Travel Break

Traveling for the last three weeks was crazy and fun. I really had some amazing experiences and I feel so privileged to have been able to go. I got to see Europe and I felt like I learned so much. I traveled with my friend, Merianne, and traveling wouldn’t have been the same without her. This was our itinerary:

Poznan, Poland
Berlin, Germany
Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria,
Athens, Greece
Venice, Italy
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Milan, Italy
Paris, France
Lyon, France

There are so many stories of the people we met, things we saw, and mistakes we made, but even though I would at the time, looking back, I don’t think I would change anything. Everything shaped our experience into what it became. And with Rick Steve’s as our reference, I think we spent about $1000 for everything.

I think some of the best moments were:

Watching where the sun should have risen in Athens on St. Paul’s hill (without knowing
it was St. Paul’s hill) eating Philipino fruit cake, but not being able to see it because there was a larger hill in the way - lol
Watching the sunrise successfully in Athens Lycomethia Hill
Sleeping in an airport
Sleeping in a train station with hobos
Eating the bread basket in Prague and having to pay
Trying to break the language barrier with my distant Greek relatives that I’ve never met
before using made up sign language
Bearing the wind on the lookout tower in Austria
Going to a “Blind” restaurant
Eating dolce de la casa in a Venice cafe
Being packed literally like sardines in a train in Rome
Drinking holy water
Watching the Eiffel tower sparkle

After all of that I came back home to a presentation, a paper, and two tests. And by the weekend, I crashed, sleeping until a record 4PM on Saturday. It has been a good three weeks well spent.