Euorpe Trip 2007
In and around Europe
We are very excited about our upcoming trip to Europe! We have created
this blog as a way for you to easily follow our trip and see what we
are doing. We will try to update it regularly. We hope you have an
amazing summer and will speak to you when we get back!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Janice and Jay
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And the journey begins...Arriving in London
Today we arrived in London after an exhausting overnight flight. We arrived at our hotel by tube around 2 and took a quick nap before heading off t... Continue reading »
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Wimbledon...such a long but amazing day!
Today we woke up bright and early (5 am!) to go and see Wimbledon. We got to Wimbledon around 6:30am and lined up for tickets. We didn't realize until... Continue reading » -
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London - Day 3
Today we started off at Buckingham Palace for a changing of the guards ceremony. It was definetly different - the music was fun (especially since t... Continue reading »
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London - Day 4
Today was another busy day of touring. We saw things like the Tower of London - an ancient castle/jail/royal home which houses the crown jewels. We... Continue reading »
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Amsterdam - so much to see and so little time
We have been in Amsterdam for about a day and half now. It is a beautiful city - so different from London. It is just so nice to walk around and lo... Continue reading »
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Paris - from towers to sewers, museums to churches, we saw it all!
Sorry it has taken a while to update. Paris was a lot of fun and very easy to get about with its excellent metro system. We saw so much in our 3 and a... Continue reading » -
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Marseille - we never even left the station
We thought we would be in marseille for a few hours to see a bit of the city but we managed to get on an earlier train to nice and so we never le... Continue reading » -
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Nice, Cannes and Antibes
We arrived in Nice yesterday and had the chance to walk around and see the city. Firstly, our train ride in was so nice because we got a chanc... Continue reading »
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More from Nice, Ville de Franche and Monaco
Yesterday we spent the day in Nice with Elana and her travel partner Shelby. We ran into them finally (and by accident) the night before when looki... Continue reading »
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Arriving in Venice....It was only a matter of time...
Well, we finally ran into our first trip hick-up. We left for Venice on July 9th and our train was supposed to leave at 10:05 am for Milan and then 3... Continue reading » -
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Venice
Venice is absolutely amazing! It is just so different than the other cities we have seen! On our first day we took it easy and walked from our hote... Continue reading »
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Cinque Terre
For the past 2 and a half days we have been in Cinque Terre area, staying in the 4th of 5 towns - Vernazza. The whole area is amazing and so beautiful... Continue reading » -
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My Experiences in Pisa by Janice
Today we visited a town called Pisa.
Through which we navigated with ease-a.
A tower did lean.
It was like nothing we had seen.Continue reading »
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Florence
We have been in Florence now for a day and half. Yesterday we just relaxed and then walked around the city for a bit. We had dinner at this really... Continue reading »
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My Experiences in Pisa by Jay
We went for a 20 minute walk.
Then we saw a tower that was leaning.
We tried to fix it.
But we couldnt.
So we left. Continue reading »
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Rome
We arrived in Rome late and were very happy to get settled into our hotel. Here is what we have done so far:
Day One: We did an tour of ancie... Continue reading »
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Sorrento
Our stay in Sorrento has been short and sweet. We arrived here around 3:00 pm after a 2 and a half train from Rome and a very sweaty hour-long tr... Continue reading » -
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Special K with Chocolate Bits
This message is dedicated to Ira Greenspoon (and all others who love this cereal):
We just wanted to make a special blog entry to our favouri... Continue reading »
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Pompeii and Sketchy, Sketchy Naples
We started off the day with a trip to Pompeii which was similar to Ostia Antica in Rome but still very cool because a lot of the buildings are much... Continue reading »
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Athens
Today was a very hectic day. We woke up at 7, had breakfast, headed to the airport, waited around for our flight (Jay was very nervous at first bec... Continue reading »
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Mykonos
We have been in Mykonos for the past 2 days and it has been great! The island is really unique - with every building white and blue. Yesterday we a... Continue reading »
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Santorini
We arrived in Santorini after an hour late (yet another ferry delay) and were met by our hotel's pick up service and taken to the hotel in Kamari (... Continue reading »
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Athens Part 2
We made it into athens around 4pm and got back on the metro to take us to a place to store our luggage for the day. (It defintely is much easier to ge... Continue reading »
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