Friday April 2nd 2010 - France (Montmorillon and Limoges)
-Train: Montmorillon to Limoges
13h21-14h36
-Hostel: Etap Hotel
14 Rue de Chinchauvaud, Limoges
Tel: 33 892681118
Saturday April 3rd 2010 - England (Bristol)
-Flight: Limoges to Bristol
10h35-11h05
-Hostel: 007 Traveler's Hostel
150-152 West Street Bedminister, Bristol
Tel: 44 1179662936
Sunday April 4th 2010 - England (Bristol and Cardiff)
-Bus: Bristol to Cardiff (day-trip)
Depart: 10h10-11h20
Return: 17h15-18h35
-Hostel: 007 Traveler's Hostel
150-152 West Street Bedminister, Bristol
Tel: 44 1179662936
Monday April 5th 2010 - England (Bristol and Bath)
-Bus: Bristol to Bath (day-trip)
-Hostel: 007 Traveler's Hostel
150-152 West Street Bedminister, Bristol
Tel: 44 1179662936
Tuesday April 6th 2010 - England (Bristol) and Morocco (Marrakesh)
-Flight: Bristol to Marrakesh
15h55-18h30
-Hostel: Hostel Riad Marrakesh Rouge
Riad Zitoune Jdid, Derb Zenka Dika no. 40, Marrakesh
tel: 212 670 760 149
Wednesday April 7th 2010 - Morocco (Marrakesh and Casablanca)
-Train: Marrakesh to Casablanca
?5h00-8h10? ?7h00-10h10? ?9h00-12h10?
-Hostel: Hotel Central
20 Place Ahmad el Bidaoui, Ancienne Medina, Casablanca
tel: 212 661 162 826
Thursday April 8th 2010 - Morocco (Casablanca and Fez)
-Train: Casablanca to Fez (day-trip)
Depart: ?5h15-8h35? ?6h15-10h10? ?7h15-10h35? ?8h15-12h10?
Return: ?14h50-18h45? 15h50-19h10? 16h50-20h45? ?17h50-21h10?
-Hostel: Hotel Central
20 Place Ahmad el Bidaoui, Ancienne Medina, Casablanca
tel: 212 661 162 826
Friday April 9th 2010 - Morocco (Casablanca and Marrakesh)
-Train: Casablanca to Marrakesh
Depart: ?4h50-8h05? ?6h50-10h05? ?8h50-12h05? ?10h50-14h05? ?12h50-16h05?
-Hostel: Hostel Riad Marrakesh Rouge
Riad Zitoune Jdid, Derb Zenka Dika no. 40, Marrakesh
tel: 212 670 760 149
Saturday April 10th 2010 - Morocco (Marrakesh) and Italy (Pisa)
-Flight: Marrakesh to Pisa
17h55-22h45
-Hostel: First Night
Via F. De Pinedo 4D, Pisa
tel: 39 3470880244
Sunday April 11th 2010 - Italy (Pisa), Slovakia (Bratislava) and Hungary (Budapest)
-Flight: Pisa to Bratislava
7h00-8h35
-Train: Bratislava to Budapest
?9h51-12h32? ?11h51-14h32? ?15h51-18h32?
-Hostel: Casa Nostra Hostel
31/J Raday Street 2nd Floor, Budapest
tel: 36 204040222
Monday April 12th 2010 - Hungary (Budapest)
-Hostel: Casa Nostra Hostel
31/J Raday Street 2nd Floor, Budapest
tel: 36 204040222
Tuesday April 13th 2010 - Hungary (Budapest) and Slovakia (Bratislava)
-Train: Budapest to Bratislava
?9h28-12h05? ?13h28-16h05? ?15h28-18h05? ?19h58-22h34?
-Hostel: Hotel Possonium
Sancova 20, Bratislava
tel: 42 1220720007
Wednesday April 14th 2010 - Slovakia (Budapest)
-Hostel: Hotel Possonium
Sancova 20, Bratislava
tel: 42 1220720007
Thursday April 15th 2010 - Slovakia (Budapest) and Austria (Vienna)
-Hydrofoil Boat: Bratislava to Vienna (day-trip)
-Hostel: Hotel Possonium
Sancova 20, Bratislava
tel: 42 1220720007
Friday April 16th 2010 - Slovakia (Bratislava) and England (London)
-Flight: Bratislava to London
10h00-11h15
-Hostel: Smart Russel Square
71 Guilford Street, London
tel: 44 2078338818
Saturday April 17th 2010 - England (London) and France (Limoges and Montmorillon)
-Flight: London to Limoges
10h35-13h05
-Train: Limoges to Montmorillon
?13h42-15h03? ?17h25-18h42?
