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When will the rain end?

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

It has been raining for about as long as I can remember. It stops, I think the sun is about to come out, and then it starts drizzling again. What happened to the beautiful weather we had in Spain? Ever since Austria we have had a run of bad luck with weather. I don’t think my hair has ever been this frizzy in my life.

I have to make an amendment to what I said about Bratislava the other day. After spending a day walking around and seeing the historical old city, I have to say that it is actually quite a pretty city, at least in that specific area. We spent the day visiting museums that ranged from free and boring, to expensive and boring, but the city’s historical museum was really interesting. It told the story of Bratislava’s history from prehistoric times until the near present. I say near, because for some reason they decided to wrap up their modern history with the end of WWII. I was waiting to see something about the Cold War era, but there was absolutely nothing. I was struck by the huge historical gap that the museum left open. In Berlin there was so much information I couldn’t process it all, but in Bratislava–nothing at all.

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In the land of Miami Wice

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

I know I just posted yesterday, and not much has happened since then, but I’m in a hostel that has free Internet and I just can’t resist! Plus, I just spent half an hour waiting and I want to get my half hours’ worth.

Yesterday we had to say goodbye to Jenny for a short while. She is still in Vienna until the 12th when she will fly home for her graduation. She has promised to fly back out and meet up with us shortly after, and if she doesn’t, Kelly and I will find her and break her legs when we go back to London before we fly home. 🙂 Book your ticket Jenny!!! You have been warned.

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