We are in Cinque Terra, staying in the beautiful town of Vernazza. Tomorrow morning we are going to do the hike betweeen the five towns. Now, we bettter hurry because the firework celebration in our town is about to begin! We miss everyone back at home!!!! Love, Bryan and Anna

Ahhhhhh Venice...... The streets are made of water! It is absolutely beautiful! After a 13 hour night train, we arrived in Venice with the sun blazing and a wonderful breeze off the sea. We spent the morning walking around Piazza San Marco dodging pigeons and tourists. Tonight, we plan to explore the night life of Venice, hopefully finding live music and cheap wine. Ciao!

Gutentag! Well, I can barely spell in English, so dont get mad at me for German. We made it out of the Czech Republic, barely.... We stopped in Breclav and they did not have the advertised connecting train, so we waited for about 2 hours in the middle of no where. From what I hear, it is a good thing I hadnt seen the movie Hostel before we left. Anyways, we made it to Vienna, and wow what a city. The streets are completely clean, and the buildings...

We had a great time yesterday exploring Prague. It is about a 30 minute walk to the town square. The buildings are very old and beautiful, and the Charles Bridge was amazing. In the evening, we enjoyed several cheap beers while listening to live jazz music compliments of the Bohemia Jazz Festival. There were 10 bands that played and it was a great show. Before that we decided to get a paddle boat and cruise around the river under Charles Bridge after wal...

Hello from Praha! We made it to the Eastern Block, finally. As soon as we got into the Czech Republic I noticed the rails start to wobble a little more, and our train connection was about 45 minutes late. It was ok though because we met some interesting characters on the train. One from Alaska, one from England and another from Australia. All 5 of us found the hostel together, but only Anna and I had reservations and the place was full, so they were sent...