Showing posts with label Travels. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Switzerland Photos
You can actually rent out these boats for dinner parties and they stop in the middle of the river for your dinner.
This boat is pulled along a rope that takes you back and forth across the water for a small fee.
River
River
River
River
Old Town
Old Town
At the Irish Pub
Hotel de Ville
Hotel de Ville
Hotel de Ville
Hotel de Ville
One of many fountains
One of many fountains
One of my favorite clubs ever. The colorful streamers going on are decorations for Carnival.
One of my favorite clubs ever
At the Club
Church
Church
Church - I really like the roof design of this church
A building decorated for the Carnival
You can't see it very well, but there is a little guy in there dressed up for Carnival, because the Carnival was two days after I left so the whole town was decorated for Carnival while I was there - This is a little monument of some sort on in the middle of a bridge
Billiards Hall
Billiards Hall
Basel, Switzerland
Wednesday February 17th
I arrived in Basel, Switzerland around 2:30 pm after a 3 1/2 hour train ride from Luxembourg. Celine was at the train station waiting for me with a big hug. We quickly grabbed a sandwich (I hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast at the hostel), an all-day transportation pass and some money since they use Swiss Francs here and not the Euro (the francs are about the same value as the American dollar right now). Then we jumped on a bus to take us to Celine's house to drop off my bags. We rested at Celine's for a bit in order to decide what we'd be doing for the day and so I could take a quick shower (I always feel so gross after riding on trains and traveling) and then we headed out to a restaurant on the top floor of a really nice department store to have some tea and cake and catch up with the latest gossip and news. After we finished our tea and cake we walked around the center of Basel for a bit, jumping in and out of shopping stores and running some errands before heading back to Celine's to rest before going out to dinner. Basel's center is covered in cobblestone roads, trolleys and fountains. There are tons of fountains in this town!! For dinner we'd planned on going to an Irish Pub that's known for its food, but it was full so we moved on to a different restaurant that was really chic. Celine and me both decide to have the 'menu' of the day. Our starting dish was a bowl of a soup made of finely chopped veggies in a chicken bouillon, then the second course was a white veggie cream wrapped in ham and a side of salad. The main course was chicken risotto (chicken on rice). All this was accompanied with wine, beer and an after dinner espresso. All of it was amazing tasting, so needless to say we gorged ourselves. After dinner we hit up a couple of bars (it was hard to drink the beers, because there was absolutely no room left in my stomach after our enormous dinner) and were later joined by Celine's boyfriend and some of his co-workers for a few drinks before calling it a night.
Thursday February 18th
Celine and me spent the morning sleeping in and watching the winter Olympics (they had the Olympics and other programs in almost every language in Basel except English. There was German, French, Spanish, Italian and some eastern European, but no English! WTF!!)When we finally got up and ready for the day we headed into town to do a little shopping (I bought a new gray peacoat) and do a little sightseeing, but our first stop of the day was at a food court in a shopping center. This wasn't like the food courts in the USA. There was no stereotypical Mcdonalds and chinese place that indicate an American food court. It was almost like a huge cafeteria and all handmade swiss specialties...ahhh bliss... So after once again gorging myself on Swiss food we hit up the old 'pedestrian only' area of town which is all cobblestone paths, the Cathedral, the frescoed Hotel de Ville and passed many, many fountains while sightseeing. Shopping was entertaining. I basically would find the most hideously atrocious clothes in the store and then try them on for giggles. When we finished sightseeing and shopping for the day Celine and me stopped in a grocery store to buy the ingredients to make some homemade pizza for dinner. Once back at the apartment I watched the Olympics some more, replied to some emails, had some pizza and then got ready to go out for the night. Nightlife in Basel is a little different. People dress down instead of up when they go out. So I would wear my nice fashionable french dresses and clothes during the day and then change into jeans and a t-shirt for my evening wear. Which if fine by me, because they still allow smoking cigarettes in all the establishments, so I'd come home from the bars smelling like stale smoke and I wouldn't want my nice clothes drenched in that smell. First stop of the night was at a billiards hall to shoot some pool and have a few drinks with some of Celine's friends, then her boyfriend dropped the two of us off at a club for the evening. This is definitely one of my favorite clubs I've been to in Europe. Its hard to describe the place but I'll try. It kind of reminded me of a pirate ship. It had wood carved statues of mermaid lining the walls of the second floor where there were balconies to watch the people dancing below. The tables that lined the walls were wood and shaped like barrels and there was rope hanging here and there. But best of all was the music. They had all the new hits that I love to dance to, but also all the classics and the DJ was great at remixing and spinning. Celine and me stayed there dancing and drinking until around 2am when we finally walked back to Celine's.
