It's been a while since we have had access to internet, so we've got a lot of ground to cover as we have been very busy in the meantime!
We are currently on the beautiful greek island of Santorini but before we get to that we'll summarize all that we saw as we ate our way through Rome, Italy.
After almost missing our third train leg of the day, we arrived in Rome around 7pm and our hostel/hotel was just a short walk from the Termini or Termy as I (Jenna) refered to it the entire time we were in Rome untill Ty finally deceided the joke was over and he corrected me. Our hostel was much more like a hotel, the room was huge, we had our own tv and sink and the bathroom was just down the hall. We also ventured out for food and our first taste of gelato, it was love at first bite and the addiction was instant. Ty got banana and nutellla and I got two different kinds of nutella...amazing!!
All of our days in Rome were jam packed with tons of walking and sightseeing, along with lots and lots of delicious food!
Day 1: We started off at the spanish steps, we then walked down to the trevi fountain and threw our coins in. We then walked to the Pantheon, and were amazed, as it is still standing at over 2,000 years old. We then stopped for our first italian pizza, Ty tried anchovies and deceided he does not like them and we had to pay a sitting fee. We then got more gelato and when I sat down to eat mine, the woman very sternly told me that sitting is a service, it was from here on we knew sitting in italy costs money. We then treked to the Colosseum. It was amazing, we walked all around and took it all in. We then tried to visit the Roman Forum but it was too late, it had closed. We then walked all the way back to our hotel and after some relaxing went out for a later dinner. We had our first pasta in italy and were both thoroughly satisfied along with some more gelato for dessert.
Day 2: We woke up and headed straight to the Roman Forum to pick up where we left off the day before. There was SO much to see and take in it was overwhelming and unbelievable. We spent a good couple hours just roaming through and then went to our first italian pizzeria. Basically these are just pizza counters and they sell the pizza slices based on their weight. We agreed that it was some of the best pizza we had ever had and so cheap. Since the weather was so nice in we could just eat outside while sitting right near the ruins. We then walked all the way to the Vatican City (and we may have gotten more gelato along the way... tiramisu, creme caramel and even just plain vanilla...so good.)
We walked into the main square of the Vatican staring directly at St Peter's Basilica, we cannot even begin to put into waords how incredible the Vatican City is and even our pictures won't do it justice. After going through security to enter we browsed through the entire Basilica including the basement which housed the tombs of past popes. We then deceided to work off all the gelato we'd been eating and climb to the top of the capsula for 5euros. The climb started out innocently enough, just a lot of winding stairs. We reached what I thought was the top and it allowed us to walk along the interior of church, giving us a bird's eye view of the basilica. We them noticed a tiny very narrow stairway with an arrow and deceided to keep going. After about 5 different narrow, winding, sometimes so thin you had to walk sideways and even one spiral staircase so steep and narrow there was a rope to aid you as you climbed. Ty thought it reminded him of the scene in willy wonka and the chocolate factory when the room keeps getting smaller as they walk. Once we reaced the top we then could go outisde and take in the most incredible view of Rome. We were essentially at the very top of Basilica it was breathtaking.
We walked in the direction of our hostel, grabbed some more pizza for dinner and stumbled upon a movie theatre on our way home. Lucky for us they were playing the Wolfman in english. After the movie we walked back to our hostel and went to bed, as we were extremely tired from our long day of walking.
Day 3: Although we had seen the St Peter's Basilica, we had not yet seen the Vatican Museum. We decided to walk to the Museum in the morning. The museum was HUGE, almost overwhelming to a fault. But the highlight expectedly was the Sistine Chapel at the end, containing some amazing frescoes by Michelangelo. The rest of the day we strolled around Rome, walked into some stores, and of course ate some more pizza and gelato.
The next morning we got up bright and early to catch a train to the airport to catch our 10:00 flight to Greece.
