We woke up early to catch the bus to go to Reims, the ride took about three hours. We weren't able to make Mass on Saturday night, so we had to rush into a cab to catch one of the few Sunday ones... There are a lot more Protestant churches in Reims than in Lille, and it was hard to find a Mass after 11am. But we made it just in time, and we got lucky and it ended up being le Basillique de Saint Remi... Saint Remi was the bishop who baptized Clovis, the first king...

We arrived in Cyprus and met Celina's grandparents at the airport, which was very nice. It was so nice to be in a car and not a bus. The island used to be under the British, but it is now its own independent country. There have been tensions with Turkey- the north side of the island is occupied by the Turks, and only Turkey itself recognizes that part as Turkey, but the EU does stop itself there. Things are more calm with the current generation, but the island is...

We landed at about noon in Crete, and we all crammed on a bus to the main town, it was a nice bus with very comfortable seats, but it was definitely full. After about an hour ride we made it to the town, and we searched for our apartment from there. We arrived earlier than we thought, so the apartment wasn't quite ready for us yet. Luckily we were hungry and enjoying the weather so we found a good brunch spot on the bay and each had a big breakfast that had us se...

We got into Athens midday, and finally got to our Airbnb. It was so nice- two floors, and I think Reid enjoyed the downstairs bachelor pad haha. We got some groceries and went off to dinner. The first thing you'll notice about Athens is the plethora of graffiti and cats. It's got to be the capital of at least one of those. We went to a cute area for dinner, and shared the meal, trying to taste all that we could of the Greek culture. While we were walking home, we...

This weekend Celina and I decided to go to Belgium- there was a beer festival in Brugge and we thought we'd just stay the weekend. There were no places to stay the night in Brugge, so we decided to go to Ghent after the festival to stay the night and then explore that city the next day. So, we caught our train at 9am on Saturday, and just had one simple transfer and bam we were there. We were going to meet up with some friends who were coming to The festival jus...