Europe 2001: Going Home

This morning started off roughly.  I awoke, 20 minutes before our train would be arriving in Paris.  I had to use the bathroom, so I went down...

Europe 2001: Monaco

Amber confided that she would have liked to stay another month in Nice.  I can understand, as Nice is such a wonderful city, except I miss my family. ...

Europe 2001: Nice Continued

Today was as mellow as yesterday.  We got up early, ate breakfast, watched MTV, went to the beach for 5 hours, ate dinner, watched MTV, and now...

Europe 2001: Another Day on the Beach

I'm hurting right now, but I'll get to that later.  First, I'll go over the events of the day.  We awoke this morning to the smell of the buffet...

Europe 2001: Nice

When we arrived in Nice, we were met with the sight of palm trees and the smell of lavender.  Luckily, our hotel had a room ready for us even though...

Europe 2001: Last Day in Rome

What a last day in Rome!  We are going home in five days.  We started off by stuffing ourselves with pastries at Panneli and then walked down...

Europe 2001: Vatican City

 The morning was cool, so we left early to get breakfast at Panneli (yum!), and took the metro to the Vatican Museums and got in line for about...

Europe 2001: Rome!

This is our second to last destination.  Our morning was very interesting.  First we got up at 4:30 am.  We put our stuff together and...

Europe 2001: Florence (There Might Be Such a Thing as Too Much Gelato)

Awful train ride this morning.  It was raining hard as we went through Italy and the seats were very very uncomfortable.  When we arrived in...

Europe 2001: Venice II

It was another scorcher of a day in Venice.  I hate the idea of leaving.  Also, we have only one week left of our vacation.  I'm going...

Europe 2001: Venice

I awoke by accident and pure luck at ten till five, the alarm clock was beeping frantically.  Our train was leaving in fifty-five minutes. ...

Europe 2001: Milan

I awoke at around 5 am to the sight of the gorgeous Italian countryside.  Rolling hills and brightly painted houses were sprawled across the expanse...

Europe 2001: Can't We Just Leave France? Please?

We awoke kind of late, but we needed the sleep.  We had a lot that we wanted to cover today, but as we were mentally scarred from our last hotel...

Europe 2001: Paris

The morning was equally frustrating.  As it turned out, Amber had forgotten to include a claim to her missing train pass in the police report yesterday. ...

Europe 2001: What Luggage?

For the most part our trip so far has not exactly been following our itinerary.  Today, our itinerary was the last thing on our minds.  It...

Europe 2001: The Tower

After we saw our roommates off the day began at the Tower of London.   It was so cool!  We had a really fun and entertaining tour guide...

Europe 2001: Museums and Murder

We woke up at 6 am (without an alarm clock since I left mine in Anchorage; I still need to get one) and wandered around the neighborhood in search of...

Europe 2001: Waxy Entertainment

A little groggy: I have been up for over 48 hours haven’t eaten much. We were able to figure out the metro tubes without any problems.  After we...

Europe 2001: Crossing the Pond

 Here is the account of my very first solo (-ish) vacation!  Me and one of my best friends, Amber, decided during our senior year of high...