Day 9 - Prague to Munich
Got up and on the bus. Long drive day!! Stopped for lunch then stopped again downtown Munich. Went to a pub with Amanda, Gabby, Miles, Tom & Toli. Ate a pretzel and "chips" (fries) then left to find a CD for Brian, no luck. Went back to watch the Glockenspiel. Ended up holding both my video camera and Aaron's camera so he could hold the umbrella. My camera died before the clock even finished. Back on the coach to the hostel. Quickly changed for the Beer Hall. Had chicken schnitzel and a Radler (1/2 beer, 1/2 Sprite) it wasn't awful but not good either. I drank about 1/2 of it. Watched the show, everybody got pretty drunk. The bus ride home was incredible. Everyone was rowdy and hysterical. Everyone went to the club that was under the hostel. So much fun! Danced with Luke, Aaron, Andy, Jason, Miles and all the girls.* * * Left the club and headed to the computer found Amanda and Tom there. Went outside Luke came out and in his drunkenness told me I was his favorite American on the trip because I was the most real, down to Earth and he felt like he could actually enjoy a conversation with me. Made me feel good about myself because I wasn't trying to be anything other than who I am. Joel joined us and we talked about his past. Then I went to bed.
* Things left out.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
7/19/11
Day 8 - Prague
Up early for trip into town. Went shopping with Amanda, Gabby, Katie and Miriam at the mall. Bought a new camera, YAY finally!! And went to H&M, got 2 dresses, a pair of shorts, a dress and 2 belts. Dustin would be proud. Wandered around a bit, ran into the Zimbabwe's then met up with everyone for the lunch cruise. Sat with Sarva, Gabby, Tom, Amanda and Toli. After we went back to the hostel, I read and called Mom again. Finally got through and talked to her for about 5 minutes. Then went inside and found Tom & Toli and hung out with them for a bit then went to dinner downtown with Amanda, Gabby, Katie, Miriam and Miles. Had some fried bread thing with garlic sauce and cheese (I didn't get ketchup on mine, eww) then went to the Bed Bar where you get to lay in bed and drink! I had a mango smoothie ("frappe") then went back to the hostel.Sang Wagon Wheel with Amanda and Miriam and wished we had someone with a guitar! Tried to go to the pool but it was closed. Sat outside of the bar with Katie and met 5 Irishmen. Funny story, I was talking about music with one of them and somehow he brought up Wagon Wheel!! I told him how we were singing it earlier and he said they had been too, that they left their guitar in the car though. So instead we just sang it together! :D Went to be shortly after.
Up early for trip into town. Went shopping with Amanda, Gabby, Katie and Miriam at the mall. Bought a new camera, YAY finally!! And went to H&M, got 2 dresses, a pair of shorts, a dress and 2 belts. Dustin would be proud. Wandered around a bit, ran into the Zimbabwe's then met up with everyone for the lunch cruise. Sat with Sarva, Gabby, Tom, Amanda and Toli. After we went back to the hostel, I read and called Mom again. Finally got through and talked to her for about 5 minutes. Then went inside and found Tom & Toli and hung out with them for a bit then went to dinner downtown with Amanda, Gabby, Katie, Miriam and Miles. Had some fried bread thing with garlic sauce and cheese (I didn't get ketchup on mine, eww) then went to the Bed Bar where you get to lay in bed and drink! I had a mango smoothie ("frappe") then went back to the hostel.Sang Wagon Wheel with Amanda and Miriam and wished we had someone with a guitar! Tried to go to the pool but it was closed. Sat outside of the bar with Katie and met 5 Irishmen. Funny story, I was talking about music with one of them and somehow he brought up Wagon Wheel!! I told him how we were singing it earlier and he said they had been too, that they left their guitar in the car though. So instead we just sang it together! :D Went to be shortly after.