The Start of Greece
After checking into our hostel we decided to immediately meet with a travel agent to plan our trip to the islands of Greece. After meeting some not-so-friendly travel agents we stumbled upon Marios, and elder Greek gentleman who was more than willing to help us out. We spent an hour and a half with him and booked all of our ferries and hotels. Our itinerary for the islands includes Santorini for 4 nights, and Naxos for 3 nights. We then went and did laundry and decided to head to the pub for happy hour.
Just Jennas luck.....it was karaoke night. By 10 o clock, everyone was feeling good, the bar was packed, and lots of people wanted to sing. Early on, two American guys decided to dedicate a song to Team USA hockey. We of course were not thrilled, so Jenna decided to sing one of her personal favorites, "That Dont Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain, conviently a Canadian artist. She dedicated the song to Team USA Hockey and everyone in the bar got a kick out of it as there were many fellow Canadians. Soon after the bartender asked Jenna to join him in singing "Man! I feel like a Woman!" apparently he was a big Shania fan too. We also met a couple from Edmonton who we chatted with majority of the night, Scott and Christine. Jen and Christine formed a mnusical duo and signed themselves up for various songs with the stage name Jenstine. Hits included Sweet Caroline and The Sign by Ace of Base. Needless to say a great time was had by all. We stayed till close and headed back to our hostel.
The next morning wehad breakfast at the hostel and then headed out to do some sightseeing. We went to the temple of Zeus first and then the Acropolis. It was incredible, we spent a good 2 and a half hours treking to the top and taking it all in. We then met Scott and Christine and explored a local market together, we also grabbed some beers and coffee and sat in view of the acropolis. We then went back to the hostel to freshen up and headed back to the pub for happy hour. After some drinks the four of us headed for dinner around 9pm. Christine found us a great Greek resturant and we sat outside. We had greek salads and house wine to start, the boys ordered mousaka (greek shepards pie) and the girls chicken souvlaki and then ice-cream for dessert. After dinner we headed back to our hostel as we had to get up at 5:30am to catch our ferry the next morning.
Which brings us to our current location of Santorini, we had an amazing first day, but we are all out of internet time for now, so stay tuned and we'll write about our island adventures shortly!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The BEST day yet!
Today we had the most amazing weather, and an incredible day to go along with it. We woke up bright and early knowing that today was suppose to be very sunny, had our breakfast and headed into town for 10am. We decided to start the day with a long walk along the board walk, starring at the bright turquoise Mediterranean sea. Eager to check out the water Ty wondered towards the incoming tide. I turned my head for about 10 seconds only to turn back and see Ty soaked up to his knees... he got just a little too close. So we sat on the board walk with his socks and shoe soles sitting out to dry, with not a cloud in the sky. We then strolled back towards town and stopped for a bite to eat outside.
After lunch we decided to stroll through old nice once again (as we loved it so much the day before). We then made our way down to the beach where we sat and took in the sun for a good two hours. It was incredibly beautiful and full of people. After taking in the sun for two hours we wondered back into the crowded streets and found our way into a french restaurant where we ordered mussels, french onion soup and frites! The sun was then beginning to set so we started making our way to the tram station where we did a bit of grocery shopping (for our long train day tomorrow) and headed back to the hostel. We chatted in our room for a while with our room-mates, one from Scotland, one from Los Angeles and a Kiwi, needless to say this provided lots of laughs. We packed our bags for tomorrow and will spend the night hanging out in the common area, having some drinks and enjoying the company of our new friends before we must depart tomorrow. Thank-you Nice, it has been unforgettable, we hope to return some day : )
After lunch we decided to stroll through old nice once again (as we loved it so much the day before). We then made our way down to the beach where we sat and took in the sun for a good two hours. It was incredibly beautiful and full of people. After taking in the sun for two hours we wondered back into the crowded streets and found our way into a french restaurant where we ordered mussels, french onion soup and frites! The sun was then beginning to set so we started making our way to the tram station where we did a bit of grocery shopping (for our long train day tomorrow) and headed back to the hostel. We chatted in our room for a while with our room-mates, one from Scotland, one from Los Angeles and a Kiwi, needless to say this provided lots of laughs. We packed our bags for tomorrow and will spend the night hanging out in the common area, having some drinks and enjoying the company of our new friends before we must depart tomorrow. Thank-you Nice, it has been unforgettable, we hope to return some day : )
Friday, February 19, 2010
Greetings from the GORGEOUS French Riviera!
