tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207183722011-08-25T11:03:14.503-04:00Where Is Joey Today?Follow me around the globe!Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-36932630849533777162010-05-31T15:04:00.000-04:002010-05-31T15:05:08.739-04:00Mi Primer DíaHola!! Estoy en el locutorio en la Plaza Mayor. La escuela empieza a las nueve pero hoy, nececité llegar a las ocho y media para los bienvenidos y para sacar un examen ver en cual clase yo debo estar. Estoy en curso A2 - pienso que yo sé alguna grammatica y escribo más mejor que yo hablo! Pero es bueno porque ahora puedo practicar hablando los verbos preteritos en español. Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-27374871499933540402010-05-29T04:07:00.006-04:002010-05-29T08:02:20.368-04:00I can't believe Albayzín Granada again!Em and I arrived in Madrid a bit after midnight and Dad got us Holiday Inn express 3km from the airport. After a tricky arrival (the cabs want longer rides into the city and are reluctant to have their 1 hour or more wait for a ride be so short) we checked in called home and fell asleep hard.Given the slightly remote location of the hotel we needed to take aJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-32271101363165412372010-05-27T10:44:00.003-04:002010-05-27T11:00:31.063-04:00Some photos while I write some blog entriesSognefjord TourFlaam WaterfallFantoft StavekirkeSyttende Mai OsloHasta luego from the outskirts of the outskirts of Granada,JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-53448336823269533872010-05-25T04:44:00.005-04:002010-05-25T04:59:09.792-04:00Quick update from Madrid,I have been slacking on blogging for a couple of reasonsç1.) Computers have been hard to come by and computers with SD readers have been non existant.2.) We have been traveling every couple of days without much in the way of "down time". Our one down day was in Alesund. A town with no cyber cafes which you can blame on Scandinavian prosperity and a low immigrant Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90023726874718469952009-07-19T04:44:00.026-04:002009-07-20T06:44:08.355-04:0074 (Mile) El CaminoWhat a walk that was. I'll explain kind of what happened throughout the blog. Fair warning, it was a long walk and it will be a long entry.BackgroundFirst let me give a reader's digest version of what is the Camino de Santiago. If you already got the gist of it, you can skip ahead to La Coruna. Back shortly after Jesus' crucifixion the Apostles began building the new Jewish Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-44936410822819848262009-07-16T07:56:00.001-04:002009-07-16T07:57:55.230-04:00Quick.UpdateThe.computer.I.am.on.right.now.is.kind.of.fluky.with.its.space.bar.I.arrived.yesterday.safe.and.sound.I.will.post.an.explanation.of.what.happened.later.Sorry.for.the.worry.everyone.--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-26255914174300068332009-07-09T13:49:00.009-04:002009-07-09T14:34:38.641-04:00Bilbao DragginOur initial jeg lag was still sort of with us by the time we got to Spain. A crappy night sleep on the plane and loud accomodations on the first night at the hostel combined with a nice accomodations but a short night the second Trisha and I scrapped our plans to check out the Guggenheim in favor of just heading to our heim in La Guardia.But first, a cafe con leche and tortilla Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90654399077107038402009-07-09T13:20:00.004-04:002009-07-09T13:47:11.361-04:00Pub Grub: London is for BeefeatersThe next day we woke up late and groggy from the mediocre night of sleep. The next night we had accomodation at the Hilton by Stansted airport so we figured if we were tired we could call it an early night and head out of the city.While we were heading toward our place we heard a few girls talking about the Beatles cafe a few stops down on Jubilee. Trisha thoughtJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-43458294248869333322009-07-08T06:43:00.004-04:002009-07-08T07:17:23.071-04:00A Smashing Fourth!Trisha and I arrived exhausted. The six hour flight is just not enough to get any sleep on (not that I do much sleeping on flights). Between dinner and and breakfast, your window for actually doing sleeping is about 4 hours.Our plans for an easy transition from Heathrow to Dollis Hill via a Jubillee line change at Green Park was tharwted by planned maintenance on both lines. A Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-35487801570336821802009-07-02T23:17:00.003-04:002009-07-02T23:24:21.002-04:00Back to EuropeMan a lot has happened in the relatively few months since I was last in Europe. We have a new president, I have a new girlfriend and the blog will have some new entries well before I pictured updating this with anything.Trisha won a scholarship to study at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain starting July 12th. We leave tomorrow for an itinerary that looks Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-15818706014735621202009-01-16T13:28:00.004-05:002009-01-20T20:14:06.418-05:00Getting PisteLucky trip number three to the Sierra Nevada in Granada. For a skiing novice it has a good variety of beginner and intermediate trails (although I only did a few of the latter).I headed off Granada via a stop in Newark and a busride from Madrid. The trip to the bus station at Menedez Alvaro takes a while on the metro and by the time I arrived I had missed the last bus of the morning Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-25833532254742495802009-01-06T22:24:00.004-05:002009-01-06T22:34:48.024-05:00Itinerary time!It's about that time again where I throw out my plans before my trip. If you didn't guess from my last post, I am headed to Spain next week for some skiing.Turned out that the flight was only about 300 bucks more than going out to Denver and I'll be saving about 200 between the accommodation and lift ticket/equipment rental.Sunday Jan 11 - Depart TampaMonday Jan 12 - Arrive Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90825554161901367892008-12-30T00:03:00.003-05:002008-12-30T00:10:18.860-05:00...llena de lindas mujeres de sangre del solA comer, beber, esquiar y gozar que el mundo se va acabar. I had a change of plans for myColorado Ski trip.Nos vemos,--JoeJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-24884806537705193842008-09-06T13:42:00.000-04:002009-04-12T11:35:28.928-04:00 Wait...Maine isn't a peninsula? Dad was doing business in New Brunswick so he asked us if we wanted to head up to the land of Tim Horton's, toonies, and socialized medicine. We all flew into Manchester, NH and drove up through Maine to get there. Since most of our weather maps show the US as an island, I thought Maine was a peninsula, so you can imagine my surprise when we drove across the Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-89491778429965069632008-09-05T21:58:00.005-04:002008-09-06T00:02:05.456-04:00Detained in GatwickSo after my flight from Split landed in LGW, I duly got into my Non-EU, non-CH, passport line which happened to be a bit shorter than the others. U-S-A! U-S-A! I walked up to the desk and gave the guy my passport with a Spanish Passport cover (possibly my first mistake). The guy took it and began the following dialogue:"Where are you from"-"The states""And are you flying in Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-87936853842914494692008-07-02T12:35:00.011-04:002008-08-05T02:32:44.330-04:00Montenegro, baby why don't we go... After several days of doing a lot of nothing (well in my opinion having the sole objective for the day be to get a hamburger and some steak shish kebabs for the nightly barbeque is almost nothing) I decided to make a trip to Kotor. The town is a walled medieval city with a really cool wall that runs up to a fort at the top of a mountain overlooking a fjord. Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-24780914275482872882008-06-28T23:33:00.006-04:002008-06-29T00:33:54.398-04:00Why did I tell you I was going to Shanghai?After a fair amount of consideration I have decided to postpone*, not cancel, my trip to China. When I initially had the idea of going to the olympics in Beijing (it was just after Torino in 06) I thought it could be like Barcelona in 1992: city changing, memorable, potentially infamous, and an all out party to celebrate China's entrance on to the Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-71036487905532334762008-06-16T12:02:00.003-04:002008-06-24T13:08:49.168-04:00Accommodation RoundupOver a few months in Europe I stayed in a variety of places that ranged from personal homes, rented apartments, buses and bus stations, trains, hostels and even a couple of hotels.In order of usage:The Generator - London -- In the Russel Square area, cheap party hostel. You either love it or hate it. Personally I felt the police coming every night was a bit excessive. I Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-48836979868379035102008-06-13T11:13:00.004-04:002008-06-13T11:21:10.485-04:00Back in TampaI am still behind on my posts from Kotor, a little of Rome etc. So just a quick update for the time being. We got back safe and sound, the last 48 hours for me was a whirlwind that involved Bosnian cab drivers, Montenegrin border control guards, hitchhiking, sleeping in a Croatian bus station, getting detained in Gatwick, and having the best damn curry of my life. I wouldn't have it Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-51627671901768595712008-06-04T05:34:00.007-04:002008-06-05T07:20:20.390-04:00Yo Adriatic, it's rockyI hopped the night train from Rome to Bari in a three person couchette. The sleep on a night train is always hit and miss, if the ride is more than 8 hours you have a reasonable chance at a full night's sleep but when you get one that is 6 hours it just makes you tired. So I walked out of Bari Centrale at 7:30ish and waited for a McDonald's to open so I could sit and rest aJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-80049088616046777242008-06-03T07:03:00.003-04:002008-06-03T07:19:13.834-04:00On the Road in MunichThe late video is about 100 seconds of our time in Bavaria. Enjoy :)--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-62160079670901941842008-05-24T14:02:00.014-04:002008-06-03T06:38:50.259-04:00We're in Vienna! Yeah I Donau either...We decided to waltz down to Vienna after being shut out of our Budapest train. We aren't yet in Europe's peak season but this is closer than I have ever been (while backpacking) so I am still getting used to the idea of hostels/trains/restaurants etc being booked.Just before leaving Krakow, I messaged a former colleague, Joachim, and told him that I would Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-48186458179729675832008-05-21T08:07:00.003-04:002008-05-25T09:46:50.909-04:00Polishing off Pierogies in KrakowNo trip to Poland should be complete without a plate of boiled or fried pierogies. Krakow, often called "the next Prague", is a bit more expensive than the rest of Eastern Europe but it still offers up some pretty good deals even in the central parts of the city. For example, U Babci Maliny, a small chain of traditional Polish restaurants, sells a massive plate Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-21674841580271518962008-05-20T13:15:00.006-04:002008-05-25T09:11:42.740-04:00From Bed to WurstEm and I didn't sleep much our last night in Barcelona. The alarm went off around 4, and I rolled out of the top bunk. We had a 5a bus to Girona and then a flight to Bremen where our friend Wiebke, or VB as we call her, lives. We also had to worry about our weight. You see, Ryan Air, while cheaper than the average night in a hostel for those that book ahead, also charges you Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-82140245497317095512008-05-20T03:48:00.008-04:002008-05-22T03:34:16.346-04:00Auschwitz TourThis is the 3rd Concentration Camp I have visited (the others being