Diter Sofia

... be safe passage on Aegean Airways and Air Arabia.

He actually scoffed at the notion that actually fly places and have been paying to ride the Balkan bus. Yeah, crazy concept I know! As much as I hate to have to pay for a hot crowded busride, I don't want to end up in 50 pieces in some Albanian dumpster. He was kids play though compared to one of the people sleeping in the room I met.

She was mid 30s and from Finland, and I was ...

... to say that this is probobly my last travel blog post! Thanks to everyone that kept up with it. The trip was a hoot and I am glad I was able to find enough places with internet to keep all the friends and fam back home up to date. I hope you enjoyed the pictures and got a good feel for how Europe was. It truly was an incredible experience. Take care, and see you all soon!

-Claxton

... That was starting to get busier with a bit more atmosphere which was good and around 11.45 we left to go hit the street party again which this time thankfully was much busier! At midnight a firework display started up, the local bands were playing and I remember being a bit loud and slightly drunk! Once everything calmed down we headed on home as we had to fly out the following day :( but it was a very good, if not slightly random, New Years

Auch nach Sofia sollte es mal wieder mit dem Nachtzug gehen. Beim Einsteigen laedt uns ein freundlicher, junger Rumaene ein, doch ein Abteil mit ihm und seiner Freundin zu teilen, die nach ihrem Griechenlandurlaub wieder nach Hause fahren. Wir nehmen das Angebot an... was sind wir spaeter dankbar dafuer, als wir die ganzen besoffenen Bulgaren aus den Nachbarabteilen an uns vorbei torkeln sehen... die beiden sind wirklich sympathisch und geben uns schonmal viele Tipps ...

... it! I shared a room with a 25 yr old Aussie nurse who was just starting her 2 years abroad!! wow!! and gus stayed with an Aussie at the end of his 2 years and a Singaporean guy who was in Bucharest for 3 months for his job and wanting to kill himself ( a day in bucharest is PLENTY of time) We got in at 630 am and just started wandering, looking for any hostel in the city centre bc Gus said its more ...

... have been to some of the churches most of which are relatively young for Europe (early 1900's) since the city was pretty much founded then. The hostel is also nice as they give us breakfast and dinner. Bulgarians aren't so pushy as Romanians which is a very welcomed change. Plus, they use funny letter like these: øä÷ìÿíâà. Also they have many small cats with flees. The metro is amazing except it doesn't really go anywhere. So, obviously, I am enjoying this city.

... to establish (despite his lack of English and my lack of Serbian): (a) he was a sniper in Kosovo during the war (b) the fundamental differences between our respective parliamentary systems and (c) border guards are easily bribed When he offered me a joint I decided it was time to go to bed. So I said thanks, maybe later and went off to sleep. 2:30 there is a knock on the door which was about ...

... there for a couple days before returning to their volunteer mission at an orphanage. I thought it funny to watch New York and the other guys trying to hit on them. Actually, New York was trying to hit on every single girl in the hostel. Later that evening we went out to the Irish pub for drinks with the gang. It was kind of cold out so I wore shoes for the first time in over a month (they felt too small). At the pub poor Mari was busy trying to fend off the advances of ...

Day 1 - Saturday Everybody met for the first time at Gatwick airport, South Terminal. There are a few new faces that need to be introduced and some older faces that need to be re-introduced but the atmosphere is one of excitement and anticipation of the holiday to come! After some duty free shopping and plenty of waiting around, the plane was ...

... with the little Neighborhood around our hotels and the Academy. I has a very old world flavor with lots of outside caffes and great expresso. The one downside is that one of the attendees brought a virus with them from Turkey that hit about 2/3 of our group. I lost one whole day while I tried to sleep it off. We left Novi Sad 2 days ago to begin our excursions to 2 Neolithic sites (Vinca and Lipenski Vir) that were in Serbia along beautiful blue Danube ...