Travel nuts: squirrelling nuts in Europe! Mira, mira! Ive got 10!

I thought I would start (or restart) my blog with giving some tips on how to travel a little cheaper in Europe...
I don't know all the tricks but some. If anyone else has some recos please post them in the comments :P

CouchSurfing

This is a site that connects people who are traveling and need a place to stay, a way to connect with others in the cities they plan to visit. Now you can either use the site to meet people who are living in that city or find people to stay with for free. A lot of people are uptight about it and snobbish. If you aren't ALL about the greatness of couchsurfing, and grovel at their feet, they aren't giving you a place to stay. They're douches. Move on to another person. You'll eventually find someone to stay with. Send out at least 20 requests.
If you are moving, either within the States or to another country, I HIGHLY recommend joining the forum for your new city or country. People are always doign community events or taking surfers out and wouldnt mind some company.

1. Dont buy a Eurail pass!!!
2. Buy train tickets 3 days in advance to save money
3. If you can, buy a train ticket only to the border, walk over the border and pick up a train to your next destination. Tickets become expensive because you are crossing "international" borders. e.g.- You are traveling from Prague to Krakow...you can take a train to the border town past Ostrava, walk across the border, pick up a bus or train. People will help you, so ask if you need it.
Train and or bus schedule from the Czech Republic
4. Try and ask locals what they do. This is where the couchsurfing community comes in hand. They know better then anyone on how to get around in the cheapest manner.
5. You have friends how have friends SOMEWHERE in Europe!!! Ask, Ask, Ask...it never hurt to ask someone if you could stay with them or if they have some advice.
6. Do as much traveling in one country as you can. Like I said before, the train gets expensive when you cross borders. Staying in one country should make it relatively cheaper. Personally, I like to travel to one place for an extended period of time. e.g.- my trip to Cyprus for a month in 2006.
7. Try using something like RideShare . I have never used it, so I dont know how it goes but friends have used it and have managed to save some money.
8. Try airlines like: Ryan Air , Wizz Air , SideStep sign up for whatever notices they have for cheap flights. I have friends who have flown for a pound! That way you could maybe travel cheap in east europe then spend your last week in London or Paris. Both have cheap flights back to the States ;)
9. Hitchhike!!!
10. Dont overstay your visa!!! Ive heard that it can be up to 1500 euros....that's not cheap at all!!!

I lost my underwear somewhere between here and Budapest

In light of the onslaught of people blogging, Ive decided to restart my blogging.

I'm wondering though if I even have anything to say. I imagine that I can find something ;) Stick around! :P

2009 Recap!!!

Well, since I last posted way back in the beginning of 2008, I have moved to Brno, Czech Republic. Pretty crazy, huh? Ive had a pretty wild and crazy ride over the past year.

Lets see....
Ive slutted it out (quite a bit, shamefully), fell in love, fell out of love, fell into hate,
drank excessive amounts of beer, liqueur and more liqueur,
lived in 5 different places with 8 different people,
rode the train, plane and, automobile,
made friends, lost friends, annoyed friends, puked on friends, managed to keep friends ;)
Travelled here, there and a little bit in between,

1. The Czech Republic - Prague, Brno, Znojmo, Olomauc, Zdar Nad Sazavou, Roznov, Byzkydy, Palava, The Cathedral with all the bones, places all around Brno....


2. Vienna, Austria - So many times


3. Bratislava, Slovakia - So many times!!!


4. Budapest, Hungary - twice and cant wait to return ;)


5. Bovec, Slovenia -went canyoning in the Elysian Alps


6. Dresden, Germany- only got to spend one night in Dresden and then one night in Freiberg (15kilometres outside of Dresden) at a festival

Czech Nut, Not a Brazil Nut.

Wow! How things can change in one month. Not even a month but almost.

I'm officially going to the Czech Republic to go to school to get my TEFL diploma so that I can teach english abroad. My step sister called me yesterday and told me that she received my tickets in the mail. I've paid but a minimal amount of my tuition and I am afraid that I wont have it all by the time I leave. I am trying to be fuggal but it is so hard when I use to living carefree. I'm worried about a plethora of things, but now that I have a goal, I think I am doing better mentally.

Nutz....That Simple Word is Not Enough to Encompass How I Feel...

Let's get it out in the open that I am pretty reserved with my feelings and for me to put this out into space is going to kill me. But I need and outlet bigger then what I've used already.

I had someone tell me they loved me today.

That person has known me for 1 week. Count that. One, Uno, Ena, won, 1!!!!!!

It's not possible...psycho babble bullshit is what it is. How is it even possible that I got hooked up with such a psycho? I am too forgiving of people. I let this person in when I knew there were, ARE, things that I do not like about this person....I let it happen. I know I am talking like some kind of rape victim but that was what it was like. I was raped of my inablity to stop such a fucked up thing happen.

I am such an emotional vaccuum. I can sense all sorts of stuff (emotions) and they in turn effect my mood. So, someone else already has an influence over me. Whether they know it or not. They can sap my emotions right out of me and replace them with whatever they like.

So, in reality his 'quote unquote' love' for me was replacing my initional emotions towards the situation....

Or I could be just as psycho and this is all some kind of justification...

I highly doubt it though.

7 Deadly sins....Let's hash over a couple....

I'm a glutton for punishment.

I'm gluttonous.

There is gluten in my food.

Ok, the last one is just a retarded sentence. I realized I didn't have all that many uses for the word GLUTtON that are relative to my life right now, or period actually, so I got goofy.

I'm gluttonous cause I think of food. ALOT. Not just a little but probably in the same way that men think about sex. God, if only I thought of sex instead of food. I'd probably be a bean pole of a chica. Not only for the factor of less food going into the old pie hole but if I'm thinking of sex more, there might be more in my life. Just a theory. I may have to do a clinical trial on this theory *coughs politely into hand, clears throat*

I'm a gluton for punishment....oh, lord, for so many reasons. Could I really sum it up in just a short paragraph without having to get into the intracacies of my brain at 2 in the morning on a school night?

No, not really...

But it was a rather stupid question to begin with.

Night and thanks for all the cookies...
*see food, again*

!Onward Prague!

I have been tossing around the idea (actually, I've decided. Just nerves keep me from commiting)of moving to the Czech Republic to get my cert in TEFL. I may not just stay in CR, I could go on from there and teach in Cyprus or Greece. I wouldn't have to stay there but I would like to stay there for at least a year.

A Full Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste.

I say I have a full mind cause there is a lot on it.

Possible thing for me to do this summer:
1. Going to Czech Republic to go to school to teach English to non-English speakers.
2. Going to Cyprus to hang out.
3. Go to Greece or Cyprus to participate in a dig.
4. Pursue a certificate in Education here in Pinellas County.

Obviously, my mind has reset my goals since the beginning of the year. I'm a Gemini. What can I say? Only another Gemini can understand the torn mind of another Gemini. I keep finding things around the world, around the states, just around, that I want to do but I can never decide. Or I get scared and stop myself from going forward with something I would really like to do.

I suffer from situational anxiety. Trying something new usually scares the shit out of me. Not that I don't do new things. I make it a point to DO new things, just so I don't turn into a hermit. But I know I hold myself back....testing the waters a lot longer then I should before jumping in.



So, That's where I'm at...the edge of the ocean, waiting...for something, maybe someone, to push me in.