The Adventures of CBS....

Otherwise known as the Adventures of Chris, Bryan, and Sarah, who traveled all across Europe during their three week Spring Break from Kingston University. We started off in Amsterdam, had a few issues with our hostel, and then proceeded to find another hostel to stay in (while there were 1,700 Scots in the city for the Holland versus Scotland football match). We got lucky in finding Bob's Youth Hostel. Thank goodness. Amsterdam was nice to visit, and I liked the visit to the Anne Frank House the best, although it was extremely sad. Next off to Berlin. And let me preface this by, I NEVER, I repeat NEVER wanted to go to Germany, although I am mostly German. Yet I LOVED BERLIN! It was fabulous! The food, beer, sights, and hostel were all great and I had the GREATEST time! We even took a NewEurope Tour, which is FREE (yes I said it....FREE) and if you want to give tips you can. Our awesome tour guide was Adam, from Atlanta, GA, another Southerner, YAY! After Berlin, we stopped over in Munich for a bit, and I was lucky to procure a fabulous pair of Birkenstock sandals (made in Germany) for only 32 Euro! A steal. :) Yay SHOES! An overnight train brought us to Rome, where it was lovely and warm! And for some reason we had the not too smart idea to break in our Birkenstocks in Rome...DON'T EVER DO THAT. My feet were swollen and huge by the end of the day and I wanted to die. Although I was delightfully happy to be back in the Eternal City of Rome. I love it there. We spent two lovely days there, seeing all the sights and eating gelato, pasta, and pizza, a true vacation come true. Then we hit up a ferry to take us to Athens, which took like 16 hours....I know....ewwwwww. Haha. We got into Athens, and spent the next dreary day (it rained all day) exploring the city, and bonus my Kingston ID got me into the Acropolis for FREE!!!! Yes sir! We then hopped a ferry to Paros and spent the next three days there, although many of them the sun wasn't out, but the island itself was soooooo BEAUTIFUL! Crystal clear waters, and such, it takes your breath away. We left there this morning and are now back in Athens for the night before heading back to Italy and Rome in the next few days. I'm hoping to catch a Mass while near Vatican City, so we shall see. After that, on Easter we head towards Milan and then catch a night train to BARCELONA! The day we get into Barcelona we are taking a quick trip to Madrid.....to do what you may ask????? To find, buy, and ingest as much TACO BELL as humanly possible!!!! Back to Barcelona where we will be until the 16th when we fly back home. Hoping to see some amazing sights, soak up the warm weather, eat some paella, drink some sangria, go out dancing, and see one of my sisters...KATIE BOYD! Super pumped to see her, I miss her and all of my Phi Mu's soooooo much it's crazyyyyyyyy!!!! Well I hope this blog finds everyone well and dandy....watch out for uploaded pictures on Facebook in about a week and a half.....it's almost May already....where has the time gone??????

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Loving Europe
MUCH LOVE TO ALL!!!!!