well we have made it into England again! staying with whitney ( a freind from high school) for 2 nights, today is the last day, it was so good to see her again!
our last night in paris was alot of fun, we met this guy named george from newcastle, england in our hostel and he came with us to go and see the eiffel tour at night. we got there shortly after 10 so we had to wait for the 11 oclock display, in the mean time we ate crepes and just ppl watched! at 11 oclock the tour started sparkling! it was so neat! and beautiful! we stayed around and saw the 12 oclock one as well then started walking to Champs elsee (sp?) the famous shopping street, on the way we passed the memorial of where princess diana got into her car accident ppl had written her notes on the bridge and near here memorial (which is a replica of the flame that the statue of liberty holds in new york) we then continued walkeing and found the street and decided that we wanted to go to mc donalds, yes this posh street allowed mc donalds to open a branch! but all the M's are white not yellow in paris! we had to catch the bus back because all the metro lines stop working around 1. we didnt get back to the hostel till 3 am. and since me and tamara had to pack and get up at 5 to catch our train to amsterdam we just stayed up all night!
we got to amsterdam ok and went strait to bed, we stayed at the same hotel we had found earlier,when we were in amsterdam, we went for a walk to find some food but since we were near the airport there wasnt much around jsut fields, but there was a mcdonalds, lol! by this time we are getting sick of mcdonalds.
the next mornign we packed up and headed for the airport, left our baggage in a locker and hopped on a train to amsterdam central and pretty much walked around the very circliur city all day! its a really nice city, so much to look at and we went to a park and it was so pretty and the weather was amazing and it was all in all a very good day!
we went back to the airport, got our bags and got on a plane to stanstead (london) where whitney picked us up!
its been crazy driving with her there are no 4 way stops just round a bouts EVERYWHERE!!!! its crazy!
we head into london today and will be staying in a hostel for 1 night then staying with a freind we met in Lucca, Italy for the other 2 nights, then on thursday i fly home!
so this is prolly my last entry so i shall see you soon!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Paris, France
well back in france but Paris is deffinalty alot different then Nice!
we spent the night in Berlin train station, not the best experience of my life, acutally prolly one of the worst! haha! then in the morning we traveled to amsterdam. we were so trired from our night of zero sleep that we found a hotel and crashed till the next mornign when we had to get up early and catch a train to Brussels Belgium. we didnt get to try any real waffels but we did get some from a vending machine! lol! they were actually very good! who would have thunk it!
we spent a few hours in the Brussels train staiton and then headed into Paris. we found our hostel ok and spent the rest of the day doing nothing!
the next day we went and did another free walking tour! the sun was out so that was nice! Paris is such a go big or go home kinda city i love it! the eiffel tour wasnt the greatest thing ever but it was neat; tonight were giong to watch it light up!
we walked down the famous shopping street and saw the notre dame, and the arc du triumph! after the tour we walked for a closer look of the tour and walked around the grounds a bit.
yesterday the plan had been to go to Disneyland; i know i know im in europe and i went to disney! i dont even care i love that place! the weather was so cold and rainy we decided not to do it but then around 11 we were so bummed we decided to tuff it out! and it was SOOO much fun! we were soaked and cold at the end but it was deffinalty worth it!
well my time on the coputer is almost up so i gotta post this but i shall write more of our adventures soon!
we spent the night in Berlin train station, not the best experience of my life, acutally prolly one of the worst! haha! then in the morning we traveled to amsterdam. we were so trired from our night of zero sleep that we found a hotel and crashed till the next mornign when we had to get up early and catch a train to Brussels Belgium. we didnt get to try any real waffels but we did get some from a vending machine! lol! they were actually very good! who would have thunk it!
we spent a few hours in the Brussels train staiton and then headed into Paris. we found our hostel ok and spent the rest of the day doing nothing!
the next day we went and did another free walking tour! the sun was out so that was nice! Paris is such a go big or go home kinda city i love it! the eiffel tour wasnt the greatest thing ever but it was neat; tonight were giong to watch it light up!
we walked down the famous shopping street and saw the notre dame, and the arc du triumph! after the tour we walked for a closer look of the tour and walked around the grounds a bit.
yesterday the plan had been to go to Disneyland; i know i know im in europe and i went to disney! i dont even care i love that place! the weather was so cold and rainy we decided not to do it but then around 11 we were so bummed we decided to tuff it out! and it was SOOO much fun! we were soaked and cold at the end but it was deffinalty worth it!
well my time on the coputer is almost up so i gotta post this but i shall write more of our adventures soon!
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Krakow, Poland (from Berlin hauptbahnhof)
well i am sitting in Pizza Hut/Burger King in the train station in Berlin but will be writing u about Krakow.
well the 10 hour train wasnt so bad, we got to krakow around 8ish and then found our bus and walked to the station, i think that was the first time we didnt get lost finding out hostel or have to walk for hours on end! were getting good at this! we got to our hostel, which is really a university dorm they rent out in the summer, which was nice cuz we got our own room and a kitchen a really nice bathroom! lol! oh the things u take for granted back home! our hostel offered a tour for Auschwitz and we decided to take it so we didnt have to find it on our own.
the next morning the van picked us up at 1pm and we started our 1 and a half journey to Auschwitz 1. we got there and were put into tour groups, according to language, and began the tour, we entered throught the gates that all the prisoners would have entered apon arriveing, our guide translated the saying and it read ' work makes you free' we were also told that to welcome the prisoners the nazi would tell them that the only way out of the camp was through the chimney....
not exactly a freindly welcoming.
the camp itself had been left to its original state only the inside of some buildings had been re done to host the exibits. it was terribly disturbing, on exhibit was a glass wall the size of a box car on a train and on the other side was a room, filled to the top with human hair, which we were told was used in the making of blankets...... another exibit the same size hosted prostetic limbs that had been taken from these people, some were as small for a 5 year old.....another was full of glasses (eye wear) and another pots and dishes, they really thought that they were traveling to a new home.
we visited the jail cells they were put in while 'waiting' trials. they were a normal cell size, but were filled with so many ppl it was standing room only, there was a hole in a box in one corner used as a toilet and a window the size of my hand that was there only source of air, even the door was window free, which is why most ppl died waiting becuase of suffocation.
we also got to walk inside of the gas chambers and the crematorium.....there are no words to describe the feeling you get as you walk through a room that so many thought they were going for a shower but in reality they were spending the last moments of there lives.
after visiting Auschwitz 1 we were taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz 2) (there were many different camps all close together) this camp was the one you see in most movies, it had the original train tracks and platform where the prisoners were brought and sorted through, sorted meaning, life and death, they were torn from there famlies and and if strong enough they went to live in baracks. there were so many baracks, each with 40 or more people living inside. they were forced to work for 11 hours each day.
it was terribly eerie to walk the tracks that so many people had walked in there last moments of life, i cant even begain to imagine how it must of felt....
our visit from that camp left most people silent and gratful for the life we live today, i know im more thankful for my country i live in and the times im in.
we ended our day with making some grilled cheese and going to bed early because our train left at 755 this morning back for Berlin. so that leaves me to now. we decided to spend the night in the station, no point in trying to find sumwhere to stay just to leave early tomorrow.
were off to Amsterdam tommorrow! and then on moday Paris!
well the 10 hour train wasnt so bad, we got to krakow around 8ish and then found our bus and walked to the station, i think that was the first time we didnt get lost finding out hostel or have to walk for hours on end! were getting good at this! we got to our hostel, which is really a university dorm they rent out in the summer, which was nice cuz we got our own room and a kitchen a really nice bathroom! lol! oh the things u take for granted back home! our hostel offered a tour for Auschwitz and we decided to take it so we didnt have to find it on our own.
the next morning the van picked us up at 1pm and we started our 1 and a half journey to Auschwitz 1. we got there and were put into tour groups, according to language, and began the tour, we entered throught the gates that all the prisoners would have entered apon arriveing, our guide translated the saying and it read ' work makes you free' we were also told that to welcome the prisoners the nazi would tell them that the only way out of the camp was through the chimney....
not exactly a freindly welcoming.
