I realized about 3 seconds ago, as I was typing the title of this post, that the name, ‘Croatia’ is made up of 60 percent vowels. This… Read more “Croatia: Poor Man’s Greece.”
Category: Random Musings
Hiking Cinque Terre: 5 towns, 4 million steps and two buns of solid steel.
Did you ever read the book, Paths of Glory? The one about the first man to climb Everest? Calm down everyone… I’m not comparing myself to the… Read more “Hiking Cinque Terre: 5 towns, 4 million steps and two buns of solid steel.”
Granada: You see your gypsy… (I can´t fight the urge to sing Fleetwood Mac)
Granada is a place of magic. Plain and simple. I wasn´t even planning to visit the famous Pomegranate city until I met a few Canadians who claimed… Read more “Granada: You see your gypsy… (I can´t fight the urge to sing Fleetwood Mac)”
The Ten Commandments of Train Travel: More lessons learned.
In my short 3 weeks of trekking through Europe, I have missed 7 trains. That´s right, 7. I´ve spared you 6 of these redundant tales, usually ending… Read more “The Ten Commandments of Train Travel: More lessons learned.”
A Parisian Powerwalk
I arrived in Paris by coach, with plans to stay one or two days before heading south for sunbathing and tapas. With three maps and ten metro… Read more “A Parisian Powerwalk”
Boats and Birthdays
After nearly two hours of researching the most affordable way to travel from Germany to London, I finally hopped on a westbound train from Wesel to Amsterdam… Read more “Boats and Birthdays”
Lesson learned. Platforms, pastries, and the pisser.
Look at that beautiful train. So romantic. This image was exactly what I was hoping to capture to define my journey through Europe; as a character from… Read more “Lesson learned. Platforms, pastries, and the pisser.”
Becoming Waldo 