Episode Sixteen: Venice Green Gum, a Boat Race and the Oldest Men in the World The canals of Venice are like the streets of Florence, each one demands a photograph be taken. We arrive midday and sit upon the steps of the train station. Chris says they remind him of the Spanish Steps, with all [...]
Episode Fifteen: Florence David, Karaoke and a Room With A View The train stops and the sign outside says “Firenze”, but the station looks somewhat odd. I remember reading that the main station is located in the heart of the city, but this surrounding countryside looks like an Italian version of Deliverance. Two girls with [...]
Episode Fourteen: Rome The Pope, Confession and a Coin Toss We are on an overnight train to Rome. My light does not work so I am forced to neither read nor write. I would use this time to sleep, but they insist on barging in every half-hour to make sure that we still have the [...]
Episode Thirteen: The French Riviera Stinky Cheese, Dr. Scholls and Unfriendly ATM’s We are not really lost, just thinking that we most likely will not make our train to Nice on time. We take the train into Basil, but arrive five minutes after the overnight train to Nice has left. The punctuality of the European [...]
Episode Twelve: Bavaria Revisited Guns, Gummy Bears and Huge Pretzels We arrive at the Termond’s house four hours later than planned. We found out that it is possible to catch a train from Kempten to Waltenhofen, but it only leaves once a day. We are on it and have been deposited about a half-mile from [...]
Episode Eleven: Prague Kafka’s Grave, Bob Marley and Little Bird We are on the overnight train to Prague. We did not book a bed car, mainly due to the fact that neither of our fathers is the CEO of any major corporations, thus our funds limit us to riding coach. We are in a regular [...]
Episode Nine: Munich European Washers and Apple Vendors We wake up the next morning and pack our bags for Austria. Actually, we are stopping in Munich first, but saying that we are packing our bags for Munich does not sound as poetic for some reason. Either way, we are excited to be stuffing our packs [...]
Episode Seven: Holland Van Gogh, a Nazi Rally and The Clapper Walking the streets once again, we find ourselves in areas so full of people that it takes us a good half-an-hour to go a block. It is nothing but a sea of heads walking in every direction and breathing alcohol-laced breath on each other. [...]
Episode Six: Crossing the English Channel Sir John Gielgud and the Stuffy, French Water Hostess The trip from Edinburgh to London is pure hell. We don’t leave the station until one in the morning and the train car we are in happens to be occupied by a group of fifteen high school kids who are [...]
