http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger An account of my many misadventures around the world. Next stop, Europe. Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:39:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my last post I said it was the end. But that wasn't enough for me. It may be the end of my travels around Europe and the world for the moment, but it's not the end. Escaping Australia. This is my new home, a place to talk about all the things that I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/a-new-home-escaping-australia-and-the-real-world.html The time has come. This story is over. After the Swiss Alps there was really nothing to report on the rest of that Contiki trip and I need to move on. It has happened almost a year ago now and I need to keep going with my life, I don't regret ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/the-time-has-come.html Kaitlin Mills's Source Page - Associated Contenthttp://www.associatedcontent.comuser/563598/kaitlin_mills.html http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/293.html Matador posted my article! Check it out, it took forever to type out and in you can really get a taste of what anyone's first visit to China will be like. I think culture shock exists just to have some sort of warning just for China. I love China so go ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/matador-losing-my-travel-virginity-beijing.html Starting from the beginning was probably not the best idea I have ever had, but if nothing else it gives me something to do now that my Europe tale is almost at any end. http://kaitlinmills.blogspot.com/ http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/america-la-day-1.html 28 September 2008 "Munich to Swiss Alps. We stop for lunch in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. Enjoy time to shop and sightsee in Lucerne before reaching our idyllic stop in the Swiss Alps." Contiki Itinerary. Waking up in Germany while may have been nice I honestly couldn't say I appreciated it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/swiss-alps.html I have found the video. This clip from YouTube is done by Chucky - it's little clips of us dancing all around Europe to our tour song - which up until this moment I had successfully wiped from my mind. Try hearing it everyday more than once for 32 days and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/mr-brightside-by-the-killers.html 27 September 2008 "Vienna to Munich. On to Bavaria's lively capital Munich, home to the Oktoberfest. Maybe join us this evening at one of the city's tradional Beer Halls." Contiki Itinerary. Another early day in which we must have early start, still have no recollection of Vienna's patch of ground at all. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/oktoberfest.html http://kaitlinmills.blogspot.com/ http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/world-wanderings.html 26 September 2008  "Vienna. On our sightseeing tour see the Palace of the Hapsburgs, State Opera House and fashionable Karntnerstrasse. In your free time try authentic apple strudel, Viennese coffee and perhaps sample some local Schnaps. This evening why not join us for a concert to experience the timeless music of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/localstranger/van-gogh.html