the camp itself had been left to its original state only the inside of some buildings had been re done to host the exibits. it was terribly disturbing, on exhibit was a glass wall the size of a box car on a train and on the other side was a room, filled to the top with human hair, which we were told was used in the making of blankets...... another exibit the same size hosted prostetic limbs that had been taken from these people, some were as small for a 5 year old.....another was full of glasses (eye wear) and another pots and dishes, they really thought that they were traveling to a new home.
we visited the jail cells they were put in while 'waiting' trials. they were a normal cell size, but were filled with so many ppl it was standing room only, there was a hole in a box in one corner used as a toilet and a window the size of my hand that was there only source of air, even the door was window free, which is why most ppl died waiting becuase of suffocation.
we also got to walk inside of the gas chambers and the crematorium.....there are no words to describe the feeling you get as you walk through a room that so many thought they were going for a shower but in reality they were spending the last moments of there lives.
after visiting Auschwitz 1 we were taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz 2) (there were many different camps all close together) this camp was the one you see in most movies, it had the original train tracks and platform where the prisoners were brought and sorted through, sorted meaning, life and death, they were torn from there famlies and and if strong enough they went to live in baracks. there were so many baracks, each with 40 or more people living inside. they were forced to work for 11 hours each day.
it was terribly eerie to walk the tracks that so many people had walked in there last moments of life, i cant even begain to imagine how it must of felt....
our visit from that camp left most people silent and gratful for the life we live today, i know im more thankful for my country i live in and the times im in.
we ended our day with making some grilled cheese and going to bed early because our train left at 755 this morning back for Berlin. so that leaves me to now. we decided to spend the night in the station, no point in trying to find sumwhere to stay just to leave early tomorrow.
were off to Amsterdam tommorrow! and then on moday Paris!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Berlin, Germany
Yes i am in Berlin! city of history as many ppl have told me and i have experienced!
I'm enjoying Berlin much more than frankfurt! we arrived at umm.. in the eveningish on the 13th and got to a particular stop on the U-bahn, (underground) and then realized that the next line we needed to take was under construction, so we decided that we could walk....bad idea. we didnt have a map that had our area of the city on it but we found a bus stop that had a map, so we found a route, then memorized where to go.
we walked and walked, then it rained ,so for the first time, we whipped out our ponchos! so much fun, for like 10 minuets, then with all the people starting at us (thanks dunn family for my lovely Canadian poncho!) we got very annoyed. man can ppl stare, it was worse than italy (everyone in italy stares) so with our rain clouds litarally and figuratly over us we continued walking......three hours later we found our hostel. yup if you have gone to europe and not walked 3 hours with a backpacka and poncho on in the rain, you have not truley backpacked europe!
so our hostel is a bit in the 'hood' but its alright, clean and comfy beds. yesterday we decided to do a free tour of Berlin since we werent quit sure what to see and how to get there, this city if far more bigger than i thought. the tour was amazing! our tour guide was so much fun, she told us so much stories on the history and we got to see so many pivital spots, like for example; we walked the grounds that hitlers bunker were over (it is now a car parking lot) , also we saw where the burning of the books took place, we saw the berlin wall of course, and checkpoint charlie, also the jewish memorial and the place where hitler had his airforce based out of plus lots of other really neat places. the tour was about 4 hours in length and had a 30min break for supper.
after the tour me and tamara decided we wanted to see a movie, so we asked our tour guide if there were any english theatres around, and there was. so we went to the hugest theatre i've ever seen, it was so neat! they had escalators! lol! oh how easily im amused! we went and saw Evan Almighty, such a good movie! also though there was this guy sitting behind us and i think he was a bit mentaly unstable. he was whipering to himself before the movie started really odd things....then this girl came into the theatre and was looking for her keys under a seat and was trying to put the light on her phone and she thought outloud saying, 'if i were a light on my phone where would i be?' and the man replied 'in heaven with god'.... he was very serious as well, a little creepy but kept us entertained till the movie started!
we got back to the hostel around 1am and went to bed.
this morning we ventured out and did a bit of shopping, then sat, then more shopping and walking and more sitting. we went to this HUGE department store called KaDeWe it had 7 levels! so much fun! we headed up all the escalators, and found a candy shop at the top! so much fun! we then proceded to walk and sit some more! a very eventful day!
tomorrow we leave for Krakow, Poland. its about 11 hours by train, so wish us luck! we then are going to Auschwitz the next morning. looking very much forward to that!
hope your all having a great summer!
Amy
I'm enjoying Berlin much more than frankfurt! we arrived at umm.. in the eveningish on the 13th and got to a particular stop on the U-bahn, (underground) and then realized that the next line we needed to take was under construction, so we decided that we could walk....bad idea. we didnt have a map that had our area of the city on it but we found a bus stop that had a map, so we found a route, then memorized where to go.
we walked and walked, then it rained ,so for the first time, we whipped out our ponchos! so much fun, for like 10 minuets, then with all the people starting at us (thanks dunn family for my lovely Canadian poncho!) we got very annoyed. man can ppl stare, it was worse than italy (everyone in italy stares) so with our rain clouds litarally and figuratly over us we continued walking......three hours later we found our hostel. yup if you have gone to europe and not walked 3 hours with a backpacka and poncho on in the rain, you have not truley backpacked europe!
so our hostel is a bit in the 'hood' but its alright, clean and comfy beds. yesterday we decided to do a free tour of Berlin since we werent quit sure what to see and how to get there, this city if far more bigger than i thought. the tour was amazing! our tour guide was so much fun, she told us so much stories on the history and we got to see so many pivital spots, like for example; we walked the grounds that hitlers bunker were over (it is now a car parking lot) , also we saw where the burning of the books took place, we saw the berlin wall of course, and checkpoint charlie, also the jewish memorial and the place where hitler had his airforce based out of plus lots of other really neat places. the tour was about 4 hours in length and had a 30min break for supper.
after the tour me and tamara decided we wanted to see a movie, so we asked our tour guide if there were any english theatres around, and there was. so we went to the hugest theatre i've ever seen, it was so neat! they had escalators! lol! oh how easily im amused! we went and saw Evan Almighty, such a good movie! also though there was this guy sitting behind us and i think he was a bit mentaly unstable. he was whipering to himself before the movie started really odd things....then this girl came into the theatre and was looking for her keys under a seat and was trying to put the light on her phone and she thought outloud saying, 'if i were a light on my phone where would i be?' and the man replied 'in heaven with god'.... he was very serious as well, a little creepy but kept us entertained till the movie started!
we got back to the hostel around 1am and went to bed.
this morning we ventured out and did a bit of shopping, then sat, then more shopping and walking and more sitting. we went to this HUGE department store called KaDeWe it had 7 levels! so much fun! we headed up all the escalators, and found a candy shop at the top! so much fun! we then proceded to walk and sit some more! a very eventful day!
tomorrow we leave for Krakow, Poland. its about 11 hours by train, so wish us luck! we then are going to Auschwitz the next morning. looking very much forward to that!
hope your all having a great summer!
Amy
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Frankfurt, Germany
well we are in frankfurt, and ummm yesterday we found out were in the red light distrect! we went for a walk yesterday after our train got in and then the sun started setting and strange ppl come out when the sun sets so we headed back to our hostel. the city is very metropolus, sp?
its kinda like a regular city, nothing quante at all. we went to Heidelburg today, was there for a total of 1 hour! in which we ate a milka bar, and a sandwhcih and coffee, walked down a road then turned around and walked back to the train station and left for frankfurt! lol! a very productive day...not!
oh well sumtimes u just need nothing days we kept hearing great things about Hiedelburg but when we got there it was dirtier then winnipeg! we weren t quit sure what we were supposed to see. we did however see a lovely postcard at the train station of the city and it looked pretty, appertently the prettiness was a far way from the station, oh well tomorrow we head off to Berlin for 3 nights! were quit excited about that. its appernetly a really nice city, big! should be interesting. from Berlin were heading into Poland. so ya only ummm............. 30-12 equals.... 18? oh shoot that took a long time! so ya 18 days till home.....
chuse!
its kinda like a regular city, nothing quante at all. we went to Heidelburg today, was there for a total of 1 hour! in which we ate a milka bar, and a sandwhcih and coffee, walked down a road then turned around and walked back to the train station and left for frankfurt! lol! a very productive day...not!
