Send bail money! How I spent 6 months tearing through Europe.

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I will be travelling through Europe for the first portion of my partial trip around the world. I currently have 5 months blocked off, so I should be back in the US in mid october. I have a feeling I will need a bit more time in Europe, so I may be back in November.

Afterwards I will be back in the US for about a month and then I will be off to Costa Rica, where I will start the Central and South America portion of my trip. I have a feeling this portion will take about a year, but I guess it is kind of open ended.

• 1

  Leaving for New York   Austin, United States on May 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 2

  Crashing at my mom's in Switzerland   Spiez, Switzerland on May 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 3

  Florence   Florence, Italy on May 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  Florence - roaming around the city   Florence, Italy on May 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  Cinque Terre   Monterroso, Italy on May 20, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 6

  Rome   Rome, Italy on May 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 7

  Rome and the Vatican   Rome, Italy on May 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  Rome to Venice   Venice, Italy on May 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  Vienna   Vienna, Austria on May 24, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 10

  Budapest, Hungary   Budapest, Hungary on May 25, 2006 0 pictures 2 comments
• 11

  The one button shower   Budapest, Hungary on May 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 12

  Most relaxing day so far   Budapest, Hungary on May 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  Rainy day = movies and beer   Budapest, Hungary on May 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 14

  Hungarian Grandma cooking   Gyor, Hungary on May 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 15

  Another rainy day = movie and beer   Prague, Czech Republic on May 30, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Bar Crawls, hooker pick pockets, and more beer   Prague, Czech Republic on Jun 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  Visiting Julian outside Erlangen, Germany   Erlangen, Germany on Jun 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  Beer gardens in Munich then the night train   Munich, Germany on Jun 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Amsterdam   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Jun 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 20

  World Cup in Hamburg   Hamburg, Germany on Jun 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  World Cup in Koln   Cologne, Germany on Jun 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Good Beer in Belgium   Brussels, Belgium on Jun 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 23

  Crazy Night in Paris   Paris, France on Jun 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 24

  Leaving Paris, thank god   Paris, France on Jun 15, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 25

  Martin's Birthday   Richterswil, Switzerland on Jun 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Feels good to be home   Spiez, Switzerland on Jun 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  Eric Sommer, International Pool Shark   Spiez, Switzerland on Jun 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  Scott comes to visit, Miranda arrives   Spiez, Switzerland on Jun 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Off to Turkey, Greece and then who knows where   Basel, Switzerland on Jun 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Washing myself with dripping water   Istanbul, Turkey on Jun 26, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Turkish bath = soapy rub down from old Turkish guy   Istanbul, Turkey on Jun 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Giris and Cikis, and the Hagia Sofia   Istanbul, Turkey on Jun 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The ancient city of Ephesus   Kusadasi, Turkey on Jun 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Crossing the Aegean sea with Ferries   Samos, Greece on Jun 30, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Vacation from my vacation in Greek islands   Mykonos, Greece on Jul 3, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 36

  Riding scooters across dope island of Santorini   Santorini, Greece on Jul 6, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  I am a serial toilet clogger   Paros, Greece on Jul 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Fucking scaffolding   Athens, Greece on Jul 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  The Mir   Bari, Italy on Jul 10, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 40

  Joel and are off to Pamplona through Barcelona   Barcelona, Spain on Jul 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  Running of the Bulls - part 1   Pamplona, Spain on Jul 12, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  I ran with the bulls of Pamplona   Pamplona, Spain on Jul 13, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 43

  Last day hurrah in Pamplona   Pamplona, Spain on Jul 14, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  Chilling out in Switzerland   Spiez, Switzerland on Jul 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  How many H and M's does your town have?   Arhus, Denmark on Jul 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Partying on a random sailboat   Skagen, Denmark on Jul 21, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Feeling sorry for myself   Oslo, Norway on Jul 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 48

  In Oslo   Oslo, Norway on Jul 22, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 49

  Beautiful train ride to Bergen and notes on Norway   Bergen, Norway on Jul 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I'm living off of bread and smoked salmon   Bergen, Norway on Jul 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Free bikes in Trondheim   Trondheim, Norway on Jul 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 52

  Crossed the Arctic Circle on the train to Bodo   Bodo, Norway on Jul 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The beauty of the Lofoten Islands   Stamsund, Norway on Jul 30, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 54