Mauthausen and Dachau) but it was by far the worst, both in terms of its emotional impact and the nature of the camp. Like before, the feeling is undeniably haunting but contrary to the previous visits, the weather was appropriately raw; around 50F and raining. I think God was crying along with us.There is a Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90256506580823045202008-05-14T04:28:00.000-04:002008-05-14T08:11:21.917-04:00Bewitching AndorraIf you have heard of this city-state, pat yourself on the back. Outside of countries sharing a border with the Pyrenees, those seeking ski heaven and a tax haven it is relatively unknown...even among our European friends.The scenery here is really nothing short of spectacular. Due to it's location, and Andorra la Vella's setting in the valley; you can literally see mountains in Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1224326073671246672008-05-11T07:24:00.008-04:002008-05-12T03:51:02.620-04:00Bayerning for some BavariaThese posts are chronologically out of order. I'll go back and cover Berlin and Bremen a little later.The bus ride from Berlin started at 8:15 and concluded around 4:30p. We had a stop around noonish for "5 minutes" which meant that the rest stop that sold food and the like was 2 minutes too far to go. Then about 25 minutes later there was another 10 minute stop. I don'tJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-22260847483660054572008-05-05T20:28:00.000-04:002008-05-06T19:56:09.925-04:00Gaudacious!I am now firmly in the camp with everyone who didn't get robbed (and maybe a few that did) in Barcelona: we love it. It's center oozes "cool". For a place that gave me such a bad first impression, I now consider it among my favorite "big cities" in Europe.Em and I stayed, primarily, at Sant Jordi Arago right off of Arago and Passeig de Gracias (a main road in town). It is yards away Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-9114366044397293452008-05-05T07:58:00.002-04:002008-05-05T08:00:34.802-04:00Quick updateEm and I are in Hamburg. We will update with a post on Andorra, Barcelona, and Bremen shortly. Hang tight :)--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-82449066112691850352008-04-28T06:50:00.002-04:002008-04-28T07:18:05.397-04:00Life in Spain Our final day in Salamanca starts with a piso tour of rooms not covered in Life in Spain 6 and continues on through the next morning to show what Salamanca is like on the weekends.--JoeyEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-2105753203764771792008-04-22T19:13:00.004-04:002008-04-23T11:18:03.622-04:00100th PostMy lil ol' travel blog has finally reached 100 posts. I feel it is particularly apropo that the milestone be reached in the city where I wrote my first post from the road: Barthelona! Thanks to everyone who has read the 99 ramblas in the interrim. Hopefully I have another 100 in me before my backpacking life ends.Em and I celebrated our last night in Salamanca with a few of our new Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90036975029178461962008-04-13T11:00:00.002-04:002008-04-13T11:02:19.522-04:00Life in Spain 7On this Life in Spain vlog, Em and I head to Avila in search of Yemas and a photo I took 2 years ago.--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-4605026801303671282008-04-09T10:16:00.003-04:002008-04-09T10:21:51.622-04:00Via LibreI found this place downstairs (literally) from my apartment (47 Gran Via). I have stopped heading to the Plaza Mayor to do my internet-ing. There you pay 1 Euro per hour for a connection on slightly older computers (still a deal, especially given the location). In the past I would spend about two hours there, get a drink and blow between 3-4 euros. In Via Libre, I get a Ca~a of beer for Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1264773558231146532008-04-08T15:52:00.004-04:002008-04-08T16:47:45.744-04:00Life in Spain 6On this life in Spain Salamanca celebrates Lunes de Aguas and the return of prostitutes from the banishment during Lent.Enjoy!--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-16885776999351586442008-04-07T06:57:00.006-04:002008-04-07T08:59:12.454-04:00Avila's Home AgainI have mentioned on previous blog entries about my favorite untouristed touristy spot in Spain; Avila. Most Iberian bound travelers will be lucky to see it from the window of their train on the way to Salamanca. It is a either a shame or a blessing depending on your point of view. It is nice to be traipsing around 900+ years of history without every fannypack yellow umbrella Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-53980813292746113322008-04-03T14:03:00.003-04:002008-04-05T15:31:38.912-04:00(post out of order*) The Exquiste MezquitaOur 2nd full day back in Sevilla played a familiar unpunctual tune. It started with me seeing off Hwei and her friends from a night of tapas at Bar Esclava. By the time I saw them off from the bus station and made the long walk back to Santa Cruz and Mendez Pelayo I was pretty beat. I left a note for the Tios at the front desk but it never got to them soJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-49851609999161206672008-03-31T08:46:00.009-04:002008-04-02T11:57:19.885-04:00GAMBA-tte: Selfmade Sugoi Sushi in Salamanca Life in Salamanca has been pretty good since Semana Santa. We started the week with Sushi night (the month of cooking has made us a bit cocky) and it turned out really well. About 10 of us took turns maki-ng our own rolls which ranged from Philly/California/Shrimp-with-stuff rolls (likely to the very polite chagrin of our resident Nihonjin, Ayako), Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-20097978446545038032008-03-23T16:33:00.001-04:002008-03-23T16:41:51.057-04:00Life In Spain--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-26116709434738258712008-03-20T16:02:00.002-04:002008-03-20T16:32:42.846-04:00New digsI know I am supposed to be updating everyone on the Cordoba and Salamanca legs of the trip since