oh well sumtimes u just need nothing days we kept hearing great things about Hiedelburg but when we got there it was dirtier then winnipeg! we weren t quit sure what we were supposed to see. we did however see a lovely postcard at the train station of the city and it looked pretty, appertently the prettiness was a far way from the station, oh well tomorrow we head off to Berlin for 3 nights! were quit excited about that. its appernetly a really nice city, big! should be interesting. from Berlin were heading into Poland. so ya only ummm............. 30-12 equals.... 18? oh shoot that took a long time! so ya 18 days till home.....
chuse!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Salzburg, Austria
"the hills are alive...." lol! i love salzburg! its so neat to actually see where they filmed the movie and that the sights are pretty much the exact same! so neat! the garden where they filmed the hole "doe and dear" scene was the same, and yes we ran through the terace that they bike through! also the fountain in the "i have cofidence" scene where Maria splashes in the fountain, yup i splashed in that fountain! it was great fun!
yesterday we watched the movie then walked around the city, which is gorgeous by the way! today we went to Wein (Vienna) and walked around the city for the day, just arrived back in Salzburg by train! Vienna is beautiful, so many neat buildings, we didn't know what any of them were mind you but we took pictures and intend to look it up later! lol! there were so many gardens!
i am tired it was a long day 6 hours total on a train! somorrow is a see more of sound of music day! have a great weekend! we're off to Frankfurt on saturday as long as the trains still aren't on strike!
yesterday we watched the movie then walked around the city, which is gorgeous by the way! today we went to Wein (Vienna) and walked around the city for the day, just arrived back in Salzburg by train! Vienna is beautiful, so many neat buildings, we didn't know what any of them were mind you but we took pictures and intend to look it up later! lol! there were so many gardens!
i am tired it was a long day 6 hours total on a train! somorrow is a see more of sound of music day! have a great weekend! we're off to Frankfurt on saturday as long as the trains still aren't on strike!
Monday, August 6, 2007
Munich, Gernany
well i have attemped serval times to upload some pics but it says error every time! so u'll have to wait till i get home! but alll in all we had a lovely stay with anna! so much fun! our drive in the country was BEAutiful! and today we went to the castle that Mr Walt Disney made the sleeping beauty castle in the Disney theme parks after! it was gorgeous! on a hill so the veiw was breathtaking!
we leave tomorrow for Salzburg, Austria! land of the Sound of Music! so ever excited for that! but im tired and bored of the computer so thats all i have to say!
talk to u later!
Amy
we leave tomorrow for Salzburg, Austria! land of the Sound of Music! so ever excited for that! but im tired and bored of the computer so thats all i have to say!
talk to u later!
Amy
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Venice pics
Venice canal! all we reallz wanted to see!
walking up one of the many bridges over water
a busy market street
München (Munich), Germany
ok so first off the kezboard is a little backwards as the y kez is the z so bear with me!
the ferrz was AWFUL atuallz the worst, it was cold and the boat rocked so bad i thought i was gonna die, walking around was awful as u felt all drugged up cuz u had to hold on to the wall so u didnt fall over. AWFUL.
we spent all of 3 hours in Venice which by the waz is beautiful! then got on a train to Verona, (Romeo and Juliette) then we went to Munich! the countrz side was beautiful! Austria was absoltlz GORGEOUS were going back after Munich. Anna (a freind that was an exchange student at our school) met us at the train station, its so nice to live in a house for awhile and her familz is SO hospitable! its also very handz cuy my german is well non existant! were having alot of fun, she's showing us all around!
well im gonna go but i shall return later, lol tht was weird! ps leah email me with details! and Jill thats so neat that u've been in Cofu and all! thank s for the comnent everzone!
Amy
the ferrz was AWFUL atuallz the worst, it was cold and the boat rocked so bad i thought i was gonna die, walking around was awful as u felt all drugged up cuz u had to hold on to the wall so u didnt fall over. AWFUL.
we spent all of 3 hours in Venice which by the waz is beautiful! then got on a train to Verona, (Romeo and Juliette) then we went to Munich! the countrz side was beautiful! Austria was absoltlz GORGEOUS were going back after Munich. Anna (a freind that was an exchange student at our school) met us at the train station, its so nice to live in a house for awhile and her familz is SO hospitable! its also very handz cuy my german is well non existant! were having alot of fun, she's showing us all around!
well im gonna go but i shall return later, lol tht was weird! ps leah email me with details! and Jill thats so neat that u've been in Cofu and all! thank s for the comnent everzone!
Amy
pics from Greece
sunset in Corfu
our view from our balcony
the beach! clearest water EVER!
what the place looked like, the PINK Palace
pics of Lucca
in the little medival town of Lucca in Tuscany
typical Tuscany Town
me and Rachel (from London, one of our roomies in Lucca)
the leaning tower of Pisa! (pisa is 20min by train from Lucca)
lol! we had a chuckle of everyone doing the same pose!
pics from florence
me, tamara, carrie and alicia (two girls from L.A that we roomed with)
the famous Duomo in Florence
piazza de signore
the famous Duomo in Florence
piazza de signore
from the famous umm...cant remember the name of the bridge!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Corfu, Greece
well it is my last full day in greece, tear. i love it here! our hostel is called the Pink Palace! you can check it out online if you want at thepinkpalace.com it right on the beach so of course that is were i have been for the last 4 days!
our day in rome was really fun, we woke up early and took a train then a bus to the Vatican. it was neat to see where the pope lived! then we walked to the famous trevi fountain and through some coins in and made a wish! we then proceeded to walk to the Roman Forum which was really neat to see, the pillars and remains of old roman buildings made you feel like you could have been there years and years ago. Then we continued down the road and saw the famous colleseum! (i know its spelt wrong) it was huge!
by then we were tired so we sat and chilled at the foot of the colleseum for a while then took the metro and a bus back to our hostel. in the metro it was cute cuz these too ladies in front of me didnt know how to use the machine to get a ticket and they didnt speak english so i was trying to show them what to do and eventually they just handed me there money and pointed to the machine so i got them there tickets! then these two elder ladies who also didnt speak english tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the machince with money in her hands! so i got her tickets too! lol! i felt very useful!
we got back to our hostel around 2 and showered and napped. it was a very productive morning and we were exahusted! also for those who asked a magnum is an AMAZING ice cream bar! lol! of course its icecream! its like a haggan dazz with rich creamy chocolate layering and a creamy ice cream center on a stick. there are also different flavors! my fav's are mint and double chocolate!
we had a what was supposed to be 4 hour train ride from rome to ancona but it turned out to be six cuz our train was a little brocken! we survived! we then found the port and bought tickets to get to GREECE! it was a 15 hour ferry ride and we arived in Igoumentisa at 6 am we then walked forever and a day to find the local ferry to take us to Corfu. we eventually found it with the help of 2 sweedish girls who were also backpacking and rode that boat for 1 and half hours. which i slept the entire way. the hostel picked us up at that port and drove us to our hostel! we were extremly welcomed and for an extra 2 euro a night we got a room with air conditioning! its actually lovely! we also have a balcany overlooking the coast! beautiful!
tomorrow we leave for Venice, a 24 hour boat ride and were gonna hang out there for the day then get a night train to Munich to visit our friend Anna! wish us luck on the boat!
oh and Uncle Ken i heard you were trying to comment to me! so HI! keep trying!
talk to ya'll later!
