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The rain in Spain goes mainly down the drain!

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Aye, Dios Mio. Hola, from Espana. I have now had a chance to soak in sunny and warm Barcelona for about 4 days, and I am loving it. It has been a nice chance to rest and relax. I had a feeling I would like spain and I was definitely right. From the moment I landed I felt like I should have come here along time ago. Speaking and understanding a little bit of the language definitely helps. I met up with an Aussie guy named Lee here in Barcelona. I had med him in Vienna. I have spend the past few days walking around and enjoying what is truly a magnificent city. The main area of downtown Barcelona, is called, La Rambla. It is the main street full of shops, bars, restaurants and some of the best street performers I have ever seen. People dressed up in all kinds of crazy costumes. Michael Jackson impersonators to musicians to magicians. You could really spend hours going from one crowd surrounding a performer to the next. My original plan was to spend a few weeks here in Barcelona but due to the fact I am down to my final month I have decided to move on and get as much in as I can mange. On tuesday I am flying to Amsterdam…I hear they have alot of good museums there…?

There are new photos up on the photo page…Enjoy!

Venice the Menace!

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

From Ljubljana it is about a 4 hour train ride to Venice. Once again I arrived and wandered around with my map looking for my hotel. I paid about 23 Euros for a bed that was crammed into a room with 3 others. Luckily I only had one night. Venice is definitely a beautiful city but extremely touristy. The city itself is made up of 100 or more islands with canals and waterways that weave their way in between them. It is full of beautiful buildings and churches. I spent most of my time just getting lost in the maze of streets. The peak of my excitement in Venice was going to a newspaper stand and picking up a USA today to see if there was anything relevant happening back home only to have it snatched out of my hand and then get yelled at by the guy working the stand. He yelled at me in Italian so I guess that was good. I flung my hand out from underneath my chin at him as I stared at him and I walked away.

Venice is probably one of the most expensive cities I have been too so far on this trip. 23 Euros is almost $30. You could get a massive slice of pizza for about 2 Euros, so take a guess as to what I ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Only having 1 night I probably didn’t get to see all there is to see in Venice. I probably wouldn’t even have gone to Venice had it not been for the cheap flight to Barcelona. I wish I had more to say about Venice but…it is what it is.

Slovenia…( I can’t think of anything catchy.)

Sunday, November 19th, 2006
From Zagreb I took a 3 hour train to Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia. I got off the train and wandered around with a map in my hands trying to find a hostel. This is pretty much what I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Croatian Sensation!

Monday, November 13th, 2006
As i've expressed to you already i'm a wee bit disappointed with Europe...just not my bag baby. With that being said...Croatia certainly does not fall into that category. To be honest I didn't know much about it. ... [Continue reading this entry]

You can bet it will happen this Christmas!

Friday, November 10th, 2006
I looked at the calendar today and realized that it was exactly 7 months ago today that I left on my trip. Back then I was just a scraggly, nieve, horny, mommas boy, how things haven't changed. I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Brian’s Wish List!

Friday, November 10th, 2006
I know it's early but I thought I would give you all a chance to beat the crowds and get my christmas gifts early. There is lots of things that I will need to help me get started again ... [Continue reading this entry]

Serbia & Montenegro and Me!

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
After my 4 days in Budapest my original plan was to head to Romania, then down to Turkey and then back up to Bulgaria before continuing to move west...but due to the expensive transportation costs between Budapest and Romania ($90 ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hungary for More!

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
From Vienna I hoped on the bus and headed about 3 hours east to the city of Budapest in Hungary. For those that don't know...Budapest is where they invented the game Hungry, Hungry Hippos...although they used to spell it ... [Continue reading this entry]

I’m here to Pump…You up!

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
On Wednesday the 25th I boarded the plane and touched down in the land of the delta blues in the middle of the pouring rain...not really but isn't that a great song? I actually boarded a plane to Salzburg, Austria. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Great…Fat…Britain!

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
I apologize as i've been lagginga bit on the blog. I am going to get you all caught up right now and let you know what was going on the past 2 weeks or so. Im going to ... [Continue reading this entry]