My European Adventure

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Flying Back Home

Today has been full of mixed emotions. I'm very happy to go home and get back to my life. But at the same time, it's so sad to say goodbye to all the good friends I've made over the last thirty-six days.

I'm really going to miss my tour group and all the fun we had everywhere we went. I'll really miss Pacho, Ingrid, Courtney (both of them), Rob (the funniest guy I've ever met), Jamie, Jess and Chris. My love, best wishes and happiest thoughts go out to everyone on my tour. And I wish all still traveling the best of times and luck!

Exploring Austria's Beauty

Of all the countries I visited on the tour, Austria was definitely one of the most beautiful. On the trip I fell in love with Germany, Austria, Switzerland and parts of Netherlands (i.e. Edam).

In Austria, we stayed in a small town named Hopfgarten. The town was so small you could go from one side to the other on a bike in maybe twenty minutes, and by foot in maybe thirty or forty minutes. The town was a very quaint and peaceful place, full of breathtaking views, a very green and picturesque countryside, and the cutest little town houses with bell-adorned cows you've ever seen.

One Day And Night In Albania

Albania has been one of the best experiences of the trip. But it's definitely been a different type of experience - good in a different sense. It's by far the dirtiest, run down, and poverty ridden country I've ever been to. It's pretty much a third-world country. (And it's actually the poorest country in all of Europe.) And yet it's refreshing and mentally awakening to go to a country in Europe, that's not at all tourist or traveler friendly. It's a change everyone on my tour group welcomed.

There's trash all over the streets. And over much of the country there's no real roads - in the sense that they are in any way maintained. And people all over the country are living in what are basically cement house frames. These "houses" have levels, staircases, and pillars...