Day 1: London
Arrive at Heathrow airport in London, take an hour long tube ride to Russell Square, got lost on the way to the hotel (Tracee and I were both butt ass tired and pretty cranky), finally found the Imperial Hotel, took a fab 3 hour nap, then went out exploring. We ended up walking around Leicester Square which turned out to be a mini Chinatown. We found a reasonable Japanese restaurant for dinner, then retired back to the hotel around 9-ish.
Day 2: Amsterdam
We met up with the Contiki group at 6:45 am, and were on the bus and ready to go at 7:30 am! We drove through England to Dover, and took a ferry over to France. We drove through France and Belgium, and finally arrived in Amsterdam around 5 pm. Long ass day in the bus. We had dinner at the hotel, which was Hotel Ibis, and then we were bussed into downtown Amsterdam. We took a 90 minute cruise through the canals in Amsterdam which was awesome, then after Tracee and I walked around Amsterdam with Al (Canadian guy on the tour). We walked through the red light district... which is pretty much indescribable. The women of the night dance around in their glass doors, then if men want to... um... rent them?... for the evening, they negotiate a price then they close the blinds in the glass door. It was surreal to walk around seeing the girls dancing in the windows OR to see the curtains closed. Ai yi yi. Anyway, Tracee, Al, and I went to a "coffee shop" to partake in the... *ahem, local customs?... and then we took the train back to hotel and passed out at like... 12-ish. The next morning, we had free time in Amsterdam so Tracee and I went to the Anne Frank museum and shopped around a bit. I ended up buying a cute navy messenger bag that appropriately says "Amsterdam."
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| EuroTrip 2007 Amsterdam |
Day 3: St. Goar
Left Amsterdam at 7:30 am (after a continental breakfast, which is croissants or random bread rolls and jam... which is pretty much all we got the entire trip), drove through the Netherlands into Germany. We arrived at St. Goar in the Rhine Valley in Germany around 5 pm. St. Goar was a TINY city near the river and it was really quaint. We walked up all these crazy stairs to this old castle to get a beautiful view of the valley. The next morning, we went to a little beer stein store, where the owner gave us the rundown on beer steins. I bought myself a little beer stein (it can hold like a can of beer instead of the giant liter steins). I also got myself a pair of really comfy Birkenstock sandals from this other little store in town! Woooo. Buying stuff is fun.
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| EuroTrip 2007 St. Goar |
Day 4: Munich
The drive to Munich was really scenic and nice. We got to Munich to the hotel, which was a REALLY nice Holiday Inn, around 3 pm? Then the whole group took the train to downtown Munich and we walked around for a bit. We saw the Glockenspiel (this giant old cuckoo clock), had a GREAT dinner at Haxnbauer (pork knuckle!! Yum, it's not really a pig's hoof... because that would be gross. It's just this cut of pork that's bbq'ed on this spit thing for hours... really tender and yummy), then had a "Radler" at the oldest beer haus in Germany. The Hofbrauhaus was REALLY awesome. It was this traditional beer haus, with long wooden tables, a band playing the polka, and lots n lots n LOTS of beer. A Radler is just a half beer/half lemonade... because honestly, I can't drink a liter of beer without getting sick. I chugged the last 1/4 of my Radler (well, it was funny... one of the tour guys, Justin, randomly purchased this pair of fuzzy handcuffs, and they cuffed me to my beer glass. So I had to chug the beer to free myself) and was pretty damn wasted. I passed out in the hotel room with my contacts and shoes still intact, but luckily Tracee woke me up to get ready for bed after 45 minutes of being passed out.
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| EuroTrip 2007 Munich |
Day 5: Austrian Tyrol
Next morning, we dropped off half the group to go white water rafting (Tracee and I declined... because it was balls cold). We hung out at this little cafe, checked email, then when the group got back, we went to the Swarovski Crystal museum. The museum was really really random with weird artwork but the shop was pretty cool. I got myself two pairs of earrings and a pair for my mom. After the museum, we were off the hotel which was this little place in this TINY town. We had a pasta dinner, which was random since we were in Austria, and after dinner we had this little party in the hotel bar. Which was cool because we were the only ones in the entire hotel except for this old lady that lived there. The party was pretty fun... lots of random music, dancing, and drinks! Sweeeeet. There was also really cute dog that lived at the hotel.
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| EuroTrip 2007 Austrian Tyrol |
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