Monday, July 18, 2011
7/18/11
Day 7 - Berlin to Prague
Up, breakfast, on the coach. Stopped for lunch in Dresden, Germany. I had an Irish Coffee and a waffle with chocolate sauce. Lots of people also ate there. Rushed back with Gabby, Miles, Amanda, Katie, Andy and Aaron to the statue we were supposed to meet at only to find out Miriam was late. So we got pictures of the group in front of the statue after being in lots of peoples pictures of it. :P * Back on the coach to Prague. Once we were there we walked through the palace and cathedral then down the bridge where we went to get good luck from the 5 point stars. On the way back to the coach I stepped wrong and hurt my foot. :( Good thing I brought my wraps! Once back to the hostel I tried calling Mom, didn't get her. Then I wrapped my foot and went to dinner at a traditional Czech place with Miriam, Amanda, Katie and Gabby. Had what tasted like barbecue chicken and fries. We talked about the guys on the tour and who we though were the most attractive. Before we left, the Zimbabwe's came in! Went straight to the hostel bar and hung out with Aaron and Andy. I got a drink and walked to the club (CrossClub) with about 1/2 of the group. The club was very industrial/steampunk. I didn't like it. We walked in and had to walk through a pitch-black room which was super creepy and stayed by the bar just to have enough light to see the person in front of us!! Not my kind of place, so Katie and I walked back to the hostel. Stopped by Tom & Toli's room to find Amanda and Gabby, Katie stayed there and I went to bed.
Up, breakfast, on the coach. Stopped for lunch in Dresden, Germany. I had an Irish Coffee and a waffle with chocolate sauce. Lots of people also ate there. Rushed back with Gabby, Miles, Amanda, Katie, Andy and Aaron to the statue we were supposed to meet at only to find out Miriam was late. So we got pictures of the group in front of the statue after being in lots of peoples pictures of it. :P * Back on the coach to Prague. Once we were there we walked through the palace and cathedral then down the bridge where we went to get good luck from the 5 point stars. On the way back to the coach I stepped wrong and hurt my foot. :( Good thing I brought my wraps! Once back to the hostel I tried calling Mom, didn't get her. Then I wrapped my foot and went to dinner at a traditional Czech place with Miriam, Amanda, Katie and Gabby. Had what tasted like barbecue chicken and fries. We talked about the guys on the tour and who we though were the most attractive. Before we left, the Zimbabwe's came in! Went straight to the hostel bar and hung out with Aaron and Andy. I got a drink and walked to the club (CrossClub) with about 1/2 of the group. The club was very industrial/steampunk. I didn't like it. We walked in and had to walk through a pitch-black room which was super creepy and stayed by the bar just to have enough light to see the person in front of us!! Not my kind of place, so Katie and I walked back to the hostel. Stopped by Tom & Toli's room to find Amanda and Gabby, Katie stayed there and I went to bed.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
7/17/11
Day 6 - Berlin
Mom's Birthday!! Up early for the walking tour. Learned a lot about the history of Berlin. Afterward Amanda, Gabby, Katie, Bo-ra, Jenny and Michelle went with me to go shopping aka get a new camera since mine is screwing up. Ate bread with Edam cheese at a place called Oasis then we went to go shopping. Turns out everything is closed on Sundays. I got really upset. Called Dad to let him know about the bad luck and I got really excited cause I saw a Dunkin' Donuts... got a 3/4 filled Iced Mocha that tasted like water and what I thought was a giant brownie ball. Nope, it was a rum ball and I got buzzed just from the giant bite I took of it. Then we retraced our steps of the walking tour (Holocaust memorial was absolutely incredible. Do depressing.) cause Amanda wanted to find a CD for Brian and we had passed a music store. Wandered our way through the Underground trams (wrong day for wearing a skirt!! I am pretty sure I flashed quite a few people), got back hung around the quad where they had about 6 bunnies just chilling there!! Wasn't really hungry for dinner. Got ready and went for the Eye-Spy tour. It was pouring so bad that we kind of canceled the whole Stazi part of it and just hung out at the bars instead. Had a white wine (gross, so I handed it off to Sarah) at the first one. Met Aaron, Andy's friend, spent a lot of time with the two of them, Gabby, Amanda and Katie. At the second bar I had a B-52 shot, YUM! Hung out with all them plus Tom and Toli. After a while the guide of the tour gave us pretzels and sent us off on the Underground back to the hostel. Went to the club called Matrix for a little bit, Chantelle got in trouble for turning up the music at the abandoned sound board so we all mixed in with the big group. Stayed for a little while with Katie then headed back to go to bed.