Amy
our day in rome was really fun, we woke up early and took a train then a bus to the Vatican. it was neat to see where the pope lived! then we walked to the famous trevi fountain and through some coins in and made a wish! we then proceeded to walk to the Roman Forum which was really neat to see, the pillars and remains of old roman buildings made you feel like you could have been there years and years ago. Then we continued down the road and saw the famous colleseum! (i know its spelt wrong) it was huge!
by then we were tired so we sat and chilled at the foot of the colleseum for a while then took the metro and a bus back to our hostel. in the metro it was cute cuz these too ladies in front of me didnt know how to use the machine to get a ticket and they didnt speak english so i was trying to show them what to do and eventually they just handed me there money and pointed to the machine so i got them there tickets! then these two elder ladies who also didnt speak english tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the machince with money in her hands! so i got her tickets too! lol! i felt very useful!
we got back to our hostel around 2 and showered and napped. it was a very productive morning and we were exahusted! also for those who asked a magnum is an AMAZING ice cream bar! lol! of course its icecream! its like a haggan dazz with rich creamy chocolate layering and a creamy ice cream center on a stick. there are also different flavors! my fav's are mint and double chocolate!
we had a what was supposed to be 4 hour train ride from rome to ancona but it turned out to be six cuz our train was a little brocken! we survived! we then found the port and bought tickets to get to GREECE! it was a 15 hour ferry ride and we arived in Igoumentisa at 6 am we then walked forever and a day to find the local ferry to take us to Corfu. we eventually found it with the help of 2 sweedish girls who were also backpacking and rode that boat for 1 and half hours. which i slept the entire way. the hostel picked us up at that port and drove us to our hostel! we were extremly welcomed and for an extra 2 euro a night we got a room with air conditioning! its actually lovely! we also have a balcany overlooking the coast! beautiful!
tomorrow we leave for Venice, a 24 hour boat ride and were gonna hang out there for the day then get a night train to Munich to visit our friend Anna! wish us luck on the boat!
oh and Uncle Ken i heard you were trying to comment to me! so HI! keep trying!
talk to ya'll later!
Amy
Monday, July 23, 2007
Roma, Italy
we have arrived! oh my this hostel is very nice, its huge for one thing and there is a cinema room! oh and also the movies are in english! what a novelty! lol! we were going to watch one but theyve blocked off downstairs cuz of extingtion of bugs or sumthin, hmmm not exactly sure but hopefull well be ok to go down later there are laudry services and we are in dyer need!
we just ate a delicious dinner of a magnum! those things are so amazing i wish i could bring them home with me! that was my second one today! but on a plus side i didnt eat any for 4 hole days!
the trip here took long but thats cuz we both kept resting. it was about 4 hours on a train then walked through the station which was huge by the way to find 1) a bathroom 2) food 3) a bank then 4) our way to the metro! dont you love our priorites! it was a metro ride, then a train ride then a bus and a short walk and we didnt get lost once! were ina four bed tonight and so far no roomies! were quit excited if we got the room to ourselves! and here there are no bunkbeds which is also lovely! were doing a full day tomorrow of seeing the sites and then the next morning we leave on the 6 oclock train to Ancona which from there we get on a 15 hour boat ride to GREECE! very excited! wish us luck on the boat, tamara is not good at staying in one place to long i fear she might get too ansy and jump off! in which case i am a lone sailor cuz i already told her im not jumping in after her!
have yourselfs a splendid day and i shall report back later, hopefully the computers in greece will allow us to load up pictures!
we just ate a delicious dinner of a magnum! those things are so amazing i wish i could bring them home with me! that was my second one today! but on a plus side i didnt eat any for 4 hole days!
the trip here took long but thats cuz we both kept resting. it was about 4 hours on a train then walked through the station which was huge by the way to find 1) a bathroom 2) food 3) a bank then 4) our way to the metro! dont you love our priorites! it was a metro ride, then a train ride then a bus and a short walk and we didnt get lost once! were ina four bed tonight and so far no roomies! were quit excited if we got the room to ourselves! and here there are no bunkbeds which is also lovely! were doing a full day tomorrow of seeing the sites and then the next morning we leave on the 6 oclock train to Ancona which from there we get on a 15 hour boat ride to GREECE! very excited! wish us luck on the boat, tamara is not good at staying in one place to long i fear she might get too ansy and jump off! in which case i am a lone sailor cuz i already told her im not jumping in after her!
have yourselfs a splendid day and i shall report back later, hopefully the computers in greece will allow us to load up pictures!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Lucca, Italy
well i am still in Lucca and am supposed to leave tomorrow to go to Roma but the trains are all on strick from 9 oclock tonight till 9 oclock tomorrow, odd eh? so we booked another night here and cancelled our first night in Roma.
well we are loving Lucca! its a smaller town and its very midevil! it has a old stone wall that goes the hole way round which i read its only 2 and a half miles long to walk the whole thing! its very pretty and there are many paths on the top of the wall, its very wide!
we enjoyed florence after leaving the evil hostel! and on our last day did all the sites we wanted to see, we saw the Real David statue in the ....i dont want to spell it wrong so i wont try! but it was neat to see the real thing instead of the pictures you always see in school. in the gallery there is also a music room which a hole bunch of pianos are located, and most of them have a plastic covering over the keys but one didnt so i played 3 keys of it to see what it sounded like, bad idea! this man came running over yelling dont touch dont touch! it did sound pretty though! it was harp like! lol! we spent most of the afternoon sitting in the shade in the piazza signora and shopping around! and of course eating gelato! in the evening we hiked a bit up this hill to the piazza de michalango (cant spell) where you get a birds eye view of all of florence! it was beautiful! we watched the sunset and the light of the city appear! gorgeous! my camera doesnt do it justice!
yesterday we went to pisa with a girl from london who was staying in our room! the tower itself was a lot smaller than i imagined! we had a grand day of shopping and sitting in the shade, it is so hot! we then went out in the evening after dark and walked around Lucca, the town is so lively at night, plus theres this summertime festival going on so all these famous people are coming to perform, elton john, norah jones, joss stone and ricky martin (lol) are just a few of them! joss stone was last night and we could hear her from streets!
today was spent lounging around i napped and tamara read her harry potter book which she bought at midnight yesterday!
tommorrow were just gonna chill out again and then monday were off to rome!
chow!
well we are loving Lucca! its a smaller town and its very midevil! it has a old stone wall that goes the hole way round which i read its only 2 and a half miles long to walk the whole thing! its very pretty and there are many paths on the top of the wall, its very wide!
we enjoyed florence after leaving the evil hostel! and on our last day did all the sites we wanted to see, we saw the Real David statue in the ....i dont want to spell it wrong so i wont try! but it was neat to see the real thing instead of the pictures you always see in school. in the gallery there is also a music room which a hole bunch of pianos are located, and most of them have a plastic covering over the keys but one didnt so i played 3 keys of it to see what it sounded like, bad idea! this man came running over yelling dont touch dont touch! it did sound pretty though! it was harp like! lol! we spent most of the afternoon sitting in the shade in the piazza signora and shopping around! and of course eating gelato! in the evening we hiked a bit up this hill to the piazza de michalango (cant spell) where you get a birds eye view of all of florence! it was beautiful! we watched the sunset and the light of the city appear! gorgeous! my camera doesnt do it justice!
yesterday we went to pisa with a girl from london who was staying in our room! the tower itself was a lot smaller than i imagined! we had a grand day of shopping and sitting in the shade, it is so hot! we then went out in the evening after dark and walked around Lucca, the town is so lively at night, plus theres this summertime festival going on so all these famous people are coming to perform, elton john, norah jones, joss stone and ricky martin (lol) are just a few of them! joss stone was last night and we could hear her from streets!
today was spent lounging around i napped and tamara read her harry potter book which she bought at midnight yesterday!
tommorrow were just gonna chill out again and then monday were off to rome!
chow!
