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Street musicians are all over Europe – guaranteed you will see at least one in every city. Unfortunately these musicians often use little kids to get the sympathy vote with tourists. Check out this video to see what I mean: Personally, I do not give money to street musicians who appear to be underage or who are . . . → Read More: Street musicians in Europe, the soundtrack. A short video (note: I should never be a videographer) showing a bit of the view from the top of the St. Peter’s Church tower in Munich, Germany. This tower can be climbed for the small fee of 1 Euro and is in the heart of the Munich altstadt. Enjoy! Check out this link for more info on . . . → Read More: Listening to church bells, with a viewpoint from the St. Peter's Church (Munich, Germany) In a previous post, I mentioned that I really love stopping by at Burg Liebenstein for the good food and the even better view. On my last trip there, I took some friends with me who found the local goats to be super-cool. In fact, as detailed in this video, they felt the need to try . . . → Read More: Talking to goats – and no, this is not because we drank too much German beer! Although this video doesn’t at all portray the complete awesomness of the Roman forum, check it out to get a little taste of the area! For more info on this trip, check out my Europe 2005 itinerary. Also, check out my video of the changing of the guard . . . → Read More: A look at the Roman Forum (as the name suggests, in Rome, Italy) For those of you who have always wondered what all of the fuss if about, check out a video I took of the changing of the guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, England. Walking by, we happened to notice the huge crowd (how can you miss it?) and stopped to take a look! Happening everyday at . . . → Read More: Changing of the guard, a "live" perspective! The year 2005 was good for many reasons – I graduated high school, I went on an awesome trip to Europe, and I started university. One of the not-so-great memories concerned bananas. More specifically, it concerned a Gwen Stefani song where the main line is: “this S**t is Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!” Why would a song like this ever . . . → Read More: How Gwen Stefani singlehandedly changed my European experience. Driving on the autobahn is a little scary, let’s be honest. I would know because I drove on it! Drinking obnoxiously large beers at the off-the-beaten path destination: Burg Gnandstein. In the summer of 2006 I organized a trip for myself and three friends to take a big tour of Germany. At about two weeks in length, the budget for the trip was approximately $2000 per person (including a $620 flight). For this trip we opted . . . → Read More: Germany – the two week tour of cities, castles, mountains, beer, and food! Yes, your teacher taught you right – England is separated from the Continent by a body of water. However, since the 1990′s (and thanks to a massive tunnel under the English Channel) , you are now able to train directly from Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium to London, England. Called the Eurostar, this service is comfortable, . . . → Read More: Crossing the English Channel from England to France!  Sleeping overnight on a train has always been a sort of travel-goal of mine, so when my travel buddy and I decided to take the overnight train from Rome to Paris, I was excited. Cramped quarters? No problem! I was going to fall asleep in one country, and wake up in another – what could be . . . → Read More: My overnight train experience – Rome to Paris! |
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