We arrived in Munich quite early in the morning after devouring our complementary breakfast on (hopefully) our last sleeper train. We locked our bags away like the pro travelers we are before hopping another train to visit a castle. It was on this train ride that our trip encountered the largest obstruction to happiness so far. The language barrier between us and our hapless German conductor lady led her to believe we had scammed our way into using one train...

We had looking forward to Venice for weeks, eager to return to our hearts' home, Italy. We were especially excited because Venice was to be hosting Carnival while we visited. In the past we had found that Venice was filled with tourists and contained no Italians. We hoped that Carnival would entice the local population of Italians into the streets. We arrived in Venice after the "best" night train experience of the trip. We walked towards our hostel in...

Vaclavovice, Czech Republic We stopped in Vaclavovice for an all too brief visit with our Czech friends. We texted our friends to let them know we had arrived at the station. An unknown number called Maria's phone moments later, and a male voice told her to "Find the piano." We recklessly charged forth on this fool's errand, wondering whose instructions we were following. Soon, Kristyna picked us up. Vitek had been the voice on the phone. Kristyna del...

Our first day in Vienna we did many things we had not done for several days: washed our clothes, made food, took showers. We made guacamole, defrosted some pizzas, and countered the blasphemy that is barbecue flavored tortilla chips, the only tortilla chips available in all of Vienna. We furthered Maria's film education with White Chicks. For the second movie in three days, she managed to remain conscious for the entire film. The next day we hit the to...

In the middle of the night on our overnight train to Krakow, a curious lack of motion disturbed our slumber. Micah poked his head into the corridor to investigate. We never actually determined what had caused the halt, but our conductor informed us that the train had been delayed and would be arriving in Krakow at 9 am. Our concerns assuaged, we returned to bed and reset our alarms from 5:30 am to 8:30 am. Giana stirred earlier than expected, and overh...