August 2010
15 posts
Day 46: London, England to Boston, MA, USA
Well this is several days late, but I just wanted to complete the blog with how our final day in Europe went (Saturday, August 14th). In the next couple days I’ll have some wrap up thoughts on the trip as a whole, plus thoughts on my favorites places. I’ll also post a link to an account with all my pictures- I think final tally was about 4500.
So we had arrived on Friday night in...
Day 45: Dubrovnik, Croatia to London, England
We made it to the end: today is the last official day of Eurotrip, as we depart for Boston tomorrow evening. We knew the next two days would be a lot of hours traveling, so we wanted to make the most of our remaining relaxation time in Dubrovnik. We had to get up early because we had several things we had to get done before 10 am: check out, and return our smart car. I woke up at 8:45 and...
Day 44: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Today was really our last full day of the Eurotrip. We have all day tomorrow too, but we will be traveling from Dubrovnik to London, which is just an overnight layover until our flight Saturday. So since this is the last day we will be spending not in transit, we wanted to make the most of it. It ended up being such a good day, and cemented Dubrovnik’s place in my personal top 4 of all the places...
Day 43: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Today’s entry is going to be short, because we didn’t really do much today. After the day we had yesterday, we wanted nothing more to have a very lazy, even boring, day in Dubrovnik. We went to bed by midnight last night, and I was asleep the minute my head hit the pillow. I woke up at about 9:30 and looked to my left and Scotty was not there. Figuring he was outside on the terrace, I lounged in...
Day 42: Split & Dubrovnik, Croatia
Today can only be described by one word: challenging. Or frustrating. Or irritanting. Take your pick. Scott and I faced a number of challenges today that we weren’t prepared for, because you really couldn’t expect to have a day like we had today. I guess we were due for a long, stressful day because the trip has largely been not been stressful. Sure, there have been stressful moments, but never...
Day 41: Hvar, Croatia
We were up pretty late last night, but still rose early this morning. Scott got up before I did to blog on the terrace, and I work up around 9 on my own and joined him. We had to check out of our hostel by 10 am and switch to our new hostel, which was less than a 5minute walk away. Our new hostel was also very nice; we weren’t able to check in since it was only 10 am, so we dropped our bags off...
Day 40: Hvar, Croatia
Today was going to be a busy day of traveling because we were heading to Hvar, an island off the coast of Split, Croatia. Initially we were going to spend these 2 nights in Split, but Scott had been to Split before, and even though his visit was brief he didn’t remember much worth visiting. We had gotten several recommendations on our travels to go to Hvar, so we changed our plans about 10 days...
Day 39: Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Today was one of the days I had been looking forward too. During the winter, when I was planning our trip, a classmate gave me the web site of a friend who is a photographer. She explained he took some amazing pictures of Croatia that I should take a look at since it was one of the stops on our trip. When I looked at the pictures, I noticed several were of the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The...
Day 38: Osijek, Croatia & Plavna, Serbia
Today was a different type of day for us. Instead of visiting a museum or archeological ruins, or going to the beach,. Scott and I were traveling to Osijek, Croatia, a city about three hours away, and then onto Plavna, Serbia. In Osijek, we would be touring the library named after his grandparents that was dedicated in 2006. In Osijek, we would be meeting up with some of Scott’s family, who would...
Day 37: Zagreb, Croatia
As Scott commented in the mid-adfternoon, today was a bit of a lazy day, but it was definitely enjoyable. We slept in for the first time in quite a while, as we got up by 9 pretty much every day we were in France so we could eat the free breakfast. However, there isnt breakfast at this hostel, so we slept in until 10:30. Scott woke up earlier, but he was nice and let me sleep. It was definitely...
Day 36: Zagreb, Croatia
Today wasn’t a really exciting day for us because it was a travel day. Nevertheless, it was still a long and busy day. We woke up at 9 once again to catch the free breakfast at the hostel and then finished packing to check out. Sara left us then to head to the train station and to head home to Boston. We were very sad to see her go- I’m so glad we took this trip together. Now I’m...
Day 35: Paris, France
Today was perhaps our busiest day of continuous sightseeing. We’ve had days that have been just as long, but I don’t remember seeing as many sites in one day as we did today. Anyways, the morning started as it usually does: Scott waking me up at 9 am so we could get breakfast at the hostel before departing for the day. We ate our free cereal and croissants (with the nutella we bring down to...
Day 34: Paris, France
We had a busy day of sightseeing planned for today. We had our Museum Passes in hand, so that allows us not to pay any ticket fees (since we paid for the pass) and to skip the lines. So we were excited to be able to see all the things we wanted to see in Paris in an efficient manner.
Scott woke up me shortly past 9 am because wanted to eat the free breakfast at the hostel before departing for the...
Day 33: Paris (Versailles), France
Today was a day I was really looking forward too- we were going to the Palace of Versailles! As I’m sure those reading this blog have figured out by now, I LOVE palaces. The bigger and more extravagant and ridiculously over the top, the better. Therefore, Versailles was a place I absolutely had to visit on this trip.
We meant to get up at 8, but when that alarm went off it was way too early, so we...
Day 32: Paris, France
Today started very early in the morning: with a 5:30 am alarm. I was happy that I woke up though, since I was using Sara’s phone and was paranoid I would sleep through it or I wouldn’t set the alarm properly. But I did, and was quickly dressed and out of the hostel. It was too early for the hostel shuttle bus to be running, so I had a 15 minute walk to the tram stop. Luckily, the...