Poland: Another Reunion With a Good Friend! July 6th to 13th I arrived in Krakow at 7:00 am on the 6th of July, where my friend Jakub, one of the guys who was also on exchange in Iceland, met me at the train station. We first went to Jakub's house, where we just relaxed for the morning. I was happy for a shower after traveling for a couple nights on trains and to just relax. It was also raining quite a bit, so I was happy just staying inside where it was nice a...

From Dublin to Krakow: A couple pit stops June 4th to June 6th Since I have been traveling for two months, and still have two more to go, I've been trying to be as economical as possible to go from place to place. Originally, I was just going to fly from Dublin to Krakow, and when I went onto the website to book my flight, the price had gone up than when I had previously looked at it. Deciding that there had to be a cheaper way to get to Poland, I looked up num...

Ireland: Green, green, and more green! June 30th to July 4th Meghan, Brendan, Geordan, Kailey and I arrived in Dublin in the afternoon of June 30th. I was so excited to be in Dublin as I have wanted to visit Ireland for a long time now! Originally, I had wanted to apply for an Irish work visa and to stay there for six monts after finishing backpacking, but then my plans changed to having to be home for September rather than January, and found my job in the Ukra...

Ireland: Green, green, and more green! June 30th to July 4th Meghan, Brendan, Geordan, Kailey and I arrived in Dublin in the afternoon of June 30th. I was so excited to be in Dublin as I have wanted to visit Ireland for a long time now! Originally, I had wanted to apply for an Irish work visa and to stay there for six monts after finishing backpacking, but then my plans changed to having to be home for September rather than January, and found my job in the Ukra...

Amsterdam: Back we go! June 28th to 30th Meghan and I headed back to Amsterdam after being in Stuttgart. We had some friends from home joining us, and it had been cheapest for them to fly into Amsterdam, so we agreed to meet there. Besides, Amsterdam was a fun city - why not go back? The others - Brendan, Geordan and Kailey - were arriving on the 29th in the morning, but Meghan and I decided to head to Amsterdam the day before to make sure that we would be ther...