I spent the past holiday weekend in Crete, which is the southernmost Greek Island and the fifth largest in the entire Mediterranean Sea. The island certainly seemed bigger than that and the scenery, mixed with the people and the amazing food made for a great weekend. Crete was the last part of Greece that I […]
Final Day of the Road Trip
April 6, 2009 by 5 Comments
We left Innsbruck on a mission to get to Salzburg. Salzburg is the fourth largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg’s “Old Town” with its world famous baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved city centers in Europe, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in […]
What a Day in the Alps!
April 5, 2009 by 4 Comments
We woke up very early and had a nice breakfast overlooking the Liechtenstein Alps and then drove up to Vaduz Castle. The castle overlooks the entire country basically and was a nice, relatively tame castle for this part of the world after what we saw yesterday with Neuschwanstein Castle. I put on my oasys for […]
Alpine Road Trip
April 3, 2009 by 4 Comments
As we left Prague to drive to Munich and Bohemia turned into Bavaria, the scenery became more and more beautiful. It was my second time in Munich but first in ten years and the last time I was here was for Oktoberfest which means I didn’t see too much aside from the obvious beer tents. […]
Karlovy Vary and Plzen
March 30, 2009 by 1 Comment
Karlovy Vary is a stunning spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Oh?e and Teplá, approximately 130 km west of Prague. It is named after the former King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370. It is historically famous for its […]
Karlovy Lázn?
March 28, 2009 by 4 Comments
Nightlife in Europe is a lot different than it is anywhere else in the world especially in the United States. Clubs are just different, weird if you will and they are generally populated by people with an average age of about 14. Last night, a bunch of friends and I went to the world famous […]
Back in Prague
March 25, 2009 by 6 Comments
This is my sixth time visiting the capital of Bohemia and will by far be my longest stay. It’s weird when you know you’re going to be here for a while because you think more like a local than a tourist. I have been sampling local little restaurants and bars, walking the streets to really […]
Juventus vs. Roma
March 22, 2009 by 1 Comment
Last night I finally got to my first Serie A football match and it happened to be a great game between two of the Giants of Italian and European football, AS Roma and the Northern Italian giants, Juventus. Juventus currently sits in second place in Serie A after just being eliminated from this years Champions […]
Palermo, Sicily
March 21, 2009 by 3 Comments
Palermo is a city that’s quite apart from the rest of Sicily’s urban spaces. Though it’s on the traditional end of the scale, it carries with it a sense of unpredictability and adventure. It’s streets are packed with traffic, it’s markets are a hive of hollers, smells and countless gastronomic offerings. The winding, palazzo strewn […]
Western Sicily
March 20, 2009 by 1 Comment
Western Sicily is ancient and rugged, tranquil and sunny and a fascinating introduction to the island. It looks today much of what it must’ve looked 100 years ago. There are shepherds herding their sheep, stone farmhouses dotting the horizon and fields of marsala grapes as far as the eye can see. It is almost perfect […]
