Day: 20 So this morning it was time to say goodbye to Matt and Dan, these two days with them just flew by. I meet them in front of their hotel at around 9:15 and we set out to get some breakfast for them at the grocery store, which we had a picnic in the [...]
Day: 19 I had agreed to meet Matt and Dan this morning at 8:30am out front of their hotel to spend the day doing some hard core sightseeing. Now, everyone needs to understand, I love to travel and do my fair share of sights, but usually at a rather leisurely pace, possibly with a nap [...]
Day: 18 Well this morning I continued my trend of waking up early at around 7 am. I ate breakfast and set out to find my way to the airport to pickup my brother Matt and his friend Dan. I found my way to the arrival terminal around 10am, looked at the arrival board, and [...]
Day: 17 Nothing has actually happened yet that I’ve been able to say that wonderful phrase for, but I am waiting for the right moment. I did manage a four hour train ride today so I could make it here by early afternoon grab a bed in the hostel and head out to take a [...]
Day: 16 I find it funny that my sleep cycle seems to be shifting from my old bartending cycle (about 1am to 9am) to something that I completely did not expect, like 10:30 or 11pm to 7am. Today was the 6th day in a row that I was up at 7am. No alarms or noisy [...]
Day 15: Well even with my slight hangover I was up at around 7:30am, although to be fair when I looked at my watch I thought it said 8:30am, I didn’t realize I had cheated myself out of an hour of sleep until I was well into breakfast. The hostel provides a nice hot breakfast [...]
Day 14: I swear sometimes I feel like my blog is just a form for me to vent my weather frustrations. The skies are clear and beautiful, and I can see the sun beating down, so why am I freezing while wearing a t-shirt, a long sleeve shirt, a sweater, and a toboggan (that’s Alabaman [...]
Day 13: So today started early and I jumped a train south to Florence, where I heard there was some cool stuff to see. Seeing how I don’t have an Italy guidebook, just a few hostel flyers I picked up in Gryon, I didn’t know exactly what to expect. The only pre-trip reading I did [...]
Day 12: So I woke up and ran right out the door to do a little daytime exploring of this confusing city. I started doing some blogging at a little, yet overpriced, internet café. On my way out of the internet café I realized that yesterday, with all its sun, had been luck, today was [...]
Day 11: I was up and out the door of the hostel in Gryon by 8:47am this morning to grab a train to Venice, Italy. I am not sure how I motivated myself to actually leave, seeing how I was up till 4:30 am last night drinking and hanging out with all the new people [...]