On Wednesday we left Barcelona at 8:45am and after stopping briefly in Montpelier France we arrived in Nice at 6:40pm. We took a tram to a local supermarket and a mini bus from our hostel picked up us. We arrived at the gorgeous Villa Saint Exupery and were greeted by lots of friendly Australians. This hostel is incredible, the rooms are large and clean, this is our first time in a dorm style room, but so far it has been amazing, given that it is off season, our room which has 5 sets of bunk beds in it, has at most only housed 5 of us. The hostel is a converted monastery that sits high on a mountain in Nice, the staff will tell you everything you need to know and how to get around, there is a bar in the hostel common area with 1 euro beers and every night a dinner special or pizza's made to order and breakfast is included. The common area always has music going and is full of people. Ty and I have concluded that we feel like we are at grown up summer camp, everyone is so friendly and we have managed to make friends with many other travelers, both fellow Canadians and some Americans. Thursday, our first full day in Nice we decided to venture up the coast with Candice (from Halifax) and Meredith (from Missouri) and make our way to Monaco together. We hoped o
n a bus that first took us to Eze Village, a medieval village, on a mountain, that hasn't changed in 500 hundred years!
From there we hopped back on a bus that took us up to Monaco, which was very glamorous. We walked into the lobby of the Monte Carlo Casino (this is as far as we could go without paying a large cover fee and full dress code being required). From there we walked down to the Habour and saw all of the beautiful and very expense boats and cars and the famous formula 1 racing track, topping the visit off with a glimpse of the prince's palace! A bus then took us back to Nice, where we settled into the bar of the hostel and had a great time with all of our new friends staying up in to the early hours of the morning.
Today we ventured into Nice and explored the Chateau, which, you guessed it, sits high on a mountain. While we climbed to the top we took in some incredible views and explored the amazing cemetery at the very top. We then strolled through the very quaint streets of old nice and stopped for some lunch. The rain was coming down so after lunch so decided to come back to our hostel, and we have been spending some time swapping travel stories with everyone we've met here. Tomorrow, is suppose to be sunny all day, so we plan to spend the day in nice and make our way down to the beach. Apparently, the water is quite warm, so we may even go for a dip in the Mediterranean sea...Sunday we train to Rome and we have also officially booked our flights to Greece from Feb 25 -March 8, where we plan to spend some time in Athens and the islands. Much love, we miss you all tons, wish you could be here with us!
-xoxox Jenna and Ty
n a bus that first took us to Eze Village, a medieval village, on a mountain, that hasn't changed in 500 hundred years!
From there we hopped back on a bus that took us up to Monaco, which was very glamorous. We walked into the lobby of the Monte Carlo Casino (this is as far as we could go without paying a large cover fee and full dress code being required). From there we walked down to the Habour and saw all of the beautiful and very expense boats and cars and the famous formula 1 racing track, topping the visit off with a glimpse of the prince's palace! A bus then took us back to Nice, where we settled into the bar of the hostel and had a great time with all of our new friends staying up in to the early hours of the morning.
Today we ventured into Nice and explored the Chateau, which, you guessed it, sits high on a mountain. While we climbed to the top we took in some incredible views and explored the amazing cemetery at the very top. We then strolled through the very quaint streets of old nice and stopped for some lunch. The rain was coming down so after lunch so decided to come back to our hostel, and we have been spending some time swapping travel stories with everyone we've met here. Tomorrow, is suppose to be sunny all day, so we plan to spend the day in nice and make our way down to the beach. Apparently, the water is quite warm, so we may even go for a dip in the Mediterranean sea...Sunday we train to Rome and we have also officially booked our flights to Greece from Feb 25 -March 8, where we plan to spend some time in Athens and the islands. Much love, we miss you all tons, wish you could be here with us!
