By Far my favorite place that I visited on my trip!
This place was absolutely beautiful and calm. Its in between 2 absolutely gorgeous lakes and surrounded by the Swiss Alps.
I spent 4 nights at this place and it was a really well needed time to relax.
The first night I got there I got there late and just cooked and relaxed which was really nice.
The second Night I went I slept in, and then had a nice 5 hour walk around one of the lakes. It was so beautiful and the air was so refreshing. That night I got back and cooked some pasta and met some Spanish girls and hung out all night.
The next day I woke up, and realized that I did not want to do anything. So all I did that day was relax, do laundry, and watch CNN. I basically stayed at the hostel all day that day which was quite nice. The hostel staff was super cool and I just talked to them all day. That night I ended up hitting the hostel bar and hanging out with some locals who tried to convince me that Americans were all brainwashed :-P Quite entertaining.
The next and last night I was there I went up to where the filmed the 007 Mivue On Her Majesty's Secret Service on top of Schilthorn which is one of the tallent mountains in Switzerland. I got to go on a beautiful day and I was able to see so much.
Then the next day I took a Fast train to Rome for my last stop
Monday, April 5, 2010
Nice
The funny thing about Nice is that nothing opens until 8/9 ... Even the hostels - I luckly and found a guest leaving one at 7 and got in and dropped off my bag. I then went to the mediteranian and chilled out for a while the beach - it was quite nice. I basically just walked around and found some food for awhile until it was 12 and got to my room.
I was able to relax for a bit and then some canadians checked in and I was just happ to speak to someone who was fluent in English for the first time in awhile. We basically walked around for a bit - we went back to the beach and just hung out for awhile
The interesting thing about Nice is that it's very beautiful and the weather is great - but there isn't alot to see. Just to enjoy the beach and the weather. Which to be honest I was quite ready for.
The rest of my stay I basically just walked around for a while and enjoyed my time there. Just relaxing that's about it though.
Then I was off to geneve where I'll be couchsurfing. For the second time this trip!! I think I may go skiing tomorrow!
I'm on the train there and you can see the beginning of the alps on one side and the medditeranian on the other (we go through marselles and lyon before going to geneve) it is so beautiful! :-D
I was able to relax for a bit and then some canadians checked in and I was just happ to speak to someone who was fluent in English for the first time in awhile. We basically walked around for a bit - we went back to the beach and just hung out for awhile
The interesting thing about Nice is that it's very beautiful and the weather is great - but there isn't alot to see. Just to enjoy the beach and the weather. Which to be honest I was quite ready for.
The rest of my stay I basically just walked around for a while and enjoyed my time there. Just relaxing that's about it though.
Then I was off to geneve where I'll be couchsurfing. For the second time this trip!! I think I may go skiing tomorrow!
I'm on the train there and you can see the beginning of the alps on one side and the medditeranian on the other (we go through marselles and lyon before going to geneve) it is so beautiful! :-D
Ventimigilia
So I got to the layover place around 1am and had to basically wait until 4 until the next train to Nice. The station was just absolutely full of bums or drunks and after being haggeled for money for 30 minutes I left and went to the beach. Haha yes it was 1 am and raining out but I still went out with my backpack on and just chilled on the shore! It pretty much rocked
I spent an hour there and then Decided I was cold. So I went back to the train station.
I got back and was just chilln for a while until I notices this Arab guy who was just absolutely wasted basically harrassing this young african woman. So I basically spent the rest of the morning protecting this woman from this over persistant Arab guy who really wouldn't leave this girl alone for like 3 hours. It was crazy. Finally this arab guy had to catch his train and everyone went their separate ways
Then I finally got to Nice at 6 am!!
I spent an hour there and then Decided I was cold. So I went back to the train station.