I am behind but instead I wanted to let you all know we got our own apartment. Yeah!We are about 3 minutes walking from the Plaza Mayor just off Gran Via; a main drag in Salamanca.As I am writing this the Semana Santa processions are passing through the plaza and as beautiful as this should beJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90540665912390855392008-03-18T14:52:00.007-04:002008-03-18T17:02:31.379-04:00 Lagos goalsAfter a five day stop in Lagos at the Rising Cock, we finally left for Lisbon to meet up with our Tios coming to visit us. Our last night involved packing all of our stuff up and thinking about trying to sleep but getting peerpressured into a night of staying up (the capitulation was remarkably fast ;) ) at various bars.So long Chicken man, Nahnah burgers, 3 Monkeys with Scotty and Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-8434622361423580362008-03-07T06:09:00.010-05:002008-03-09T00:28:27.576-05:00(Photos to come within the next day or so right now I am having some technical problems)Faro and awayOur second trip to Sevilla was 7 days of soaking up the town. Yup lucky number 7. We missed the bus to Lagos on Monday for the sake of 50 euro cents off a chicken sandwich meal at the BK Lounge. Bonus night in Sevilla was kind of meh. Something I sort of knew but didn't have drilled home until Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-75887648357843991662008-03-01T06:52:00.012-05:002008-03-01T18:53:17.813-05:00Change of plans...We are meeting up with our Aunt and Uncle in Lisbon on March 8th. The plan had been to continue school for the month of March possibly trying to find our own accomodation or going through the school. But with the extra fees they will charge when we aren't there but instead in traveling around, it won't be worth it. We think it may be easier to get ourselves to Portugal during Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-66934661099424745022008-02-26T11:36:00.004-05:002008-02-29T20:00:02.730-05:00I Don´t Know What to do With Those Tossed Salads...We arrived again in Sevilla two days ago to attend school and find a flat. Because this Thursday is "Andalucia Day" (come on! Isn´t everyday Andalucia Day??), and because we missed Monday´s class, we decided to wait to attend school next week when we can get our money´s worth. By the time we figured out all these plans, it was siesta time. So, weEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-83708040233735765302008-02-22T13:07:00.016-05:002008-02-22T16:53:49.954-05:00Monkey BusinessA late start almost prompted a repeat of the trip to Ronda and Sevilla. Once again we were with empty stomachs, slightly nauseous from the taxi ride, and running to catch the last direct bus to Gibraltar for several hours. Luckily for me...Joey...and the entire bus, it was a much smoother ride with a short stop in Estepona. Upon arriving in Estepona, I thought it would be a goodEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-26644115691051005222008-02-20T10:17:00.007-05:002008-02-20T10:40:36.843-05:00Picture Blog for Mom and Dad(Happy 26th Anniversary!!)Pic 1: Cheesy posePic 2: Em "smoking" a Cuban cigarPic 3: JoedaPic 4: It's cold!!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-83244412749392211252008-02-19T03:53:00.023-05:002008-02-19T16:33:20.227-05:00(long post warning, (slightly graphic (but blurred) photo warning as well) the Reader's Digest version is below this post)Tirar los galletitasEm and I got up early on Saturday to catch the 9a bus to Seville. We had a change of plans. Saturday was supposed to be a Gibraltar tour day but the weather was bad, therefore dropping a few folks from the roster. Meanwhile, Em and I wanted to check out Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-86557046737847699052008-02-18T16:25:00.010-05:002008-02-18T17:27:36.940-05:00Weekend SummaryMarbella - morning - bus - throw up - stop - Ronda - better - beautiful - bridge - incredible - night - bus - Sevilla - backpackers - hostel - day - Cathedral - strolling - Plaza - Starwars - night - pension - street - honking - morning - apartments - looking - circle - returned - Enforex - train - Malaga - bus - Marbella***For more information see our future post =)*** This is atEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-89551791884034692842008-02-12T11:47:00.001-05:002008-02-12T13:28:56.895-05:00Un Perro Espan~ol con Una Arruga Francesa!Ayer, Joey y yo paseamos en el parque despues de nuestra clase. Estabamos caminando en acera cuando yo vi un Bulldog Frances en una otra acera abajo de nosotros.Yo corri escaleras abajo a la otra acera para acariciar el perro lindo. Por supuesto, con el permiso del duen~o, yo jugaba con el.Me gustan los perros! No siempre entiendo la gente de paises Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915029056649702478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-59903442929620944162008-02-11T15:53:00.000-05:002008-02-11T16:09:06.125-05:00Life in Spain video blogEverything has been going well class is good, my comprehension is getting better when people are letting it rip (still a ways to go though).This coming weekend Em and I will scrounge up some folks to head to Gibraltar or Ronda.Hasta luego,--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-4897173194532550232008-02-07T10:17:00.000-05:002008-02-07T10:21:56.880-05:00RSS Feed Problem resolved?Well, no but I got a work aroundUse the following feed (notice how similar it is to whereisjoeytoday it is wheres(no 'I')joeytoday http://wheresjoeytoday.