Post Trip Reflection

Don't go to so many places in such a "short" period of time (Take the time to smell the roses).
Venice is amazing.
French people are snobby.
Traveling to non-English/Chinese speaking countries isn't that bad.
...

Europe Trip: $4500
A bundle of memories: $4500 (not priceless! :O)

07/08/09 - London to Seattle

We woke up early, got on the tube to Heathrow, and got on a plane to Vancouver, then to Seattle.

Radey has one last incident where she thinks my dad won't pick us up.

06/08/09 - London Redux Day 2

We visited the Tower of London. Radey had a LOT of Pim's. It rained really hard.

05/08/09 - London Redux Day 1

We were really tired, arriving at around 6. Dropped our bags off, and wandered around until we could check in (I slept like a hobo on a bench in Hyde Park). After checking in, we took a nap. The room was really really hot though.

Went out, bought some food, ate, and went to sleep again.

04/08/09 - Edinburgh Day 3 to London

Walked around Edinburgh, after dropping our stuff in a locker.

Took a night bus to London, arriving at 5:50... ick.

03/08/09 - Edinburgh Day 2

Took a haunted tour of the catacombs (overpriced, don't do it.)

Edinburgh castle was pretty cool.

We met the two Cali girls on the way back from the center, and got dinner with them.

02/08/09 - Edinburgh Day 1

We wandered Edinburgh. Radey wanted to go to The Elephant House, which is where Harry Potter was birthed. We walked through Grassmarket, which had some random vendors. Radey got a spiced apple juice, which was quite good. We eventually found the cafe, which was on a higher level than we were looking. The tea is fine, but don't get any of their food, which was quite overpriced.

Bought groceries for dinner, during/after which we met two girls from Santa Clara, and three Aussies (2 M, 1 F), and went out drinking (started as a haggis tasting tour, but kitchens close early!). Ended up in a club, and then went back to the hostel.

01/08/09 - Inverness to Edinburgh

We took a bus from Inverness to Edinburgh. The walk from the bus station to the hostel was really really long. The Haymarket Bar has really cheap pitchers of mixed drinks.

31/07/09 - Inverness Day 1

We took a boat cruise to/on Loch Ness. After this, Radey had some delicious Thai soup, and a lot of beer. Talked to a cute French girl before going to bed.

30/07/09 - Glasgow Day 1 to Inverness

We had a fairly late bus to Inverness considering how early we got up (had to check out by 10.) With a few hours to burn, we wandered around Glasgow, which has some massive shopping areas. The chicken pastries are delicious (and terrible for you, I'm sure.)!

Arriving in Inverness, we find it is a small city. The hostel is decent.

29/07/09 - Clifden to Glasgow

We woke up early, caught the 9:20 bus out of Clifden to Galway. We wandered around Galway for a while. From Galway, a bus took us to Shannon Airport, and an one hour flight landed us in Prestwick. A short train ride, and we arrived in Glasgow. We got kind of lost, looking for our hostel, but eventually managed to find it. It was kind of crummy. A lot of people in it.

28/07/09 - Clifden Day 1

We went for a walk. It was rainy. There wasn't much to do. Went to the supermarket and bought some food. Easy peel oranges are ftw!

27/07/09 - Doolin to Clifden

We took the bus from Doolin back to Galway then to Clifden.