I got back and was just chilln for a while until I notices this Arab guy who was just absolutely wasted basically harrassing this young african woman. So I basically spent the rest of the morning protecting this woman from this over persistant Arab guy who really wouldn't leave this girl alone for like 3 hours. It was crazy. Finally this arab guy had to catch his train and everyone went their separate ways
Then I finally got to Nice at 6 am!!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Piza
Piza
So piza was awesome fr the 5 hours that I was in it! Haha - but I'm pretty sure people are right - you really only need part of a day to go through it and be done with it.
I got here around 2 and was ready to leave by 7! I basically went to the square that the leaning tower of piza was in asked some fellow Americans to take a photo of me with it and also went in te free cathedial - everything else was obnoxiously priced! Then I grabbed a pizza and this local desert and ate it in the coartyard across the leaning tower. Again the weather was beautiful and I basically stayed in thy coartyard/park for an hour - twas great!
Then I walked around the city - got lost as usual and found my way back to the train station and booked my way to Nice.
Only problem is that I had a transfer in this town 20km from Nice in order to cross te boarder and The first train had a 55minute delay (don't aske me how - I didn't realize a train could be delayed that much) so now I'm on my way to the town that is in the middle of nowhere and I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing tonight - it's either finding a 24 hour cafe and waiting until the train at 545 or finding a hostel or hitchhiking! I'll let you all know in my next post!!
So piza was awesome fr the 5 hours that I was in it! Haha - but I'm pretty sure people are right - you really only need part of a day to go through it and be done with it.
I got here around 2 and was ready to leave by 7! I basically went to the square that the leaning tower of piza was in asked some fellow Americans to take a photo of me with it and also went in te free cathedial - everything else was obnoxiously priced! Then I grabbed a pizza and this local desert and ate it in the coartyard across the leaning tower. Again the weather was beautiful and I basically stayed in thy coartyard/park for an hour - twas great!
Then I walked around the city - got lost as usual and found my way back to the train station and booked my way to Nice.
Only problem is that I had a transfer in this town 20km from Nice in order to cross te boarder and The first train had a 55minute delay (don't aske me how - I didn't realize a train could be delayed that much) so now I'm on my way to the town that is in the middle of nowhere and I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing tonight - it's either finding a 24 hour cafe and waiting until the train at 545 or finding a hostel or hitchhiking! I'll let you all know in my next post!!
Florence
Florence
So I officially like this whole writig my blog on the train/bus to the next location!
I'm headed on my way to Pisa right now on the train for 5eiro and man this train is nice! There are 3 people in this coach and it's a beautiful view outside! Much more comfortable than the bus
I got into Florence and walked around a bit - grabbed a hostel - took care of some stuff foe the flight back home while cooking pasta - whih btw 2 euro can make you pasta for 3 days! Awesome! And just relaxed and talked this portugese girl the rest of the night.
I think my one complaint with Italy is that is swarming with tourists! Any place you go there are people trying to be Rambo with cameras - it's crazy! Haha - that's actually probably why I'm moving through it so quickly. Otherwise, even in febuary, it's beautiful here! I've barely had to wear my coat so far!
So the day after I got there I spend the walking - and that was a great idea! I got to feel Florence out real well and consideong it's a real small city it wasn't hard to figure out. I found this awesome really little itialian sunday market that I walked through like 3 times I ended up getting this carrotte cake slice and wanted to buy something else but nothing really suited my fancy.
After that I found this awesome garden that I walked around for 2 hours (sorry I'm bad with names - I just didn't catch it - it was near the piazza de pittti. But it felt like a nice fall day with sun and everything - it was a perfect day to be walking through that garden
After that I went to the Stefano caporali which was just an absolutely huge church - no photos allowed - boo!!
I jus walked through the street markets for a bit and just enjoyed the absolutely beatiful day.
After a bit it seemed to wantto rain so I beaded back to the hostel.
