I've heard from many people that the French are rude. However, I tried not to let this knowledge affect how I interacted with them - so as to not trigger any self-fulfilling prophecies. We took a train to Paris - about 4 hours. Not too bad. After arriving at the train station, we got in line at the info desk, and I asked about how to get to another part in Paris. The lady was talking on her cell phone, printed out 2 tickets, and I paid. I tried to ask about whe...

London, England- May 1- 3 Wednesday morning (Cali time), my friend Johnny was supposed to fly out of SF. I was supposed to meet him at airport in London on Thursday morning (London time), and then check into our hostel and see some sights in London on our first day. That didn't happen. Thursday morning, before I left Amsterdam for London, I checked my email, and Johnny sent me a message that said his flight was delayed and then cancelled, and he wouldn't leav...

The Best Bus Ride Ever Saturday night, Amara and I took the bus from Old Town to the main bus station in Dubrovnik, to get on the 7pm bus to Zagreb (another 10-11 hour bus ride!). We survived the first tediously long bus ride just 2 nights before, so we would definitely be able to handle this one. (We would have taken a later bus, just to stay an extra few hours in Dubrovnik; but Amara's friend lived close to one of the bus stops, and they hoped to rendezvous th...

Dobar dan, all! (Hopefully you're reading this sometime during the daylight, because it means "Good afternoon" in Croatia. And if you're reading this at any other time of day, then "Bok!" -that means "Hi." It's not as exciting as dobar dan. But perhaps you will come back to read it in the afternoon, as I have much to write about. For that reason, I will break Croatia trip blog into 'chapters') Wow… so I have so much to write...

Well I've been living in Amsterdam for about a month now...Even though I have 4 more months here, it already feels like the time is just flying by. When I first arrived, I wanted to take pictures of everything and do all the touristy stuff right away. And then I thought that I'm going to be here for 5 months..But then I don't want the excitement of everything being so new to go away.Now, I'm getting caught up trying to make travel plans with friends because I wan...