2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 21

Day 21:

- Munich.
- nap, police ask guy across.
- saw sights. tower
- tower view: alps, like fairy tale town.
- hofbrauhaus, met christian: Christian Weber. Wallmenichstr. *, ***** Munchen, tel. ************, christian.weber@muenchen.de - 43 yrs old
- pork hock and mass of hofbrau.
- bought beers at place with beer from wood barrel.
- Drunk at station "tour Europa", point at shoes.
- Munich lions.
- Bavarian Music (live), electrical problem, bretzen sellers.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 20

Day 20:

- Go up Duomo tower.
- Michaangelo plaza.
- David. - Bridge.
- Busy, street markets.
- Much cleaner, friendlier than Rome.
- Tired.
- Train: advice from two munich ladies.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 19

Day 19:

- Train to Pisa: old, stations smell like Chinese bathroom.
- sea, hills, oranges, cacti. grapes oranges, lemons.
- Pisa, closed lost. Finally see tower.
- hills in clouds behind.
- cash incident on train.
- station: looks like slums.
- cool stairs, can see slant at top. metal railings, no curb. thin staircase. staircase wear pattern.
- great sunset. colors. many people out and stores open. very busy.
- stamps at smokeshops.
- station fight incident.
- met people from Taiwan on business trip. Piaget.
- Pub with Aus, Can. write (add to) on wall in hotel.
- restaurant with aus. Danish and Aus racist.
- sellers in pub.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 18

Day 18:

- Vatican. sun warm. met 2. dA
- Rapheal and sistine chapel.
- split up and meet up again.
- st. peters. slanted walls, curved roof. tilework. overlook inside. thinner and thinner stairs. great views.
- food, ice cream. fountain. romantic city.
- men with suitcase. collectors?
split up hostels.
- night: beers and say bye and photo.
- futureme.org.
- running vendors.
- coin toss in Trevi.
- roman fountains
- she was giggly.
- city smells.
- feel like kid. fountain, ice cream (mousse), toys, restaurant.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 17

Day 17:

- Beautiful Italian countryside.
- hills, shacks, poor.
- rome like 3rd world.
- hectic, busy, italian houses, old, shutters.
- worried about mafia.
- tired, sleep early.
- Planned exit strategy, get reservations, etc while they go to party district.
- cats, vespas, gelatto, pizza.
- colleseum not as big as expected.
- many ruins, histories. amazing.
- accordian godfather in square. Man, fish fountain.
- writing by light from sign outside. window open, smell.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 16

Day 16:

- Train to Grindelwald.
- lift out of the fog. phone call for weather.
- giant snow mountains.
- hilly swiss villages.
- fog patches everywhere.
- walk then return.
- more relax spa.
- soutrik bring glasses.
- in park see fog clouds around slowly shifting, can see stars and mountains in clearing.
- night train rome. italians in room.
- cramped. strap bag, no barriers in bunk.
- train travels almost all in tunnels so far.
- out tunnel -> station -> tunnel.
- snow outside tunnels
- hang jacket, see shadow on tunnel wall.
- train to Ca... snow.
- sudden change landscape.
- n train: see city light below on one side, rock carved face on other. train banks -> feels like airplane.
- station: Brig. went under swiss alps. next stop: Italy.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 15

Day 15:

- night train.
- zurich. historic many originals.
- go to interlaken at 1300.
- clouds, hills in clouds, fields, villages, etc.
- taller and taller hills, then clearing with meadows, fields, villages, and Alps in left and front. see snow peaks and glaciers in distance.
- massive vertical wall of snow and rock.
- meadows, villages below. fog clouds rolling off.
- spa, liberal. The two watch girls.
- menthos/eucalyptus in steam room helps cold.
- cold (bronchitis?), toothache, eye infection.
- eat bread, deli meat and apples.
- fog rolls in at night. can see stars and outline of fog clouds and mountains.
- peaceful river and fog.
- hostel room face Junfrau nice view. chimmeys, smoke from houses pool in valleys with mountain backgrounds.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 14

Day 14:

