Continued From Previous Blog
Italy
Once the summer was over I had some extra time to travel around Europe. Since Ermis and Claudia were heading to Italy, I caught a ride with them to Torino and looked around for a day. I then headed to Rome and saw Angela (from staff), went to Piza, then Strega, then back to Kandersteg for a break. While in Italy I really did not meet anyone which made it a bit boring. The biggest bummer is that my camera was broken so I got absolutely no pictures of anything I saw.
Austria
After Italy I popped up to Vienna to see Nela and Sandra. I toured around Vienna for a couple of days, including seeing the castle.
Germany / Denmark / Norway
For the next leg of the journey, my cousin Claire met me in Kandersteg (I returned to KISC after Austria, keeping it as a base for multiple legs. We did a bit of hiking, around KISC first, meeting Wendy there as well. We then headed to Germany, where we took the boat up the Rhine from Mainz to Koblenz. From there we headed to Aarhus (Denmark), then the train up to Trondheim (Norway) to see Marianne for some hiking.
Sweden / Finland
I left Claire in Norway and headed to Stockholm, where I met up with
Peter and Dave - and we also caught up with Viveca and Christel. After a
couple of days in Stockholm Dave, Peter, and I jumped on the ferry to Turku where we met up with Hanna, Heidi, and Victoria.
After staying with Hanna's parents in Turku, we then headed out to the summer island where the six of us spent several glorious days swimming, taking a sauna, walking, singing, and relaxing.
Hitching to England
Well, my Eurail pass had run out, and though I tried to use what was left over from Claire's that did not work. So, I made it to Turku, where I caught the ferry to Stockholm. While on the ferry I walked to the base of the boat where the cars were. I spotted a truck with a Netherlands license plate and asked the driver for a lift to the Netherlands. Imagine my shock when he said yes! So I jumped in and traveled with the driver from Stockholm to Denmark to Germany to the Netherlands. The driver paid for my food the whole way and I slept in the passenger seat almost the entire time. Not only that, but he dropped off the truck in Rotterdam, picked up the company Mercedes, and drove me to the Hook of Holland for a boat to England! That was a total of 1500 kilometers with a single ride!
England / Scotland / Irish Reunion
I took the train from the terminal on the British side and headed first to Steve's parents' house where I caught up with Steve and Jan.
From there I went to Berwick to see my grandfather. After a few days of getting fed there, I took the train to Glasgow to see Anne W. After seeing around Glasgow and meeting Anne's parents, Peter G picked me up and we headed out in his car to Belfast for the Irish Reunion.
The reunion was actually at Dave's "summer cottage" in Analong in the Mourne Mountains. There were a heap of people from the summer. It was a week of fun and debauchery - and just wonderful to catch up with such close friends.
Arriving Home
After picking me up from DFW, my parents took me out to breakfast at Bayley's and the next day I had lunch with my mother at St Emilion in Fort Worth After regaling them with my trip, the next natural question was to ask "what is next". I let them know I had two priorities: 1) go back to college and redeem myself and 2) save money so I could travel around the world for a year, starting in May of 1990. Oddly, sheagreed to the plan - even the part with me staying at their house for free!
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Italy
Once the summer was over I had some extra time to travel around Europe. Since Ermis and Claudia were heading to Italy, I caught a ride with them to Torino and looked around for a day. I then headed to Rome and saw Angela (from staff), went to Piza, then Strega, then back to Kandersteg for a break. While in Italy I really did not meet anyone which made it a bit boring. The biggest bummer is that my camera was broken so I got absolutely no pictures of anything I saw.
Austria
After Italy I popped up to Vienna to see Nela and Sandra. I toured around Vienna for a couple of days, including seeing the castle.
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| Nela and Sandra in Vienna |
For the next leg of the journey, my cousin Claire met me in Kandersteg (I returned to KISC after Austria, keeping it as a base for multiple legs. We did a bit of hiking, around KISC first, meeting Wendy there as well. We then headed to Germany, where we took the boat up the Rhine from Mainz to Koblenz. From there we headed to Aarhus (Denmark), then the train up to Trondheim (Norway) to see Marianne for some hiking.
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| Claire on the Rhine |
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| Heidi, Dave, Victoria, Peter, and Hanna |
After staying with Hanna's parents in Turku, we then headed out to the summer island where the six of us spent several glorious days swimming, taking a sauna, walking, singing, and relaxing.
Hitching to England
Well, my Eurail pass had run out, and though I tried to use what was left over from Claire's that did not work. So, I made it to Turku, where I caught the ferry to Stockholm. While on the ferry I walked to the base of the boat where the cars were. I spotted a truck with a Netherlands license plate and asked the driver for a lift to the Netherlands. Imagine my shock when he said yes! So I jumped in and traveled with the driver from Stockholm to Denmark to Germany to the Netherlands. The driver paid for my food the whole way and I slept in the passenger seat almost the entire time. Not only that, but he dropped off the truck in Rotterdam, picked up the company Mercedes, and drove me to the Hook of Holland for a boat to England! That was a total of 1500 kilometers with a single ride!
England / Scotland / Irish Reunion
I took the train from the terminal on the British side and headed first to Steve's parents' house where I caught up with Steve and Jan.
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| Peter, Me, Steve, and Jan |
The reunion was actually at Dave's "summer cottage" in Analong in the Mourne Mountains. There were a heap of people from the summer. It was a week of fun and debauchery - and just wonderful to catch up with such close friends.
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| In front of Dave's cottage |
After picking me up from DFW, my parents took me out to breakfast at Bayley's and the next day I had lunch with my mother at St Emilion in Fort Worth After regaling them with my trip, the next natural question was to ask "what is next". I let them know I had two priorities: 1) go back to college and redeem myself and 2) save money so I could travel around the world for a year, starting in May of 1990. Oddly, sheagreed to the plan - even the part with me staying at their house for free!
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