were used to start a new section of the path. The path leads up to the medevial castle (10th/11th century) and 4 different groups were working on different parts of the path. It was great getting to see our small project through.
Afternoons were spent visiting local wineries, towns (Arles, Uzès, Avignon), reading or sleeping. After dinner, we would either hang out at the main house or head to the village bar, which was located in the village square. A lot of wine was drank in the last 2 weeks by the La Sab folks! Last Saturday night was particularly exciting. The town had a festival - the entire town came - with a DJ that played french music plus disco plus songs like "highway to hell" - très ecletic.
It was really a great experience and it was neet to be with people that were of like-mind regarding their prupose. I was ready to be back in the non-Provènce world at the end of it though. One of the girls is from Scotland (edinborough) and decided to join me on my next leg.
Of course, tons more happened but I can't wait to tell you all about it when I get back. Off to Nice, France with Terri and the beaches of the Meditteranean.
I had 2 roommates - one from australia and one from Chicago. We did stay in restored houses that were originally part of the "old city" of St. Victor La Coste. While I did not participate in breakfast - no surprise there, lunch and dinner were amazing and I got to help uin the kitchen for two meals. So I,ll talk about that first:
Marta, originally argentinian, has been in France for 20 years. The cook everything naturally, everything is fresh. We got to make salad dressing plus assist with the cooking/marinading of the meat. I'm so excited to bring back some of the tips/tecyhniques I've learned/ I'm going to start making my own salad dressing plus start using lore fresh products - no longer being intimidated. Plus there is a knife I will be getting when I get back to help with cutting (it is a shallow U shape that you roll back and forth to dice items. I'm in love with it!
As for the work, we would work for about 3 1/2 hours to 4 hours in the morning. I was on the crew working higher up on the path. My group - me plus 2 other guys - basically dug the path down to the bedrock and then rebuilt the wall, laying mortar and rocks layer by layer until we could add the pavement chips at the end. Took us about 7 days to do and then the other 2 were used to start a new section of the path. The path leads up to the medevial castle (10th/11th century) and 4 different groups were working on different parts of the path. It was great getting to see our small project through.
Afternoons were spent visiting local wineries, towns (Arles, Uzès, Avignon), reading or sleeping. After dinner, we would either hang out at the main house or head to the village bar, which was located in the village square. A lot of wine was drank in the last 2 weeks by the La Sab folks! Last Saturday night was particularly exciting. The town had a festival - the entire town came - with a DJ that played french music plus disco plus songs like "highway to hell" - très ecletic.
It was really a great experience and it was neet to be with people that were of like-mind regarding their prupose. I was ready to be back in the non-Provènce world at the end of it though. One of the girls is from Scotland (edinborough) and decided to join me on my next leg.
Of course, tons more happened but I can't wait to tell you all about it when I get back. Off to Nice, France with Terri and the beaches of the Meditteranean.
Barcelona - the Mediterranean
Hey all, sorry this is so late but I,ve not had email for a fez weeks:
Barcelona was amazing, Stayed ith my friend Kara and her family the first night - zent to the beach - it was finally warm in a city I was visiting. Mediterranean was beautiful.
Second night stayed at a hostel right off Plaza de Cataluyna. Super tired so I slept a bit and then visited the Gaudi Park and Casa Battlo (Gaudi was the architect) then a night of tapas and a Flaminco show. Meet a girl that went to school in New Orleans with a friend from Merri-Mac - small world. Flaminco show was not what I expected buty amazing none the less. Blair - I think this should be our next dance conquest! Since Bzarcelonians don't eat dinner until around 10pm and then go out, our dinner was at 9:30; flaminco show at 11:15pm and then the disco around 2:00am. A late night but so fun - meet some girls from Argentina who were amazing;
Again slept a lot that net day but did go see Sagrada Familia where Gaudi was commissioned as the architect. Dinner of Tapas and then to bed to head to the french program.
I could definitely get used to the Barcelonian lifestyle.
