I had been to Cinque Terre (which means five lands in Italian) the previous year and found it to be a breath of fresh air amongst all of my travels, so I decided it would be a great idea to find my way back again. There are really no interesting stories in Monterosso, other than…
(Jason conducted research in Germany during the summer of 2004 and he returned to Europe in 2005 for more Great Idea Adventures) Dear Mr. Masingill and the Ramsey Family, I hope that this email finds you and the Ramsey Family well. I am writing from a slightly dreary Northern Germany Sunday afternoon but enjoying this…
Entry No. 1 Received first email below from Jason Spruell on his Great Ideas Tour. You may recall Jason was married just before departing so he and his wife Joy are enjoying a honeymoon Great Ideas Tour…Jay Dear Jay, I thought you might like to know, Joy and I have worked out a rough itinerary…
May 14 Hey everyone. Just wanted to touch base and say hello. Don’t have much time left on computer. So i’m pasting what Brandon wrote. Howdy y’all! Madrid is pretty busy with a festival and apparently a huge soccer match today. Kristin and I are working on about 7 combined hours of sleep since we left B’ham…with…
May 22 …Brandon and I had our first “real” experience with the rail system today. Basically, we had no idea how to get on our train, even after figuring out which platform our train was at. However, we weren’t the only ones who were confused. Once we figured it out [not that it made sense,…
May 26 Wow…today was certainly not what we had expected. I can laugh about it now, but the fact is that we faced some major obstacles. First, I’ll tell the good parts. We saw the Duomo (cathedral and baptistery), which was impressive for the minute details on some of the doors (which depicted scenes from…
May 30 Rome…hmm, I’m not sure if it is what I expected. Of course, I had sort of heard two opposing views (really great vs. too crowded/busy). And right now I feel like I’ve seen both sides. Luckily we arrived early enough to have a full day of adventure…But anyway, we also visited the Trevi…
June 11 Well, about a week of being more ‘‘on my own’’, and I have to say that I think I’ve done pretty well. I can see how people might get to the point where talking to yourself would be normal, but luckily I’ve still had English-speaking company. So yeah, Vienna has so much to offer…
Wow…I have really loved London! It’s amazing how many exciting things are in the city. Because I only had one day (well, that was the original plan. I ended up with 2 full days because I couldn’t catch a bus to the city where my camp is until Tuesday instead of Monday.), I started with a lot…
Home Again So where do I begin? I’ve been home for a little while, trying to collect my thoughts (and put together a scrapbook). And I’ve spent a lot of time, of course, answering questions about the trip. The most common one is “What/where was your favorite (city)?”. And honestly, I don’t have an answer.…
