I am officially going to Europe. I bought my plane ticket, and I am locked in. I spent $1477 on the ticket. Yeah, I'll wait for you to recover from that one..... All I can say is, God bless the World Cup.
Yeah, I've never loathed soccer so much in my entire life. I'm going over right at the end and the final games of the World Cup. It's all good though. They are in Germany this year and I have planned my trip around them. As much as I love millions of sweaty, drunk people surrounding me in mobs, I'm going to pass just this once.
My trip is slowly coming together. I'll be over there for 17 days total. As of now, it breaks down like this:
Prague: 7 days
Frankfurt: 2 days
Berlin: 3 days
Madrid: 2 days
Toledo: 2 days
I'm still deciding on a day between Berlin and Madrid. Not sure if I want another day in Berlin or get on to Madrid and experience that.
I am really excited to go to Prague. Everybody that I talk to loves it and has become addicted to the city. I'm going there alone, and I'm a little nervous but really excited. I've been reading a lot about its history during the war and the Halocaust. There is just so much history to this city!! It's unbelievable.
From Prague, I will be taking the train over to Frankfurt to meet up with my friend Craig who is stationed in a military base just south of the city. I'm going to hang out with him there for a day or 2 and then we are going to drive up to Berlin. I haven't really looked into everything that Berlin has to offer. I know there is a great night life, the Berlin Wall and good beer. I'll have to do some research and find some more historical things there. Craig and the guys drive up there a lot for little trips. It's a four hour drive from Frankfurt.
From Berlin, I'll be catching an EasyJet flight (England's version of Southwest) to Madrid. I think I might take the train straight down to Toledo from there. With the new train system, the trip is only a half hour. I will be meeting my college roommate Julie there. She is going to University in Toledo. I plan on spending a couple days with her. Then I want to head back up to Madrid and check out the city. The Museo de Prado is suppose to be unbelievable. And I just read online about a great park that they have there that sounds like a good place to chill and read a book in the summer. I might end up seeing Madrid alone, depending on Julie's class schedule, but i'm ok with that. It'll be an adventure and force me to interact more with the locals. It'll be good. I heard the nightlife in Madrid is absolutely insane. I can't wait!!
From Madrid, I catch a flight back to the good ole USA. I have a couple hour layover in Miami and then on to your favorite airport and mine: LAX.
If you have any suggestions on places to go, see, things to do, etc for Berlin, Madrid or Toledo, please let me know. I'm excited to hear what other people have enjoyed.
Until then... Guten nacht. Buenos Noches. And...yeah, haven't quite learned Czech yet. Right on top of that one.
Jill
