tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180536042011-12-14T19:01:14.379-08:00Mid July 2006-Early Oct 2006 - Our second portion, in Eastern and Central Europe.Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1159722365749056702006-10-01T09:35:00.000-07:002006-10-01T10:06:06.013-07:00

Well time is passing fast. Aaron and I have celebrated our 5th month anniversary from leaving the states, Nithin has spent over half a year abroad, and Mike and Brandle ... well they have been gone a long time too. Oktoberfest was our (well - Aaron, Brandle, Mike and my) send-off from Potion 2. Now we are all travelling alone, entering our solo travel potion.I guess I should talk about

MrRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419975434791259041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1159556843612752662006-09-29T11:43:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:12:43.005-08:00

And the vote(s) are in! The best photos of the greatest portion names after the illustrious 2nd digit of the positive sector of the number line are in. Let's see the results below.Best Patriotic Photo! - me displaying my Bulgarian pride during the reunification day ceromonies. Beats the rain soaked, scared running photo from the Hungarian National Holiday earlier.Best Attempt at American-ness! -

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1158484602912966002006-09-17T02:02:00.000-07:002006-09-17T02:16:42.926-07:00

Ok so these pictures are from lake BledThis is us guys and a Brit (Will) from London (left) right after we completed our canyoning experience. As you can tell we have on the wet suit.This would be Will and Brandle looking at one of the crazy beautiful gorges around BledThis is the actual Lake. In the center is a tiny island with a church or something. Anyway, the picture looks nice but seeing

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14988049014169527040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1158483714289729062006-09-17T02:00:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:27:57.417-08:00

so hello there... after a month or so of no updates i figure it's about time for me to post something because well we are just about to enter into portion 3 of our trip and portion 2 got little to no action from the guy at the keyboard.Anyway, my whereabouts the last few weeks have been all over the place. As we started portion 2 we entered into Czech Republic. From there I did Poland, Hungry,

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14988049014169527040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1158413155995356182006-09-16T06:09:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:27:22.987-08:00

Well I am fınally preparıng to leave Turkey and ıts tıme to start plannıng agaın. Its a terrıble but ınevıtable part of travellıng that you have to set some tıme asıde to scourge the ınternet for the cheapest flıghts, always convencıng yourself ıf you just look longer somethıgn wıll turn up.Over the few weeks of plannıng I have changed my plans to fly over the mıddle east to get to Indıa and

MrRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419975434791259041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1158174130895895672006-09-13T11:49:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:09:53.215-08:00

Time for a more traditional entry. The past two days I've been Couchsurfing with a extremely friendly Greek couple, Antonia and Cristos, who live in the hills of Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki (or Salonica) is the 2nd largest city in Greece, and not frequented by tourists.Maybe its a normal Greek thing, but this city is filled with ruins. And so casually, as you walk down the street,

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1157493123100370052006-09-05T13:33:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:30:20.771-08:00

Hmmm, I started typing up a serious reflexion on Istanbul (where I am now) and how it is the melting pot between the west and east and how eariler today I was hearing the muslim chanting from all the mosques outside while inside the owner to the hostel was watching an episode of "How I met you mother" and blah blah blah. But the internet erased everything I wrote so instead I will write about

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NCocaNo country has given me the first impression as Bulgaria.The train ride into the country was amazing. It was like Kansas, but painted, red, orange, brown sunflowers, an empty countryside on the Bosphor express. It was small train, the conductor took all our tickets and kept checking to make sure we all knew when to get off. Most people were heading to Istanbul, me and a few others, to Veliko

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1156795460188057322006-08-28T12:38:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:28:11.478-08:00

This is Brandle, hailing from Belgrad, Serbia. I apologize for not posting in a while, it is not very easy to find time to type on a computer out here. Well, to give you a small breakdown of my latest journey, I've spent the last month travelling through the Czech Republik, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and soon to be Croatia. I've written everyday down in my journal and I'm waiting

Brandlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11711166312716377672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1156697725461972672006-08-27T09:51:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:27:12.241-08:00

Ok. Few things I need to lay out on the table right off the bat here. First off I am going to try to relate the last 7 days or so of my travels and it may be a little long so I apologize. Second, the disclaimer. Please stop reading now if you do not want to hear crazy drunken stories! Jst stop now and move on to someone elses post. This one will be rife with them.I guess can start from the

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02996683921954108452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1156619443673533242006-08-26T12:06:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:10:12.547-08:00

Everywhere I go, a festival follows me.In Budapest, we got to spend a night at the largest music festival in Central Europe (now, what actually contitutes Central Europe?), the Sziget Festival.Prodigy was the main act the night we went, Radiohead had played a few days before. Festivals here are pretty crazy, as many people just camp for a week at the festival.Now in Szeged, there is another