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/defaultI am going to mirror my blog entries with a link to the original. At least you will be notified without having to actually visit daily/weekly/however often you visit. For you IE7/Firefox Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-21373908010259198912008-02-04T17:13:00.001-05:002008-02-04T17:20:05.448-05:00Super MondayI found an Irish pub that had the Super Bowl on last night. The only problem is that it is tough to find a place that is open til 3:30a in the morning. So "The Spaniard" with its closing time of 3a would have to do.It is kind of funny to watch the BBC feed. The audio commentary is straight from Fox, while Americans are watching mini-blockbusters of talking babies and humongous pigeonsJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-39858465379207839832008-01-29T10:27:00.000-05:002008-01-29T14:46:50.657-05:00A stationary blog...Now that I am in Marbella and unlikely to leave it for the coming days, I thought I would give you a quick update.School has been going well. We are focusing on learning the 3 past tenses for Spanish which has always been tough for me because there isn't necessarily a good translation into english. For example whenever you say "I have _______" that pretty much always Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-29929804329726954012008-01-25T18:29:00.000-05:002008-01-26T08:44:59.583-05:00Flight Makes RightMy 2008 year o' backpacking is officially underway. Stay tuned to the blog for all the usual stories and commentary. (Related note: Apparently my RSS feed is broken (in Mozilla it keeps telling me it is (Empty) not sure why...) so I am working on a fix, or at least a work around. Long post warningMy flight over I thought would be pretty decent. I had a bulkhead aisle that was Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-66757280095636667512008-01-21T21:11:00.000-05:002008-01-21T21:18:17.213-05:00London (Temp Blog)I made it safe and sound. The wireless connection here is not the greatest so my first real update will probably be on Thursday morning when I get to Spain. My hostel is decent but kind of loud and I am trying hard to get on a normal sleep schedule. My flight over gave me an hour sleep, and night one was about 4-5 hours. To make up for it I went to bed at 8:30 but woke up at 1:Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-57174303070385625022008-01-08T23:58:00.000-05:002008-01-09T02:02:40.491-05:00In the west Texas town of El PasoThe Bulls topped off a really good season with a trip to a prestigous bowl game. El Paso is a perfectly sized town for such an event. In Tampa, most people have no idea who is in the Outback Bowl. In Birmingham, they seemed unbelieveably illprepared for the game. El Paso is different. It is a "small" town that can sell out the Utep stadium without a traveling Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-36608088533154337712007-10-14T11:46:00.001-04:002007-10-26T20:39:59.423-04:00Great American Beer FestivalLast year a friend of mine from high school living in Denver asked me whether I was coming out to the Great American Beer Festival. Unfortunately at the time I had a project at work and just couldn't take the time. Now I have two midterms next week at school and shouldn't take the time but on the other hand I can drink the best of American beer one ounce at a time...Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-26970225791103026532007-09-14T12:37:00.000-04:002007-12-15T18:36:08.078-05:00Camping eh?I have been posting to an awesome travel messageboard for the past two years (one year with significant regularity) and for the 2nd year in a row, they decided to hold an annual campout. Last year was in Seattle, this year in Algonquin (roughly 300km North of Tronto). Sign me up!Kevin and I were the out of towners, while Teri, Laura and Carolyn are native to Toronto.After we squared Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-55905348250423920082007-07-21T17:20:00.001-04:002008-03-24T14:21:33.560-04:00My first dive in Crystal RiverNot sure the last time I woke up at 5:30 but I remember why I don't like it. I gathered all my things for my first scuba dive ever in (what I remember being) the clear waters of Crystal River, FL.The water we jumped into was pretty murky but we were told that it would get better at the bottom. Maybe if we were in the first group of divers to go down but as the silt Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-78422979048779198522007-07-17T17:49:00.000-04:002007-07-29T23:58:10.569-04:00A look ahead...My tentative schedule for the coming year is starting to materialize a bit...August - Longboat Key and Toronto tripSeptember - Toronto and Auburn road tripOctober - Denver Great American Beer FestivalNovember - Staying localDecember - Staying put, or possibly road-tripping a Bulls road gameNow for 2008January - SpainFebruary - SpainMarch - SpainApril - SpainMay - Spain, Italy and "Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90012228058505014982007-06-28T22:21:00.000-04:002007-06-28T22:47:35.982-04:00Youth Hostel SupplementIn keeping with my tradition of listing my accommodations...Sakura Youth Hostel (Tokyo) - Great way to arrive in Tokyo (man that feels like it was a long time ago, way more than two months!). Clean, friendly place in the "old" part of town, Asakusa. Great atmosphere in the common area. Only downside is that it is difficult to find your first time there. 2940 Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-69258412403052230932007-05-28T00:43:00.000-04:002007-06-11T23:30:27.203-04:00Things that surprised me about my trip:1.) The 13 hours flight didn't feel that long and I didn't sleep that much. So if you can somehow sleep (a mask and ear plugs help) you can probably really feel like it is nothing. My metric is flying NY to Amsterdam. It is usually about 7 hours and you are definitely ready to leave at the end of it. While I was ready to jump into Tokyo, it wasn't twice as Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-43985211057333485362007-05-18T07:41:00.000-04:002007-05-19T10:35:40.463-04:00Just plane dumbSo after a surprisingly decent night in my very own morgue, I got up around 7 and headed to Sakura to pick up Em, shower and update my blog (I was finishing up my Hiroshima post). By 9:30 I began to wonder and had the front desk call her room (yes, Sakura has phones in the