Barcelona was amazing, Stayed ith my friend Kara and her family the first night - zent to the beach - it was finally warm in a city I was visiting. Mediterranean was beautiful.
Second night stayed at a hostel right off Plaza de Cataluyna. Super tired so I slept a bit and then visited the Gaudi Park and Casa Battlo (Gaudi was the architect) then a night of tapas and a Flaminco show. Meet a girl that went to school in New Orleans with a friend from Merri-Mac - small world. Flaminco show was not what I expected buty amazing none the less. Blair - I think this should be our next dance conquest! Since Bzarcelonians don't eat dinner until around 10pm and then go out, our dinner was at 9:30; flaminco show at 11:15pm and then the disco around 2:00am. A late night but so fun - meet some girls from Argentina who were amazing;
Again slept a lot that net day but did go see Sagrada Familia where Gaudi was commissioned as the architect. Dinner of Tapas and then to bed to head to the french program.
I could definitely get used to the Barcelonian lifestyle.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Japanese as always
06/10/09
Today was a very long day but amazing and beat my expectations.
I honestly wasn't overly excited about the Louvre b/c art doesn't excite me that much. But, I went with Kerryn (from Australia) today and I began to understand why people love the Louvre. Luckily we both had a very similar taste in what we wanted to see which worked out perfectly. We were able to work together to make the Louvre exprience perfect for both of us and yes, working together is a good idea in that place b/c it is so big. and for everyone wanting to go, please buy the museum pass - you will not regret it. We started with the history of the Louvre and hey have actually excavated the medievial ruins of the first louvre for us to walk around - amazing. Plus there was an exhibit on how they preserved the art during WW II. We then heading to different exhibits to see what we wanted to see - Code of Hammarabi, Mona Lisa, enus de Milo, Napolean's Apartment, Ramses I and III sacrophagus's plus others. It was a wonderful experience - we thought we'd spend an hour and spent about 5. I do have to sa though, people are pushy a rude. It wasn't really bad until the end when the masses sarted pouring in. I definitely got knocked over by a 90 year old french lady.
We went to lunch near the Musee D'Orsay after that and had a dessert plate and baguette - still in love with french food.
We visited the Musee D'Orsay and did the 5th floor, impressionis (renior, monet, van gogh) and I have a new favorite artist - Alfred Sisley. Looking forward to finding out more about him when I get home.
From there we headed to Notre Dame and I acually got to hear a mass. It was an amazing experience to participate in a church service in Notre Dame - definitely a highlight so far. It was so rainy I didn't go on top though, another thing to do when I come back.
Went to the train station and bought my ticket to not barcelona but PortBou - I have to transfer on the morning of the 12th there to barcelona - should be a fun experience:-)
Dinner was japanese - definitely my favorite misso soup so far - of american and german and good conversation with Kerryn. Can't believe tomorrow is my last day in Paris, I have enjoyed it much more than I thought.
Taking the overnight train tomorrow night so should a busy day tomorrow before I leave. The eiffel tower is my last stop in paris, can't wait.
Pray that the weather holds out for the eiffel tower.
Many blessings today - things I've learned to appreciate and the reminder that God is constant with me during this trip and always.
Another day to explore - Paris est tres maginifique!
Today was a very long day but amazing and beat my expectations.
I honestly wasn't overly excited about the Louvre b/c art doesn't excite me that much. But, I went with Kerryn (from Australia) today and I began to understand why people love the Louvre. Luckily we both had a very similar taste in what we wanted to see which worked out perfectly. We were able to work together to make the Louvre exprience perfect for both of us and yes, working together is a good idea in that place b/c it is so big. and for everyone wanting to go, please buy the museum pass - you will not regret it. We started with the history of the Louvre and hey have actually excavated the medievial ruins of the first louvre for us to walk around - amazing. Plus there was an exhibit on how they preserved the art during WW II. We then heading to different exhibits to see what we wanted to see - Code of Hammarabi, Mona Lisa, enus de Milo, Napolean's Apartment, Ramses I and III sacrophagus's plus others. It was a wonderful experience - we thought we'd spend an hour and spent about 5. I do have to sa though, people are pushy a rude. It wasn't really bad until the end when the masses sarted pouring in. I definitely got knocked over by a 90 year old french lady.
