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Greece Makes It All Better

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Written at 5:45PM, 9-25-06 in Corfu, Greece

The ferry trip was not all bad, but it was mostly bad. I think Jacob had the worse time. Allow me to explain.

Because our ticket was free through Eurail (although we still paid 24 euros in “tax”—lame) we were to stay on “Deck.” Now true to everything in my last blog, no one ever explicitly said what this meant. All the ferry’s “floors” were called “decks.” Does that mean we can go and stay anywhere? Well, in the beginning, we decided to play it safe. [read on]

Dark Weather in the Black Forest

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Written at 10:29 AM, 9-18-06

Well, in Germany the weather finally caught up with me. I suppose this was to be expected with traveling north to less temperate climates, but it doesn’t mean I need to be happy about it. I arrived in Freiburg in mid-afternoon, thinking I was prepared to find my way to the hostel suggested in my guidebook. [read on]

Risks of Insanity

Monday, September 11th, 2006
Written at 6:20 PM, 9-11-06 I managed to rouse myself at exactly 8:40 the morning following the beach excursion, which happened to be a mere five minutes before the hostel’s breakfast ended. I’d been warned by the hostel’s inhabitants that the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Language Barriers

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
10:17 PM, 9-5-06 We finished the battle tour and Ashley and I returned to the bed and breakfast in Bayeux. We decided to go out to a nice restaurant for a genuine French dinner. We browsed around, checking virtually every menu ... [Continue reading this entry]

Perched on the Cliffs

Friday, August 25th, 2006
10:07 PM, 8/25/06 We finished the trip to Galway without incident, although it took much longer to get there than we expected. Galway is a bustling city on the west coast of Ireland with a strong sense of identity. The Irishness ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cry of the Banshee

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004
Day 1 – Dunedin to Christchurch (11-3-04) It was with little adieu and minimal celebration that I departed from my small flat in Dunedin, New Zealand after nearly five months of living there. A cold place in which the walls were ... [Continue reading this entry]