Europe 2008

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Annie-Carlos

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   Newark Airport Day 1

   Newark, United States | Sep 07 '08 | Reviews: 0

   Day1 – we leave Houston around 11: 30 AM on a plane bound for Newark. The flight is four hours long and turbulent most of the way which did make us... Continue reading »

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   Barcelona Day 2

   Barcelona, Spain | Sep 08 '08 | Reviews: 0

   So we get into BCN about 9:15 AM then get a little lost finding our hostel, Hostel Sol y K. Luckily we both had plenty to eat, so dragging two suit... Continue reading »

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   Barcelona Day 3

   Barcelona, Spain | Sep 09 '08 | Reviews: 0

   The next morning we woke up a little after 8AM and visited the Catedral de Barcelona. This church was interesting; the patron saint of BCN is calle... Continue reading »

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   Barcelona Day 4

   Barcelona, Spain | Sep 10 '08 | Reviews: 0

   This was our last day in Barcelona. This was our first time packing so light for a trip, so we washed our clothes in the sink at the hostel and hun... Continue reading »

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   Barcelona - Vienna Day 5

   Vienna, Austria | Sep 11 '08 | Reviews: 0

   We woke up with a start in the middle of the night thinking that the plane to Vienna would leave in the morning; however, Carlos checked our schedu... Continue reading »

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   Vienna. Day 6

   Vienna, Austria | Sep 12 '08 | Reviews: 0

   The next day we got up early we went to the Hofburg Museum and looked at St Stephen’s Cathedral. Again, it’s interesting to note that Christians de... Continue reading »

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   Vienna. Day 7

   Vienna, Austria | Sep 13 '08 | Reviews: 0

   In Vienna was marked by intense worry for Houston, a seeping persistent cold, and light rain. We went to the Schonbrunn Palace to check out the tou... Continue reading »

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   Vienna - Salzburg. Day 8

   Salzburg, Austria | Sep 14 '08 | Reviews: 0

   in Vienna – we slept in, and checked out late. We walked out to a cold day with more rain and caught a train to Salzburg Austria. We changed our pl... Continue reading »

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   Salzburg. Day 9

   Salzburg, Austria | Sep 15 '08 | Reviews: 0

   in Salzburg - The next day we will call Sound of Music Day – Carlos managed to annoy a lot of people by asking about all the spots from the musical... Continue reading »

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    Salzburg - Berchtesgaden. Day 10

    Berchtesgaden, Germany | Sep 16 '08 | Reviews: 0

    The next day dawned clear but cold again. We took a bus up to Breschtgaden. Finding this bus was a trip in itself, we ran around like crazy and I r... Continue reading »

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    Salzburg - Fussen - Munich. Day 11

    Fussen, Germany | Sep 17 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Today we left Salzburg at 9AM and purchased a Bavarian Ticket, which takes us all over Bavaria for 27 euros. Today’s trip was marked by lots of tra... Continue reading »

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    Munich. Day 12

    Munich, Germany | Sep 18 '08 | Reviews: 0

    First full day in Munich was very relaxing. One factoid – according to Rick Steves, most Germans don’t even know the lyrics to their national anthe... Continue reading »

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    Munich. Day 13

    Munich, Germany | Sep 19 '08 | Reviews: 0

    we wanted to get up early but the alarms didn’t ring. Good job Carlos. So we get up and quickly leave the hotel around 10 AM. We head for Dachau Co... Continue reading »

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    Munich - Prague. Day 14

    Prague, Czech Republic | Sep 20 '08 | Reviews: 0

    we’re up before dawn, hurriedly packed our stuff and left the hotel before our train ticket expired at 6AM. The train ride to the airport took a wh... Continue reading »

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    Prague. Day 15

    Prague, Czech Republic | Sep 21 '08 | Reviews: 0

    This morning we woke up to a cold morning, but felt better after a good night’s rest. Breakfast is free so we went down and enjoyed eggs, bread, fr... Continue reading »

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    Prague. Day 16

    Prague, Czech Republic | Sep 22 '08 | Reviews: 0

    – sunny day. We went to finish Prague castle and saw the dungeon and tower prison. Took an hour nap on one of the benches then saw the most spectacula... Continue reading »

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    Prague. Day 17

    Prague, Czech Republic | Sep 23 '08 | Reviews: 0

    – worst day weatherwise – cold rainy and we had to use our ponchos. We decided to spend our remaining crowns in the city so we went to an open air... Continue reading »

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    Houston. Day 18

    Houston, United States | Sep 24 '08 | Reviews: 0

    Next day we got up at 5:45AM to catch a 10 AM flight from Prague to paris and then to Houston. We were all excited because we wanted a last free br... Continue reading »

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