We went to lunch near the Musee D'Orsay after that and had a dessert plate and baguette - still in love with french food.
We visited the Musee D'Orsay and did the 5th floor, impressionis (renior, monet, van gogh) and I have a new favorite artist - Alfred Sisley. Looking forward to finding out more about him when I get home.
From there we headed to Notre Dame and I acually got to hear a mass. It was an amazing experience to participate in a church service in Notre Dame - definitely a highlight so far. It was so rainy I didn't go on top though, another thing to do when I come back.
Went to the train station and bought my ticket to not barcelona but PortBou - I have to transfer on the morning of the 12th there to barcelona - should be a fun experience:-)
Dinner was japanese - definitely my favorite misso soup so far - of american and german and good conversation with Kerryn. Can't believe tomorrow is my last day in Paris, I have enjoyed it much more than I thought.
Taking the overnight train tomorrow night so should a busy day tomorrow before I leave. The eiffel tower is my last stop in paris, can't wait.
Pray that the weather holds out for the eiffel tower.
Many blessings today - things I've learned to appreciate and the reminder that God is constant with me during this trip and always.
Another day to explore - Paris est tres maginifique!
06/09/09
I went to Versailles today. Amazing place. Weather is in continuance with the Germany weather, cold and rainy. I broke down and finally bought an umbrella - first souvenir of the trip (from versailles) but also useful. I love how what I buy as a souvenir also serves a purpose (jacket and umbrella).
Loved Versailles - spent about 4 hours in the house. Can't wait to show pictures b/c I don't think an explanation can even do it justice. I was able to use my french to reach all of the item headings throughout the palace which was nice, so I didn't have to buy the headphones in english. Didn't make it to the gardens b/c it was so cold and rainy and windy - my umbrella wasn/t having any of it.
After versailles, went to the Eglise du Dome - where Napolean I and III are buried and did the Musee du l'armee (french military history from 1800s to the present). I only looked through the World War I and II exhibits - interesting how they viewed the wars. Ran out of time - want to come back some other time and see the entire museum.
Dinner was with the roomies at a french restaurant in the latin quarter. I had wine, french onion soup, steak with cheese and a cheese plate at the end - I love french food!!!! Such a treat. We walked around the latin quarter for a while and got to see he eiffel tower from a distance at night - breathtaking. THen headng back to the room for some sleep for a long day tomorrow a the Louvre.
Good food and wine and a good nigh sleep.
I went to Versailles today. Amazing place. Weather is in continuance with the Germany weather, cold and rainy. I broke down and finally bought an umbrella - first souvenir of the trip (from versailles) but also useful. I love how what I buy as a souvenir also serves a purpose (jacket and umbrella).
Loved Versailles - spent about 4 hours in the house. Can't wait to show pictures b/c I don't think an explanation can even do it justice. I was able to use my french to reach all of the item headings throughout the palace which was nice, so I didn't have to buy the headphones in english. Didn't make it to the gardens b/c it was so cold and rainy and windy - my umbrella wasn/t having any of it.
After versailles, went to the Eglise du Dome - where Napolean I and III are buried and did the Musee du l'armee (french military history from 1800s to the present). I only looked through the World War I and II exhibits - interesting how they viewed the wars. Ran out of time - want to come back some other time and see the entire museum.
Dinner was with the roomies at a french restaurant in the latin quarter. I had wine, french onion soup, steak with cheese and a cheese plate at the end - I love french food!!!! Such a treat. We walked around the latin quarter for a while and got to see he eiffel tower from a distance at night - breathtaking. THen headng back to the room for some sleep for a long day tomorrow a the Louvre.
