Soooo... As it turns out, tumblr is a much more visually pleasing blogging site and as a result all four of the world travellers have jumped ship. Unfortunately that means this blog will no longer be updated, but you can check out much more up to date info/pics/videos/etc. on our other sites:

Harrys - http://harrisonkrupnik.tumblr.com/
Kevins - http://khorgan.tumblr.com/
Britneys - http://bfleischmann.tumblr.com/
Christinas - http://cdamiani.tumblr.com/

These four sites are the brand new blog sites! check em out, and enjoy being up to date with the trip!

*Things to note: We are no longer really following the itinerary, we all went bungee jumping, and most of my (harrys) photos will be posted on flickr and not on tumblr.

Thanks for reading.

Harry

So the last time I posted I was in Cork planning on heading to the Cliffs of Moor. Due to sleeping in, that didn’t happen. Instead, we went to this port town called Cobh (pronounced cove I believe). It was a nice little town, there wasn’t too much to do. Apparently the titanic and/or the Lusitania loaded/launched passengers from there. This seemed to be the town’s claim to fame as it was fairly heavily emphasized.

There was also the really small museum that we found (used to be a church). It had the most random collection of things, not entirely related to anything really. The collection included an old newspaper description of baseball in the 1880s (?),a lot of ships in bottles, a puffer fish someone from Cobh caught in the Indian Ocean as well as info on some other fish from there. Then had a section on linens and lace made in Cobh, plus an old piano and some African wood carvings, and finished everything off with a history of milk production in the 1950s…

The next day we left for Dublin. Since we had to leave around 6am the next morning to catch a flight we really only had time to take the Guiness factory tour and walk around the city for a bit before we crashed for the night. The tour was okay. I guess the making of beer isn’t too interesting to me. The best part was the gravity bar that was on the 7th floor of the building (one of the highest points in Dublin) and had incredible views. The highlight for me was finding Harry’s Café on Dawson Street!

We made our way into Glasgow and met up with Kevin’s friend Dave. He gave us an awesome tour of Glasgow University (where he’s finishing up the semester). Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera on me at the time, but the main campus building was incredible! See for yourself: http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/photogallery/mainbuilding/ After the campus tour we saw the Necropolis, which was actually pretty interesting/morbid? Most of the graves were from the 1800s. We then continued around the city. We saw some beautiful bridges, and some people doing parkour on them. Afterwards we grabbed lunch in this enormous park that also had a carnival that was hard to find bc the park was so big. The carnival looked pretty shoddy so we only went on 1 ride. Afterwards we grabbed a pint at a local pub and stayed in Sam’s dorm (Dave’s awesome and accommodating friend).

The next day we went for a several hour hike to the top of mount (hill) Conich. The 350M summit was well worth the trek, just check out some of the pictures. Later that night we grabbed another pint at this really cool bar that used to be a church. Later on that night a friend’s res building had a way onto the roof, so we sat up there and overlooked the city for a while. The pictures didn’t turn out to well though…

The next day we visited Edinburgh. We took a quick bus tour around the city and then climbed this 200ft monument that had increasingly smaller staircases all the way up. Afterwards we toured Glagow a more and now are in London, England.

Two lessons I have learned so far:

1. Always wear sunscreen when it’s sunny.

2. It’s not what you do, but who you’re doing it with.

So the last time I posted I was in Cork planning on heading to the Cliffs of Moor. Due to sleeping in, that didn’t happen. Instead, we went to this port town called Cobh (pronounced cove I believe). It was a nice little town, there wasn’t too much to do. Apparently the titanic and/or the Lusitania loaded/launched passengers from there. This seemed to be the town’s claim to fame as it was fairly heavily emphasized.

There was also the really small museum that we found (used to be a church). It had the most random collection of things, not entirely related to anything really. The collection included an old newspaper description of baseball in the 1880s (?),a lot of ships in bottles, a puffer fish someone from Cobh caught in the Indian Ocean as well as info on some other fish from there. Then had a section on linens and lace made in Cobh, plus an old piano and some African wood carvings, and finished everything off with a history of milk production in the 1950s…

The next day we left for Dublin. Since we had to leave around 6am the next morning to catch a flight we really only had time to take the Guiness factory tour and walk around the city for a bit before we crashed for the night. The tour was okay. I guess the making of beer isn’t too interesting to me. The best part was the gravity bar that was on the 7th floor of the building (one of the highest points in Dublin) and had incredible views. The highlight for me was finding Harry’s Café on Dawson Street!

We made our way into Glasgow and met up with Kevin’s friend Dave. He gave us an awesome tour of Glasgow University (where he’s finishing up the semester). Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera on me at the time, but the main campus building was incredible! See for yourself: http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/photogallery/mainbuilding/ After the campus tour we saw the Necropolis, which was actually pretty interesting/morbid? Most of the graves were from the 1800s. We then continued around the city. We saw some beautiful bridges, and some people doing parkour on them. Afterwards we grabbed lunch in this enormous park that also had a carnival that was hard to find bc the park was so big. The carnival looked pretty shoddy so we only went on 1 ride. Afterwards we grabbed a pint at a local pub and stayed in Sam’s dorm (Dave’s awesome and accommodating friend).

