https://travel.sansonion.com/Andrew's Travels https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/scatter-plot/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/scatter-plot/Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:54:29 GMTSlovenia is wonderful! You really get a grasp on the amazingness of a place, when huge stars come to play concerts. Take, for example, last night. I actually went to a concert of an american icon: Michael Bolton! Yes, I know, you can't believe it. Neither can I. I mean, how super duper lucky could I get to be?! It couldn't be true. But it is! I have photographic proof even! Needless to say… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/eastern-found/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/eastern-found/Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:10:59 GMTWell, I wouldn't necessarily call it going East. But it's definitely not true West. I'm in Ljubljana, Slovenia currently. Just got in from Vienna. A lovely visit to Austria again. A friend from DC had some meetings in Vienna, so I got to hang out with Bill for a few days. Nice to have an American around. Made an impromptu visit to Budapest! Had a great evening there. Really wasn't too much about… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/eastward-bound/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/eastward-bound/Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:51:43 GMTWell, it seems as though internet is a luxury these days. After spending all this time surrounded by it seems to have decided to become scarce and difficult to track down. I've got it now, so I'm updating at last. Currently location: Vienna, Austria Previous Locations: Berlin, Germany; Munich/Passau, Germany Seems like forever ago, but it was only 10, I arrived in Berlin. I was lucky enough to… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/catch-up/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/catch-up/Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:29:01 GMTLooks like I have to play catch-up on this blog-oh-mine. It's January 2, and Happy New Years Everyone! I hope everyone had an amazing night! I spent mine at London's Trafalgar Square, watching the fireworks go off over the London Eye. A very memorable and amazing evening. At midnight it even started snowing as if on cue. How perfect is that! Let's see what else has been going on. From Edinburgh I… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/merry-christmas/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/merry-christmas/Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:09:19 GMTMerry Christmas Everyone! https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/edi-edinburgh/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/edi-edinburgh/Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:54:50 GMTIf you've never been to Edinburgh, you need to go now. Amazing. I've counted at least 3 occasions when I've rounded a corner and come across a backdrop that looks too beautiful to be real. As if a movie was being shot and a massive backdrop was hung between two buildings. This scene could not be happening in real time it had to have been created in the mind of some master artist who took years to… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/long-time/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/long-time/Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:36:35 GMTWell, let's see who's been pretty bad about posting new things on this site... Oh right the only person who does post new things. I'll be better I promise. It's been a crazy couple of weeks with so many cities/countries in such little time. I did have company the whole way so, so that did make things quite the good time the whole time. So I left Portugal on the 24th for London. I had booked my… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/city-hopping/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/city-hopping/Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:08:10 GMTAnother week has gone by since my last post. It's getting harder to get time to do these, or maybe I'm just getting lazy. Maybe a mixture of both. Either way, looks like I'm in London again! How did that happen? Well I do love it, so I might as go places I want to. Only here for a few days (sorry fam, next time around. which at this rate looks like next month again!). Let's see, what's been… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/southern-spain/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/southern-spain/Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:09:21 GMTSo, let's see what's happened... Malaga was a lot of fun. Very relaxing, lots of lying on the beach. I did !not! go paragliding as that is quite an expensive hobby. But I enjoyed the nightlife of Malaga and the hostel just as much I think. Didn't take too many pictures, as I didn't take my camera around as much as usual, but it's quite a gorgeous place. Left Malaga and wound up in Tarifa, the… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/valencia-malaga/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/valencia-malaga/Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:23:42 GMTSouthern Spain is still warm! How about that. I'm currently sitting out on the terrace drinking a cerveza enjoying the sun. Where am I doing this? Malaga, Spain. After here, I'm going even further south, so hopefully I can follow the warmth for at least another week. Valencia was amazing. Quite a surprising little place (3rd largest city in Spain, so I'm not sure about little). Shockingly… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/paris-and-nice-pictures/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/paris-and-nice-pictures/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:43 GMTPictures are up! Paris, France Nice, France https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/from-nice-to-barcelona/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/from-nice-to-barcelona/Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:27:01 GMTWell, Hello! I took a little break in Nice it seems. Loved my time there. Met wonderful people, had great experiences, lived in an amazing place. Not much to complain about at all! My three night stay turned into an eight night vacation. The hostel I stayed in one honestly one of the best places I've been to (whether Hostel or Hotel). Met people from all over the world (even a SMU-er I knew… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/nice-nice/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/nice-nice/Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:20:06 GMTSo I'm going on 8 nights in Nice! Off to Barcelona tomorrow (Nov 4)! I'll update an actual post after I get back from Cannes. (P.S. Happy Birthday to my sister