Mark’s friend Harsha was able to meet us up in Berlin. The first thing he said when he arrived at our hostel was “Can I have an extra pillow. With a new friend in town, it was time to celebrate. We went on several pub crawls in Berlin and we were able to get a [...]

I decided to walk around Berlin and explore the area. This generally means getting to the city center and wandering around until I get tired of walking. At that point I try to find my position on a tourist map and see if there’s anything worthwhile to see around that area and/or a way of [...]

Mark and I took a train from Amsterdam to Berlin in the morning. We arrived at our hostel called Jetpak City Hostel. It was by far one of the nicest places I’ve stayed. Everything was extremely and clean. The common areas were all very nice. We found out that night was free admission to all [...]

Amsterdam is known for many freedoms that are illegal elsewhere. However after visiting the town and taking a tour it seems like that a lot of these freedoms are slowly being taken away one by one. The red light district especially has had heavy rallying for it to be shutdown. As a result the Red [...]

Mark and I arrived in Amsterdam around 7pm and the streets are decorated in bright orange. The Netherlands has a match against Italy in the Euro 2008 tonight; national pride is high. Pubs are crowded full of patrons wearing orange and shouting at the big screen playing the game. Even sex shops have their tvs [...]

Our train ride to Amsterdam was long and had several stops. As our ride came close to the city I saw lots of skyscrapers with interesting architecture. And to my surprise I also a large building with the DELL logo on the top. I immediately saw this as an opportunity to get my laptop fixed. [...]

Mark has joined me for 2 months for his Eurotrip. We decided to do a day trip through Brussels, Belgium on our way to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The train ride from Paris to Brussels required reservations and set us back 14€ each. The train from Brussels to Amsterdam is free with our rail pass. I was [...]

I had several authentic French dining experiences in Paris and I have to say that they were all good. Most restaurants have a 3-4 course meals and the prices aren’t too bad. The first area was by the Châtelet area where waiters stand on the outside of their restaurants in an attempt to get people [...]