Vienna was hopefully going to be a relaxing couple of days as I had a fun time with Steph and Shana in Krakow and needed to rest up for a fun time at the beach with Jenny and Courtney in 5 days in Croatia. So Vienna was filled with errands and a little sightseeing. First […]
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Slovekia: Bratislava (2008)
After leaving Steph and Shana in Poland, I had 5 more days to explore on my own before I met up with Jenny and Courtney in Croatia. I was not sure where I would end up or how I would get to Croatia (which I think made Courtney a littler nervous), but I told her […]
Poland Part 2: Krakow (2008)
I arrived in Poland June 29 and left on July 2 (for listed shorter for website and photo sorting purposes) Arriving in Krakow, Poland at 6am – is always an interesting start. I had a good overnight train from Budapest and slept most of the way. Pretty nice as they did not wake me for […]
Poland Part 1: Auschwitz-Birkenau (June 30, 2008)
I’m working to transfer all the data from my 2008-2009 Round the World trip to this new blog. Since today, January 27, 2015, is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I wanted to go back and re-read my blog post from 2008. I’m hoping by reposting it today, others can learn, honor the survivors and remember those that […]
Hungary: Back in Budapest (2008)
Arriving in Budapest felt so easy and familiar which is always a good start to a new city. Since I was just there, in November 2007, I knew how to get around and where I was. Yea. One stop that was easy. My goals for Budapest were easy. Relax, catch up on some travel tasks […]
Ukraine Part 4: Lviv…much better (2008)
After all that happened in Kiev, I just wanted a few days to decompress and relax and Lviv was the place to be. Every traveler I have met has loved Lviv – not so much for seeing so many sights, but for a wonderful smaller town with a great hostel and this is just what […]
Ukraine Part 3: Kiev – Land of thieves beware…(June 2008)
I was in Kiev for 3 days (June 18-20, 2008). So where so I start with Kiev? I was so excited to go to the Ukraine as my grandparents were from there, and I grew up with all the fun Russian and Ukrainian foods. So starting in Kiev sounded like a good idea. To start, I […]
Ukraine Part 2: Kiev – My bad day got really worse on Friday… (June 20, 2008)
Just when I started to move on from being robbed and losing my i-Touch…things got worse. Within 29 hours, I was robbed again. Yes, robbed again. What are the chances of that? Kiev has been a bad city for thefts and I`m not the only one that was robbed. After a great day sightseeing with […]
Ukraine Part 1: Kiev…A Bad day… (June 19, 2008)
Today was not a good day. I went out to the metro with Morgan from North Carolina and Jonathan from New Zealand to see the Caves Monastery. As we were on the very crowded metro and talking, I was robbed (or pickpocket). Luckily, nothing violent happened, but it really was a bummer and happened so […]
Russia Part 2: Moscow – Not one of my favorites :(
I think I just cashed in on all the karma I gained from helping George out in St. Petersburg. Leaving St. Petersburg on Friday the 13th didn`t turn out to be an easy task. All started well when I headed out to take the metro to then take a bus to get to the airport. […]