Bye Bye Prague, Hello Vienna!
Posted by ScarlettOct 22nd, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s been almost 11 weeks since we’ve stayed in a mixed dorm with strangers at a hostel (the last time was Edinburgh, which I have yet to write about), but today it’s back to hostel living with strangers again! Fortunately, our roommates are two totally normal and easy to get along with Australian girls that we have stuff in common with, the room is comfortable and spacious, and we even have an en-suite bathroom. It’s not the best hostel we’ve stayed at on this trip (wi-fi doesn’t work in the room), but we can’t complain too much 
In Search Of The Eurodog…
Posted by ScarlettOct 20th, 2009 | No Comments
After another round of unimpressive Czech food yesterday (we tried a “Czech feast for two” at the restaurant across the street that the guy at reception recommended and it was a giant portion of various meat without much taste), we’ve officially decided to give up ordering “traditional” Czech dishes at restaurants since the Czech diet of massive quantities of meat and starch doesn’t suit us. Instead, today we went looking for eurodogs, a type of hot dog which involves sticking a wiener inside a baguette that has a hole cut into it instead of a cut-open bun. Unlike what we read on TripAdvisor, in the middle of October, eurodogs are not easy to find…
Some Unimpressive Czech Food
Posted by ScarlettOct 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Since we’ve spent two days in Prague without trying any “Czech specialty dishes,” we set out today to explore more of Old Town and find a Czech restaurant to eat at. Unfortunately, our decision to randomly trya place called Restaurace U Golema turned out to be a bad one, and our first experience of Czech food was deeply disappointing. Hopefully it can only go up from here…
Prague Day 1 – The Castle & Don Giovanni Marionette Show
Posted by ScarlettOct 17th, 2009 | No Comments
After a brutally long 7 hour train ride in one of the old school style trains where you sit in compartments containing 6 seats/compartment, we arrived in the much anticipated city of Prague yesterday. We spent some time at the mall next to our hotel and then crashed early, catching up on some sleep. Today, we headed out to begin exploring Prague, starting at the huge castle and finishing with a marionette version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni opera. So far, Prague is not quite living up to the hype everyone gives it…
A Note About The Dates Of Blog Posts
Posted by ScarlettOct 14th, 2009 | No CommentsSo, if you’re reading this because you’re a faithful reader who has stuck with me no matter how far behind I’ve fallen (4 months now!), or if you’ve just stumbled upon this blog from some internet search for information or whatever, I think it’s time I address the fact that I’ve fallen ridiculously behind on this blog and have to do something to catch up! Paul and I are still on the road (in Poland now), and a combination of friends meeting up to travel with us, not having Internet consistently, procrastination, and being too busy out and about sightseeing and stuff has put me 4 months and 6 countries behind in my writing!
Old Farm, Moreton-In-Marsh
Posted by ScarlettJun 26th, 2009 | No Comments
When planning the UK segment of our trip, we used Rick Steves’ website to compile a list of places to visit based on his recommended itinerary. Visiting a town in the Cotswolds, a range of hills in west-central England, was fairly high on his priority list, so we decided to spend two nights in Moreton-In-Marsh, the only town in the Cotswolds which has a train station. I’m happy to report that, although it’s small, Moreton-In-Marsh may turn out to be one of my favorite places in England…
4 Days In Cardiff
Posted by ScarlettJun 24th, 2009 | No Comments
This past Sunday we caught a very crowded train to Cardiff, Wales, where we’ve spent the last 4 nights. Once again, I’m summarizing several days into one blog because our time here hasn’t been that exciting. Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital city and is growing quickly, but when there isn’t a major rugby match happening at Millennium Stadium, there isn’t a whole lot of excitement in the city…
Bath In A Nutshell
Posted by ScarlettJun 20th, 2009 | No Comments
In an effort to catch up on my blog articles, I’m condensing the remaining three of our four days in Bath into one blog entry because, frankly, our time in Bath wasn’t all that interesting! It’s a nice little town and, after our first day of crappy food, we managed to find a few decent places to eat, but two days here would have been enough, and four days was total overkill. Bath might be a good spot to holiday if I lived nearby and needed a relaxing getaway, but as a backpacker, it’s just overpriced without much to see or do…
You Call This Spaghetti?!?!
Posted by ScarlettJun 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Well, it’s been a little while since my blog entries have focused solely on the food we’ve been eating (at the beginning they did more often), but today is a day where all I have to write about is the food really – except this isn’t about how good the food was, it’s about how unbelievably bad it was! I’m starting to see why the UK has a rep for bad food…
The Princess Di Memorial
Posted by ScarlettJun 16th, 2009 | No CommentsToday, our last day in London, we headed out to explore Hyde Park and find the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain. We had asked a couple of police officers about how to find it on our first day in London with Calvin, but it was quite far from Buckingham Palace, where we were, and they told us it wasn’t worth going to, which we thought was an odd thing to say. As we wandered around Hyde Park asking people for directions everyone we talked to said the same thing, and when we finally found the fountain we, unfortunately, couldn’t help but agree…
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