Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Budapest

I want this car!
The Museum of Terror...interesting?
Biggest McDonald's I've ever seen in my life--5 stories!!
Rokus Chapel
Synagogue right down the street from our flat. We have great accomodations in Budapest. It's a hostel, but there are only three rooms, and it's in a really nice apartment. There are 3 other people here besides Kim, Jaline, and I. The owners left us with the place all to ourselves...it's so nice! We bought spaghetti and made it in the kitchen here tonight...I have not been this full in so long, haha!
At the museum...which is basically a palace.


Spring flowers and the Szechenyi Baths.
Like all your ducks in a row? Come to Budapest, they line up on command. :)
Heroes' Square

It was a fun afternoon in Budapest! We were all a little tired, since we got up at 6:30 this morning to catch a 7 hour train here. So I guess we are going to sleep in tomorrow, explore the city some more, and then we will be on our way to Vienna!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Prague

The hostel I'm staying at in Prague--Hostel ELF. It's kind of a cool place! They have their funny elf logo and graffiti everywhere in the building.
Prague is an interesting city, with two sides to it. There is the really beautiful downtown area, filled with tourists and gorgeous old buildings...but there is also a lot of poverty on the outskirts of the city, that I saw when I came in by train. I wish I had more pictures to show you of those areas. For now, here are some of the beautiful things I saw today.
The castle.

St. Nick's.
There is a lot of graffiti in Prague. All the buildings that aren't famous or fancy are covered.


Fresh Crocodille sandwiches...I had one and they're actually really yummy! And they're cheap! :P

Miss you all. Home in 4 weeks.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Berlin

Some authentic German borscht stuff!
We saw a sign for an Irish Pub in Berlin...and we just had to go find it!

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche
We found the Irish Pub!
Our room in Berlin.
I bought peaches! Yum!
Our hostel, Berolina Backpacker
Haustbahnhof. This railway station is HUGE!

The Reichstag--parliament.
Holocaust Memorial
We found a science center, and spent an hour or so there! It was a really cool one, and it was free!
It had an electronic guest book...
And you could control a robotic arm!
This is the inside of the science center. It was all pretty high-tech!

Potsdamer Platz
Checkpoint Charlie


The funny walk signal.
Touching the Berlin Wall!
Bear-lin? These bear statues were very common.
Downtown Berlin--university, Berliner Dom, and TV Tower.
Super-tourist.
Brandenburg Gate at sunset.
Reichstag at sunset.
The German flag.
The glass dome on top of the Reichstag.
View from the top of the Reichstag at night.