Friday February 19th
Celine and me slept in and watched the Olympics in the morning. In the afternoon we met up with her boyfriend in order to buy a Raclette Grill for the Raclette Dinner Party at Celine's in the evening. We also stopped by a grocery store and picked up all the supplies for the dinner and I bought swiss chocolate for all my friends who requested it. The rest of the evening was spent watching the Olympics and getting everything ready for the Raclette Dinner Party. Maybe I should first explain what is a 'Raclette Dinner Party'. Raclette is a type of cheese which you melt and place on or mix with a variety of things like potatoes, sausage, pickled veggies, eggs, etc. Its amazing. I've decided that when I return to the states I'm buying one of these machines in order to introduce this amazingly savoring chic 'meat and potato' meal to my fellow Americans. Hours later after we'd all finished gorging ourselves (no wonder why I gain so much weight when I'm in Europe) we hungout at the apartment drinking for a bit longer before making our way to an Irish Pub called Paddy Reilly's to drink and dance until the wee hours of the morning before taking a taxi home and calling it a night.
Saturday February 20th
I woke up and started arranging/packing all my things in order to be ready to catch my train that afternoon back to France. Celine and me hungout in the morning. We headed to the train station a little early in order for me to stop by the candy store that Celine works at in the train station to buy some specially requested chocolates for Nalleli. I still had a lot of Swiss francs so we ran around the train station finding things for me to eat for lunch on the train, then we said our goodbyes and I boarded my first of three trains. The journey back to France was long and obnoxious. I had to switch trains in Strasbourg and had a 45 minute wait. Then I had to not only switch trains in Paris, but also train stations so I had to take the metro across Paris. By the time I arrived in Poitiers the last train to Montmorillon had already departed so I made arrangements to stay at my friend Moona's place. A french friend met me at the train station and we dropped my bags off at his place since Moona wasn't home yet and we headed out to the bars. We ordered a bottle of 'punch' which is rum mixed with tropical fruit juices. Some of Cedric's friends met us there so we hungout for a while and then Moona called and we met up with her and I headed back to her house to crash for the night.
Sunday February 21st
I caught the first train from Poitiers to Montmorillon. I could have stayed and hungout with my friends longer in Poitiers, but I was exhausted from all my travels and ready to be home. I arrived back in Montmorillon at 12:30pm and spent the rest of the day resting and watching tv. And so ended my February vacation :)
I arrived in Basel, Switzerland around 2:30 pm after a 3 1/2 hour train ride from Luxembourg. Celine was at the train station waiting for me with a big hug. We quickly grabbed a sandwich (I hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast at the hostel), an all-day transportation pass and some money since they use Swiss Francs here and not the Euro (the francs are about the same value as the American dollar right now). Then we jumped on a bus to take us to Celine's house to drop off my bags. We rested at Celine's for a bit in order to decide what we'd be doing for the day and so I could take a quick shower (I always feel so gross after riding on trains and traveling) and then we headed out to a restaurant on the top floor of a really nice department store to have some tea and cake and catch up with the latest gossip and news. After we finished our tea and cake we walked around the center of Basel for a bit, jumping in and out of shopping stores and running some errands before heading back to Celine's to rest before going out to dinner. Basel's center is covered in cobblestone roads, trolleys and fountains. There are tons of fountains in this town!! For dinner we'd planned on going to an Irish Pub that's known for its food, but it was full so we moved on to a different restaurant that was really chic. Celine and me both decide to have the 'menu' of the day. Our starting dish was a bowl of a soup made of finely chopped veggies in a chicken bouillon, then the second course was a white veggie cream wrapped in ham and a side of salad. The main course was chicken risotto (chicken on rice). All this was accompanied with wine, beer and an after dinner espresso. All of it was amazing tasting, so needless to say we gorged ourselves. After dinner we hit up a couple of bars (it was hard to drink the beers, because there was absolutely no room left in my stomach after our enormous dinner) and were later joined by Celine's boyfriend and some of his co-workers for a few drinks before calling it a night.