Friday, July 20, 2007
Lucca, Italy
this is gonna be short and sweet cuz oh yah i have like no minuets left! umm...i m in lucca right now, its in tuscany near pisa which is where we went today! yup saw the tower! it was as tall as i! just kidding it was taller but sum how we thought it would be taller! but i seriously have to go so iàll reight more from roma cuz ill prolly have more time there, lucca interent sucks!
chow
chow
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Florence, Italy
oh my, where do i start! first off mom im not sick anymore! were both doing very well thanks for your prayers everyone!
so i left off while we were in nice! our day of rest was lovely we actually did nothing, we attempted going to the grocery store but after walking for an hour down a hill then back up the steep hill only to have gone in a cirle and ended up back at the hostel we gathered that we were not ment to do anything that day and oppted for a lunch of freezies and ordered the supper they were serving that night! then we went to the beach the next day, ALL DAY! lovely! tamara was quite pink after that, i burnt a little on my back but no biggie! then came our lovely day of travel, we woke up at 7 and packed and had breakfast, then we headed down to the train station and becase we didnàt book our train all trains to florence were full, so they told us to go to Ventimiglia and see if we could find sumthing there. so we did. we got to Ventimiglia and then traveled to Genova, from Genova we went to Pisa and from Pisa to Florence! it was a long day, we arrived in Florence around ten sumthin, it was dark out anyways. we were hungry and HOT its is so balmy here. so we got sum food and found an air conditioned room to sit in. we then proceeded to try and call our hostel for diretions and see if maybe they would come to pick us up, well the phone number i tried didnàt work, and i had a little of a melt down, heat and exhaustion do that to a person! but after finding an internet place we emailed them, and then thought hmm.... now what. so we just sat sum more and then thought maybe we should try the number again, well the first time i used the country code before and then this time we tried it without and it worked! but the man on the other end was so rude, he told us to get on bus 17 then get off at ..... then walk up!, oh so helpful! we were very distraught so tamara tried to call him again and told him we didnt feel comfortable walking around at midnight in a foreign city and he said thats not my problem and hung up on her. joy. then this other back packer dude was walking around and started talking to us. we told him our situationan and since he had 2 hours to kill for his next train he helped us find our bus stop. but there are always 2 bus stops for every bus number, both going in opposite directions. so after waiting for half an hour t this stop we asked the bus driver if he stopped at our stop and he said no and pointed across the street.
at this point we had 3 more travelers heading in our direction with us so we crossed the street and waited another half hour, but this time there were two girls from holland waiting and they stayed in the camp ground attached to our hostel so they new where to go! thank you God! so we got there after a treck through a bush up a hill and they rudeness kept coming from the staff there. the next morning we found two american girls on the computer looking for another place to stay cuz they didnàt like it either, so we booked a B&B with them cuz it was 4 private room!
we spent the day yesterday walking around florence through a market and eating gelato! then in the evening we hung out with a group of ppl at the hostel and played cards and talked till they kicked us out at midnight then we went to bed. we checked out this morning and us four went off to find our new stay! we jsut got hear and its lovely! its really nice, me and tamara share a room with a huge bed and couch and little table and the girls (there sisters) share the other room then we have a bathroom in between that we all share! the owner is very nice and its in a very good part of town! were excited! we also get breakfast in bed any time we want it at! how lovley! a crousant and orange juice! all i ever need!
well we think were going to tour around a little! wish us luck! so far we ve felt safe so no problem there!
talk to you later!
Amy
so i left off while we were in nice! our day of rest was lovely we actually did nothing, we attempted going to the grocery store but after walking for an hour down a hill then back up the steep hill only to have gone in a cirle and ended up back at the hostel we gathered that we were not ment to do anything that day and oppted for a lunch of freezies and ordered the supper they were serving that night! then we went to the beach the next day, ALL DAY! lovely! tamara was quite pink after that, i burnt a little on my back but no biggie! then came our lovely day of travel, we woke up at 7 and packed and had breakfast, then we headed down to the train station and becase we didnàt book our train all trains to florence were full, so they told us to go to Ventimiglia and see if we could find sumthing there. so we did. we got to Ventimiglia and then traveled to Genova, from Genova we went to Pisa and from Pisa to Florence! it was a long day, we arrived in Florence around ten sumthin, it was dark out anyways. we were hungry and HOT its is so balmy here. so we got sum food and found an air conditioned room to sit in. we then proceeded to try and call our hostel for diretions and see if maybe they would come to pick us up, well the phone number i tried didnàt work, and i had a little of a melt down, heat and exhaustion do that to a person! but after finding an internet place we emailed them, and then thought hmm.... now what. so we just sat sum more and then thought maybe we should try the number again, well the first time i used the country code before and then this time we tried it without and it worked! but the man on the other end was so rude, he told us to get on bus 17 then get off at ..... then walk up!, oh so helpful! we were very distraught so tamara tried to call him again and told him we didnt feel comfortable walking around at midnight in a foreign city and he said thats not my problem and hung up on her. joy. then this other back packer dude was walking around and started talking to us. we told him our situationan and since he had 2 hours to kill for his next train he helped us find our bus stop. but there are always 2 bus stops for every bus number, both going in opposite directions. so after waiting for half an hour t this stop we asked the bus driver if he stopped at our stop and he said no and pointed across the street.
at this point we had 3 more travelers heading in our direction with us so we crossed the street and waited another half hour, but this time there were two girls from holland waiting and they stayed in the camp ground attached to our hostel so they new where to go! thank you God! so we got there after a treck through a bush up a hill and they rudeness kept coming from the staff there. the next morning we found two american girls on the computer looking for another place to stay cuz they didnàt like it either, so we booked a B&B with them cuz it was 4 private room!
we spent the day yesterday walking around florence through a market and eating gelato! then in the evening we hung out with a group of ppl at the hostel and played cards and talked till they kicked us out at midnight then we went to bed. we checked out this morning and us four went off to find our new stay! we jsut got hear and its lovely! its really nice, me and tamara share a room with a huge bed and couch and little table and the girls (there sisters) share the other room then we have a bathroom in between that we all share! the owner is very nice and its in a very good part of town! were excited! we also get breakfast in bed any time we want it at! how lovley! a crousant and orange juice! all i ever need!
well we think were going to tour around a little! wish us luck! so far we ve felt safe so no problem there!
talk to you later!
Amy
Friday, July 13, 2007
pics from Nice
tamara and i on a staircase leading up from the beach on our long treck to find the train station!
the shore line with its visicous current!
the shore line with its visicous current!
me and mara, were still happy cuz were not lost yet! lol!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Nice, France
yah i'm on a good computer so i can write more than a paragraph without it shutting down!
so today was good! lots of walking and interesting oops moments but it was a good day none the less! we started off on a bus to Eze Village which we were told was an interesting medival town to walk around, well we got off the bus and took a look around and decided we didn't want to stay, so i knocked on the busses door as it was pulling away and it let us back on and we were off to Monoco! home of Monte Carlo and a HUGE palace as a casino! it was an interesting town but it was extrememly rich tourist central! there were Chanel stores on the streets and the mall we accidently walked into had marble floors and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling! we walked rigaht bach out! lol! but then we asked the tourist info place were to find food cuz we were starved and they suggested going to that mall! the only thing we could afford was a bag of MM's! so we sat down on these chairs, and i made the comment 'i'll bet we have to pay to sit down here' and wouldn't you know 5 minuets later and gaurd came up to us shaking his hand (like he was motioning the word 'iffy') and shaking his head speaking in french! we asked if we had to leave and he just kept shaking his hand and then finally shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head! so funny! we laughed as we walked aways, quietly of course!
we then ventured off to find the train station to get to Cap D'ail, it took us awhile and we saw a grocery store along the way and bought a loaf of bread and bree cheese, and a pack of four 'hagandaz knockoff' revels! all together this took up our money for the day! a total of 6 euro's! lol! we ate two revels each on our treck up to the station! very filling! the station was underground but there were no signs so we were a little confused, it was an empty room with an escalator then an elavator, a man in the elavator helped us figure out which train to get on then he even walked with us there on his way to his platform! we deffinalty made the train in like 3 minuets! we got off at Cap D'ail and followed a group of ppl that looked as though they were heading to the beach, this treck led us down and up ALOT of stair cases built into the sides of cliff, and along the coast! very senic! we got to the beach 15 mins later and stayed there for the next four hours! it was a lovely time! a small beach in the alcove of cliffs with clear blue water! and yes mom i wore alot of sunscreen and have not had a sunburn yet! we left around 7 to go back to find the station, which took an hour as of there were alot of winding roads and dead ends and no ppl to ask directions to! we finally came across a lady who speaked english and asked her, she gave us directions and she was right! we enede up at the station arouand 8! when we arrived back in Nice our new mission became finding the right bus stop to catch our 23 bus! we thought we were at the right one but then realized we needed to be across the street, so when we finnaly got on the bus and off at its last stop Saint Maurice Square we realized it was around 930 and busses stop running at 9! joy! so we called the Villa were staying at from a pay phone in the square and 20 mins later they arrived to pick us up!
a very eventful day i must say, Nice itself is under ALOT of construction, and you'de think coming from winnipeg i'de feel at home, but its a million times worse! and there are cross walks but the 'go' sign will be on when one lane of trafic still has a green light. so you really have to beware of vespa's and cars driving, we've had to bolt it a few times! lol! were spending a day doing absolutly NOTHING tomorrow, sleeping and relaxing and sending off postcards is on the adgenda! i'm quit excited, we also have to switch room tomorrow, so thats should be interesting, so far we're in a 5 bed mixed dorm, but its been all girls for the most part. so we'll see where we are tomorrw!
night night!