-xoxox Jenna and Ty
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
End of Madrid and All of Barcelona
Hola...
(Yes that is probobly the only word that we know in Spanish as we are about to depart Spain for good tommorrow morning). Well, we probobly know a few more. But I am rambling...
So we left off at our visit to the Prado museum, well Im going to attempt to give a good summary of happenings between then and now.
Our final (full) day in Madrid we decided to head to the Royal Palace. Now no one of royalty lives there anymore, its just used as a place to hold big functions, etc. This was one of the first times on the trip that both of us could safely say that we were awestuck by what was inside the palace. All of the ceilings were painted amazingly, the rooms were massive, and we counted a 60+ person table in the dining room. Now, you were forbidden to take pictures, but we managed to sneak a few. If anyone is curious to see what it actually looks like right now, just google Madrid Royal Palace and do an image search. I would post a picture from google in here, but all the menu items on the computer are in Spanish...
On Sunday we travelled to Barcelona. We were able to activate our rail passes and reserve our seats the morning of our departure with relative ease. The train ride itself was somthing else. We were able to take a high speed train from Madrid to Barcelona, which reached a top speed of 302 km/h from what I saw on the display they had in each car for the trains speed. It took us around 2.5 hours to reach Barcelona. Now if Canada had some way of adopting some sort of high speed train service, it would likely go along way to alleviating traffic congestion on major highways, but I am rambling again....
Anyway, we arrived in Barcelona, and made our reservation for our next train to Nice, France on Wednesday in advance, on advice from friends who have travelled before. We found our hostel which is pretty nice. The rooms are fairly small with bunk beds, but they are set up apartment style so at least we have our own kitchen to share with 3 other rooms. The hostel also has a big screen satellite TV so we were able to watch some Olympic coverage (in Spanish......ski jumping.....tape delayed....) on Sunday night.
Our first day in Barcelona we got quite a bit of sight seeing in. We saw the famous "Sagrada Familia" church/cathedral which is about a 10 minute walk from our hostel. Again, if your interested just google it, construction on it started in 1882 and is still not projected to be completed for another 30+ years. We walked through a traditional outdoor market, which was unlike anything we had seen back home, and ventured down the famous "Las Ramblas" road towards the Mediterranean Sea. We passed numerous street vendors again, and many restaurants and bars, and of course many shops. We decided to go to the Barcelona aquarium since the weather was a bit cold and rainy. We both agreed that the aquarium was a great visit. There were fish from all parts of the world, even some sharks. The highlight was the "oceanarium" which was a tunnel right through one of the main large tanks which was home to numerous sharks and fish. We did manage to take some pretty good pictures.
We then went to the old gothic area of town and took in some of the very old areas of Barcelona. We went inside another church called Gaudi´s cathedral (again, google image search). and sat for about 10 minutes listening to a choir sing, which was a pretty cool experience.
Today, which was our final full day in Barcelona we made the trek to the Barcelona Olympic park (hey, if you cant be in Canada for the Olympics, why not go to a place that had them 18 years ago?.........) In all seriousness, it was a very cool experience. We were allowed to walk inside the main Olympic stadium and look around. They are preparing for the European track championships this summer, so it is undergoing some construction. We walked to the front of the stadium to the main plaza of the Olympic park. The plaza was amazing since it looks over the entire city. It was also a great place to take a photo of the stadium. The interesting thing about it was that in the entire front plaza, which seemed to be over an acre of area, there were only about 4 people taking photos. It was an extremelly empty place, and it was interesting to think back 18 years that this plaza had the eyes of the world on it. Still, it was a great experience to see it.
We went to the sports/Olympic museum next door to the stadium. Some hilights include torches from all the Olympic games from 1936-2008, shoes worn by Michael Jordan in the Olympics, and a replica F1 race car.