Thursday February 18th
Celine and me spent the morning sleeping in and watching the winter Olympics (they had the Olympics and other programs in almost every language in Basel except English. There was German, French, Spanish, Italian and some eastern European, but no English! WTF!!)When we finally got up and ready for the day we headed into town to do a little shopping (I bought a new gray peacoat) and do a little sightseeing, but our first stop of the day was at a food court in a shopping center. This wasn't like the food courts in the USA. There was no stereotypical Mcdonalds and chinese place that indicate an American food court. It was almost like a huge cafeteria and all handmade swiss specialties...ahhh bliss... So after once again gorging myself on Swiss food we hit up the old 'pedestrian only' area of town which is all cobblestone paths, the Cathedral, the frescoed Hotel de Ville and passed many, many fountains while sightseeing. Shopping was entertaining. I basically would find the most hideously atrocious clothes in the store and then try them on for giggles. When we finished sightseeing and shopping for the day Celine and me stopped in a grocery store to buy the ingredients to make some homemade pizza for dinner. Once back at the apartment I watched the Olympics some more, replied to some emails, had some pizza and then got ready to go out for the night. Nightlife in Basel is a little different. People dress down instead of up when they go out. So I would wear my nice fashionable french dresses and clothes during the day and then change into jeans and a t-shirt for my evening wear. Which if fine by me, because they still allow smoking cigarettes in all the establishments, so I'd come home from the bars smelling like stale smoke and I wouldn't want my nice clothes drenched in that smell. First stop of the night was at a billiards hall to shoot some pool and have a few drinks with some of Celine's friends, then her boyfriend dropped the two of us off at a club for the evening. This is definitely one of my favorite clubs I've been to in Europe. Its hard to describe the place but I'll try. It kind of reminded me of a pirate ship. It had wood carved statues of mermaid lining the walls of the second floor where there were balconies to watch the people dancing below. The tables that lined the walls were wood and shaped like barrels and there was rope hanging here and there. But best of all was the music. They had all the new hits that I love to dance to, but also all the classics and the DJ was great at remixing and spinning. Celine and me stayed there dancing and drinking until around 2am when we finally walked back to Celine's.
Friday February 19th
Celine and me slept in and watched the Olympics in the morning. In the afternoon we met up with her boyfriend in order to buy a Raclette Grill for the Raclette Dinner Party at Celine's in the evening. We also stopped by a grocery store and picked up all the supplies for the dinner and I bought swiss chocolate for all my friends who requested it. The rest of the evening was spent watching the Olympics and getting everything ready for the Raclette Dinner Party. Maybe I should first explain what is a 'Raclette Dinner Party'. Raclette is a type of cheese which you melt and place on or mix with a variety of things like potatoes, sausage, pickled veggies, eggs, etc. Its amazing. I've decided that when I return to the states I'm buying one of these machines in order to introduce this amazingly savoring chic 'meat and potato' meal to my fellow Americans. Hours later after we'd all finished gorging ourselves (no wonder why I gain so much weight when I'm in Europe) we hungout at the apartment drinking for a bit longer before making our way to an Irish Pub called Paddy Reilly's to drink and dance until the wee hours of the morning before taking a taxi home and calling it a night.
Saturday February 20th
I woke up and started arranging/packing all my things in order to be ready to catch my train that afternoon back to France. Celine and me hungout in the morning. We headed to the train station a little early in order for me to stop by the candy store that Celine works at in the train station to buy some specially requested chocolates for Nalleli. I still had a lot of Swiss francs so we ran around the train station finding things for me to eat for lunch on the train, then we said our goodbyes and I boarded my first of three trains. The journey back to France was long and obnoxious. I had to switch trains in Strasbourg and had a 45 minute wait. Then I had to not only switch trains in Paris, but also train stations so I had to take the metro across Paris. By the time I arrived in Poitiers the last train to Montmorillon had already departed so I made arrangements to stay at my friend Moona's place. A french friend met me at the train station and we dropped my bags off at his place since Moona wasn't home yet and we headed out to the bars. We ordered a bottle of 'punch' which is rum mixed with tropical fruit juices. Some of Cedric's friends met us there so we hungout for a while and then Moona called and we met up with her and I headed back to her house to crash for the night.
Sunday February 21st
I caught the first train from Poitiers to Montmorillon. I could have stayed and hungout with my friends longer in Poitiers, but I was exhausted from all my travels and ready to be home. I arrived back in Montmorillon at 12:30pm and spent the rest of the day resting and watching tv. And so ended my February vacation :)
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Vianden, Luxembourg Photos
View from the Chateau
View from the Chateau
View from the Chateau - Ramparts
Trinitarian Church
Trinitarian Church
City Hall - Stadhaus
Vianden - religious monument
Ramparts
Fountain in Vianden
Vianden
Vianden
Vianden
Vianden
Church of Saint Nicholas
Inside Church of Saint Nicholas
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Models of what Chateau de Vianden looked like in different centuries
Models of what Chateau de Vianden looked like in different centuries
Models of what Chateau de Vianden looked like in different centuries
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Old medieval knight uniforms
I would not want to go to war with that type of weaponry
Old knight armor
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
Chateau de Vianden
My first view of Chateau de Vianden
Statue on a bridge
I liked the architecture of this house
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