Good food and wine and a good nigh sleep.
Travel through green pastures
06/08/09
I travelled all day today from Berlin to Frankfurt and then from Frankfurt to Paris. I've decided that trying o find your right car i almost impossible. The country-side of Germany is beautiful though and we passed through part of the Alps and it made me miss the Appalachians.
Made it to Paris and was able to use my french skills (thanks dad for all of those lessons at CCDS). Made it to my hostel, near the Latin quarter and only a few stops from the Louvre and Eiffel tower. My roommates are super cute - one girl from Berkley, Californi, one from Brittish Columbia and one from Australia. We all got along great and this should be a good stay.
I was sad to leave Germany but I am really excited now about being in Paris. Can't wait to start my day tomorrow.
Au Revoir
I travelled all day today from Berlin to Frankfurt and then from Frankfurt to Paris. I've decided that trying o find your right car i almost impossible. The country-side of Germany is beautiful though and we passed through part of the Alps and it made me miss the Appalachians.
Made it to Paris and was able to use my french skills (thanks dad for all of those lessons at CCDS). Made it to my hostel, near the Latin quarter and only a few stops from the Louvre and Eiffel tower. My roommates are super cute - one girl from Berkley, Californi, one from Brittish Columbia and one from Australia. We all got along great and this should be a good stay.
I was sad to leave Germany but I am really excited now about being in Paris. Can't wait to start my day tomorrow.
Au Revoir
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Prussian influences rise again
06/7/09
I took the Potsdam tour today. Potsdam is a city about 20 minutes outside of Berlin by train and is where the ruling German/Prussian families had their homes. We same Frederick the Great's vacation home - San Soucci and I got to put a potato on his grave (he is credited with bringing potatoes to Germany), the smaller but older Brandenburg Gate, house where the Potsdam conference was held and the decision to drop the A-Bomb (it is now a hotel - I want to some day come back and stay) among other things. I enjoyed Potsdam b/c it is less city-ish and more me - beautiful gardens and rivers. Plus, we saw where the spy exchanges usually happened between the US and Russia. Over all, amazing tour!
Can back to the hostel and then walked through Western Berlin, near my hostel, where I found a fabulous Asian restaurant - I am going to try Asian food in each city I go to in order to see whether it is the same as in America or different.
After dinner, walked through a cometary - beautiful but I almost got locked in - luckily the guard let me out:-) Back at the hostel now for an early night. Heading to Paris tomorrow and I have an early train at 8Ö30a.m. Pray my alarm goes off correctly and I am good to go.
On to Paris although Berlin has been delightful.
Auf Wiedersehen
I took the Potsdam tour today. Potsdam is a city about 20 minutes outside of Berlin by train and is where the ruling German/Prussian families had their homes. We same Frederick the Great's vacation home - San Soucci and I got to put a potato on his grave (he is credited with bringing potatoes to Germany), the smaller but older Brandenburg Gate, house where the Potsdam conference was held and the decision to drop the A-Bomb (it is now a hotel - I want to some day come back and stay) among other things. I enjoyed Potsdam b/c it is less city-ish and more me - beautiful gardens and rivers. Plus, we saw where the spy exchanges usually happened between the US and Russia. Over all, amazing tour!
Can back to the hostel and then walked through Western Berlin, near my hostel, where I found a fabulous Asian restaurant - I am going to try Asian food in each city I go to in order to see whether it is the same as in America or different.
After dinner, walked through a cometary - beautiful but I almost got locked in - luckily the guard let me out:-) Back at the hostel now for an early night. Heading to Paris tomorrow and I have an early train at 8Ö30a.m. Pray my alarm goes off correctly and I am good to go.
On to Paris although Berlin has been delightful.
Auf Wiedersehen
Beaches in Berlin?
06/06/09
Well, I hoped to start off early today but set my alarm to pm -- oops. Guys woke me up though - good alarm clock.