Mom's Birthday!! Up early for the walking tour. Learned a lot about the history of Berlin. Afterward Amanda, Gabby, Katie, Bo-ra, Jenny and Michelle went with me to go shopping aka get a new camera since mine is screwing up. Ate bread with Edam cheese at a place called Oasis then we went to go shopping. Turns out everything is closed on Sundays. I got really upset. Called Dad to let him know about the bad luck and I got really excited cause I saw a Dunkin' Donuts... got a 3/4 filled Iced Mocha that tasted like water and what I thought was a giant brownie ball. Nope, it was a rum ball and I got buzzed just from the giant bite I took of it. Then we retraced our steps of the walking tour (Holocaust memorial was absolutely incredible. Do depressing.) cause Amanda wanted to find a CD for Brian and we had passed a music store. Wandered our way through the Underground trams (wrong day for wearing a skirt!! I am pretty sure I flashed quite a few people), got back hung around the quad where they had about 6 bunnies just chilling there!! Wasn't really hungry for dinner. Got ready and went for the Eye-Spy tour. It was pouring so bad that we kind of canceled the whole Stazi part of it and just hung out at the bars instead. Had a white wine (gross, so I handed it off to Sarah) at the first one. Met Aaron, Andy's friend, spent a lot of time with the two of them, Gabby, Amanda and Katie. At the second bar I had a B-52 shot, YUM! Hung out with all them plus Tom and Toli. After a while the guide of the tour gave us pretzels and sent us off on the Underground back to the hostel. Went to the club called Matrix for a little bit, Chantelle got in trouble for turning up the music at the abandoned sound board so we all mixed in with the big group. Stayed for a little while with Katie then headed back to go to bed.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
7/16/11
Day 5 - Amsterdam to Berlin
Showered at 5 up at 6:30 to stay, on the bus by 8. EVERYONE slept on the coach til about 10am when some of us started waking up. We stopped at services in Germany and I got a chicken schnitzel sandwich (basically a breaded & fried chicken sandwich) then quickly departed again. Stopped a few hours later at this neat place that used to be a checkpoint into Berlin. I got this awesome cake thing and texted Cody cause we were getting attacked by bees and I felt it was appropriate. :P Once back on the coach we all had to come to the microphone and introduce ourselves, say what we did then we had to say which celebrity we wanted to: 1. Marry, 2. Have a 1 night stand with, 3. Stab. (1. Justin Bartha, 2. Jake Gyllenhal, 3. Casey Anthony-I had to explain to the Aussies who this was). Every time any of the Aussies said someone that Amanda and I didn't know we'd look to the guy next to us (Miles) and he would explain who they were. Finally got to Berlin. Stopped at a cool building to take pictures then quickly got back on the coach. Then we stopped at the Berlin Wall memorial to take pictures. Then we went to the hostel. I roomed with Amanda, Gabby and Molly Room 158). Had awesome pasta for dinner and I got the vegetarian main course cause it was pork... ew. Then we walked to the Berlin wall murals. They were gorgeous! And, really interesting. Got a picture straddling between East and West Berlin. Then headed back to the hostel. I opened the window cause it was getting hot and heard an American guy's voice... Brian! lol He was with Chopper and Chris. Pretty quiet night for everyone.
Showered at 5 up at 6:30 to stay, on the bus by 8. EVERYONE slept on the coach til about 10am when some of us started waking up. We stopped at services in Germany and I got a chicken schnitzel sandwich (basically a breaded & fried chicken sandwich) then quickly departed again. Stopped a few hours later at this neat place that used to be a checkpoint into Berlin. I got this awesome cake thing and texted Cody cause we were getting attacked by bees and I felt it was appropriate. :P Once back on the coach we all had to come to the microphone and introduce ourselves, say what we did then we had to say which celebrity we wanted to: 1. Marry, 2. Have a 1 night stand with, 3. Stab. (1. Justin Bartha, 2. Jake Gyllenhal, 3. Casey Anthony-I had to explain to the Aussies who this was). Every time any of the Aussies said someone that Amanda and I didn't know we'd look to the guy next to us (Miles) and he would explain who they were. Finally got to Berlin. Stopped at a cool building to take pictures then quickly got back on the coach. Then we stopped at the Berlin Wall memorial to take pictures. Then we went to the hostel. I roomed with Amanda, Gabby and Molly Room 158). Had awesome pasta for dinner and I got the vegetarian main course cause it was pork... ew. Then we walked to the Berlin wall murals. They were gorgeous! And, really interesting. Got a picture straddling between East and West Berlin. Then headed back to the hostel. I opened the window cause it was getting hot and heard an American guy's voice... Brian! lol He was with Chopper and Chris. Pretty quiet night for everyone.