room... not bad for a hostel). Apparently the alarm clock decided to run out of juice around 1am.So like Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-76767707960191259052007-05-17T00:59:00.000-04:002007-05-18T07:40:47.819-04:00Rising sunAfter Disney we settled called it a night with the intention of waking up early. That we did, about 0430. Our roommate (a Swedish girl) was out hanging with a couple of English guys when she decides to head back to the hostel. She was apparently quite drunk when she hailed a cab in Akihabara. That should be a short ride (30 minutes at most). She said he drove her around for almost two Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-43744217316868746772007-05-15T23:37:00.000-04:002007-05-16T00:58:23.422-04:00Stitch; Not in time, saves nine...bucksWe were running late on our second day back in Tokyo (shocking I know) and headed out to Tokyo Disneyland via Tokyo Station. At Mahaima station you get off and walk 20 feet to the entrance. Having spent roughly two months of our childhood at Disneyworld, Em and I know the parks like the back of our hands which made us question whether we really should visit Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-49967220453706738902007-05-13T20:13:00.000-04:002007-05-15T23:37:07.399-04:00Hiroshima and MiyajimaEm and I left our Tokyo pseudo-Ryokan for Hiroshima. This was destined to be a fairly long day since we were headed back to Tokyo that night. The shink can make some distant sites remarkably achievable daytrips.We arrived, threw our packs in the locker and were out. If you didn't know any better, you would not know there was ever a single bomb that fell on Hiroshima. It Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-50928398589066492372007-05-09T19:51:00.000-04:002007-05-10T17:55:41.783-04:00TokyotokyotoI want to start this blog by giving a big thanks to Henry Stimson.We arrived in Kyoto via Shinkansen from Mishima just outside of Kawaguchiko (Mt Fuji). The bullet trains earn their reputation! We arrived at night because Em and I decide to grab a quick lunch at a traditional Japanese restaurant (feel folded under a ridiculous table) which made us miss our train. Kontatsu rocks.So Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-42017867392816669022007-05-08T09:12:00.000-04:002007-05-08T11:00:42.681-04:00Mount Fuji's killing us softlyToday was a great day in ol' Japan. We started by heading to the kitchen for a bowl of ramen noodles and a plan to bike to the base of Fuji.Along the way we saw this really wacky looking coaster at the Fuji Q highlands amusement park. Japanese themeparks are a little like how Disney World used to be. You pay an entrance fee and then a fee per ride with the option of Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-25377690063091292782007-05-06T10:35:00.000-04:002007-05-07T10:15:49.470-04:00Emi-chan Takes Over 5/6/07Hey everyone! I arrived in Tokyo this afternoon and my brother picked me up at the airport (thank goodness because I would have inevitably gotten lost and probably cried). The city is very crowded and confusing. I did learn and identified a few kanji characters: "stop", "exit", and "yen". Joey's Japanese is better than he says. He was able to ask directions, buy Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-46322761585646492462007-05-05T22:16:00.000-04:002007-05-05T22:58:14.544-04:00 Much to see and Edo in TokyoSo Day 2 in Nippon started with me arranging my baseball game plans. Originally I thought I would have to travel to Yokohama to see the game, but the Yomiuri Giants (the Yankees of Japan) play their intracity rivals the Yakult Swallows.The subway is getting more comfortable to navigate but it can still be plenty confusing. Part of the problem is that their are three Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-45500573986878208222007-05-04T20:35:00.000-04:002007-05-04T20:36:08.257-04:00This is a quick blog so you can check out Shibuya. Eventually I will probably delete this post and move the video to another one. Hope it worksSayonara,JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-26332696435479324292007-05-04T09:10:00.001-04:002007-05-04T09:32:43.947-04:00I am far too tired for anything interesting so here comes to firehose for today.I landed in Houston and was among the first to present my passport to the lady behind the desk. This turned out to be a very good move because she had an exit row seat for me, so I could extend my legs 90 degrees and touch nothing but sweet sweet air.The flight was long, so long in fact, that it feels like it has beenJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-7663107284710311992007-05-04T09:10:00.000-04:002007-05-04T09:21:47.533-04:00I am far too tired for anything interesting so here comes to firehose for today.I landed in Houston and was among the first to present my passport to the lady behind the desk. This turned out to be a very good move because she had an exit row seat for me, so I could extend my legs 90 degrees and touch nothing but sweet sweet air.The flight was long, so long in fact, that it feels like it has beenJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-75706168544906026722007-04-29T18:14:00.000-04:002007-04-29T18:23:38.052-04:00Four days until take off!I started taking a look at the rail pass brochure and I just am a bit puzzled that the Tourism Board, Yokoso Japan (Welcome Japan!) would choose, er this as the cover.--JoeyCountdown To TakeoffJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-90461025481212574042007-04-26T22:20:00.000-04:002007-04-26T22:47:56.068-04:007 days - 7am - 7000 milesDeparture is next Thursday. My rail pass (exchange order) arrived today, I walked out of the airport with a cool 27000 Yen today (yeah the rates stink but you need some starter cash), Em's backpack got here yesterday, so we are just waiting on a few flag patches and a Japan here we come.