I toured the Pergamon museum today - had the Gates of Ishtar - yep the gates to Babylon plus roman ruins etc. Also had an exhibit on greek-roman gods and the casts/statues made during that period of the gods - learned a lot regarding how to identify each deity by their attribute. So glad I chose this as my one museum in Berlin. I then conveniently got lost and found the back side of Humbolt University (where Enstein taught and Lennon studied) where there as a courtyard and grass area. Beautiful - did my bible study where enstein's students studied - very surreal.
Then found the beaches along the River Spree. Yep, they actually put sand down and have beach chairs and umbrellas along the river with caribbean drinks and music. Too cold to stay but would love to come back to Berlin and take part.
Walked back to the hostel and met up with my roommates, guys from Dallas/Houston - grabbed dinner and then met up with previous roommate Pippa (from Yorkshire) and we went out for drinks. Ended up at a Spanish tapas restaurant, then eclectic bar (playing indigo girls), then finally a local Berlin bar named Bar Nou. Fun night though ended late.
To another day in Berlin.
Well, I hoped to start off early today but set my alarm to pm -- oops. Guys woke me up though - good alarm clock.
I toured the Pergamon museum today - had the Gates of Ishtar - yep the gates to Babylon plus roman ruins etc. Also had an exhibit on greek-roman gods and the casts/statues made during that period of the gods - learned a lot regarding how to identify each deity by their attribute. So glad I chose this as my one museum in Berlin. I then conveniently got lost and found the back side of Humbolt University (where Enstein taught and Lennon studied) where there as a courtyard and grass area. Beautiful - did my bible study where enstein's students studied - very surreal.
Then found the beaches along the River Spree. Yep, they actually put sand down and have beach chairs and umbrellas along the river with caribbean drinks and music. Too cold to stay but would love to come back to Berlin and take part.
Walked back to the hostel and met up with my roommates, guys from Dallas/Houston - grabbed dinner and then met up with previous roommate Pippa (from Yorkshire) and we went out for drinks. Ended up at a Spanish tapas restaurant, then eclectic bar (playing indigo girls), then finally a local Berlin bar named Bar Nou. Fun night though ended late.
To another day in Berlin.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Ghana Beer and Berlin Department Stores
06/05/09
Today has been an interested and amazing day. I woke up on the overnight train - an interesting experience - can definitely get used to it - wish we had these in America - one's that are as efficient.
Reached my hostel - much better than I thought. Located on the Landwehr Canal - beautiful at night. It is freezing here in Berlin - 6 degrees celsius so I then spent about 1 hour tracking down a department store to buy a jacket. I've discovered that no one in the Potsdammer Platz train station speaks english but did find someone at the Lego museum - a museum dedicated to Legos - they had einstein's face made out of lego's and his eyes moved - prettz cool.
I had lunch at Vapiano's - I'd eaten at one before in Ft. Myers so that was nice. Then on to the "welcome to munich" tour which was awesome. Saw the Brandenburg Gate, Check Point Charlie, universitz where Einstein taught and Lennon was a student, Museum Island, Reighstag and tons more. I love these free tours - did one in Munich and now Berlin and planning on doing one in Paris.
Once that was over, came back to my hostel - sooooo cold. Grabbed dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant. I had ghanan banana beer, garlic soup and this beef-pancake dinner -- it was amazing and I want to find a place like it in Atlanta.
Turning in for the night b/c I'm exhausted and my body is tired from all this walking - not used to it.
Tomorrow going to the Pergomen museum to see the Babzlonian gates and Nephertier's bust. Reallz looking forward to it!
Guten nacht!
Today has been an interested and amazing day. I woke up on the overnight train - an interesting experience - can definitely get used to it - wish we had these in America - one's that are as efficient.
Reached my hostel - much better than I thought. Located on the Landwehr Canal - beautiful at night. It is freezing here in Berlin - 6 degrees celsius so I then spent about 1 hour tracking down a department store to buy a jacket. I've discovered that no one in the Potsdammer Platz train station speaks english but did find someone at the Lego museum - a museum dedicated to Legos - they had einstein's face made out of lego's and his eyes moved - prettz cool.
