The Journey Begins
In and around Europe
Here is my travel blog as requested by some people (ahem ahem Katie) so I'll try to keep up with it and add photos as I go!!!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jo Wynn
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Athens
So the journey began with not really the BEST start as 10 hours on a plane next to an EXTREMELY obese man doesn't totally allow for a lot of slee... Continue reading »
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Picture Perfect!
So I arrived in Santorini last night after a bit of a quezy ferry trip (9 hours makes the one from Van-Vic fly by!!). After one hour of sleep getti... Continue reading »
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Ios - the addictive island
So I have not fallen off the face of the planet but I seriously do not want to leave this place ever. My day is this: get up at 11,... Continue reading »
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Crete
So my new travel partner is Dominique Turcotte from Montreal. Her english is quite good and I'm attempting to brush up my french...... not overly s... Continue reading »
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Rethymno
We went to Matala beach before hitting Rethymno and spent 2 nights there. It used to be a big hippy hangout with caves where everyone did LSD.... Continue reading »
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Plakias
Plakias is another small beach front town and it was just gorgeous! The youth hostel was tucked away in an olive grove and was so so great. Our fir... Continue reading »
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Hania - Last stop in Crete!
Hania is so beautiful but I'll add more details after we've hiked the Samarian Gorge tomorrow! So Hania was full of winding streets and amazing lit... Continue reading »
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Corfu - The Pink Palace of Smut
So the pink palace has been hailed as the summer camp for twentysomethings, SO true. Add to camp alcohol in excess, nudity and awful awful sleazy a... Continue reading »
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Naples - First Official Stop in Italy
So the journey to GET to Naples maybe should be an enty in itself. We left corfu on the overnight Ferry to Bari in Italy. We met 2 Aussies Cam and... Continue reading »
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Rome - Ruins and Debauchery
Rome was absolutely great. Seeing the things that we learned about in school, have seen a million movies about and read about in unlimited books!!<... Continue reading »
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Assisi and Siena
Assisi was recommended by Kat so we HAD to check it out. Absolutely gorgeous. Atop a big hill and all cobblestone streets and old old buildings it... Continue reading »
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Florence
David, Uffizi Gallery, churches and squares, the city is ancient and beatiful!!
Our first night we had the apartment unit in the hostel and i... Continue reading »
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Bologna and Cinque Terre- Ducati Factory and hiking
We ended up spending 2 nights here mostly cause we had a great cabin at a campground hotel with much needed aircon and a pool in the scorching heat... Continue reading »
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Venice
We arrived in pretty late to Venice so we cheated and took a cab to our campground that is on the mainland off venice, GREAT trailer thing we had to o... Continue reading » -
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Vienna - Canada Day celebration
The main purpose for Vienna was to meet Joel (U of C friend), and we figured Canada Day was as good a time as any!! Lots of Canadians in the hostel... Continue reading »
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Budapest - Turkish Baths and cheap food!
So Cam had been raving so much about Budapest from his trip there (he has been in Europe for 10 months so he has seen A LOT) and the whole Turkish... Continue reading »
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Salzburg - Sound of Music town!
Salzburg is up there on my favorite places now! First of all we arrived in TORRENTIAL downpour and were in this little campground in some tent cont... Continue reading »
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Munich - brief stop and Dads Bday Plotting
So Munich we just stopped in for the night to watch the 3rd place World Cup game basically, it was great to see Germany win, the staff at the hoste... Continue reading »
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Alblasserdam - Verlek Family Intro
We arrived at Ans and Nes (Dads sister and her husband) and after getting settled in biked (yes I still remembered how thank god!!) to the Kinderdy... Continue reading »
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Pamplona - Running of the Bulls
So after a long train overnight from Rotterdam I arrived in San Sebastian where I once more met up with my travel buddy Cam, we decided that as the... Continue reading »
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Barcelona
We arrived in Barcelona exhausted from a very lively night on the train and slept most of the day away, then we were off to see the Sagrada Familia... Continue reading »
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Madrid
Madrid was good fun but it was weird being back on my own after travelling with someone for so long! Met some nice people at the hostel (which was... Continue reading »
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Sevilla - Flamenco and SCORTCHING heat
So seville was so hot it was hard to do ANYTHING before 10pm, I have never felt such heat in my life, it was in the 40s even at midnight, and did N... Continue reading »
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Lagos - Party Beach town
SO I am still in Portugal in Lagos and was supposed to be here for 4 days which is turning into 6. It is not exaclty travelling as we just sit on t... Continue reading »
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25
Barcelona - again.....
So i arrived back in Barcelona after a night train. The main reason for going back was to see the rest of the architect Gaudis works, what I saw be... Continue reading »
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Luxembourg with the Parents
After a chaotic meeting with mom and dad in which they were chasing my bus to the hotel after I assumed i was meeting them there because they were... Continue reading »
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Beilstein - Mosel Valley and the Rhine
The parents and i hopped in the car and drove into Germany towards the Mosel River and Beilstein (a Rick Steves recommendation) and WHAT gorgeous c... Continue reading »
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Prague
The first few days in Prague were done with family friends from Germany on a bus tour (yes, in German.... very funny) where we had about 3 hours of gu... Continue reading » -
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Munich - Beer Halls, war history and castles
My first night in Munich I went on a pub crawl with the guys in my room (5 of them ALL from California..... very fun though). We went to Irish Pubs wh... Continue reading »
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