The internet is a series of tubes... and therefore can be put underwater and all the way to Venice... where they didnt have the internet on. I think they pissed off Al Gore. Oh well!
We are having an absolute blast and chillin in ITALIA! Getting some some while hanging out in Venice and today we traveled from Venice to Rome where I sit writting this now. We are here for another four days and then back to Berlin for a couple days and then HOME! Italy is absolutely amazing... beautiful... and filled with culture. It was amazing having a lot of nothing to do in these cities. There is stuff all around so we just wandered all day and eventually made it back to our hostel which overlooked a very popular canal.
I think we spent a good two hours yesterday just hanging out on the steps of a church and chatting. In the process getting a fairly good tan...
Today I am in ROME! Havent seen much yet but it will be nice to get out and do things in the next couple of days... the only downside is that Italy is expensive... but hey, I am on vacation right?!?!? I hope to be able to write another blog before I get back. If not, come help us move and you will hear all the stories that we can remember!
Ciao!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The REAL world beer tour...
Hi!!! We all made it here just fine and are having an absolute blast.
Our hostel in Berling kind of sucked... it was literally out in the middle of nowhere and took us like an hour each night to get home from... but oh well we were in BERLIN! We hung out at the bar called WHITE TRASH and listened to an ok cover band... JR is better. Drank a lot of German beer and had a great time!
Then we figured out how to get train tickets and hopped a train to Prague... This is where we had our first escapade of the trip... after finding our hostel which was awesome... right downtown and on a main street, we realized that we arrived almost 4 hours before we told our hostel owner we would. So we sat at the restaraunt across the street and drank beer for that time and then finally got into our hostel, cleaned up and took in some good Prague jazz. The next day we walked a lot... really a lot but it was so much fun! We decided that since we are drinking beer from all these different countries that we should make this our own world beer tour and make a poster of all these different beers when we get home. BE EXCITED!
Finally, we made it to Vienna yesterday and our hostel rocks. It is super busy, a lot of people... and we probably got too drunk at the bar downstairs last night. But we were socializing and meeting people from all over the world so it was really fun.
Tomorrow it is onto Venice... then Florence... then ROME... then back to Berlin and home. I'll try to update as I can.
Love you all and I cannot wait to come home and hang out with you all again!
KJK
Our hostel in Berling kind of sucked... it was literally out in the middle of nowhere and took us like an hour each night to get home from... but oh well we were in BERLIN! We hung out at the bar called WHITE TRASH and listened to an ok cover band... JR is better. Drank a lot of German beer and had a great time!
Then we figured out how to get train tickets and hopped a train to Prague... This is where we had our first escapade of the trip... after finding our hostel which was awesome... right downtown and on a main street, we realized that we arrived almost 4 hours before we told our hostel owner we would. So we sat at the restaraunt across the street and drank beer for that time and then finally got into our hostel, cleaned up and took in some good Prague jazz. The next day we walked a lot... really a lot but it was so much fun! We decided that since we are drinking beer from all these different countries that we should make this our own world beer tour and make a poster of all these different beers when we get home. BE EXCITED!
Finally, we made it to Vienna yesterday and our hostel rocks. It is super busy, a lot of people... and we probably got too drunk at the bar downstairs last night. But we were socializing and meeting people from all over the world so it was really fun.
Tomorrow it is onto Venice... then Florence... then ROME... then back to Berlin and home. I'll try to update as I can.
Love you all and I cannot wait to come home and hang out with you all again!
KJK
Sunday, May 6, 2007
I should wear this.
That famous saying was spoken by Mike as some asshole in a gaudy cowboy outfit sang a friends song at Karoke one night.
I hang out at a hick bar... and I am not a hick. However, the more and more that I go there I am beginning to realize that it really isn't a hick bar. There were two main reasons that I went there a lot. One, my best friend and his brother worked there and I never paid for stuff, and two, I like singing karoke. In my past couple of visits I have realized that it really isn't hick... it is just more random and odd than hick. A couple of my friends would disagree but I think they think it is hick because people sing country songs at karoke... however they just do that because it is way easier to sing country than anything else...
The people here are very odd... there is one guy who is that typical biker guy. HUGE, wears a black leather vest, no shirt underneath, tattoos, chains, and is named COOKIE. There is also a transvestite who calls the bar home, a crack addict who is there way too often, a pregnant girl who drinks and smokes more than I care to talk about, and three people who take karoke way way way too serious. Some people would say... damn that is fucked up and I don't ever want to go there... but that is the exact reason why I go. It is so random and so odd that there is never a boring night.
