Left this morning for Plitvice National Park, Croatia. Ended up waiting on the coach for 30 minutes because Eric and Craig were still in bed at 8 when we were supposed to leave. Pretty funny watching them run up to the bus looking half awake. Those 2 should never share a room together. We stopped at Lake Balaton in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe for a quick swim where Carlos showed us his "tarataram" haha. The lake was very pretty but ende...

Went on a bike tour this morning around Budapest. We started at the Opera House with our guide Ivan (Hungarian who studies in the US) and then headed towards City Park. We got separated a few times which is fairly understandable when you have about 25 people on bikes riding in a pack around town, but Renee (the token dad of the group) managed to pick up the tail of the group and get us all back together. We crossed the Margaret Bridge to the Buda side of the city...

Went on our way to Budapest today and stopped by a small park area to have a picnic. After that we had a long drive to Budapest where the bus was scorching hot because the air conditioning was broken and the sun here in Eastern Europe is the hottest ever. Arrived at Hostel Marco Polo and had time for a quick shower and did the laundry before going to dinner with the whole group at a restaurant called Kiado. It was the first eastern europe food that I really enj...

Left this morning for Zakopane, a ski resort town in Poland close to the Slovakian border. Arrived midday as it wasnt far from Krakow and went for a walk through the main town square. Zakopane is such a cute little town and surrounded by the ski mountains. South of Zakopane are the Tatra Mountains. The main street is full of these stalls that sell blocks of smoked cheese- first they taste good but then it just gets sickening.. After our little walk, me Bec and ...

Sorry guys, haven't had a chance to update my blog, but here goes, slowly catching up... hopefully haven't forgotten anything. Woke up for an early morning guided tour of Krakow. Walked through the main square, the park (forgot the name), Jewish Quarter (where part of Schindlers List was filmed) and through the university etc. There was a park with metal statues of what looks like angels on one side, but from the other side it looks a little phallic. After that...