June 21-22: We left on the plane and got to Vienna in 9 hours or so. We got the rental car and visited the town of Mikulov before heading to my uncle's wedding hotel, the Hotel Moravia
June 23: This was the wedding of my Uncle Paul to our new Aunt Marcella. I gotta say she is the nicest girl I've ever seen him with and I hope it lasts!
June 24: Today we went to the most famous caves in Moravia, Punkva Caves. This is where a famous Abyss resides called the Macocha (=Step Mother in Czech). It looks nice but the picture my sister took sucks, sorry :-(
June 25: This was Prague Day. We visited the city and took lots of pictures. It was a cool city to visit, I recommend it to everyone.
June 26: This was Dresden day. We visited the museums there and saw Raffael's Cistine Madonna (the one with those little angels in the bottom).
June 27: Today we went to Karlovy Vary, the famous spa city of Czech. Some nice sights as always, the Europeans really know how to do fine architecture.
June 28: It was time to leave Czech Republic behind and go to Germany. We had lunch with dad's old college buddy and headed to the grandparents. We probably did something else today besides that but I've forgotten already :-(
June 29: We went to Stuttgart in the morning and to some relatives in the afternoon. Also saw my grandpa's gardens.
June 30: We headed down south-east to view the Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau. At the end of the day we rested at a bed & breakfast in Berchtesgaden.
July 1: We went up to Hitler's old house, the Eagle's Nest, and saw a great view of some of the Alps. Then in the afternoon we visited the Salt Mines, which was pretty cool.
July 2: We took the long trip from Salzburg to Vienna. This took roughly 3 hours by car. By the end of this week my dad was tired from driving so many kms. The plane trip lasted long too, about 10 hours or so in total and by the time I got home I was dead tired.
hopefully I'll post more pictures of my trip once Anna lets me have them.
-j
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
to Europe again...
Ah man.
I don't know what I was thinking paying over $1000 to go to Europe. But it's my Uncle's wedding and he's turning 50 the next day, so it's a special occasion. The last time I was in Germany I really screwed it up. I was there for 4 months and didn't even go travelling. I just sat glued to a computer screen all day and then went and hung out with my grandparents afterwards. It was the worst 4 months of my life and it was also the hottest summer Germany has seen in a long time, or the whole of Europe for that matter.
I got angrier and angrier, and wrote a blog every once in a while. I let some friends view it as well, and they wrote me words of encouragement from time to time. But I fear I went insane during that time, and I don't want to repeat it. This time I want to take pictures, make friends, enjoy life a bit more. I will be going with my sister Anna and my dad, so it will be an interesting mix.
Our trip will take us to Prague, Vienna, Dresden, Munich, and Stuttgart. It will be amazing landscapes and centuries old architecture, it's just so refreshing seeing such a rich culture after living in such a new country like Canada for a long time. It will also be nice to get away from the games and movies that I seem to be addicted to.
I was also made to practice some piano songs to play at the wedding. I haven't played piano in ages so I hope I will have enough time to practice and put out a half-decent performance. I definitely don't want to screw it up, even though it will only be about 40 people or so.
A bad thing happened though once I came back to Canada in September 2003, after my trip: I accidentally gave someone I met a link to my web space where I was complaining about my trip to Germany! SO I really got in trouble for that and he shared it with other friends I met and they kept bugging me about it on ICQ for a while after that. But I haven't spoken them in years since I gave up using ICQ. So it will be interesting to meet those people again, albeit briefly, to see what they have to say to me face-to-face.
Also I'd like everyone to get into a big circle, hold hands, and just pray for me. Do it now. Get up from whatever you are doing and just join hands. Pray to whichever god you pray to. Or if you're not religious look into your inner-self and pray to it. Just send me your good vibes... yes, I'm feeling them. Thank you, thank you.
I have finally gone mentally insane right now. Anyone know of any good Insane Assylums in the area? Drop me a line!
-jorameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I don't know what I was thinking paying over $1000 to go to Europe. But it's my Uncle's wedding and he's turning 50 the next day, so it's a special occasion. The last time I was in Germany I really screwed it up. I was there for 4 months and didn't even go travelling. I just sat glued to a computer screen all day and then went and hung out with my grandparents afterwards. It was the worst 4 months of my life and it was also the hottest summer Germany has seen in a long time, or the whole of Europe for that matter.
I got angrier and angrier, and wrote a blog every once in a while. I let some friends view it as well, and they wrote me words of encouragement from time to time. But I fear I went insane during that time, and I don't want to repeat it. This time I want to take pictures, make friends, enjoy life a bit more. I will be going with my sister Anna and my dad, so it will be an interesting mix.
Our trip will take us to Prague, Vienna, Dresden, Munich, and Stuttgart. It will be amazing landscapes and centuries old architecture, it's just so refreshing seeing such a rich culture after living in such a new country like Canada for a long time. It will also be nice to get away from the games and movies that I seem to be addicted to.
I was also made to practice some piano songs to play at the wedding. I haven't played piano in ages so I hope I will have enough time to practice and put out a half-decent performance. I definitely don't want to screw it up, even though it will only be about 40 people or so.
A bad thing happened though once I came back to Canada in September 2003, after my trip: I accidentally gave someone I met a link to my web space where I was complaining about my trip to Germany! SO I really got in trouble for that and he shared it with other friends I met and they kept bugging me about it on ICQ for a while after that. But I haven't spoken them in years since I gave up using ICQ. So it will be interesting to meet those people again, albeit briefly, to see what they have to say to me face-to-face.
Also I'd like everyone to get into a big circle, hold hands, and just pray for me. Do it now. Get up from whatever you are doing and just join hands. Pray to whichever god you pray to. Or if you're not religious look into your inner-self and pray to it. Just send me your good vibes... yes, I'm feeling them. Thank you, thank you.
I have finally gone mentally insane right now. Anyone know of any good Insane Assylums in the area? Drop me a line!
-jorameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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