- Reichstag. Jewish memorial. sony center.
- sony: modern. futuristic.
- memorial: creepy, people can scare. like a videogame especially at night.
- gluwein. pastries.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 13

Day 13:

- tour. pub crawl. cold
- history, buildings. tower. emotional.
- vodka and orange. ben carry me. all drunk and on tram.
- turkish pizza, doner.
- most australian.
- soutrik and Barro start trying to take advantage of everything.
- zurich. seat 10, couchette 20, bed 40.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 12

Day 12:

- walked around Go.
- saw fishmarked from distance.
- train to berlin. (ICE!)
- only 10 min to transfer.
- sausage, hotdog.
- nice view from the park. crowns on buildings in scand.
- train go toward sun. sun ~ 10:30 to 1:30 then long dawn/dusk.
- "ah, screw it"
- green fields, rocky outcroppings. traditional houses. saw archipelago.
- meet in Kob. they miss 11am train.
- house on rocks and rock path in marsh.
- walking paths, ocean, boats, castle, lighthouse, path.
- rock pile wall and moss. hills, towns.
- 5 candle decorations.
- ICE. glass door. 230 km/h
- book: dark boots and white laces "don't panic".
- meet brazil, give towels, clothing. 4 bed.
- story of east german nazis.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 11

Day 11:

- (Trapped in Oslo!) theme
- walked around, wait at station 1:15pm -> 5pm and researched possible routes.
- on train to Gotenburg.
- decided to go for a night.
- the park in oslo great. statues had frost on them. interesting effect.
- moist air- ice- lots of cloud in breath.
- peaceful harbor.
- good old/new mix.
- feels almost like Canada.
- Note Oslo train banks.
- saw big cattle from train in Halden, Norway.
- say more castles.
- eat dill and gra:slo:k chips (chives?)
- old trams.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 10

Day 10:

- Ferry too expensive.
- walk around malmo.
- turning torso top obscured. (saw from distance).
- long bridge across to malmo.
- on train to Oslo.
- met swedish, norway in swe, iraq in swe.
- *************@yahoo.se, Lisa Varberg Sweden: ***********@yahoo.se.
- No food or alarm in station. too full and train late.
- pass through the heavy rain damage area. (can't see anything)
- bought 3 swedish candy bars 22kr special. (Kex, Guld Nougat, Tarragona) by Cloetta.
- welcome to Norway message.
- Liza almost offered ride. many travel stories. family, car, etc. cute kids. next time.
- oslo expensive. will get out tomorrow.
- only one night at this hostel.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 9

Day 9:

- Australian hippie.
- walk around. stately look.
- old library and new.
- christianhavn like crack den.
- firebarrel, dog, hoods, graffiti. shops, etc. with grafitti.
- curch spires, spirals.
- lose chunbarro, eat pizza buffet 50 kr.
- split up again, they stay to see girls.
- want take night ferry and see fijords but too expensive.

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 8

Day 8:

- walk around. church spires.
- elbtunnel. many restoration (winter?).
- took subway to hamburg hbf. like old european movies.
- Met friends from ICE.
- Had currewurst. curry sweet in europe.
- currently on train to kobenhavn.
- ice cream
- on boat from puttgarten to rodby.
- train on boat. Scandlines.
- can see other ships and 2 shores.
- moon, stars, planes, clouds, waves, reflection.
- surprisingly unstable. walk as if drunk.
- can see gently rolling sea swells.
- mall in ship and exchange.
- can see lifeboats.
- expensive food. almost go to oslo. > 60 kr for mcdonalds meal.
- dark central station. no money.
- communal showers (almost).

2006 - First Backpacking Trip - Day 7

Day 7:

Happy New Year!
- Missed 7 train. found passes problem.
- on train to hamburg.
- "see you in kobenhavn!"
- Meet Omuro Hideki: *********@hotmail.com -> Story of friend and prostitute in Amsterdam
- Germans sleep/wake early.
- Wrong station. No English. No tourist office.
- Stayed at hostel very nice. Had sausages, kroketten (origin of hamburger?).