Hey there! In Berlin now. Just got in Tuesday night around 7. I am actually writing this before we arrive on the train ride and will post to the blog once I get an internet connection. I will also work on uploading some photos, so hopefully that works. The past few days have been quite exquisite. Sunday Brian and I decided to take the train over to Utrecht and just ended up walking around for a few hours, found an irish pub to watch the Algeria and Slovenia game ...

So I've finally got a minute to write. We are in fact, in Amsterdam. One of the greatest cities in the world. The people are all very laid-back and friendly for the most part. We've done a lot of walking through what feels like almost every area of the city. Today we will head to Utrecht to see what they have to offer. As most of you know, we've coordinated this trip to follow the World Cup. Last night was incredible. The english had not seen this coming! A ear...

I'm baaaaaack in the saddle again!! Time to go back to Europe for round 2. World Cup 2010!!!!! It sure has been a while since I've used this site. If you are new and want to be added to the email list let me know. I probably have old email addresses for many of you. Otherwise you can suscribe with RSS below my blog posts at anytime. Thanks for following I will post more very soon, but first I need to remember how this site works!!

Check it out!! Thanks Maria.We have a prototype available to view at www.statraveljournals.com/journal/view/bookdemo/staOff Exploring customers will purchase journals with our own branding rather than STA Travel's, a prototype of those can be seen atwww.offexploring.com/journal/view/bookdemo (also using your journal as an example). They still need some refinement but the virtual books with help to show customers what will be available.Thanks for your help!...

Hey everyone, Maria here. Just thought I would share a little cool news with everyone. Liz and I got this email yesterday: Dear Maria, I'm from Off Exploring, we run STA Travel's online journal service which you are a member of. We are currently putting together a new printed book service and as part of the design process we have selected at random some journals to act as prototypes. Yours has been selected. We would like to use your journal as...