New interesting event...

Its been a while since my last post. This past weekend I stayed in Ljubljana and didn't do much of anything not only productive, but worthy of pictures. Oops...it was super nice though! Went out for lunch and dinner with a couple friends, avoided getting soaked by cars driving by, and enjoyed rain(?), well as much as one can when it rains heavily for three days solid.

This evening has now been a typical Monday night. (The studious individuals who went out drinking are finding their ways back, not necessarily home, but to the dorms at least.) This happens on a regular basis during the weekdays. I now expect, but not this early, or this (not even sure what to call it) perhaps creatively. Tonight I awoke at 2:00 am to people in the parking lot singing along with an accordian. Although it is obviously dark and there is not much to see, you are more than welcome to listen to a video of them 'doing their thing.'

The next couple of weeks I guarantee you that I will have more exciting posts as starting next Monday I am on Easter Break until the following Tuesday. I cannot wait. I only have one more two more classes between me and more traveling! This week I am off for a day in Venice on Thursday as my boyfriend is flying into the Venice Airport that afternoon. I was going to wait to see Venice with him for the first time; however, I found out that I cannot simply rent a car to go straight to the Venice Airport from Ljubljana. Normally this would be no big deal, pay the money and make the two hour drive there. But it doesn't work this way in my case. I am not old enough to rent a car! It is crazy to think that I can drink, not to mention have all of the other rights over here, but my age restricts me from physically renting a car! So I will venture onto the same night train that I took last weekend, but head west instead of east! City of water here I come!

While I am explaining the upcoming travels, I might as well go on...after spending the weekend showing Doug around Ljubljana and him renting a car so I can show him some of the highlights of this gorgeous little country, we are headed back to Venice to catch a plane headed to Rome. I cannot wait to see this wonderful city. Our return flight isn't until a few days later, so Pompeii may be another destination (I really want to go there, my fingers are crossed that time allows!!!)

More posts soon,

Take care,

Jamie

Budapest, Hungary (Day 1)

Look at the wondrous time!! Our train left for Budapest at 2:00am!

Alina and Daniella before the trip. Have to waste time while waiting on the guys to finally show up!!

Budapest is a large enough city to have a Burger King!!

They even had a KFC!! It was crazy. Did you know that people outside of the United States actually tend to have KFC as a favorite?

I also had the wonderful opportunity to try out a new currency. And yes, I had multiple 2000 bills.

Right outside the train station.

The buildings in the center of the city were absolutely gorgeous.

And the old buildings were plentiful everywhere!!

Not sure what that building actually is, but it was magnificent.

The churches in this town were gorgeous. This is one of the simpler ones.

The city street with the buildings along the side.

One just has to love getting currency exchanged!!

Not sure what this building is, but I guess it was cool!

The details on the street lights were gorgeous.

The busy street next to just one of the rows of historic buildings.

What a change of pace!! More buildings

These almost looked like Mermans on the side of the door.

It sure is a European city. I love the shapes of their corner buildings.

Another clock tower!

I loved this sign and then figured out what it was looking at. In the picture below notice the dents and scrapes where tall vehicles have hit the building!!

I loved the top of this building.

The entrance to the hostel that we stayed in.

Little biker artwork dude on the sidewalk.

More nicely detailed lights!

They have random artwork too!

Primitive tank???

I absolutely love this picture!!!