Home sweet home

I just wanted to thank everyone for following me! It was a great trip and an awesome experience. I learned so much, met so many cool people, and the sights were unbelievable. It's so cool to compare the western european lifestyle with ours.

The Final Itinerary is as follows:

Paris, France
Amsterdam, Holland
Frankfurt, Germany
Bacharach, Germany
Interlaken, Switzerland
Como, Italy
Menaggio, Italy
Florence, Italy
Pula, Croatia
Rab Island, Croatia
Plitvice National Park, Croatia
Split, Croatia
Hvar Island, Croatia
Rome, Italy
Cinque Terre, Italy
Nice, France
Barcelona, Spain
Bilbao, Spain
Barcelona, Spain

Favorite Place (since this is the first question EVERYONE asks): Hvar Island, Croatia

I would post pictures, but i took over 1,000 and it's far too hard to pick the best of's. Contact me if you wanna see any specific place.

Thanks!!
-Evan


next trip? .... S. America? SouthEast Asia? Eastern Europe? Australia? .....

Barcelona

Doin time in barcelona. Met Bekah and her friend here. We're havin a blast. I'll have to post some pictures a little later on. We have 2 more nights, and then moving on to Valencia. Stay updated for photos!

Nice, France - Bilbao, Spain

So we made it to Nice for 2 nights. We basically just hit the beach and then went to Monte Carlo, Monaco for dinner. Monte Carlo was like a fantasy world. The most ferraris, Porsches, Bentleys, Maseratis, etc, etc... i´ve ever seen. The casino was pretty impressive and the yachts were ok, i guess.

After Nice we had a full day of trains to Barcelona. We had to make 3 different connections, and almost missed our train at every one. We spent 1 night in barcelona because we´need to connect with a train up north. We'll be back in barcelona on the 16th though.

So now we're in Bilbao which is pretty nice. We did the Guggenheim Museum today so that was fun. Really impressive building and some fun exhibitions. We have 3 nights here then another night on the train back down to barcelona. I think we´re going to do a day trip tomorrow to San Sebastian and then another day trip to Guernica.

-evan

Pisa?

Italians on strike... stuck in pisa til 9 tonight... the leaning tower isn't THAT interesting..

Pisa?

Italians are on strike... we're stuck in Pisa until 9 tonight. Not the greatest city to be stuck in.

When in Rome...

When in Rome...

Buy a pair of fArmanis
Have a faux-hawk
and take a picture of yourself in the middle of the street with the Colosseum in the background...

Yea, I'm pretty cool...

Mom and Dad, for some reason i remembered that one piazza while we here a few years ago with the lion fountain things and the 2 identical basilicas. I think it's cuz we hung out there for awhile, and i played on the fountain... Well i had the HARDEST time finding it, i forgot what the name was and where it was. I was walking around by myself today and finally ran into it (After having the best pizza for lunch annndd the best gellato i've ever had). I wanted to get a picture of me on the lion again, but unfortunately i was by myself. No problem tho, i asked some random to take 2 pics of me, a nice one and a cool one. See if you can figure out which one this is...

We did the pub crawl last night and had a blast. It started at 9 and we started off with an hour walking tour and saw the Trevi Fountain and Spanish steps at night. Our tour guide was hilarious. Then we went to a few bars and met some cool people.

Walked around a lot today and saw a lot of cool things. It's nice to be back here after a few years seeing it from a different perspective. The weather was really nice today and really enjoyed myself.

OH! ANNNDD i met 3 guys on the Italian National Team for Rowing. I saw some guys walk by with rowing shirts on, and i had my head of the Charles shirt on. I went up and showed them my shirt and they were really excited. Barely spoke english, but I got their names (Totally forget now, but something like Federiccio, Luigi, and _________ [fill in the blank]) and 2 of them rowed lightweight and 1 heavy. Really cool.

Don't have too much set up for Cinque Terre tomorrow, i just know we will prob leave for there around 8 in the morning and stopping in Pisa for about an hour.

If I don't post while in Cinque Terre, my next will be Nice, France.
'evan

Roma

Well, 2 ferries, an hour walk, and a train ride later, Shane and I have arrived in Roma. We took the 10hr ferry from Split, Croatia, which actually wasn't that bad. Finding the train station in Ancona, Italy WAS.

We arrived in Rome at about 3 and hit up the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps and grabbed an awesome dinner where the chef decided he would order for us. Fun stuff

It is really hot here and super crowded. Today we went and saw Saint Peter's Basilica and the Sistene Chapel in the Vatican. Some pretty impressive stuff...

I think we're doing a pub crawl tonight around the city and then gonna do the Colosseum and the Ancient City (and maybe the zoo?!) tomorrow.

Then off to Cinque Terre on Monday.

evan

Sad day...

We reluctantly departed from Hvar Island today, and i am currently back in Split waiting for an overnight ferry to Ancona, Italy. Enjoy some pictures...

Most of the rowdy gang of the Green Lizard Hostel.
Pulling into the Tree Fort Bar. The collapsed white umbrellas off the the right is the bar.
Bala being a monkey, Shane enjoying his drinks, and the Sophies chillin.
Life is tough.

More Hvar.

So, 4 nights in Hvar wasn't enough. Yesterday we decided we would stay an extra night, then this morning we said why not stay another? So instead of 4 nights here, we're doing 6 nights. Unfortunately, we have to kick dubrovnik out of our itinerary. Which is ok, because we have heard it is very hot and touristy. And why go there when we can stay here?

So i think what we're gonna do is head back up to Split on thursday to catch an overnight ferry to Ancona, Italy. We will hopefully be in Rome by the 4th? i think? i'm kinda confused on the days... i thought yesterday was thursday..