Friday, July 15, 2011
7/15/11
Day 4 - Amsterdam
Got up at 5 to shower, then back to bed until 7:15. Breakfast of sliced turkey, cheese and bread with jelly and cucumber with apple juice. Such a weird mix...We got on the bus at 8 to go to Edam (the town that's made backwards. ;) haha!) We got there and saw a GIANT bunny and what looked like a mix-breed chicken/duck. Then we got to see how cheese and clogs were made! I tried some clogs on, and then tried some of the cheeses. Yum! Then we got back on the coach to go to our bike ride through Edam. It was my favorite part of the trip so far! I loved it! It made me want to go get a leisure bike and just ride around all the time. We rode through Edam and got some history about the town then went back to Amsterdam around noon. Once there we (Amanda, Stacie, and Katie) went to the Anne Frank House. Almost everyone else in the group went as well but somehow they got ahead of us. It was a 1.5 hour wait, but I wouldn't have missed it for anything. It was so incredible. I was stunned to see how small it actually was. After that Amanda and I navigated the streets of Amsterdam to go to one of the markets. I stopped at McDonalds (the Aussies call it Maccers) because I was starving and knew I could find something to eat there. The lady I went to didn't speak any English so I had a really hard time ordering!! FYI If you're in Amsterdam and they ask you if you want it 'menu' it means a combo... Just so you know. :P After I ate we finished looking through the market and decided to head back. we walked to the central station via Dam Square where there were a bunch of people dressed in crazy costumes, it was a bit freaky. We got to the station only to find out the train we needed didn't go through there. So we took #13 to Marco Polostraat (yes, Marco Polo Street!!) where we got on #7 like we needed. Amanda showered, I got on the internet to check email, FB and try to update my blog (epic fail). I grabbed a protein bar for diner then we met up with Erin, Liz, Luke, Joel, Lauren, Casey and Jason to go to the canal cruise. I navigated (thank goodness). We stopped one stop before we needed to so they could grab dinner then I navigated to the meeting spot where we arrived 5 minutes late. EEK!! Luckily Miriam was expecting us and held the cruise so we could catch up. The cruise was fun but I started feeling sick! I gave my drink tickets to Lauren and Joel since I didn't want them. After the cruise I went back to the hotel instead of going bar hopping with everyone. I packed my bag, checked my email then went to bed early.
Got up at 5 to shower, then back to bed until 7:15. Breakfast of sliced turkey, cheese and bread with jelly and cucumber with apple juice. Such a weird mix...We got on the bus at 8 to go to Edam (the town that's made backwards. ;) haha!) We got there and saw a GIANT bunny and what looked like a mix-breed chicken/duck. Then we got to see how cheese and clogs were made! I tried some clogs on, and then tried some of the cheeses. Yum! Then we got back on the coach to go to our bike ride through Edam. It was my favorite part of the trip so far! I loved it! It made me want to go get a leisure bike and just ride around all the time. We rode through Edam and got some history about the town then went back to Amsterdam around noon. Once there we (Amanda, Stacie, and Katie) went to the Anne Frank House. Almost everyone else in the group went as well but somehow they got ahead of us. It was a 1.5 hour wait, but I wouldn't have missed it for anything. It was so incredible. I was stunned to see how small it actually was. After that Amanda and I navigated the streets of Amsterdam to go to one of the markets. I stopped at McDonalds (the Aussies call it Maccers) because I was starving and knew I could find something to eat there. The lady I went to didn't speak any English so I had a really hard time ordering!! FYI If you're in Amsterdam and they ask you if you want it 'menu' it means a combo... Just so you know. :P After I ate we finished looking through the market and decided to head back. we walked to the central station via Dam Square where there were a bunch of people dressed in crazy costumes, it was a bit freaky. We got to the station only to find out the train we needed didn't go through there. So we took #13 to Marco Polostraat (yes, Marco Polo Street!!) where we got on #7 like we needed. Amanda showered, I got on the internet to check email, FB and try to update my blog (epic fail). I grabbed a protein bar for diner then we met up with Erin, Liz, Luke, Joel, Lauren, Casey and Jason to go to the canal cruise. I navigated (thank goodness). We stopped one stop before we needed to so they could grab dinner then I navigated to the meeting spot where we arrived 5 minutes late. EEK!! Luckily Miriam was expecting us and held the cruise so we could catch up. The cruise was fun but I started feeling sick! I gave my drink tickets to Lauren and Joel since I didn't want them. After the cruise I went back to the hotel instead of going bar hopping with everyone. I packed my bag, checked my email then went to bed early.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
