Prague to Budapest to Slovenia to Italy…

Prague - Pass the course. Celebrate at a club. Four thirty in the morning and sitting next to two gay guys on a couch with Tanya (hot Indian girl from the states we met a few weeks prior) and Andrew. Both men hit on me – one tries to rub my head and neck, the other rests his head on my shoulder then asks me if I want to go out to the street for sex. Tanya smiles at this, gabs my face and kisses me twice. Gay guy is heartbroken. Who knew having a few homosexuals proposition you could yield such phenomenal results? Cook dinner for Katie’s B-Day. Say goodbye to everyone. Amanda, Carlene and I take a night train to Hungary.

Budapest – Check into hostel. Explore my family’s motherland… eat goulash on the river. Andrew arrives a day later. The four of us go to a famous restaurant for dinner. Remove hat. Eat rack of lamb. Hit the thermal spa. Relax. Decide to get massage for a measly 12 bucks. Lady tells me to “take-off shorts.” I’m naked, in the middle of Eastern Europe and some random lady is rubbing my bare ass… interesting. Say bye to Andrew, we hop on a train to Ljubljana.

Slovenia – Arrive at two in the morning. Hail a cab. The driver keeps the meter running and acts like he’s lost… then finds our stop. Rips us off. We hate him. Check into hostel. Travel by train to Divaca. Slovenia is packed with unbelievable mountains, lakes and rivers. It’s by far the most beautiful place I’ve yet to see. We’re inside a remote cave, which is inside a gigantic mountain. I’m in the cave, standing on a cliff looking 500 ft down at a river filled with crazy rapids swiftly flowing through the 5-million-year old piece of nature. Can’t believe this is really happening. It’s the COOLEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE! I’m still in the cave and now walking across a tiny bridge in order to get to the other side. It’s the FUCKING SCAREIST MOMENT OF MY LIFE!!!! Travel to Lake Bled. Again… is this real? The scenery appears too picturesque to be true. Head to Lake Bojim. Decide it’s best to hitchhike (yes Mom, hitchhike) up the mountain rather then walking three miles. Nobody picks us up. I hold out money. Nobody picks us up. A little over an hour later, we have arrived. Unfortunately, we still have a 20-minute hike up 500 stairs. Finally we reach the top. We’re thousands of feet high, in the hidden treasure of Europe, looking at a gushing waterfall… I have a good life. Back to Ljubljana. Hug Amanda and Carlene goodbye. Catch the 2:20 a.m. train to Venice.

Italy – Ask Laurel (a Canadian girl I met a few hours earlier) to wake me up when we get to Venice. Wake up in Venice. Tell Laurel to have safe 27-hour ferry to Greece. Board my water bus (boat). Drop bags off at hostel. Enter a café… run into another Canadian, J.P. and a Texan, Craig ( first met them in Slovenia when they stole the last two beds from us at a hostel and I ran into them again at the train station last night). Craig was here for a 6 days two weeks ago, so he shows me the city. In the middle of the square, hear someone yell my name. It’s Laurel… she’s with two friends. They can’t find the ferry. We all take pics together. Eat pizza from 3 different places. Rise early to get on the train to Florence. Eat more pizza in Florence. Wait an hour in the rain to view the Michelangelo’s “David.” It was worth it. Chill with a couple guys at the hostel, plan my way back to Prague… head out to drink wine.