There She Goes…

Dear Reader, I’ve come to the realization that I am too old (gasp!) for hostels. Though I meet some great people (like 20% of the time) and save a ton of money, I’m just annoyed at everything there is about a hostel. Points for being an adult and realizing sometimes you need to splurge on…… Continue reading Prinsengracht 263-267, Amsterdam

Yesterday was a public holiday in Budapest which meant most of the stores were closed except the ones in the tourist areas. To be honest, all I did during the day was walk to the “Lion Fountain”, read my book and then napped. That is until the girl from Chile (who later turned out be…… Continue reading About last night…

We arrived Wednesday in Budapest from Bratislava via train. The ride was 2.5 hours and the seats were the most uncomfortable seats I have encountered so far on this trip. Even the non air-conditioned train to Luxembourg had better seats. We took a walking tour the day we arrived so we could get a layout…… Continue reading That day we tried to go inside a synagogue..

Both of us did not sleep well last night. First, it was too hot and then too cold. Most places in Europe do not use a top sheet. Only a comforter which is why we were hot and cold and full of restless sleep last night. I told Danielle we could put the a/c colder…… Continue reading Bratislava – only 1 day

Sound advice from our taxi driver in Vienna. Although it was a colder, rainy day, we walked to the Town Hall and St. Stephen’s Dome. There are crypts at St. Stephen’s that I read about in an article titled “Unusual Things to do in Vienna.” And you all know by now how much I love…… Continue reading “Don’t go looking for troubles.”

Today was “royal residences” day! First, we took an Uber to Schönbrunn Palace because the place was supposed to be amazing. Apparently we decided to do this when every other tourist in Vienna decided to go, so we had to get dropped off outside of the Palace and walk towards the entrance to make our…… Continue reading “I can’t take you anywhere.”

The day started off rather slowly and leisurely for me. Danielle, meanwhile was en route from Cesky Krumlov and I was to meet her at the hotel she booked for us using points. Side note, I had walked by the hotel a few days before and said to myself “holy $h%t, this is where we’re…… Continue reading And we’re moving on up…!

I think that was the Austrian version of flirting. While checking out at the grocery store, the clerk gave me the total in German/Austrian (I’m not sure what language is spoken here as “hello” is clearly not “hallo”). I asked him to repeat the total again and he then says, “I’m sorry, I didn’t see…… Continue reading “I’m sorry, I didn’t see your language.”

I wanted to take a minute to reflect on the bad day I had yesterday because you can only grow and learn from things if you take the time to ponder what went wrong. You know the children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? That used to be one of my…… Continue reading A Viennese bad day turns into a good one the next day

I feel much better today. Thanks to the kind words of support from my family and friends, and even friends of my family (thanks Mom for sharing my blog), I know that I can get past this bump in the road. I have my iPad and it will fill in where my phone was helping…… Continue reading A hike up to a fortress!