7/14/11
London to Amsterdam
6:00am we had to meet up to have our bags weighed and get on the bus. I was about 18kg, so I was completely fine. (The limit was 22kg). On the bus we got our instructions. I sat behind Morgan and Michaela from Australia, in front of Sarah and Brenton from Perth, beside Bo-Ra from South Korea. *After a little bit of a drive we got to Dover where we got our passports stamped and got onto the ferry to take us across the English Channel. The boat was HUGE! On the boat I met Lauren and Casey (Luke's "mates") and Jason P. (Aussie) and Brian from Chicago. The 4 of us ate lunch together. I got a watery coffee and a muffin as well as a Chicken wrap. After eating we went to the top deck to look around and met Luke's other mate, Joel. * After the ferry we got back on the COACH (not Bus) and headed through Belgium to Amsterdam. About 1/2 way there we hit traffic and stopped at SERVICES (not rest stop) where I got an "iced coffee" aka frappuccino and a bar of Belgian chocolate. About an hour later we stopped again where I got another "iced coffee". On the coach Miriam (our tour guide) had the people on the inside seats move counter-clockwise for 3 minutes at a time to meet people. (She called it 'speed dating'). My favorite person I talked to was Andy, an Aussie who made it SO easy to talk even after having talked to about 15 people already. He was fun, I hope I can talk/hang out with him again. After that we hit traffic and got to Amsterdam kind of late. Went straight to dinner (fries, broccoli and pasta for me) and quickly had time to change before we went to the Amsterdam Cultural Experience excursion. Amanda decided to stay in. * Afterward I headed back while the rest went to The Grasshopper (a 'coffeeshop') with Stacie (one of my roommates for this night) and Miriam. On the way back I talked with Miriam about possibly being a tour guide. She said after this was all over, if I still wanted to she would help me out! Got back to the room, and went to bed.
6:00am we had to meet up to have our bags weighed and get on the bus. I was about 18kg, so I was completely fine. (The limit was 22kg). On the bus we got our instructions. I sat behind Morgan and Michaela from Australia, in front of Sarah and Brenton from Perth, beside Bo-Ra from South Korea. *After a little bit of a drive we got to Dover where we got our passports stamped and got onto the ferry to take us across the English Channel. The boat was HUGE! On the boat I met Lauren and Casey (Luke's "mates") and Jason P. (Aussie) and Brian from Chicago. The 4 of us ate lunch together. I got a watery coffee and a muffin as well as a Chicken wrap. After eating we went to the top deck to look around and met Luke's other mate, Joel. * After the ferry we got back on the COACH (not Bus) and headed through Belgium to Amsterdam. About 1/2 way there we hit traffic and stopped at SERVICES (not rest stop) where I got an "iced coffee" aka frappuccino and a bar of Belgian chocolate. About an hour later we stopped again where I got another "iced coffee". On the coach Miriam (our tour guide) had the people on the inside seats move counter-clockwise for 3 minutes at a time to meet people. (She called it 'speed dating'). My favorite person I talked to was Andy, an Aussie who made it SO easy to talk even after having talked to about 15 people already. He was fun, I hope I can talk/hang out with him again. After that we hit traffic and got to Amsterdam kind of late. Went straight to dinner (fries, broccoli and pasta for me) and quickly had time to change before we went to the Amsterdam Cultural Experience excursion. Amanda decided to stay in. * Afterward I headed back while the rest went to The Grasshopper (a 'coffeeshop') with Stacie (one of my roommates for this night) and Miriam. On the way back I talked with Miriam about possibly being a tour guide. She said after this was all over, if I still wanted to she would help me out! Got back to the room, and went to bed.
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