--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-67361174809314562662007-03-20T22:38:00.000-04:002007-03-20T23:10:23.072-04:00It is official, I am headed to Japan!Here is the infamous itinerary post which gets turned upside down and barely resembles itself at the end of the trip (this backpacking break needs to be a little more structured than my previous ones since I only have 12 days)Day 1 (May 3rd) - Celebrate my course being over and fly from Tampa to Houston to Tokyo on ContinentalDay 2 (May 4th) - Arrive in Tokyo Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-19955223037545386792007-03-14T01:14:00.000-04:002007-03-14T01:18:08.637-04:00Happy Pi Day everyone...Stay tuned to the brog.Sayonara,--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1167185496167540362006-12-26T20:37:00.000-05:002006-12-30T02:00:40.550-05:00The following takes place between 12am and 11pm on the day of the PapaJohns.com Birmingham BowlThe Bulls had a great (8-4) season so I made the trip to Alabama and went to my first road game ever. USF...ECU...December 23rd, the matchup everyone has been anticipating.The flying option was surprisingly inexpensive and presumably a lot more convenient. The only problem was the flight was at 6am Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1156129127020866242006-08-20T22:32:00.000-04:002006-08-20T23:26:42.970-04:00Greetings from Longboat KeyActually, I am at home now, but I have been down south and will be again at the end of the week (99% sure)We go down there every year so having an interruped stay doesn't kill me (the 5 months off at the beginning of the year didn't hurt either). Puzzles (jigsaw and logic), floating, sailing (sometimes paddling, on the catamaran), and the like kept me 'busy'. We have Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1154229185009810362006-07-31T02:27:00.000-04:002006-07-30T23:33:51.913-04:00For my monthly post (just to keep the blog "active")Youth Hostel SupplementCharlie Rockets - Bruges, Belgium - I stayed at Charlie Rockets because the recommended hostel in Ghent (all of them at the time actually) had no vacancies. Turned out that was a blessing because I felt like I got all I needed on a quick stop. Bruges is phenomenal city. The hostel leaves a little to be desired. Shared key Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1151323312578729482006-06-25T20:33:00.000-04:002007-04-29T18:30:31.670-04:00Where Is Joey Today Index - For Easier Browsing of the BlogJapan countdown7-7-7000Japan ItineraryBirmingham BowlGreetings from Longboat KeyYouth Hostel SupplementThe Americans are Coming, The Americans are Coming!Westport, Sligo, then Beleek and that was before 3pmPictures that didn't make the blogHeuston we have a conundrum?Vienna OperaIceland's Green and Greenland's IcyGruss Gott and Happy Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1147641812023032112006-05-16T16:08:00.000-04:002006-05-16T10:34:18.363-04:00The Americans are coming - The Americans are comingWith not much in the way of time, in Dublin, we pretty much just went to our hostel which was in Temple Bar Area at Oliver St John Gogarty. We were told that the area was a little sketchy because it was so touristy (huh?). That morning we (I) woke up around 7:57 and picked up a little quick breakfast before catching the 747 shuttle to the 737 Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1147282315176519882006-05-10T13:30:00.000-04:002006-05-10T13:31:55.200-04:00The London Temp BlogEm and I arrived around 2ish got to the hotel by 3:30ish and headed to Westminster, Picadilly and Trafalgar. We are burning off our photos so we can take some more, mom will get an email.JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1147194885859092302006-05-09T12:44:00.000-04:002006-05-09T13:59:37.636-04:00Westport -> Sligo -> Ballyshannon -> Beleek and that was before 3Em and I got some Fish and Chips in Westport and headed back to the hostel to get some sleep. We ended up with room mates after all; five Slovakian kids going camping. Luckily they more or less shut up around 12.We picked up the bus heading to Sligo where we had a break before grabbing the (London)Derry bus which has a stop in Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1147035487257046092006-05-07T16:36:00.000-04:002006-05-07T16:58:07.313-04:00Pictures that didn't make the blog but should have and weren't / couldn't or didn't / wont't ...huh?Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146992713821246252006-05-07T04:39:00.000-04:002006-05-07T16:36:22.176-04:00Em wrote a continuation for this blog at the bottom...Heuston we have a conundrumI checked out from Avalon House, and picked Em up from the airport on time which is remarkable given my narrow window and her having no checked baggage. At the airport we got our train tickets to Galway (open ended) and the bus fare to get to the Heuston station. Once we arrived there was a long queque (line), so I Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146829287142018802006-05-05T07:41:00.000-04:002006-05-05T17:41:43.823-04:00The Vienna OperaAfter the night of Mozart and Strauss (which BTW, Aunt Laura nailed the Sousa-ish piece as the Radetsky March) I decided to press my luck and see what was playing at the Vienna Opera House. Honestly, I didn't care. It could have been a reading of the phonebook for all I cared (turns out that would have been preferable) as long as I got a look inside. It was that attitude is what Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146827566583715362006-05-05T07:10:00.000-04:002006-05-05T07:12:46.610-04:00Temp blogokay so after the music at schonbrun i headed to the opera in vienna around the cathedrals in vienna and salzburg and caught a flight to dublin where i am nowtoday looks to be organizing the galway/connemara trip/beleek trinity college guinness and maybe the gaol (jail)em comes tomorrowJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146654266631675122006-05-03T06:49:00.000-04:002006-05-03T07:04:26.666-04:00Iceland´s Green and Greenland´s IcyNot bad photos DadJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146645404764673402006-05-03T04:15:00.000-04:002006-05-03T05:18:36.766-04:00Grüss Gött and happy Wiensday I decided to make today, like yesterday a Vienna day and skip Bratislava all together. I think this will allow me to have a more relaxing final day here, get caught up on my laundry etc. so I can have an early day tomorrow (Vienna->Salzburg->Dublin).I was walking around the town, specifically toward the Leopold museum in the Museum's quarter to pick up the U4 line toJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146583511141067332006-05-02T10:59:00.000-04:002006-05-02T12:10:47.356-04:00Finishing up in MunichAfter dropping Dad at the airport, I headed back and took the Ubahn out to the soccer stadium. Germany has the World Cup this time around, and Munich is going to be featured prominently. Around the arena there are tons of little kids practicing their soccer skills much in the same way youngsters throw the (real) football around while tailgating.The train to Vienna was at 23:Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1146404930232746772006-04-30T09:26:00.000-04:002006-04-30T12:19:34.056-04:00¨The best part of Budapest were the graveyards¨, Tom said, goulashlyWell you may be wondering what the delay was in writing about old Hungary. The thing is that we didn´t go there as planned. We were scheduled to take a night train on Wednesday evening, thus spending Thursday afternoon in Budapest with a Friday return. We arrived to Munich airport nearly an hour and a half ahead of departure, Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1145964317166894532006-04-25T07:17:00.000-04:002006-04-26T09:36:28.503-04:00At a schlöss for words in FüssenI am on a German keyboard so bear with the z and y being flipped. This is also a pretty long blog...sorry.I picked Dad up at the airport around 12ish after his flight got delayed. He came out ready to roam, which I was anything but ready to do when I arrived. We checked into the Wombat, and headed off to get a Bayern pass to get to Fussen and the Fussen bus to Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1145741773751287892006-04-22T16:06:00.000-04:002006-04-22T17:36:15.246-04:00Aying Day TripThis will be a quick blog. I thought I would post some photos from Aying. As you may expect it looks a little different in April than it did in February.When I got there the brewery was closed (I still have a chance on Tuesday if I want to ride the rail to Munich before going to Koln...definitely a possibility). The hotel, where the photo of the beer from Aying took place, was beingJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1145704419077310512006-04-22T07:07:00.000-04:002006-04-22T08:23:10.483-04:00Fahrting around GermanyIch haben ankomst en München (how was that Dad or aunt, zia, tia, whatever Laura?)It was a heck of a trip here though. The last I wrote I was in Brussels trying to make it to the city center to soak (drink) up the local (yeast) culture(s). For those keeping score at home.Beers of the trip:Bavarian Beer (Netherlands) - I had this on the train...skip it. YechkLeffe Blond and Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1145542096761056622006-04-20T09:58:00.000-04:002006-04-20T11:12:38.066-04:00An Okily Dokily day in FlandersAfter a long day on Tuesday, I didn't wake up until about noon on Wednesday. Time was limited so I toured Bruges some, posted the blog from yesterday, and called home. I didn't want to waste the money it takes to go to Brussels (about 23 euros) but it did seem like a good time to visit the coastal town of Oostende.As soon as the sun started to set in Bruges, I knew Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1145392356960383932006-04-18T16:06:00.000-04:002006-04-19T09:14:05.413-04:00If it´s Tuesday this must be BelgiumI landed in Amsterdam (or as the cool kids say: a´dam) about 5 minutes early and made my way to the Centraal Station. My plan was to drop off my backpack and walk around (possibly going to the Keukenhof, their ultra famous garden...it was featured in the inflight magazine). That paragraph took me ten minutes to type because all the keys on the Belgian keyboard Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1145058194036411402006-04-14T13:48:00.000-04:002006-04-15T09:57:53.420-04:00Deja vuI am going back to Europe until May 6th. Dad has a meeting in Bad Hersfeld, Germany so he wanted an expert tour guide of Munich :-PMy itinerary hasn't been flushed out but here is a rough idea:April 17 - Leave Tampa 18 - Arrive in Amsterdam Leave for Ghent 19 - Ghent 20 - Ghent 21 - Brussels -> Munich (Ryanair) 22 - Munich 23 - Munich/Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1144687921431273792006-04-10T12:40:00.000-04:002006-04-10T12:52:01.496-04:00Stay tuned...shortly.--JoeyJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1143302657524979942006-03-25T09:15:00.000-05:002006-03-31T23:16:31.726-05:00Okay this is it, my last entry (If I forget something, I will just edit this entry :-P)Edit: Angela, if you came back here, I responded to your comment under "An Evening in Salamanca"Edit: I forgot to give the site feed http://whereisjoeytoday.blogspot.com/atom.xml. If you have a blog aggregator my next blog comes to you (I use Mozilla Thunderbird for mail and for blogs for example).Oh and FYIJoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20718372.post-1143140642685931162006-03-23T13:34:00.000-05:002006-03-23T21:39:59.576-05:00If this is not my last post of the blog it is one of the last two until I hit the road again. I wanted to give a few wrap up bits and advice for anyone doing the same thing.Here is a (far from complete) list of 25 conclusions drawn, lessons learned, and advice offered for an extended trip1.) Rail Passes aren't always a good idea. With the advent of discount airlines in Europe, you really have to Joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667210134343117739noreply@blogger.com2