A bit late...but i thought i should record my last 2 weeks in Europe...
as you probably know, I'm back in Indianapolis, getting ready for a move to DC. I finished teaching in Madrid june 30, and despite a metro strike (they closed the metro for 2 days entirely!) had a successful last week in Madrid.
Following that, the very next day, my friend Kristen and I caught a plane to Budapest! we had our backpacks stuffed with 2 weeks worth of stuff and were ready to go! the trip went really smoothly, overall, and we met a lot of interesting people along the way. in fact, i thought it went so smoothly, that i could easily have stayed and traveled another 2-3 weeks. Once you get going, you just start itching to catch another plane or train and wind up yet again in a new city. I reallly enjoyed backpacking and hope to do it again soon.
Anyway, we spent a couple of days in Budapest and the surrounding Hungarian countryside learning about communism, seeing the sites, and walking along the Danube.
Next, we set out for Tuscany! We landed in Pisa, saw the leaning tower and the other extremely touristy attractions, ate plenty of gelato and pizza, and spent another day in Siena, another beautiful tuscan town, before catching a train to Milan (from the train window we saw the famous sunflower fields!) for our flight to Santorini...
and SANTORINI was amazing!!!! 4 days of swimming, volcano hiking ,and exploring the beautiful island villages with white buildings ...
lastly, we went to athens...which was great for me because it refreshed my memory on my trip there 5 years ago! saw the acropolis, and the new acropolis museum that wasnt there when i was before and enjoyed the downtown, and the amazing greek food! such an ancient city! the last day of our trip was the WORLD CUP, which sadly we watched from athens...it would have been great to be in Madrid that night, because the spanish were victorious!
anyway, i'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking! and that wraps up this blog from abroad!
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