"Travel is only glamorous in retrospect" Paul Theroux
So...the tour part of my trip is officially over and the traveling to see old friends has begun. We ended the tour with Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and of course Amsterdam.
Prague I actually saw very little of because I was working most the day, but the shopping was nice and the bars were appropriately irresponsible with their serving, as they do in Europe, so it was pretty cool. I was impressed with the glass, it reminded me of Venice, and my name was on all the jewelry signs so yey me. Never made it to the castle but I got some great pics of it at night from the outside.
Stopping in Dresden was cool, tried to find a doll so I could bring back a Dresden Doll (band reference for those of you not familiar) but the best I could do was a little wooden man on a string. Close enough I'd say. The leaves were so pretty here, all the colors of fall with a nice lake in the background. It was a peaceful place to have lunch.
Berlin is tied for my top 3 cities visited. It isn't overly glamorous or pretty but it has such compelling history and you can just feel the importance of it. I learned so much about WWII and the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as Nazi Germany ect. that I never knew before. The view from the hostel was amazing, you could see the whole city. Did a TON of shopping there as well, we had a bit of a girls day after an amazing German lunch and gigantic beer. Definitely one of the more memorable places.
Amsterdam was very bittersweet. I had been waiting the whole trip to get there and had big plans for my time there, but at the same time it also meant the 38 of us (41 with our awesome crew) would no longer be together every day. We stopped in a city outside of Amsterdam and learned how clogs and cheese are made. F'n random. Once in the city, we of course did all the things you would do in Amsterdam. Bike tour, museums, coffee shops, tattoos, red light district, bars, street vendor food...the list goes on. The last night we all had an amazing dinner and went on a cruise through the canals. The morning everyone left there were some tears, mostly mine, but we were happy to see that 8 of us were staying Amsterdam so we had each other for a bit longer to continue the craziness. My official take is this place is amazing and I'd stay for a month if I could!
Off to France today and then Belgium next week for Thanksgiving!
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So...the tour part of my trip is officially over and the traveling to see old friends has begun. We ended the tour with Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and of course Amsterdam.
Prague I actually saw very little of because I was working most the day, but the shopping was nice and the bars were appropriately irresponsible with their serving, as they do in Europe, so it was pretty cool. I was impressed with the glass, it reminded me of Venice, and my name was on all the jewelry signs so yey me. Never made it to the castle but I got some great pics of it at night from the outside.
Stopping in Dresden was cool, tried to find a doll so I could bring back a Dresden Doll (band reference for those of you not familiar) but the best I could do was a little wooden man on a string. Close enough I'd say. The leaves were so pretty here, all the colors of fall with a nice lake in the background. It was a peaceful place to have lunch.
Berlin is tied for my top 3 cities visited. It isn't overly glamorous or pretty but it has such compelling history and you can just feel the importance of it. I learned so much about WWII and the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as Nazi Germany ect. that I never knew before. The view from the hostel was amazing, you could see the whole city. Did a TON of shopping there as well, we had a bit of a girls day after an amazing German lunch and gigantic beer. Definitely one of the more memorable places.
Amsterdam was very bittersweet. I had been waiting the whole trip to get there and had big plans for my time there, but at the same time it also meant the 38 of us (41 with our awesome crew) would no longer be together every day. We stopped in a city outside of Amsterdam and learned how clogs and cheese are made. F'n random. Once in the city, we of course did all the things you would do in Amsterdam. Bike tour, museums, coffee shops, tattoos, red light district, bars, street vendor food...the list goes on. The last night we all had an amazing dinner and went on a cruise through the canals. The morning everyone left there were some tears, mostly mine, but we were happy to see that 8 of us were staying Amsterdam so we had each other for a bit longer to continue the craziness. My official take is this place is amazing and I'd stay for a month if I could!
Off to France today and then Belgium next week for Thanksgiving!
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