Amy
so today was good! lots of walking and interesting oops moments but it was a good day none the less! we started off on a bus to Eze Village which we were told was an interesting medival town to walk around, well we got off the bus and took a look around and decided we didn't want to stay, so i knocked on the busses door as it was pulling away and it let us back on and we were off to Monoco! home of Monte Carlo and a HUGE palace as a casino! it was an interesting town but it was extrememly rich tourist central! there were Chanel stores on the streets and the mall we accidently walked into had marble floors and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling! we walked rigaht bach out! lol! but then we asked the tourist info place were to find food cuz we were starved and they suggested going to that mall! the only thing we could afford was a bag of MM's! so we sat down on these chairs, and i made the comment 'i'll bet we have to pay to sit down here' and wouldn't you know 5 minuets later and gaurd came up to us shaking his hand (like he was motioning the word 'iffy') and shaking his head speaking in french! we asked if we had to leave and he just kept shaking his hand and then finally shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head! so funny! we laughed as we walked aways, quietly of course!
we then ventured off to find the train station to get to Cap D'ail, it took us awhile and we saw a grocery store along the way and bought a loaf of bread and bree cheese, and a pack of four 'hagandaz knockoff' revels! all together this took up our money for the day! a total of 6 euro's! lol! we ate two revels each on our treck up to the station! very filling! the station was underground but there were no signs so we were a little confused, it was an empty room with an escalator then an elavator, a man in the elavator helped us figure out which train to get on then he even walked with us there on his way to his platform! we deffinalty made the train in like 3 minuets! we got off at Cap D'ail and followed a group of ppl that looked as though they were heading to the beach, this treck led us down and up ALOT of stair cases built into the sides of cliff, and along the coast! very senic! we got to the beach 15 mins later and stayed there for the next four hours! it was a lovely time! a small beach in the alcove of cliffs with clear blue water! and yes mom i wore alot of sunscreen and have not had a sunburn yet! we left around 7 to go back to find the station, which took an hour as of there were alot of winding roads and dead ends and no ppl to ask directions to! we finally came across a lady who speaked english and asked her, she gave us directions and she was right! we enede up at the station arouand 8! when we arrived back in Nice our new mission became finding the right bus stop to catch our 23 bus! we thought we were at the right one but then realized we needed to be across the street, so when we finnaly got on the bus and off at its last stop Saint Maurice Square we realized it was around 930 and busses stop running at 9! joy! so we called the Villa were staying at from a pay phone in the square and 20 mins later they arrived to pick us up!
a very eventful day i must say, Nice itself is under ALOT of construction, and you'de think coming from winnipeg i'de feel at home, but its a million times worse! and there are cross walks but the 'go' sign will be on when one lane of trafic still has a green light. so you really have to beware of vespa's and cars driving, we've had to bolt it a few times! lol! were spending a day doing absolutly NOTHING tomorrow, sleeping and relaxing and sending off postcards is on the adgenda! i'm quit excited, we also have to switch room tomorrow, so thats should be interesting, so far we're in a 5 bed mixed dorm, but its been all girls for the most part. so we'll see where we are tomorrw!
night night!
Amy
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Nice, France
ah! i forgot what the sun felt like! its so nice to be out of the cold and rainy weather that dublin and london provided us! we spent the day yesterday traveling around, first we flew to London Stansted airport, my now least favorite as of they confiscated all my makeup! who knew mascara and fondation could all hide bombs! but the silly thing was if i were to go back into line outside security and put these items in a plastic baggy and re-enter customs then i could have kept them! what is the difference!!! needless to say i bought all new stuff, no way was i waiting in line again!
our plane was an hour late leaving london to nice, so once we arrived it was nearly 1030. we got our luggage and called the hostel, they were ever so kind to pick us up! good thing since we don't speak french and have never been to the city before nevermind it being dark out! our hosel is very nice! almost resort ish but not close to the beach at all! oh yah i can see it from my window but the walk and bus ride nearly took us 3 hours to get back after a day spent by the shore! only i suppose cuz we hopped on the right bus but it was headed in the opposite direction! the driver was nice enough to not make us pay again , and he showed us our correct stop!
my time is running out so i must leave but thanks for the comments everyone! (michelle how's work going!? also barb i'm a little afraid to stare at people, i'm not sure if there country would kick me out!) were going to Monoco tomoorrw and apperently you can swim in caves! i'm quit excitied!
night everyone!
our plane was an hour late leaving london to nice, so once we arrived it was nearly 1030. we got our luggage and called the hostel, they were ever so kind to pick us up! good thing since we don't speak french and have never been to the city before nevermind it being dark out! our hosel is very nice! almost resort ish but not close to the beach at all! oh yah i can see it from my window but the walk and bus ride nearly took us 3 hours to get back after a day spent by the shore! only i suppose cuz we hopped on the right bus but it was headed in the opposite direction! the driver was nice enough to not make us pay again , and he showed us our correct stop!
my time is running out so i must leave but thanks for the comments everyone! (michelle how's work going!? also barb i'm a little afraid to stare at people, i'm not sure if there country would kick me out!) were going to Monoco tomoorrw and apperently you can swim in caves! i'm quit excitied!
night everyone!
Monday, July 9, 2007
kay so that link i gave you won't work unless you have a facebook so try this one instead: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35659&l=40afb&id=707550293
hope it works!
hope it works!
ok so i'm a little upset as of this computer is taking FOREVER to upload anthing, i've been sitting here for 28 mins and 1 second to be exact and it is not working! so here is a link to Tamara's site if you want to see some recent pics: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35659&id=707550293
there are a few from london and then some of our adventures in Ireland! we went to a town called howth today! we really wanted to see a cliff! and we have accomplished our goal! we even hicked it to the top! (it wasn't very high) but we had a great time, minus the cold and rain! we made some new freinds also! like a seal that we saw swimming in the alcove under the rocks which we were sitting on and then a dolphin (we think!) fin poked up throught the water! very exciteing! we also had a picnic up there watched a fish we named skippy jump around the water! he was having a joyous time! lol!
yesterday we went out and toured Dublin! its a very small city (we figure its equivalent to the size of downtown Winnipeg) so we can walk anywhere! pretty handy actually! we walked into the medival area and saw the Dublin castle and St.Patricks cathedral, when we got to the castle we weren't sure what we were looking at and becuase it was 10 in the morning on a sunday were the only ones there! but we took a picture and kept on our journey! we spent the remander of the day shopping a walking about, and trying to find places that would let us use there toilet! we finally stumbled across a Burger King that let us use theres, this burger king was HUGE! it was two stories tall! very interesting! we went back to the hostel to figure out which room we were in ( cuz we booked late we've had to switch rooms every night) and dropped off our bags. we were both craving grilled chez so we bought some chez slices and butter and we already had bread and since everyone eats supper around 7 here we had the hole kitchen to ourselves! we were bored in the evening and wanted to see a movie so we walked around trying to find a theatre but when we got there nothing looked appealing, so we sat in the middle of O'Connell street (the main street in Dublin, and were were sitting on the median, its quit large with statuas and such) and relaxed then decided to find sumthing to eat! so we went on journey and even though we eat nutella sandwiches for lunch everyday we both craved a good hearty sandwich so we split one from this random convience store! then we ate it while people watching from the median! a splendid evening!
i'm very excited to leave Dublin, i've enjoyed touring irland but dublin is one city that i won't miss much. i'm very excited to fly to Nice tomorrow! we booked some extra nights there cuz we've decided to bypass Barcelona, Spain. so were now staying 5 nights in nice, and have decided that we are 'holidaying' there. as in sleep in, lye on the beach and do whatever, sofar we've been getting up early each day and its been go go go trying to see everything so sitting and chillaxing for a few days will be nice, especially since it will hopefully not be cold and rainy!