Te next day wanst as beautiful so I went to the Musei fiorentini and then decide that I'd go over to pisa for the rest of the day! Now I'm on that train! And it's a beautiful ride! I'll prob get there around 2. And I'll prob drop Off my bag at a luggage place and walk aroud Pisa and go up the leaning tower. Then I'm contemplating staying the night or going to nice tonight - well see.
So I officially like this whole writig my blog on the train/bus to the next location!
I'm headed on my way to Pisa right now on the train for 5eiro and man this train is nice! There are 3 people in this coach and it's a beautiful view outside! Much more comfortable than the bus
I got into Florence and walked around a bit - grabbed a hostel - took care of some stuff foe the flight back home while cooking pasta - whih btw 2 euro can make you pasta for 3 days! Awesome! And just relaxed and talked this portugese girl the rest of the night.
I think my one complaint with Italy is that is swarming with tourists! Any place you go there are people trying to be Rambo with cameras - it's crazy! Haha - that's actually probably why I'm moving through it so quickly. Otherwise, even in febuary, it's beautiful here! I've barely had to wear my coat so far!
So the day after I got there I spend the walking - and that was a great idea! I got to feel Florence out real well and consideong it's a real small city it wasn't hard to figure out. I found this awesome really little itialian sunday market that I walked through like 3 times I ended up getting this carrotte cake slice and wanted to buy something else but nothing really suited my fancy.
After that I found this awesome garden that I walked around for 2 hours (sorry I'm bad with names - I just didn't catch it - it was near the piazza de pittti. But it felt like a nice fall day with sun and everything - it was a perfect day to be walking through that garden
After that I went to the Stefano caporali which was just an absolutely huge church - no photos allowed - boo!!
I jus walked through the street markets for a bit and just enjoyed the absolutely beatiful day.
After a bit it seemed to wantto rain so I beaded back to the hostel.
Te next day wanst as beautiful so I went to the Musei fiorentini and then decide that I'd go over to pisa for the rest of the day! Now I'm on that train! And it's a beautiful ride! I'll prob get there around 2. And I'll prob drop Off my bag at a luggage place and walk aroud Pisa and go up the leaning tower. Then I'm contemplating staying the night or going to nice tonight - well see.
Venice
Venice
Venice was beautiful and definately a place I wan to revisit...just during the summer. I arrived there an started wondering around and then met some Lost canadians that I helped them find the train staion. They assured methat Venice was a beautiful city - but there wasn't a ton to do. They honestly suggested that I just walked around for awhile. I ended up getting an unlimited day pass for the water taxi - which was a lot of fun- I ended up going to one of the small islands off of Venice called lido which was really cool it had some awesome beaches and just a beautiful land away from the hordes of tourists that were in the city center. I hit up a cafe and chilled out for q bit
I ended up going back to the bus station to see about using my eurolines pass to get to Florence and found out thier office was closed with 3 numbers attached to the door with a few Italian phrases on it - needless to say I was lost I ended up calling all 3 of those numbers (with my luck it was the 3rd one I needed to call) an found out that I not only that I couldn't go to Florence but I couldn't go anywhere with my pass - discouraged I looked into renting a car, apparently they weren't opened past 1230 on the weekend and so I went to the train station and got a ticket from there.
I'm really tempted to rent a car once this eurolines pass runs out - yes it'll e expensive but it'll allow me to travel as I please and by the end of renting the car I'll e really good at driving a stick shift... Just sayn
Venice was beautiful and definately a place I wan to revisit...just during the summer. I arrived there an started wondering around and then met some Lost canadians that I helped them find the train staion. They assured methat Venice was a beautiful city - but there wasn't a ton to do. They honestly suggested that I just walked around for awhile. I ended up getting an unlimited day pass for the water taxi - which was a lot of fun- I ended up going to one of the small islands off of Venice called lido which was really cool it had some awesome beaches and just a beautiful land away from the hordes of tourists that were in the city center. I hit up a cafe and chilled out for q bit
I ended up going back to the bus station to see about using my eurolines pass to get to Florence and found out thier office was closed with 3 numbers attached to the door with a few Italian phrases on it - needless to say I was lost I ended up calling all 3 of those numbers (with my luck it was the 3rd one I needed to call) an found out that I not only that I couldn't go to Florence but I couldn't go anywhere with my pass - discouraged I looked into renting a car, apparently they weren't opened past 1230 on the weekend and so I went to the train station and got a ticket from there.
