Yearly Archives: 2010

Madrid!

Chels.arsenault August 23, 2010
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After over 10 hours on Busabout and my new-found stomach bug (i think from drinking tap water everyday in Barcelona!) that caused a bit of vomit here and there…we arrived in beautiful Madrid! We didn’t have the energy to find …

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Barcelona

Chels.arsenault August 18, 2010
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FINALLY we make it to Spain! And better yet…to Barcelona! A city we have been excited for! The first thing we see as we arrive on the bus…a butt ass naked dude walking around in the middle of town! That’s …

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Nice!

Chels.arsenault August 18, 2010
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Our next stop being Nice, Brad and I were excited for a new country …but a little nervous that neither of us know ANY French! We found some last minute couchsurfers just outside of Nice in a cute town called …

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Lauterbrunnen!

Chels.arsenault August 14, 2010
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Lauterbrunnen! Goodbye Alps. If ever you’re in Europe and have an itch to do some extreme sports, this is the place you want to be! Paragliding, skydiving, hang-gliding, canyoning, white water rafting, ect. Activities at your fingertips, and a landscape …

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Bern!

Chels.arsenault August 2, 2010
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 SO being the really lucky travelers that we have been this trip (AND having family that takes care of us) Mike and Devon found us a free ride from Leysin to Bern! It was a beautiful scenic..but windy drive! only a …

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Leysin!

Chels.arsenault July 30, 2010
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Resting peacefully within the french region of the Swiss Alps is the mountain village of Leysin. We traveled the cog train (the one that goes straight up the mountain) from Aigle and after our one mile vertical clime above Lake …

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Zurich!

Chels.arsenault July 13, 2010
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Ahhh, the land of cheese, chocolate, yodeling and banks.  Switzerland, the ever neutral, vastly beautiful country with mountains that stretch through the clouds and lakes blue as the Caribbean, Switzerland not only provides the world with top quality consumer goods, …

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Salzburg

Chels.arsenault July 12, 2010
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When we were dropped off in Salzburg from our carpool guy, Brad and I found ourselves at a cafe with free ifi wto get into contact with our couchsurfing host, Christina. She immediately offered to pick us up… with a half baked …

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Vienna

Chels.arsenault July 5, 2010
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History class was never my favorite, but whenever WWII was the topic it was all of a sudden an interesting subject. I especially loved the movies or documentaries dealing with the war. I think it’s mostly this that I have …

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Beograd

Chels.arsenault July 3, 2010
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So after a pretty good 8 hour train ride to Sofia where we got to stretch across the seats, and a not so good 8 hour train ride to Belgrade, Serbia (in an outdated train from the 70’s with velvet …

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