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1156154846652518092006-08-21T02:46:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:10:27.748-08:00

I've ran with the bulls. But nothing prepared me for last night.Yesterday, August 20th, was the Hungarian National Holiday, St. Stephens day. St. Stephens is the founder of modern Hungary, and the country's patron saint. He is supposed to protect Hungary.In celebration of St. Stephens day, there were festivities all day, including a arts and crafts fair, a Air Race across the Danube, and in the

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1155839168901394642006-08-17T10:50:00.001-07:002007-12-13T22:28:53.442-08:00

Well, it has been a little while and there has not been much posting on this blog so I thought I would tell you all a story. Some of our fans out there may be sitting comfortably at home wondering to themselves, "I wonder what traveling (as in physically moving around on planes, trains, and automobiles) in Eastern Europe must be like?" The following is my most recent train experience (copied

MrRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15419975434791259041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1154971079480774782006-08-07T10:03:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:30:39.138-08:00

Well, I have alluded to this in a previous post and hopefully you have been anxiously awaiting this second video because it is finally edited and available to watch! Much different than our first video, this one is more of a video journal of our road trip to Bordeaux, San Sabastian, which ultimatly ended in Pamplona, Spain for the running of the bulls (not included in the video). It is quite an

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August 2nd: Paris France.Today is my last day in Paris and France for that matter. I couldn't have wanted this experience to be any better because I've met more awesome people, and had some of the greatest times of my life in this city. Today I'm going to complete my tourist view of the city by going out to Versailles and checking out the Palace and gardens that I didn't get to see 10 years

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14988049014169527040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1154533498891725302006-08-02T08:43:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:30:10.146-08:00

ok so the last few days of my trip have been pretty incredible. I've met so many people here in Paris and in doing so, it's pushed Paris to one of the best cities that I've traveled to so far. Earlier today I was sitting in the garden at Versailles just thinking about the last couple of days and how much fun it's been. I'll try to sum it all up real fast but neither my writing skills or anyone

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14988049014169527040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1154353174029285912006-07-31T06:04:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:29:54.155-08:00

Wow, ok... well if anyone read my dangerously long last post from about 2 weeks ago that claimed I'd make another post soon after to finish the story i was working with... this is not that post. That moment came and went and instead of writing things down all night I decided to experience life and go out and do / see things.But, seeing how at this point we are all on our own little adventures and

Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14988049014169527040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1154341728895478162006-07-31T02:51:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:29:27.763-08:00

So there are possibly a few of you out there that may have been wondering why has Aaron not posted recently? Well to answer simply...people beat me to it, besides I am lazy when it comes to posting anyways. But have no fear I´ll update you a little on what I have been doing.Its only been a few days (well maybe a week now) since we all broke off for our own adventures. Mike and I went to some

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We focus a lot on this blog about the great adventures and escapades of travelling around the world. But travelling is not non-stop fun and excitement, and nor would I want it to be so. Travelling is hard work, and often, life throws you a lemon, and since you are abroad, no one wants lemonade.So this series will focus on the negative stories of travelling. The horrible, terrible, and

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1153845918906027242006-07-25T09:00:00.000-07:002007-12-13T22:28:36.703-08:00

It's true. I am really not a German. Now, most (if not all) of my close family and friends already know that I am in fact an American and not German. I don't think the word has spread around Europe yet. More on this in a minute...Portion 2 has marked our journey eastward, and currently as I am typing this post I am sitting in a German cafe, checking my e-mail and updating this website,

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Posted by CocaCan't believe it. It's already been four months that I've been on this trip. In commemoration, I sent a email blast out yesterday to my friends. Here is the censored and embellished version!Gutentag!So, yes, this is my tri-annual "I'm still alive!!!" notice, either to your joy or dismay. You being the folks who I've, for some reason or another, haven't talked to much since I

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Portion one ended as the plane took off from Santander Airport, Spain and lifter off into the air. My first flight in 3 1/2 months, departing from Spain, my grateful host country for almost two months. A tinge of sadness was overwhelmed by the excitement of what was to come - Germany! Eastern Europe! Spain was nothing but a distant memory when the Ryan Air flight touched down into Frankfurt Hahn

Nithinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367173966771897412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18053604.post-1141193969883688112006-07-01T22:18:00.000-07:002006-03-20T17:31:56.130-08:00

We don't get to Eastern Europe until July of 2006. Come back and check this section then and learn about how we do in Eastern Europe! Until then, browse the rest of the sight by clicking on the links to the left.

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