We arrived into Firenze in the morning and decided to check into our hostel, which according to the website was “25 minutes outside of Florence.” It was an hour . . . to the Figline-Valdarno train station where our campground was still so far away that it required catching the one evening shuttle or calling…
Ah, Roma! The baking sun melts ice cream into tiny lukewarm streams of sticky sugar and toasts your skin in whatever shape the stencil of your clothes provides. It is a city steeped in heat and history, and if you come in the summer months you won’t be able to miss either. The Ancient Romans,…
Well, The tour has officially begun. I guess it is best to start with the beginning. I flew from Atlanta to London-Heathrow on a very early flight. We arrived in Atlanta at 2:30 am. That was quite an experience. I flew to London with a friend of mine, Leslie, who is studying in Spain this…
Edinburgh, Scotland – Just as I had perfected my English accent, it was on to a whole new world of linguistic adaptation. Edinburgh was wonderful. Edinburgh castle is situated on a massive rock well above the city. The city used to be called Edindon. Edin means rock and don means fort. Later, in order to…
5/27/05 Hello everyone,It has been a while since my last e-mail. I will try to be as concise as possible while packing in all the fun of traveling in Europe. I last left you in Edinburgh, and I’ve done much since then. I’ll start with the rest of Scotland. The Highlands and Loch Ness, Scotland…
We went to the airport in Glasgow in order to make the plane to Italy. Bergamo is such a beautiful city, not much different from Edinburgh. The old town sits high above the rest of the city on a large mountain. The view was amazing. I watched a bike race, which was making its way…
Leslie and I got off of the train and were immediately targeted as lonely students who needed a place to stay. Sr. Franz was willing and able to play the part of host. It was really a wonderful place, right near Ponte Vecchia. Dogs poop everywhere in Italy, and the rest of Europe for that…
You’ve got to see this city if you haven’t already. Everything is really, REALLY expensive (like 23 euros for a small bottle of shaving cream), but it’s worth a visit. I fed the pigeons in San Marco Square. It was really fun, and one of them pooped on me, which is supposed to be a…
Greetings family, I’ve got plenty to tell in this e-mail, so get comfortable. Much has happened since my last e-mail, and I think it’s best to keep going in sequential order. Vienna – I’ll start by telling the story of John Harris. He is exactly how I pictured him to be: fashionable, fashionably late, a…
Leslie and I went to the Czech Republic, because she and her family are good friends with Bill Cabbaniss, the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic. I visited Prague the previous year, and the sites were still fresh on my mind. Therefore, from the moment we arrived I was back into the thick of…
