Hey everybody! Greetings from Krakow, Poland! Thanks for randomly checking my blog! Hopefully, I’m rewarding you with a short update (no pics or videos sadly) of my travels so far. Once I return I will slowly add full posts for each place I’ve traveled to and add media, but for now here are the highs and lows of my awesome, awesome trip!
Berlin: Tons of history, cool sites, and sobering images. We learned all about Germanys past under Nazi and Communist rule, and saw where many important events took place. We also took day trips to the palace at Potsdam and a concentration camp. I tried to jump over the Berlin Wall (unsuccessfully), ate and enjoyed Russian food (to Olgas joy), discovered the wild fun that is public drinking, and got some insider hostel tips from our favorite hostel leader, Arthur.
Prague: The beautfiul architecture and cobblestone streets of Prague definitiely made it one of the more aestetically pleasing stops, but our variety of activities made it an especially cool experience. We hiked throughout the mountains and hills of Cyechy Raj national preserve in northern Czech Republic, celebrated Olgas 21st birthday with an epic pub crawl, saw Barack Obamas first international speech (and by sheer luck stood about 20 yards away from the podium where he spoke…look out for the pictures), and seriously stalked NBC White House correspondant Chuck Todd for a good 30 minutes. Aside from the worst hostel roommates ever (The Germans, as we called them), a great 4 days.
Vienna: Vienna was an awesome city with more beautiful buildings in a central cluster than Ive ever seen. Our hostel, The Wombats, had a cool bar in the basement, and we brought in Marks 21st in style with cocktails and a trip to the opera. This awful Austrian women tried to get us kicked out of the opera because we werent wearing jackets and starting screaming at us in German, but we kept our cool and managed to use her as the asshole position in a Presidents and Assholes cardgame that night. We also trekked to the cemetary where Mozart and Beethoven lie, bought awesome hats (the boys) for Poland and beyond, and ate a ton of delicious Italian food!
Budapest: Another varied trip to a really cool city! We toured the beautiful hilly Buda side by day and took a crazy, underground caving tour) with jumpsuits and helmuts and all!) in the evening. The next day we spent a quality couple hours at a Turkish bath, saw the cool Heroes square, and explored more of the hills and a pretty island with great weather. This cultimated in a 6 hour bus trip through beautiful Slovakia (with Sam) this morning at 6 am, and an arrival in Krakow, Poland. So far, so good!
Hope this wets your appeitie enough for the full posts later. Next up is Krakow, Wroclaw, and then 5 final relaxing days in Barcelona! Bze for now!!
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