well talk to you all later!
love always
Amy
there are a few from london and then some of our adventures in Ireland! we went to a town called howth today! we really wanted to see a cliff! and we have accomplished our goal! we even hicked it to the top! (it wasn't very high) but we had a great time, minus the cold and rain! we made some new freinds also! like a seal that we saw swimming in the alcove under the rocks which we were sitting on and then a dolphin (we think!) fin poked up throught the water! very exciteing! we also had a picnic up there watched a fish we named skippy jump around the water! he was having a joyous time! lol!
yesterday we went out and toured Dublin! its a very small city (we figure its equivalent to the size of downtown Winnipeg) so we can walk anywhere! pretty handy actually! we walked into the medival area and saw the Dublin castle and St.Patricks cathedral, when we got to the castle we weren't sure what we were looking at and becuase it was 10 in the morning on a sunday were the only ones there! but we took a picture and kept on our journey! we spent the remander of the day shopping a walking about, and trying to find places that would let us use there toilet! we finally stumbled across a Burger King that let us use theres, this burger king was HUGE! it was two stories tall! very interesting! we went back to the hostel to figure out which room we were in ( cuz we booked late we've had to switch rooms every night) and dropped off our bags. we were both craving grilled chez so we bought some chez slices and butter and we already had bread and since everyone eats supper around 7 here we had the hole kitchen to ourselves! we were bored in the evening and wanted to see a movie so we walked around trying to find a theatre but when we got there nothing looked appealing, so we sat in the middle of O'Connell street (the main street in Dublin, and were were sitting on the median, its quit large with statuas and such) and relaxed then decided to find sumthing to eat! so we went on journey and even though we eat nutella sandwiches for lunch everyday we both craved a good hearty sandwich so we split one from this random convience store! then we ate it while people watching from the median! a splendid evening!
i'm very excited to leave Dublin, i've enjoyed touring irland but dublin is one city that i won't miss much. i'm very excited to fly to Nice tomorrow! we booked some extra nights there cuz we've decided to bypass Barcelona, Spain. so were now staying 5 nights in nice, and have decided that we are 'holidaying' there. as in sleep in, lye on the beach and do whatever, sofar we've been getting up early each day and its been go go go trying to see everything so sitting and chillaxing for a few days will be nice, especially since it will hopefully not be cold and rainy!
well talk to you all later!
love always
Amy
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Dublin-Ireland
okay, so today's town of choice was Skerries! and no it wasn't scary! lol! oh i'm funny! well we got up early today and packed up, since for the remander of the time here (three nights) we have to switch rooms everynight, joy. anyways, we packed up and put our stuff in the locker room and headed to the train station, there were only three options at the moment, Sligo (which is where we went yesterday), Belfast (which is in northern ireland and our pass doesn't cover that also its dangerous, and another one which i'm currently drawing a blank on, but it started with a 'd'. anyways we picked the 'd' one and decided to get off when on the map we saw this town had a beach! it was a grand day! we frolicked in the sand waded through the water till we saw some jellyfish and got a little nervous! a dog joined us at our picnic on a rock near the water and stayed by our sides faithfully for the remainder of the afternoon! we named her molly! i wanted to take her home, but wasn't sure how i'de manage that one!
after lying around in the sand for a while we ventured on a walk around the shoreline! it was a very cute town, small full of red headed children and plenty of dogs, none of which were on leashes! tamara stopped to pet most of them! lol! don't worry mom none of them had raibes! the sea was so beautiful! it smelled like BC, i know you'de love it here mom! i thought of you today!
we got backto our room (a 10 bed tonight, so far everyone of them are girls, a plus!) and had showers then went for a nap! we just woke moments ago, its now 730! we have no plans for the night but a pub at the corner of our street plays irish music live tonight till 11 so we might go and have a listen!
i love getting all your comments! talk to you later!
Amy
after lying around in the sand for a while we ventured on a walk around the shoreline! it was a very cute town, small full of red headed children and plenty of dogs, none of which were on leashes! tamara stopped to pet most of them! lol! don't worry mom none of them had raibes! the sea was so beautiful! it smelled like BC, i know you'de love it here mom! i thought of you today!
we got backto our room (a 10 bed tonight, so far everyone of them are girls, a plus!) and had showers then went for a nap! we just woke moments ago, its now 730! we have no plans for the night but a pub at the corner of our street plays irish music live tonight till 11 so we might go and have a listen!
i love getting all your comments! talk to you later!
Amy
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Dublin-Ireland
ok so we are now in dublin! i miss london but am excited to see the country side tomorrow! were spending 5 nights here. its alot like london weather wise but the city is alot smaller and glumy, its wierd cuz the it was just as cloudy and chilly in london but for some reason the city was cheerier! if that makes any sense!
we woke up at 415 this morning and said goodbye to whitney and london, took the undergroundto liverpool street then the train to the airport. our flight was ok, it was short and i attemped sleeping but once i was near accomplishing this goal the voice above me started talking about landing in 5 minuets! but we found our hostel ok, not like london! and went right to bed! were in a 6 bed room and there are two other canadians! its nice to have some familarity with us! we deffinatly agree that our hostel in london was more homey, it was smaller so we got to know the ppl there better, but we booked our last two nights there in august before we fly home, so were excited to go back and visit. most of the ppl live there so we know we'll see them again!
we had a 5 hour nap and woke around 7 o'clock! it was very nice! lol! we went in search of food, (ps i had my first european mc.donalds today, not impressed!) and bought some grocerys then went to the kitchen realizing there was no oven we fried up our pizza on the stove! it was very delicious!
we had a picnic on our floor and are just chillin our right now, we'll prolly go to bed soon as it is getting late, and we are tired.
thank you all for your comments! aunty tracey and gang i hope you have a fun time camping! thanks for the comment, and leah thank you for writing me i'm gonna try and call you soon! miss ya all!
Amy
we woke up at 415 this morning and said goodbye to whitney and london, took the undergroundto liverpool street then the train to the airport. our flight was ok, it was short and i attemped sleeping but once i was near accomplishing this goal the voice above me started talking about landing in 5 minuets! but we found our hostel ok, not like london! and went right to bed! were in a 6 bed room and there are two other canadians! its nice to have some familarity with us! we deffinatly agree that our hostel in london was more homey, it was smaller so we got to know the ppl there better, but we booked our last two nights there in august before we fly home, so were excited to go back and visit. most of the ppl live there so we know we'll see them again!
we had a 5 hour nap and woke around 7 o'clock! it was very nice! lol! we went in search of food, (ps i had my first european mc.donalds today, not impressed!) and bought some grocerys then went to the kitchen realizing there was no oven we fried up our pizza on the stove! it was very delicious!
we had a picnic on our floor and are just chillin our right now, we'll prolly go to bed soon as it is getting late, and we are tired.
thank you all for your comments! aunty tracey and gang i hope you have a fun time camping! thanks for the comment, and leah thank you for writing me i'm gonna try and call you soon! miss ya all!
Amy
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
london
so whitney joined us today! yesterday was good, we walked around oxford street and picadilly circus! we didn't get to notting hill but were going tomorrow!
so today we met whitney at the tube then went to stand for 5 hours for the harry potter premire, yes i know your thinking harry potter? amy? i;ll admit i've never seen the movie and i'm not a fan but it was alot of fun! we were right at the front of the croud, so we got to see all the stars as they exited there car! we even got some pics! they only down side was waiting and also once they arrived it was pOURING rain! luckily we had umbrellas but with big coud it was a little difficult!
were back at the hostil, not sure what were doin tonight, we'll polly just hang out here with some ppl, we booked a flight and stay in ireland for thursday till tuesday, so i'm excited were going there! but im gonna go, i'm using someones laptop and they want it back!
talk to yah later!
so today we met whitney at the tube then went to stand for 5 hours for the harry potter premire, yes i know your thinking harry potter? amy? i;ll admit i've never seen the movie and i'm not a fan but it was alot of fun! we were right at the front of the croud, so we got to see all the stars as they exited there car! we even got some pics! they only down side was waiting and also once they arrived it was pOURING rain! luckily we had umbrellas but with big coud it was a little difficult!
were back at the hostil, not sure what were doin tonight, we'll polly just hang out here with some ppl, we booked a flight and stay in ireland for thursday till tuesday, so i'm excited were going there! but im gonna go, i'm using someones laptop and they want it back!
talk to yah later!
