We arrived early in the morning in Vienna and made our way to the hostel. We were immediately excited to see a lot of computers, a bar, and a comfy lounge to hang out in. There was a lot of information about what to do in the city there too, so we planned out our two days. We couldn´t check in yet, so we headed out right away to check out the Nachsmarkt that was right outside our hostel. It was basically like an outdoor antique store, garage sale, and farmers ma...

When we got off the train in Venice, it was only a short walk to our hostel (something rare for us). We walked over the private bridge that led up to the big green door to ring the bell, and a man popped out of the second story window with a "Ciao!" It felt like we were at the gates of the Emerald city in the Wizard of Oz. Turns out, it was just an old school security system. He buzzed us up and we headed into one of the most unique hostels we've been t...

Friday morning we woke up and took a bus to the airport. The airport was really modern and was like a mini-mall. After the short flight, on which we saw 8 ridiculously ripped, attractive, metro Italian men (probably models) we took a bus into the city and headed to our hostel. The hostel staff was really friendly and excited that we were staying for 5 nights! Our room was more similar to a hotel room with our own bathroom, but there were four beds so we had a ...

On our last day in Madrid Melissa stayed in her bed the entire day attempting to get over the flu... Kristi and Dana decided to trekk out in the rainy day in search for some fun! What's more fun than eating?!? They basically did their own cafe crawl. When they got back they jumped in on some free sangria and drinking games, compliments of our hostel - how nice! The crawl continued except in bar form and guess who they met? More Australians and Canadians! All...

Our last day in France was spent leisurely walking around the Montmartre area of northern Paris. We hiked to the top of the famous basillica in Paris (which is the highest point in the city), only to be denied entry due to our American shorts. What better thing to do next than eat? After lunch, we parted ways with our Paris travel buddy, Jon, and then hit up some tourist shopping areas. We continued our roaming and stumbled upon a huge cemetary that looked more l...