In short, I will show up there every once and a while... play bocce ball in the back of the bar... oh yeah, they have a bocce court in the back of the bar, sing some karoke, drink for free, and party the night away. God bless Caspers.
I hang out at a hick bar... and I am not a hick. However, the more and more that I go there I am beginning to realize that it really isn't a hick bar. There were two main reasons that I went there a lot. One, my best friend and his brother worked there and I never paid for stuff, and two, I like singing karoke. In my past couple of visits I have realized that it really isn't hick... it is just more random and odd than hick. A couple of my friends would disagree but I think they think it is hick because people sing country songs at karoke... however they just do that because it is way easier to sing country than anything else...
The people here are very odd... there is one guy who is that typical biker guy. HUGE, wears a black leather vest, no shirt underneath, tattoos, chains, and is named COOKIE. There is also a transvestite who calls the bar home, a crack addict who is there way too often, a pregnant girl who drinks and smokes more than I care to talk about, and three people who take karoke way way way too serious. Some people would say... damn that is fucked up and I don't ever want to go there... but that is the exact reason why I go. It is so random and so odd that there is never a boring night.
In short, I will show up there every once and a while... play bocce ball in the back of the bar... oh yeah, they have a bocce court in the back of the bar, sing some karoke, drink for free, and party the night away. God bless Caspers.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Now stepping up to the plate.
So I am kind of freaking out. It is coming time that I need to actually step up to the plate, bite the bullet, and really bear down on some things. I leave for Europe in T minus 5 days... The day after I get back is my 24th birthday and I am moving into my new house that day... I have yet to become certified through River Falls so I can teach... I am being offered a cool new job at Schmitt... and I have no idea what I am going to do!
So Europe! I am so so so so so so excited to get on a plane with Brett, Ryan, and Mike, and spend two weeks bumming around Europe. I just got a new digital camera to record the entire adventure, and a badass new backpack. We have our plane tickets, train tickets, hostels booked, passports, and a general idea of what we are doing. But something is still missing... not sure what I am missing... but I am sure it will all pan out.
The house... oh I cannot tell you how excited I am to move into a house with these guys. I love my parents, I love being around them... but I feel almost like after coming home from college that I see them too much. Not in a bad way, but that I somewhat take them for granted, seeing them everyday, and having them to fall back upon at home. I think our relationship will grow stronger as I move out. I am looking forward to that the most, the getting to know my parents better by not being around them as much... if that makes sense at all.
The birthday... oh what an uneventful birthday this will be. The 24th... at least I can say I have accomplished what I wanted to do by that time. I wanted to be done with college and have a steady job... CHECK! I wanted to be living on my own... CHECK! I wanted to have a general idea of what I am doing in my life... CHEC... wait a second. I know what I want to do but am I doing it? I guess the most important thing is that I am content in doing it.
I wish I could write about my new job opportunity at the company I have been with for almost 9 years now... I'll let you know as soon as I do.
So Europe! I am so so so so so so excited to get on a plane with Brett, Ryan, and Mike, and spend two weeks bumming around Europe. I just got a new digital camera to record the entire adventure, and a badass new backpack. We have our plane tickets, train tickets, hostels booked, passports, and a general idea of what we are doing. But something is still missing... not sure what I am missing... but I am sure it will all pan out.
The house... oh I cannot tell you how excited I am to move into a house with these guys. I love my parents, I love being around them... but I feel almost like after coming home from college that I see them too much. Not in a bad way, but that I somewhat take them for granted, seeing them everyday, and having them to fall back upon at home. I think our relationship will grow stronger as I move out. I am looking forward to that the most, the getting to know my parents better by not being around them as much... if that makes sense at all.
The birthday... oh what an uneventful birthday this will be. The 24th... at least I can say I have accomplished what I wanted to do by that time. I wanted to be done with college and have a steady job... CHECK! I wanted to be living on my own... CHECK! I wanted to have a general idea of what I am doing in my life... CHEC... wait a second. I know what I want to do but am I doing it? I guess the most important thing is that I am content in doing it.
I wish I could write about my new job opportunity at the company I have been with for almost 9 years now... I'll let you know as soon as I do.
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