Monday, July 2, 2007
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another rainy day in london, an umbrella is a must!
london
YAY! thanks for the comments guys, i teared! awh i wish i could have been there with you at the dunn's we could;ve baked brownies and od'd on chocolate and complained about the boys! glad to hear your trip is goin well and the wedding was good! dad thanks for the comment! we had that experience on the first day trying to find the hostel! but were good now! thanks for the comment chris! and yes i got your emial! and yes it was i who replied!
so its morning right now, well actually noonish we slept in! yesterday was canada day! we were going to celebrate with mc.donalds but could't find one near by so we opted for a small cafe and had pinnins and a baggette! they were delicious but a tad on the bland side! we got back to the hostel after stopping by starbucks! and were invited out to celebrate canada day by an irish guy! so we went to a irish pub with a few ppl for a few hours and then went to the Maple Leaf. a canadian pub! it was alot of fun! they played canadian music and had toronto maple leaf, and the oilers jerseys on the wall! and every had on some form of a canandian shirt! we met a bunch of canadians! mostly from toronoto though, no winnipegers! were the coolest!
we left there around 1130 and caught the tube back home, and stayed up talkin with ppl from our hostel in the commen room, lots of fun to meet so many different ppl, we havn't met many canadians that are staying in this hostel, mostly austraileners and some french and german ppl! and of course the british that work here! its kinda like camp, but not!
were off to go to piccadilly circus today (no mom its not actually a circus, more like a 'square') to do some shopping and stuff! then to Notting Hill! i'm so excited! i'm goona find the red door which hugh grant lived in in the movie! and walk in julia roberts steps! so were off for the day! lov and miss you all!
Amy
so its morning right now, well actually noonish we slept in! yesterday was canada day! we were going to celebrate with mc.donalds but could't find one near by so we opted for a small cafe and had pinnins and a baggette! they were delicious but a tad on the bland side! we got back to the hostel after stopping by starbucks! and were invited out to celebrate canada day by an irish guy! so we went to a irish pub with a few ppl for a few hours and then went to the Maple Leaf. a canadian pub! it was alot of fun! they played canadian music and had toronto maple leaf, and the oilers jerseys on the wall! and every had on some form of a canandian shirt! we met a bunch of canadians! mostly from toronoto though, no winnipegers! were the coolest!
we left there around 1130 and caught the tube back home, and stayed up talkin with ppl from our hostel in the commen room, lots of fun to meet so many different ppl, we havn't met many canadians that are staying in this hostel, mostly austraileners and some french and german ppl! and of course the british that work here! its kinda like camp, but not!
were off to go to piccadilly circus today (no mom its not actually a circus, more like a 'square') to do some shopping and stuff! then to Notting Hill! i'm so excited! i'm goona find the red door which hugh grant lived in in the movie! and walk in julia roberts steps! so were off for the day! lov and miss you all!
Amy
Sunday, July 1, 2007
london
ok so yesterday i attmepted to post and just because its me it didn't let me after i had written a huge comment! grrr... on second note, we are having a lovely time!
yesterday we did alot of the touristy stuff, westminster abbey, big ben, parliment buildings, saw the shakspear globe theatre and the ever popular buckingham palace! it was alot of fun! we've figured out the underground which helps and know our area of the city so were really enjoying walking around and goin grocery shopping! we have toured most this city by foot and as a result are sore and usually tired by mid day! today we decieded to go park touring, so we went to Hyde park and kensington park.(there connected) we saw peter pan! he;s alot smaller in person! also on the tube i saw a little boy who i thought looked like ethan! (my brother) but it wasn't cuz he was british! also today tamara got kissed on the cheek by an italian! it was our first taste of italy and we are a little afraid! lo! he loved her dimples! the hostel is nice, and we've chatted to a few of the people, everyone seems to be living here for a long period of time instead of a short stay, there are french men on our floor that wake us from out naps by 'surfing' down the stairs on a 2 by 4! very festive! we have our own room which is nice but there is no lock on the door! so far this has not been a problem we just keep everything in our bags (which are locked) at all times! on our way to the tube we saw H&M so decided we needed to shop! it was fun! it is 3 levels! also the weather cleared up today, just when we decided to break down and buy umbrellas! but i'm sure that won't last long! its canada day so in celebration were goin to mc.donalds! festive eh? lol! well that's all for now, if you read this please comment i want to hear from home! talk to yah later!
yesterday we did alot of the touristy stuff, westminster abbey, big ben, parliment buildings, saw the shakspear globe theatre and the ever popular buckingham palace! it was alot of fun! we've figured out the underground which helps and know our area of the city so were really enjoying walking around and goin grocery shopping! we have toured most this city by foot and as a result are sore and usually tired by mid day! today we decieded to go park touring, so we went to Hyde park and kensington park.(there connected) we saw peter pan! he;s alot smaller in person! also on the tube i saw a little boy who i thought looked like ethan! (my brother) but it wasn't cuz he was british! also today tamara got kissed on the cheek by an italian! it was our first taste of italy and we are a little afraid! lo! he loved her dimples! the hostel is nice, and we've chatted to a few of the people, everyone seems to be living here for a long period of time instead of a short stay, there are french men on our floor that wake us from out naps by 'surfing' down the stairs on a 2 by 4! very festive! we have our own room which is nice but there is no lock on the door! so far this has not been a problem we just keep everything in our bags (which are locked) at all times! on our way to the tube we saw H&M so decided we needed to shop! it was fun! it is 3 levels! also the weather cleared up today, just when we decided to break down and buy umbrellas! but i'm sure that won't last long! its canada day so in celebration were goin to mc.donalds! festive eh? lol! well that's all for now, if you read this please comment i want to hear from home! talk to yah later!
Friday, June 29, 2007
WE MADE IT!!!
hey ya'll!! well me and tamara landed this morning at 710 london time 110 winnipeg time! i'm sitting in a iternet cafe just a few seconds from our hostil! well our first experience was an interesting one! we landed fine, got our bags and went through customs. then asked around and took the underground to South kensington. just a short walk from the road aupon which were staying. well a 'short' walk turned out to be walking for an hour, putting my arm in bird poop when we wanted a break, we asked several people how to get to cromwell road and apperently londoners don't know there directions very well! cuz twom bus rides, hours of walking hunched over and four hours later we arrived at our destination! and check in was for another 4 hours but they allowed us to shower and sit in the commen room until then, no way were we walking any more! so we sat on the couches listening to the convo's around us! very interesting, but we were exausted so we asked if we could check in 1/2 hour early and it was fine so we went up to our room and had a 3 hour nap! lovely after no sleep! we woke and walked a short distance to Sainsbury to buy some food, pb and J! and then had a picnic on our floor! the streets are very difficult to wander cuz the street signs are posted on buildings or fences instead of an actual sign! very misleading! and the drivers are cRaZy! those double decker buses just squeeze in ANYWHERE! so its 643 and were going to go for a walk and check out the nieghborhood! the weather is lke home but not as balmy! thank goodness! i miss you all! and ps if you leave a comment write your name, so i know who its from! also janell was that last one from you? hope you all have a wonderful day and i shall talk to you all later!
luv always
Amy
luv always
Amy
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
tomorrow!!!!!
YAAA!!!!! i leave tomorrow!! i'm excited and nervous all at once! i've packed my bag and tried it on, ya not looking forward to wearing that thing for long periods of time! it is extremely heavy! don't know what i do when i buy stuff! guess i'll just throw or give away my stuff! lol! well my plane leaves tomorrow around 3 so everyone pray for safe travel please!!
next time you hear from me i'll be in london!
next time you hear from me i'll be in london!
Monday, June 25, 2007
three more days!
so as it is monday and i leave on thursday at 3:20 i have approx 3 days to go!!! getting very excited and a little nervous!
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