I'm really tempted to rent a car once this eurolines pass runs out - yes it'll e expensive but it'll allow me to travel as I please and by the end of renting the car I'll e really good at driving a stick shift... Just sayn
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Budapest
Budapest
Our bus to budapest was probably the worst bus ride I have ever experienced - i didn't sleep and it left me feeling sick :-(
Budapest want as good as prauge! Haha. It was still cool though. We got to our hostel really early and decided to go to these amazing spas we heard so much about - we went to one which was pretty cool - we really needed a break after that bus ride
We got back to the hostel and took an amazing nap. We then went on a wild google maps goose chace to try finding a tescos - which failed miseraby and on our way back 2 older German women tried getting us to come to a bar with them! Awkward - and besides me and nathan both find the German language completely terrifying! So we left as soon as we could
We then found a gocery store and cooked dinnerand watehed me myself and Irene at the hostel. Nathan went to bed shortly after that but I stayed up and talked/played cards (and eurcre) with 2 aussies (rachael and dan) that were traveling together.
We then spent the next day hanging out with those Aussies. We we to parlement, buda castle a church and climbed up on this hill that overlooked Budapest - really cool sights although I wish I had an tripod so I could have taken better photos. It was pretty late then so we just went back tote hostel and played euchre that night
The next morning we went to book our busses to differnet directions and found out that there was no busses that night so we had to wait until the next day. I just took a chill day and just chilled in the dorm
Nathan left that morning to poland and I basically had the day to myself, which was VERY weird. I ended up finding this island between buda and pest and walking the length of it - which was pretty cool bccsuse it was basically one big park. So it allowed me some time to think and be by myself - Which if you know me - that is definately something i need on a regular basis.
Then I ended up going to this really nice cafe and then spent the rest of my time chilln at the hostels on thier computers. Until I had to take my bus to venice!
Our bus to budapest was probably the worst bus ride I have ever experienced - i didn't sleep and it left me feeling sick :-(
Budapest want as good as prauge! Haha. It was still cool though. We got to our hostel really early and decided to go to these amazing spas we heard so much about - we went to one which was pretty cool - we really needed a break after that bus ride
We got back to the hostel and took an amazing nap. We then went on a wild google maps goose chace to try finding a tescos - which failed miseraby and on our way back 2 older German women tried getting us to come to a bar with them! Awkward - and besides me and nathan both find the German language completely terrifying! So we left as soon as we could
We then found a gocery store and cooked dinnerand watehed me myself and Irene at the hostel. Nathan went to bed shortly after that but I stayed up and talked/played cards (and eurcre) with 2 aussies (rachael and dan) that were traveling together.
We then spent the next day hanging out with those Aussies. We we to parlement, buda castle a church and climbed up on this hill that overlooked Budapest - really cool sights although I wish I had an tripod so I could have taken better photos. It was pretty late then so we just went back tote hostel and played euchre that night
The next morning we went to book our busses to differnet directions and found out that there was no busses that night so we had to wait until the next day. I just took a chill day and just chilled in the dorm
Nathan left that morning to poland and I basically had the day to myself, which was VERY weird. I ended up finding this island between buda and pest and walking the length of it - which was pretty cool bccsuse it was basically one big park. So it allowed me some time to think and be by myself - Which if you know me - that is definately something i need on a regular basis.
Then I ended up going to this really nice cafe and then spent the rest of my time chilln at the hostels on thier computers. Until I had to take my bus to venice!
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