http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell Once upon a time, a girl came down with a severe case of wanderlust. She suffered for many years until one day she decided to do something about it. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:00:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend Rob back home, completely out of the blue and unprovoked (I haven't spoken to him since I left), made me a YouTube page and a video for my site!!! So cool. So kudos to the DollyLlama for making me a little something special...and you even shaved ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/the-sweetest-thing.html I was on my hike to town, motivated in part by exercise and budget, which has been narrowed down to a measly 12km (getting lost is a thing of the past!). [Did you know that (in Pula) the cost of a one-way bus journey is equivalent to two liters ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/cleaving-in-croatia.html I couldn’t have asked for a better host in Zagreb. I decided that this business of buying two round-trips to Zagreb for the purpose of getting my Russian visa was #@$%!, so I consulted my online directory of people I could board with for the night. Sure I'm cheap, but ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/a-night-in-zagreb.html With the experiences of being around the block a few times under my belt, I am capable of fixing toilets in any country (Gerry rigging counts), operating microwaves without a manual, cooking with the most bizarre of produce and making it edible, haggling without words, and getting most of my ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/the-laundry-is-whiter-on-the-other-side.html My bus schedule tell me that pick up is at 12:00p. I wait until 10 minutes after, nothing. I figure that the decision to walk to town has been made for me, so I head off in the direction I think town is. After all, when you've rented an apartment ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/a-leisurely-stroll-becomes-a-half-marathon.html While I prefer gentle serenity over hellish language-barrier filled train rides, you can’t always get what you want…In what appeared to be International Incident #3, I nearly went ballistic on the train when no one could tell me how to get to Zagreb even though I was pretty sure that ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/almost-didnt-make-it-tocroatia.html I learned something new about the Muslim culture tonight…I remarked to Gokce on the teleferik (gondola) ride up to Eyup, a small mountain overlooking the Golden Horn, about how nice the planted flowers looked on all the gravestones. Then it hit me. I asked why the graves looked more like ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/little-known-tidbit-at-least-to-me.html The same will happen with Croatia as I am on bandwidth and gig restriction with the ridiculous, archaic internet system here. In the name of laziness, I’ve decided to post all of the videos I’ve recently uploaded here instead of referring to old blogs. Most, if not all, of the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/lots-and-lots-of-video-uploads.html As if eating Bambi wasn't enough, I decided to become Bambi, just for a night, because you've never experienced Istanbul unless you've ice skated in an open-air mall in Levent, your fears of nose-diving into the ice drowned out by "Loosen up my Buttons" by The Pussycat Dolls and "Pass ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/less-grace-more-bambi.html It was an experience like any other, and what made it even more so was that my Turkish roommate had never done it either. I spent hours milling through websites, looking for the perfect one...When I came across something that looked good, I asked for her Turkish approval (since most ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Cristi-Farrell/thank-god-thats-over.html