With our early train tommorrow and a long day of travelling, we are going to call it an early night tonight. Train leaves Barcelona at 8:40 and we arrive in Montpelier, France at 1:50. We then have to catch a train from Montpelier to Nice. If all goes well we should arrive around 6 at night.
Until next time
- Tyler
(Yes that is probobly the only word that we know in Spanish as we are about to depart Spain for good tommorrow morning). Well, we probobly know a few more. But I am rambling...
So we left off at our visit to the Prado museum, well Im going to attempt to give a good summary of happenings between then and now.
Our final (full) day in Madrid we decided to head to the Royal Palace. Now no one of royalty lives there anymore, its just used as a place to hold big functions, etc. This was one of the first times on the trip that both of us could safely say that we were awestuck by what was inside the palace. All of the ceilings were painted amazingly, the rooms were massive, and we counted a 60+ person table in the dining room. Now, you were forbidden to take pictures, but we managed to sneak a few. If anyone is curious to see what it actually looks like right now, just google Madrid Royal Palace and do an image search. I would post a picture from google in here, but all the menu items on the computer are in Spanish...
On Sunday we travelled to Barcelona. We were able to activate our rail passes and reserve our seats the morning of our departure with relative ease. The train ride itself was somthing else. We were able to take a high speed train from Madrid to Barcelona, which reached a top speed of 302 km/h from what I saw on the display they had in each car for the trains speed. It took us around 2.5 hours to reach Barcelona. Now if Canada had some way of adopting some sort of high speed train service, it would likely go along way to alleviating traffic congestion on major highways, but I am rambling again....
Anyway, we arrived in Barcelona, and made our reservation for our next train to Nice, France on Wednesday in advance, on advice from friends who have travelled before. We found our hostel which is pretty nice. The rooms are fairly small with bunk beds, but they are set up apartment style so at least we have our own kitchen to share with 3 other rooms. The hostel also has a big screen satellite TV so we were able to watch some Olympic coverage (in Spanish......ski jumping.....tape delayed....) on Sunday night.
Our first day in Barcelona we got quite a bit of sight seeing in. We saw the famous "Sagrada Familia" church/cathedral which is about a 10 minute walk from our hostel. Again, if your interested just google it, construction on it started in 1882 and is still not projected to be completed for another 30+ years. We walked through a traditional outdoor market, which was unlike anything we had seen back home, and ventured down the famous "Las Ramblas" road towards the Mediterranean Sea. We passed numerous street vendors again, and many restaurants and bars, and of course many shops. We decided to go to the Barcelona aquarium since the weather was a bit cold and rainy. We both agreed that the aquarium was a great visit. There were fish from all parts of the world, even some sharks. The highlight was the "oceanarium" which was a tunnel right through one of the main large tanks which was home to numerous sharks and fish. We did manage to take some pretty good pictures.
We then went to the old gothic area of town and took in some of the very old areas of Barcelona. We went inside another church called Gaudi´s cathedral (again, google image search). and sat for about 10 minutes listening to a choir sing, which was a pretty cool experience.
Today, which was our final full day in Barcelona we made the trek to the Barcelona Olympic park (hey, if you cant be in Canada for the Olympics, why not go to a place that had them 18 years ago?.........) In all seriousness, it was a very cool experience. We were allowed to walk inside the main Olympic stadium and look around. They are preparing for the European track championships this summer, so it is undergoing some construction. We walked to the front of the stadium to the main plaza of the Olympic park. The plaza was amazing since it looks over the entire city. It was also a great place to take a photo of the stadium. The interesting thing about it was that in the entire front plaza, which seemed to be over an acre of area, there were only about 4 people taking photos. It was an extremelly empty place, and it was interesting to think back 18 years that this plaza had the eyes of the world on it. Still, it was a great experience to see it.
We went to the sports/Olympic museum next door to the stadium. Some hilights include torches from all the Olympic games from 1936-2008, shoes worn by Michael Jordan in the Olympics, and a replica F1 race car.
