Switzerland, the Alps, and Long Train Rides

Zurich, Switzerland July 2 – 3, 2006 Train to Zurich (1 night) Jugendherberge Zurich (1 night) The highlight of Zurich was definitely the Kunsthaus Museum After my unfortunate experience in Romania it was about time to head west before my flight home from London. I left Bucharest around 5pm and ended up in Zurich, Switzerland about…

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Bucharest’s Children Need Cameras

Bucharest, Romania June 30 – July 1, 2006 Funky Chicken Hostel Highlights were the Parliamentary Palace have having my camera stolen by street kids. I apologize for the misleading title. They don’t. Well maybe they do, but that is a seperate issue. What some of them could use is a lesson in how to not…

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Budapest, Hungary

Budapest, Hungary June 28 – 29, 2006 Aboriginal Hostel (2 nights) Train to Bucharest (1 night) Highlights in Budapest were Statue Park, Castle Hill, and the Citadel Well, I decided a couple days ago to make my way even further east before heading west.  So here I am in Budapest, Hungary. At least one of the 2…

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Prague… oh how I love thee.

Prague, Czech Republic June 21 – 27, 2006 Travellers Island Hostel Highlights included Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, National Theater, National Museum, Astronomical Clock, Jubilee Synagogue, Red Bull Flugtag Right now you may be asking yourself, “self, what is Stephen Searer up to these days?” If I were nearby, and you happened to say it…

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On to Prague… and lots more

So it has been quite a while since I last posted anything and a lot has happened.  Barcelona was simply an amazing city.  Our first hostel was right in the heart of the city, the old Olympic grounds were very nice although they seem to be falling into disrepair as of late.  Our second hostel…

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Italy

Rome, Italy June 9 – 13, 2006 Hotel Alessandra Downtown Highlights included Vatican City, St. Peters Basilica, Vatican Museum, Spanish Steps, Pantheon, Coliseum, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum 2014 Addition – I decided to fill out my previous writing about our time in Italy with some additional information, data, and photos. “After Nice, we made out…

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Nice, France

Nice, France June 6 – 9, 2006 Hotel Baccarat 2014 Addition – Another disappointing entry about four night destination was as follows: From there we headed to Nice which was a very nice city.  Not much to see sights wise, but it was nice to relax some on the rock beaches.  Sigh…there was hardly any…

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Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain June 2 – 5, 2006 Kabul Backpackers Hostel (2 nights) Alberg INOUT Hostel (2 nights) Olympic Park, La Sagrada Familia, Sunsets & Sunrises 2014 Addition – In editing and reformatting the travel posts, I noticed that my original writeup covered 3 weeks of time in a short, hastily-written post. “Barcelona was simply an amazing…

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Sevilla + Carmona

Carmona, Spain May 30, 2006 Hospederia Palacio Marques de las Torre 2014 Addition – After finishing up our time in Madrid, we took the train down to Sevilla to spend a couple nights before moving on to Barcelona. With the season being a busy one, it was necessary to split up our 2 nights into different…

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Madrid + Doner Kabob = Amazing

Madrid, Spain May 27 – 29, 2006 Hostal Riesco (1 night) MADhostal (3 nights) Highlights include Museo del Prado, Bull Fight at Plaza de Toros, and Real Jardin Botanico I don’t know if you know what doner kabob is, but eating it all of the time makes my day. I have found two different kinds;…

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