2004-10-11 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Last night there was some stuff that happened that I didn't write about that happened after the fact.

The first thing that happened was a great political discussion that I had while I talked on AIM with Susan. Palle, the flat owner, he actually was very passionate with political and world issues (which he should be) and I enjoyed our conversation a lot. He had a lot of good points about the war, Muslims, religion, terrorism and much more. here are some of the highlights on his points.

-women should be the first to be pissed about oppression in the Middle East

-In war you make mistakes, nothing is perfect and there were quite a few mistakes made with the context of the war.

-Since there are no democracies in all of the middle east, Iraq could possibly set an example

-Should we wait for them to nuke us and do more killing

-Many people have died under hardcore Muslims, yet the conservative Muslims sit in

2004-10-12 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Some of the new Mexican travelers staying in my room made me some damn good eggs and sausage this morning, afterward I did the dishes.

I commented on how big Paco's bag was and I took a picture of it. He weighed it in at about 47 pounds. It was absolutely huge and he is only gone for 2 months just like me. I was so glad I didn't pack that much.

Palle brought in a new customer from the station. She settled in and Palle was mentioning that she was really needing someone to show her around the city. I have already seen two days of Copenhagen and I planned on visiting Sweden today. But Alessandra (from Brazil) tagged along to my trip to Sweden. We went to a city called Malmo. There was a lot of shopping to do there and once we go there I ended up having one of the best meals I have had the whole vacation (Salmon). We did a lot of shopping (of course) and I found two perfect gifts for one of my

2004-10-13 | Munich, Germany Today was absolutely great. But it did start out a little scary. Once I got into town, it was very difficult to find accommodation. I thought it would be a piece of cake because Oktoberfest is over with. (Yeah I know...I missed it.. but read on) Anyway after a lot of wandering to find a place and a lot of phone calls I finally found some really cheap accommodation.

I dropped my bag off and left because my room wouldn't be ready until 2 PM. I hadn't had a shower yet but didn't feel entirely gross. I still just mapped out some sights to see while having breakfast and was off.

Today it was free for me to get around by the train because I have a rail pass. The funny thing is, is that there is no security for tickets to ride the trains. Anyone can hop on, but if you got caught I am sure there would be a hefty fine.

My first stop was a huge church and also some gardens and the main

2004-10-15 | Prague, Czech Republic

I arrived at the train station and at the currency exchange (for Czech Kronas) the guy at the counter was trying to sell me into this shady hostel he had in his flat. Instead of that I went out in the city and relied on my powers of randomness (thanks Susan for making me realize that) to find me accommodation. I basically went into relative direction of where my guidebook said there was hostels.

I stopped at a few hostels that were overpriced and gross looking and this is where I made the decision to go high class.....YES.... a hotel. After getting no sleep the other night because of naked hostel sex, I decided I want my own room.

I found a room for 65 Euros and it RULED. I settled in, took a nice shower, cleaned my underwear in the sink and watched some crappy Czech TV. I also mapped out my next destination.... Switzerland. Once I was done organizing things I began to wander the city.

The first thing I

2004-10-17 | Lucern,SwitzerlandAfter the super long train ride from Prague to Switzerland I finally arrivedin Zurich. I had 9 minutes to get to my connection train and as I rushedover there, I made a phone call to this girl who I talked to the nightbefore about possibly staying at her place. Since I didn't get a hold of her,I decided to just rush to the connection and hang out in Lucern. I barelymade it.

Once I arrived in Lucern, some backpackers had the same backpack as meand I said, hey nice pack as I walked past them. They probably thought Isaid"hey nice rack" or something. But come to find out they were staying in thesame hostel as me. So we bumped into each other and walked around the city.

Now let me tell you.... Lucern is really amazing and I am glad to notspend time in the big industrial city of Zurich. Everything here is sopristine and calm. The weather is not cold at all here. The view can mostlybe