Alright, I just got to Venice. I need to find a place to stay. Got a list from the tourism bureau and they said good luck now make your calls. Phone card and now to figure out the phone system. Card wont work...oops you have to remove the corner ok here I go. Ah a room in a hostel for 20euroes perfect. Room sleeps 12 men. ok. that will have to do. Two days and two nights I figure. I got some help from a, take a guess, yes a pretty girl from Slovenia. Studying de...

OK arrived at Milan. It is about 5:30am and it was one heck of a night. I think I'm getting the hang of this train stuff...decifering the cryptic train maps of London, Paris and now Milan. I must say Im a bit peeved now. I wrote a good long blog but it was erased somehow. Now I have to start all over agin. uggg. I come back to this. Im going to bed.... its 4.30am

Well let me see..where do I start. The first thing on my mind is just how far the dollar goes here...which is not very far at all. London is expensive. Calculate for every British Pound spent you pay 2 American dollars. Yikes. Regardless, London is a wonderful city, bustling with a sort of aliveness that is reminescent of Chicago or New York. It even has it's weather. Yes yesterday was cold and a bit gloomy but then it wouldnt be a London experience without it...

Yikes! Got to France from London and while at the tGarde du Nord the train station in Paris I ask myself ok now what. All the rooms are booked because of a Big soccer tournament...save the 300euros a night rooms. I can sleep in the train station until tomorrow morning when a train to Amsterdam is available where I do have a room. Or I can go to Amersterdam at 11pm tonight hoping I can find a room. Aha I can head to Milano, Italy sleep in a couchette and tour the ...

OK I know some of ou might be wondering what happened to the original site. Well issues let me just say just issues. You can still have access to it to read some stories and to look at some photos but you will need to read and look at photos and post new messages on this site... ok. so how is Barcelona, it is amazing. Clearly it is a favorite city for me if to visit again in the future. Im stying in a hostel in the Las Ramblas area. Las Ramblas is a favorite pla...