Posts Tagged ‘European Vacasean 2011’

A Splash of German Charm

Posted: 1st August 2011 by seanon in Travel
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After the onslaught of busy cities so far into the trip Alison assured me that Bacharach would change all that, so I came in with pretty high expectations of the cosy little town on the Rhine, though with my trademark level of skepticism. We got off the train with a handful of other travelers into [...]

(H)Amster(GOD)dam

Posted: 27th July 2011 by seanon in Travel
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We spent a night in Amsterdam last night, at a pretty dingy over priced hotel. It was weird Al managed to talk them into upgrading our room to “deluxe” because they didn’t fulfill her ridiculous request for a room without carpet… It’s a hotel for shits sake! Don’t they all have carpet? For what it’s [...]

Couple Days in Ghent

Posted: 26th July 2011 by seanon in Travel
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I don’t have a ton to say about Ghent, we arrived during the Gentse Feesten, which is a 10 day music festival with stages scattered around the historical center. Our hotel was perched right in the middle of this, literally 3 doors away from what I believe is the main stage,certainly seemed the biggest. As [...]

European Vacasean begins in Iceland!

Posted: 24th July 2011 by seanon in Travel
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We started our trip with a 10pm flight on Icelandair which offers a layover of 12 hours in their country free of charge! I’m the sort of person that naturally gets up pretty early, and can’t sleep in… So by the time I got in the air I’d already had a full day, and was [...]