just a girlFriday: 22 May 2009 I arrived in Charleroi at about 23.00pm and took a bus to Bruxelles Zuid. On the ride there I ended up meeting two people; a Finnish guy about my age and a girl living in Bruxelles who is originally from Chicago. His name is Jan and hers is Jane; the J [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Thursday: 21 May 2009 I then met a couple guys heading to Riga who were actually taking the same flight from Riga to Charleroi. We walked together from the bus station toward the old town and I got a room in the first hostel I saw. Good vibes, pleasant atmosphere with a bar in the [...]
Thursday: 21 May 2009 The small quaintly town of Pärnu is a place where life is more laid back and during the month of May it can still be slightly cold, quiet and desolate; except for the locals who reside here. Vacant beaches, parks and city streets make this small town the ideal place to [...]
Wednesday: 20 May 2009 I arrived in Tallinn around 6:30am today after a long nights sleep on the bus from Vilnius to Tallinn. I had to take the number 2 trolley into the old town where I followed my map to the Old Town Hostel where I will be spending the night. I spent 200 [...]
Tuesday: 19 May 2009 I arrived here in Vilnius at about 7am and conveniently enough the bus station is only five minutes from the old town. Filled with beautiful churches, various items made of amber and the Vilnius Madonna located in the Aušros vartai also known at the ‘Gates of Dawn.’ Pilgrims from different areas [...]
Monday: 18 May 2009 As I prepared to leave for Warsaw I found a plug to charge my phone and check my text messages from the day since I have not had the chance to charge my phone. The first message I read was from Mikayla telling me to remember that L’viv is an hour [...]
Sunday: 17 May 2009 After visiting Krakow and Auschwitz I left at 21.50pm for L’viv, Ukraine. I do not really know what to expect and I am excited all at the same moment. We stopped at the border for a few hours to get through border patrol since Ukraine is not part of the European [...]
I find Eastern Europe very romantic and it seems to be a region where everyone is happy to be in love; long embraces and sweet kisses. The couples walk not only holding hands but with arms wrapped around each other. Park benches, statues, fountains, walk ways; everywhere you go you are confronted with the enchantment [...]
Friday: 15 May 2009 So I arrived in Poland safe and sound; I still don’t know how I made it to Krakow. I cannot say it compared to the train ride from Litochoro to Athens on the overnight week-end route. As I wait for the train in the Bratislava station I met a young girl, [...]
Bratislava, Slovakia
Posted: May 17, 2009 in Culture, Travel Blog, UncategorizedTags: Bratislava, castle, Hostel, Slovak, Slovakia, statues
Thursday: 14 May 2009 Bratislava/Vienna Airport is relatively smaller than I could have imagined and upon arrival I had no clue what to expect; between the movies Euro-Trip and then on the other spectrum Hostel, I would have to say I was a little nervous. I got a tram ticket from a young man at [...]
