So Wednesday was probably the best day so far. I went to Museum Island, but this time I was prepared. I went right around 10am when they open, and I had discovered that you can actually buy a day ticket for every museum from any museum. Meaning you don't need to line up at the ticket booth or the popular museums, you can just go to the least popular museum, buy a ticket and skip the lines at all the others. Judging by the lines at the main ticket booth, most peop...

The next couple of days ended up being a little lazy. On Tuesday I went to Museum Island at about noon. All the lines were absolutely huge, so I decided I would look online and conceive a better plan to tackle this. In the end the only thing I did was visit the cathedral, which itself was quite amazing. I've always loved the architecture of old cathedrals, and this was no exception. There was even access right up to the dome where you could walk around on the ou...

It's been an interesting first few days. Quite a learning experience. As much about myself as about travelling solo. Turns out meeting new people and just hooking up and seeing the sights together isn't nearly as easy as I was hoping it would be. And so far, sight-seeing alone probably hasn't been as much fun as with other people. Regardless, I've still seen some cool stuff, and there's still so much more ahead of me. The first day was basically a write-off. I l...

I'm writing this while on the plane to Dubai. Hopefully when I get to the airport I can upload it. I'm only two hours into the flight, but so far it has been one of the most comfortable I've had. I'm at the back row so my seat can go back as far as I want it to, and I'm the only passenger in the middle row of 4 seats. I could lay down if I wanted. They also have a plug for my laptop charger so I can use it for as long as I want. Last night was our last in Melbou...

I'm writing this on the 4th night. A combination of being exhausted and not having wifi in our hotel has made me not really get around to it until now. We got to our hotel at about 5am on Friday and were lucky enough to get an early check-in, but even with that we were only able to get about an hour of sleep before we had to get up to head to the showgrounds of PAX. When we got there the doors had yet to be opened and there were hundreds of people milling about,...