http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid "I'll return...at least for a pause while I shift from one understanding of the world to another."-Che Guevara Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:03:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is my last full day in Europe. I woke up at 7:30 this morning, packed my bags and left the hazy comforts of the Flying Pig. I walked more centrally into the red light district, to my next place of lodgings. Situated between a porn shop and a thai ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/the-final-day.html The fourth installment in the now entirely inaccurately named, fulfilling the original disclaimers propechy, in a trilogy of posts relating to lessons learned on the road. 1. The words in the other language on the food carton ARE important, do not always trust the picture. 2. Label your food in the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/lessons-learned-partiv.html 09:38- Train arrives in Amsterdam central station 10:11- I arrive at Hostel 10:12- Notice people smoking up in hostel 10:20- drop stuff off in luggage room and leave to wander town 10:25- Offered sex by prostitute in window 10:37- Arrive at Sex Museum 11:45- Leave Sex Museum for Van Gogh Gallery ---At this point in the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/amsterdam.html So I got into a bit of a fight. Eddy was convinced it was going to happen early on in the trip, but apparently I hold out until the last week. It wasn't much of a fight, so we'll get to that later. Here's how the past couple days went. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/attack-of-the-neutral-swiss.html The third installment in the trilogy of tidbits of info picked up along the road. 1. Hitler, evidently, was a speed freak. 2. Do not trust the Greek waiter when he says he knows something good and cheap for four young people: he is lying. 3. No public transport system should be navigated ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/lessons-learned-part-iii.html The past couple days in Athens have been interesting. During the day we spent our time doing controlled wanderings the first day, as we got in late enough that after a quick bite to eat the sun was setting, so we just strolled town a bit. We sat down in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/old-stuff-with-lightsor-death-by-hobo.html I got into Greece today. Tara and I took the ferry from Bari to Patras (this time on purpose, no backtracking to Corfu) and then got on the train to Athens. On the ferry I noticed a few things: one being that a seat on the deck is different in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/greek-gods-and-gyros.html So maybe my post last night was done in haste, it looks as if I will not be heading north but instead I leave in a couple hours to get to Bari, Italy again, the place of the famed ferry port, to catch a ferry on route to Athenia, where ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/athens-actually.html Im in Rome. Yesterday I spent the day seeing some of the tourist things; the Vatican, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, lots of churches, and finally I arrived at the Spanish steps. I arrived just before sunsent, and as I sat down, I listened to a pair of Italian men playing ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/the-ups-and-downs-of-travel.html Never Again. I'll come back to that in a minute. So the plan to watch the sunset went over well, four of us, lucy, michelle, jaqueline and myself all climbed the steps up to the hill to watch the sun set over the rooftop. It wasn't as ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/KanadianKid/red-wine-and-rome.html