With our early train tommorrow and a long day of travelling, we are going to call it an early night tonight. Train leaves Barcelona at 8:40 and we arrive in Montpelier, France at 1:50. We then have to catch a train from Montpelier to Nice. If all goes well we should arrive around 6 at night.
Until next time
- Tyler
Friday, February 12, 2010
February 12th - Visit to the Prado
Today started off as a very bright and sunny day here in Madrid, with temperatures around 8 or 9 degrees which was a welcome change to the first couple days where it was somewhat overcast and cooler than we would have liked it to be. Still slightly jet-lagged and getting used to the time difference we woke up at 11:00 and decided to head out for lunch, and then go to explore the famous Prado Art Museum.
One thing that we have come to like about our hostel is the quite central location it has to everything, yesterday the Puerta del Sol and the Plaza Mayor were both within a 10 minute walk, today the Prado was approximately a 15 minute walk south from our hostel. The walk itself was quite enjoyable down a cobblestone back street which led directly to the entrance of the museum (id post a picture, but I am not sure if we are permitted here at the hostel, haha).
We arrived at the museum and it was divided into sections based on the origin of the painting (Spainish, English, Dutch, Italian, etc). Some of the paintings dated back to the 1200s. Here is a link to the always reliable (sarcasm) wikipedia for some of the famous works that are on display.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_del_Prado
After the museum we decided to scope out the train station in preparation for our departure to Barcelona on Sunday. Needless to say, thank god we decided to check it out early. Everything is in Spanish (it is Spain, of course) and somewhat confusing. Eventually we found a customer service person who spoke limited English and was able to instruct us on how to get a train, and validate our pass.
We are now back at the hostel, and about to head out to Peurta del Sol to grab some dinner and do some more exploring.
And yes, I agree with Reid on twitter, Gretzky will light the Olympic torch tonight.
- Tyler
One thing that we have come to like about our hostel is the quite central location it has to everything, yesterday the Puerta del Sol and the Plaza Mayor were both within a 10 minute walk, today the Prado was approximately a 15 minute walk south from our hostel. The walk itself was quite enjoyable down a cobblestone back street which led directly to the entrance of the museum (id post a picture, but I am not sure if we are permitted here at the hostel, haha).
We arrived at the museum and it was divided into sections based on the origin of the painting (Spainish, English, Dutch, Italian, etc). Some of the paintings dated back to the 1200s. Here is a link to the always reliable (sarcasm) wikipedia for some of the famous works that are on display.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_del_Prado
After the museum we decided to scope out the train station in preparation for our departure to Barcelona on Sunday. Needless to say, thank god we decided to check it out early. Everything is in Spanish (it is Spain, of course) and somewhat confusing. Eventually we found a customer service person who spoke limited English and was able to instruct us on how to get a train, and validate our pass.
We are now back at the hostel, and about to head out to Peurta del Sol to grab some dinner and do some more exploring.
And yes, I agree with Reid on twitter, Gretzky will light the Olympic torch tonight.
- Tyler
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Arrival in Madrid
We made it to our hostel at around 1:30 Madrid time yesterday (6 hours ahead) completely sleep deprived we succesfully navigated our way through the spanish metro, taking three different lines! We got majorly lost once we popped out on street level, as all of the street signs are in spanish and tucked away on the sides of buildings (neither frequently or in easy to spot places) but eventually we figured it out.
In desperate need of sleep we immediately dropped our packs and took a nap. Waking up at around 5pm we deceided to venture out into the city. The buildings are absolutely beautiful, although with them looking so similair it is very easy to get lost. As well, it seems as though barely anyone speaks english and all menus are in spanish, so starved and very confused we opted for Burger King. Where the pop and fries are about the size of those you would find in a North American kids meal, I opted for mine with conqeso (cheese)! We then wondered around the city for a good 2 hours before heading back to our hostel, where we fell asleep before 10pm and woke up at 12:45pm today, needless to say we were very jet lagged!
Today, we made our way to Peurto del Sol - the main square, with gorgeous fountains, more amazing architecture, tons of shops and people, about 5 minutes from our hostel. When we sat down for lunch we noticed our menu had three columns of pricing depending on where you sat. The terrace outside was the most expensive, the salon inside a little cheaper and the bar was the cheapest. Still getting used to everything being the same price as you would find in Canada, only in Euros we opted for the bar. After lunch we headed to the Plaza Mayor an inclosed courtyard and explored all the streets around it and then we made our way into what we think must be the spanish version of the Hudson Bay Company, in the bottom level there is a supermarket and we grabbed a snack, I got this little prepacked yogurt and chocolate cereal, it was insanely delicious, shoutout to Troy and Stefanie who share my love for cereal wish you could have been here to try it with me : ) We are now getting ready to head out for a later dinner, we deceided tonight we are going to have Tapas and Sangria and do as the Madridians do!
-Jenna xo
In desperate need of sleep we immediately dropped our packs and took a nap. Waking up at around 5pm we deceided to venture out into the city. The buildings are absolutely beautiful, although with them looking so similair it is very easy to get lost. As well, it seems as though barely anyone speaks english and all menus are in spanish, so starved and very confused we opted for Burger King. Where the pop and fries are about the size of those you would find in a North American kids meal, I opted for mine with conqeso (cheese)! We then wondered around the city for a good 2 hours before heading back to our hostel, where we fell asleep before 10pm and woke up at 12:45pm today, needless to say we were very jet lagged!
Today, we made our way to Peurto del Sol - the main square, with gorgeous fountains, more amazing architecture, tons of shops and people, about 5 minutes from our hostel. When we sat down for lunch we noticed our menu had three columns of pricing depending on where you sat. The terrace outside was the most expensive, the salon inside a little cheaper and the bar was the cheapest. Still getting used to everything being the same price as you would find in Canada, only in Euros we opted for the bar. After lunch we headed to the Plaza Mayor an inclosed courtyard and explored all the streets around it and then we made our way into what we think must be the spanish version of the Hudson Bay Company, in the bottom level there is a supermarket and we grabbed a snack, I got this little prepacked yogurt and chocolate cereal, it was insanely delicious, shoutout to Troy and Stefanie who share my love for cereal wish you could have been here to try it with me : ) We are now getting ready to head out for a later dinner, we deceided tonight we are going to have Tapas and Sangria and do as the Madridians do!
-Jenna xo
Monday, February 8, 2010
How to Follow Us
Hey Guys,
Just in case anyone has not received an email/facebook message from us, you can follow us on twitter (Can't believe I am actually typing that..lol) at www.twitter.com/tylerwiatr
Our twitter will be updated more frequently than this blog, hopefully between the two of us we can give an entry in the blog once a day to summarize what we are up to.
Our flight leaves Pearson Airport tommorrow at 5:30 pm, we arrive in Frankfurt early in the morning and then catch our connecting flight to Madrid which is scheduled to land around 11:00 am Madrid time.
One other thing, if anyone wants to comment on any of our entries you can, just click on comment below each post, just make sure you sign your name!
Look forward to writing about our travels.
-Ty
Just in case anyone has not received an email/facebook message from us, you can follow us on twitter (Can't believe I am actually typing that..lol) at www.twitter.com/tylerwiatr
Our twitter will be updated more frequently than this blog, hopefully between the two of us we can give an entry in the blog once a day to summarize what we are up to.
Our flight leaves Pearson Airport tommorrow at 5:30 pm, we arrive in Frankfurt early in the morning and then catch our connecting flight to Madrid which is scheduled to land around 11:00 am Madrid time.
One other thing, if anyone wants to comment on any of our entries you can, just click on comment below each post, just make sure you sign your name!
Look forward to writing about our travels.
-Ty
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Departing in less than one week!
We are leaving Canada on February 9th 2010, and will be returning after 2 months of backpacking through Europe!Our intinerary includes Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and England!
Stay tuned for details of our expedition!
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