  30 hours on a bus and a train   Narvick, Norway on Jul 31, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 55

  Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK   Stockholm, Sweden on Aug 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 56

  Øresund Bridge - Longest bridge in europe   Copenhagen, Denmark on Aug 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 57

  All because of a girl named Candice   Copenhagen, Denmark on Aug 4, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 58

  I think I love Copehagen   Copenhagen, Denmark on Aug 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 59

  Scandinavia summary, rushing back to Switzerland   Spiez, Switzerland on Aug 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 60

  Great week with Oliver   Spiez, Switzerland on Aug 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 61

  Julian in town and a big family reunion   Spiez, Switzerland on Aug 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 62

  Hanging out with Julian in Germany   Erlangen, Germany on Aug 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 63

  My leave of absence has been taken away, damn   Spiez, Switzerland on Aug 18, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Chilling out with Julian   Spiez, Switzerland on Aug 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  RUNNING OF THE BULLS VIDEOS!!!!!!!   Spiez, Switzerland on Aug 22, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 66

  Berlin is awesome   Berlin, Germany on Aug 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 67

  Estonia is totally not what I expected   Tallinn, Estonia on Aug 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Crappy train ride to Tartu   Tartu, Estonia on Sep 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I got my Russian VISA!!!   Tallinn, Estonia on Sep 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 70

  Worst bus ride ever   St. Petersburg, Russia on Sep 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 71

  Crazy Russians   St. Petersburg, Russia on Sep 4, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Cyrillic is the nemesis to my navigation skills   Moscow, Russia on Sep 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Kremlin   Moscow, Russia on Sep 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Third class over-night train ride to Latvia   Riga, Latvia on Sep 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Latvia's Occupation by the Russians   Riga, Latvia on Sep 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Latvia's country side   Siguldia, Latvia on Sep 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 77

  Off to Lithuania   Siauliai, Lithuania on Sep 12, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Scariest hostel ever and the Hill of Crosses   Klaipedia, Lithuania on Sep 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sand dunes, beaches, and pine forests   Nida, Lithuania on Sep 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Beach and bikes with the Swiss girls   Nida, Lithuania on Sep 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Night buses kind of suck   Vilnius, Lithuania on Sep 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Renovating Vilnius   Vilnius, Lithuania on Sep 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Gdansk is a pretty city   Gdansk, Poland on Sep 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 84

  Miss World Competition in Warsaw   Warsaw, Poland on Sep 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  You think anyone knows we are Canadian??   Krakow, Poland on Sep 24, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ever snorted Vodka?   Krakow, Poland on Sep 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Auschwitz   Auschwitz, Poland on Sep 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Off to Budapest   Krakow, Poland on Sep 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Finally got to Budapest and protests are still on   Budapest, Hungary on Sep 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 90

  Statue Park and more hot springs   Budapest, Hungary on Oct 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Oktoberfest is insane   Munich, Germany on Oct 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to home cooked meals   Spiez, Switzerland on Oct 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 93

  Visiting my dad in Paris   Paris, France on Oct 12, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Visiting my cousin Mirjam   Paris, France on Oct 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Checking out Versaille with Mirjam   Versailles, France on Oct 15, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  So long Paris   Paris, France on Oct 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 97

  Chilling out in Switzerland, Jason stopping by   Spiez, Switzerland on Oct 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Passing out in photo cabins   Bern, Switzerland on Oct 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Not much to really see in Geneva   Geneva, Switzerland on Oct 23, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Interesting perspective into the Swiss and America   Spiez, Switzerland on Oct 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 101

  Off to Milano to visit Teo and Andrea   Milano, Italy on Oct 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Partying in Milano rapper style   Milano, Italy on Oct 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Eating with your hands and the panorama way home   Milano, Italy on Oct 29, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 104

  Missing Halloween   Spiez, Switzerland on Nov 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Family and packing   Zurich, Switzerland on Nov 3, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 106

  Where there is a Stauffer puking......   Zurich, Switzerland on Nov 4, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On top of the Santis   Zurich, Switzerland on Nov 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 108

  Every European trip should end in Amsterdam   Amsterdam, Netherlands on Nov 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 109

  Back home and Summer in Europe Summary   Tuckahoe, United States on Nov 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments