Paris!!

Chels.arsenault October 6, 2010
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A trip around Europe is not complete without a visit to the “city of lights.” Paris is a city that takes at least 1o adjectives to describe. Not only the capital of France but also an important cultural and financial …

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Lisboa!

Chels.arsenault September 3, 2010
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From Capitol to Capitol We caught the night bus from Madrid to Lisboa, which is something we’re making a habit out of. It’s an easy way to save money on a night accommodation, but not exactly accommodating. In theory this …

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Barcelona

Chels.arsenault August 18, 2010
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FINALLY we make it to Spain! And better yet…to Barcelona! A city we have been excited for! The first thing we see as we arrive on the bus…a butt ass naked dude walking around in the middle of town! That’s …

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Nice!

Chels.arsenault August 18, 2010
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Our next stop being Nice, Brad and I were excited for a new country …but a little nervous that neither of us know ANY French! We found some last minute couchsurfers just outside of Nice in a cute town called …

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Bern!

Chels.arsenault August 2, 2010
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 SO being the really lucky travelers that we have been this trip (AND having family that takes care of us) Mike and Devon found us a free ride from Leysin to Bern! It was a beautiful scenic..but windy drive! only a …

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Zurich!

Chels.arsenault July 13, 2010
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Ahhh, the land of cheese, chocolate, yodeling and banks.  Switzerland, the ever neutral, vastly beautiful country with mountains that stretch through the clouds and lakes blue as the Caribbean, Switzerland not only provides the world with top quality consumer goods, …

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Salzburg

Chels.arsenault July 12, 2010
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When we were dropped off in Salzburg from our carpool guy, Brad and I found ourselves at a cafe with free ifi wto get into contact with our couchsurfing host, Christina. She immediately offered to pick us up… with a half baked …

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Vienna

Chels.arsenault July 5, 2010
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History class was never my favorite, but whenever WWII was the topic it was all of a sudden an interesting subject. I especially loved the movies or documentaries dealing with the war. I think it’s mostly this that I have …

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Beograd

Chels.arsenault July 3, 2010
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So after a pretty good 8 hour train ride to Sofia where we got to stretch across the seats, and a not so good 8 hour train ride to Belgrade, Serbia (in an outdated train from the 70’s with velvet …

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Bulgariaaahh

Chels.arsenault June 28, 2010
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We were sad to leave such an amazing country but a new and unexpected city lay in front. Varna hugs the Bulgarian coast along the charming black sea, which is actually all we knew about it when we made the …

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