My traveling is full speed ahead right now. Today was spent entirely in the capital of and the largest city in Austria: Vienna (or in German: Wien). Today is a holiday so there was a noted absence of cars on the roads. I basically walked around the city and there are a lot of grand …
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Day 41 – Switzerland
After a pretty good sleep, I started the day with a good breakfast buffet. Then I headed to the train station again. This town of Interlaken has a lot of nice traditional wood homes everywhere, farms, wood shops, and I think it is just what a lot of people are looking for. I took another …
Day 40 – Switzerland
I think it is going to be a long day. At 00:15, I was picked up by the small shuttle bus, which squeezed one more person inside than the number of seats. We got to the airport fairly quickly since the driver had a heavy foot. We also flew through two toll booths and I …
Day 39 – Turkey
Last day in Istanbul. Today I visited Hagia Sophia, which is supposed to be the #1 most visited place in the country. Apparently I need to watch the James Bond film, From Russia with Love, because it was shot in and around all these places I’ve been going to the last couple days. I’ve been …
Day 38 – Turkey
Still in Istanbul and today I visited the Blue Mosque. I think that’s the first time I’ve been inside a Mosque. There are just four huge columns inside holding up all the domes. I noticed the entire building is lined up with Mecca. Then I went underground to Basilica Cistern, which is come kind of …
Day 37 – Turkey
It was my first long distance bus last night. The bus from Selcuk to Istanbul was crowded and I think every seat was full. Unfortunately, I don’t think I got any sleep. There were no pillows and the guy next to me kept elbowing me. As for the free shuttle bus (which was the big …
Day 36 – Turkey
Today it rained and I didn’t do too much except some travel planning. I had another good breakfast on the terrace today and surprised for the second day in a row I was the only one up there eating. I guess I found a smaller, quieter town to stay in. They said it isn’t the …
Day 35 – Turkey
I started the day with a nice breakfast at the hotel on the roof/terrace. They actually serve you plates of prepared food (bread, fruit, omelet) which is different from any other place I’ve stayed. Next was the main reason for coming here: the ancient Greek and Roman city of Ephesus. The hotel staff said they …
Day 34 – Greece to Turkey
Things didn’t go to a good start when I went to find the ferry in Athens. I went to the port to look for a ticket and couldn’t find anything for a while. It started pouring rain while this happened. I finally got a ticket and then I had to find the ferry. It is …
Day 33 – Athens
By the way, I changed time zones again. I’m now 7 hours ahead of Eastern time. It rained overnight and even more rain today, so I was able to try my poncho for the first time. I got up early and walked to the National Archeological Museum of Athens. I think the highlight there was …