Archives for "August, 2009"

Posted by Jack on 29th August 2009

Bucharest & Brasov (Day 40 – 43)

August 23 – Day 40
Today we packed our bags, had lunch, and went to the airport in Istanbul to fly out to Bucharest. This took up a lot of the day, and we didn’t end up getting into the airport in Bucharest until late afternoon.

Posted by Jack on 25th August 2009

Istanbul (Day 35- 39)

August 18 – Day 35
Another early morning to get to the airport today. I thought we should be at the airport at 8 for a 10:30 flight, we ended up getting there at about 7:40, and had to wait an hour for check in to be opened by the still-yawning staff

Posted by Jack on 20th August 2009

Athens & Santorini (Day 30 – 35)

August 11 – Day 30
Today we flew from Rome to Athens, which took most of the day. On arriving in Athens, we navigated track work and buses, and got to the Athenstyle Hostel late in the afternoon. Our room had a private balcony, with a view of the Acropolis, which was amazing. I think Athenstyle [...]

Posted by Jack on 12th August 2009

Rome (Day 25 – 29)

August 6 – Day 25
Today we got the train from Venice to Rome, which took quite a while – there are pictures of me working on the puzzle book below. When we arrived we got the bus that the hostel people said to get, but saw no sign of it. We finally found it – [...]

Posted by Jack on 7th August 2009

Venice (Day 22 – 24)

August 3 – Day 22
Today was a transit day. We left Cinque Terre at 9am on train from Riomaggiore to Pisa, then got another train from Pisa to Florence, and finally a train from Florence to Venice.