I had lunch at Vapiano's - I'd eaten at one before in Ft. Myers so that was nice. Then on to the "welcome to munich" tour which was awesome. Saw the Brandenburg Gate, Check Point Charlie, universitz where Einstein taught and Lennon was a student, Museum Island, Reighstag and tons more. I love these free tours - did one in Munich and now Berlin and planning on doing one in Paris.
Once that was over, came back to my hostel - sooooo cold. Grabbed dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant. I had ghanan banana beer, garlic soup and this beef-pancake dinner -- it was amazing and I want to find a place like it in Atlanta.
Turning in for the night b/c I'm exhausted and my body is tired from all this walking - not used to it.
Tomorrow going to the Pergomen museum to see the Babzlonian gates and Nephertier's bust. Reallz looking forward to it!
Guten nacht!
Pub crawl and all
06/04/09
Well, I wanted to get up early today but managed to hit the snooze on my alarm clock and the hotel woke me up when it was time to leave - a crazy start to the morning but I made it out alive. Stored my pack at the main train station (FYI - the munich central station is very confusing) where I found out that height is a factor in using the lockers. Went on a 4 hour tour of Munich (free - mz favorite kind) and saw a bunch of stuff I want to do when I get back. Then I joined a Pub Crawl where we went to 4 or 5 beer gardens and I met some super sweet girls from Memphis. The pub crawl was awesome b/c it was the first time I actually interacted with others on more than just surface level. Jagershot at the end sent me pleasantly to my train and sleeping on a couchette - not too bad. Woke up this morning in Berlin.
Well, I wanted to get up early today but managed to hit the snooze on my alarm clock and the hotel woke me up when it was time to leave - a crazy start to the morning but I made it out alive. Stored my pack at the main train station (FYI - the munich central station is very confusing) where I found out that height is a factor in using the lockers. Went on a 4 hour tour of Munich (free - mz favorite kind) and saw a bunch of stuff I want to do when I get back. Then I joined a Pub Crawl where we went to 4 or 5 beer gardens and I met some super sweet girls from Memphis. The pub crawl was awesome b/c it was the first time I actually interacted with others on more than just surface level. Jagershot at the end sent me pleasantly to my train and sleeping on a couchette - not too bad. Woke up this morning in Berlin.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
First day in munich
Flight was uneventful although I did sit next to a very nice man whose sister is a teacher at Woodward and his mother teaches school in East Point. He lives in Ulm, Germany now with his wife and kids and we had a great convo re: the prudishness of americans verse europeans and the school system in Germay.
I managed to make it to my hotel with no big issues although a very nice tram driver had to help a little bit. My hotel is super cute and the bathroom is amazing. I took a nap for a few hours but now I'm out and about. Heading to a beer garten Lowenbraukeller for dinner and drinks and then turn in early tonight. Tired from everything over the past few weeks.
I'm heading to Berlin tomorrow night after a busy day here in Munich. Hope everyone is having a great day and talk to you tomorrow!
I managed to make it to my hotel with no big issues although a very nice tram driver had to help a little bit. My hotel is super cute and the bathroom is amazing. I took a nap for a few hours but now I'm out and about. Heading to a beer garten Lowenbraukeller for dinner and drinks and then turn in early tonight. Tired from everything over the past few weeks.
I'm heading to Berlin tomorrow night after a busy day here in Munich. Hope everyone is having a great day and talk to you tomorrow!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Americanized chinese food
My final meal pre-EU consisted of americanized chinese - one of myfavs. It is a weird feeling - being excited, happy, scared, insure yet pumped all at the same time. To fall asleep on one continent & wake up on another. Many thanks to those who helped make sure i got on the plane. We're about to take off. Talk to uon the other side of the pond!
Monday, June 1, 2009
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