Sara!) https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/london-then-paris-now-nice/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/london-then-paris-now-nice/Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:14:02 GMTWell, since it has been awhile there's a lot to catch everyone up on. Before London I had been visiting the family in Lincoln. Had the decade ritual of going out with my cousin and getting completely smashed. At least this time I was a little more seasoned in my drinking capabilities. Last I left off I had just gotten to London. Let me tell you I miss it. It actually feels like I've lived there… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/pictures-pictures-pictures/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/pictures-pictures-pictures/Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:23:39 GMTAll the Rome pictures are up! Rome - Random Rome - Colosseum Rome - Pompeii (I know Pompeii is not really in Rome, but I was going for consistency here...) Rome - Vatican https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/england/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/england/Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:45:46 GMTHello from England! Pictures of Amsterdam and Venice are up! Just got to London, been visiting the family over the weekend. I'll report back on London in a few days! https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/roma/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/roma/Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:26:40 GMTColosseum -> Pompeii _> Vatican -> Rome -> Wow! So first day I got in I met up with people from Venice! How random and awesome is that! All in the same hostel again without knowing where we were each staying. Smallest world. Had an amazing day of random random Rome events. Riding the subway 3 times without ever going anywhere. Having a cold beverage while doing the last ride as well. Got a… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/venezia/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/venezia/Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:16:54 GMTSo, lack of actual internet it pretty fun actually. Keeps your life going without the need of a computer! Have to fill in now the missing days. Left Amsterdam (as the last post said) and went to Venice. Amazing city. Just amazing. Stayed in a hostel named "The Museum", such a great place. Totally random building which actually used to be a museum, had all this random decorations/art/sculptures on… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/train-ing/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/train-ing/Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:17:03 GMTSo, I'm just going to say: horrible, horrible idea to watch House then Grey's Anatomy while on a train. First off, I knew what was happening in both series yet I consciously watched. Who can I blame? No one. Much less while enjoying a beautiful .5L of Beck's bier (or 3). Hey, where am I driving for the next 18 hours? Oh right, no where. I'm on a train. Who gives a sh!t. Amsterdam ---> Vience I'll… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/amsterdam/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/amsterdam/Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:11:11 GMTSo I think the weather knew I was coming, it's a lovely constant drizzle and cool. Makes me feel at home (must be the home I imagine because I've yet to live in that climate). The city lives up to it's reputation! I'll give it that. Got in really late on Monday, train was late in Frankfurt. Which still confuses me... how are trains 45 minutes late? Oh well. The Frankfurt terminal was cool! Should… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/leaving-vienna-for-amsterdam/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/leaving-vienna-for-amsterdam/Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:24:43 GMTThe train leaves for Amsterdam in 4 hours! I had such an amazing weekend. I went hiking all day Sunday on Raxalpe with a friend and her family. It was so beautiful, you could see to the horizon 360 degrees, unless there was another Alp in your way. Sat in a hut a few miles in and had a wonderful lunch (Schweinebraten und Knödel), and dessert was something I need to ask what it is called again.… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/moving-on/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/moving-on/Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:06:24 GMTLooks like I'm staying Vienna a few extra days. I'm thinking Sunday night I'm taking a sleeper train to ______. That last word is a work in progress. It's between: Amsterdam, Venice, and Rome. Maybe someplace else as well. We'll know on Sunday! https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/development/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/development/Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:20:13 GMTWell...more to come here...soon-ish I will know more Friday afternoon. For now I'm staying in Vienna for at least the next 4 days. https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/first-days-in-vienna/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/first-days-in-vienna/Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:19:15 GMTHi All! So I made it! Flight was uneventful (always nice), and I actually got sleep on the plane! I've been very fortunate in having a good friend (Peter) hook me up with an place to stay. Spoiled on day one. Next week will be the actual start the life of a bum, I mean backpacker. Walked around a lot on Friday, visited some old spots I've been before. Had a lovely family dinner Friday night, had… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/final-day/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/final-day/Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:23:45 GMTSo it's about to be the end of Andrew in the USA. I'm a little nervous, I don't think I've packed as much as I should have, but I'm not worried. I'm starting to think that Europe has all the necessities to make things worth while. I just got an amazing night out with friends. It was the perfect evening to a night. I would want nothing more or less. I wish you all good luck, and have an amazing… https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/leaving/https://travel.sansonion.com/journal/leaving/Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:23:08 GMTHi All, So in case you haven't heard I'm taking a trip for a few months. I'll be leaving on the 24th of September for Europe. I'm starting out in Vienna, Austria. I'll be there for a few days (maybe week), then heading up to Munich ( München) for Oktoberfest. From there things are a mystery. I'll be trying to update this site as often as possible, maybe weekly, so check back often! Take care, see…