The next day we went for a several hour hike to the top of mount (hill) Conich. The 350M summit was well worth the trek, just check out some of the pictures. Later that night we grabbed another pint at this really cool bar that used to be a church. Later on that night a friend’s res building had a way onto the roof, so we sat up there and overlooked the city for a while. The pictures didn’t turn out to well though…

The next day we visited Edinburgh. We took a quick bus tour around the city and then climbed this 200ft monument that had increasingly smaller staircases all the way up. Afterwards we toured Glagow a more and now are in London, England.

Two lessons I have learned so far:

1. Always wear sunscreen when it’s sunny.

2. It’s not what you do, but who you’re doing it with.

Let it Begin...

Hello all of our lovely blog followers.

Thought I would give a quick update as to the current trip schedule.

As of this moment, Harry and kevin are 3hr 50min into their flight over seas. They will be doing some pre-travelling in Ireland before Christina and myself meet up with them on June 2nd at the St.Pancras hostel in London. We will be spending a few days there and then making our way to Paris. After Paris we are off to Belgium - Antwerp, Brugge and Brussels. And thats all we have planned so far.

Hope you enjoy our travel updates along the way.

B

Booyah! ...My very own blog page. Thanks Harry!

8 days till takeoff!

Hello friends,

I have made a couple last minute updates before kevin and I leave for 3 months!

First: See above (right below the map) to find links to new pages in our eurotrip blog. I have created individual pages for everyone to post their own pictures, thoughts, and life insights?

Second: I have updated the map. Before it was messy and out of order. Now its in order, and will be updated periodically according to our location.

Third: GOOGLE ADSENSE HAS PAID OFF! We have made $3.01!!!! which is $3.01 closer to a free trip through Europe cup of coffee.

That is all.

Slacker Harry

we are never going to fund our trip if you don't post Harrison!

Flight Information

I thought it would be useful if we posted our flight information here.

Brit and Chris
Depart Toronto at 9:45pm on June 1
Arrive in Gatwick at 9:55am on June 2

Depart Madrid at 1:30pm on July 26 (also known as Shopsys Bday)
Arrive in TO at 3:50pm on July 26

In terms of other flights - we need to book to the Canary Islands.
I've checked some flights out from Madrid and they look pretty pricey. I was sure that Chris and I saw some cheap flights a while ago, but can't seem to find any!
Keep your eyes open for flights to Tenerife South (TFS) so that we can book them!

Cool beans - so please inform everyone of your flights :)

Canary Islands

Team Europa!

Momma and Poppa Fleisch have booked our lovely vaycay week in the Canary Islands.
Even better - they are giving the week to us as a graduation gift - aka. free!
The week is July 16 to 23.

Excited Much?

Hey guys,

Check out the Lonely Planet link I posted under useful links. Just select Europe (obviously) and browse through the different countries. This site has some good basic info on the different countries, plus recommended cities.

Also, I have added a countdown gadget, Google Adsense (which I might take off...) and the map gadget is coming soon!

Blog Planning

Hello friends,

I have been looking into some blog things and found out how to add you as authors of this blog. I just need you to send me the email you used for the 'follow' this blog thing.

For posting pictures I discovered some gadgets that stream/link photos from other sites (picasa, flickr, photobucket, etc.). I am going to check out these sites to find the best one to share our photos on. If you guys have any experience with these sites please share it.

I found some other interesting gadgets that I'll post to the blog later, i.e. a Count down timer, a mapping gadget (I believe...), and Google's AdSense. I figure if we can get enough traffic to this blog we should be able to finance our trip through advertising! Bret and Christina: start planning an advertising and promotions strategy.

Finally I have already added a blog search gadget which will become very useful in about 6 months.

Stage 1 - Trip Planning

Heyo friends,

As per recommendation from Bret, I have created a blog to test the viability of documenting our trip online using blog technology! SO, I will start by displaying the first draft of our trip itinerary. This blog is open for anyone to comment on, and I will find out more info in terms of posting photos, having multiple authors, mapping the destinations we will go, etc... In the mean time, please comment on the itinerary posting any city or sight you want to see in Europa and I will add them in!

Euro Trip 2010!!!

Ireland
	Cork
	Killarney
	Dublin
	Blarney
	Kilkenny
England
	Liverpool
	Manchester
	London
	Salisbury
	Bath
	Oxford
Scotland
	St. Andrews
	Edinburgh
	Scottish Highlands
	Northumberland National Park
Belgium
	Brussels
	Bruges
Netherlands
	Amsterdam
	Waalwijk
	Rotterdam
	den Haag
Germany
	Munich
	Heidelberg
	Berlin
	Turin
Czech Republic
	Prague
Austria
	Vienna
	Austrian Tyrol
	Salzburg
Switzerland
	Lucerne
	Interlaken
	Zurich
France
	Paris
	Burgundy
	Provence
	French Riviera
	Biarritz
	Mont St. Michel
	Loire Valley Nice
Spain
	Madrid
	Tariffa
	Gibralter Point
	Nerja Caves
	Barcelona
	Alhambra
	Costa Del Sol
	Ibiza
	Pamplona
Canary Islands
Morocco
Italy
	Rome
	Vatican
	Verona
	Venice
	Florence
	Pompei
Greece
	Athens
	Capri
	Sorrento
	Corinth
	Mykonos
	Montenegro