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- 2/6, 19:15: Grey 17, Cambridge, USA
- Flight from Boston
- Flight from Boston
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- 2/7, 10:00 - 2/9, 23:00: Ennis, Ireland
- Irish countryside, near Shannon
- Irish countryside, near Shannon
- Irish countryside, near Shannon
- Castle Hill, near Ennis
- Ruins of a church, right in Ennis!
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- 2/7, 10:00 - 2/9, 23:00: Ennis, Ireland
- Teampall an Chairn (Carron Church) in the Burren.
- Countryside, near Ennis
- Ruins of a castle, outskirts of Burren
- Tempall an Chairn from inside the gate
- Chairn (pile of rocks) in Burren
- Burial in Burren
- Fuzzy picture of stone wall in the Burren
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- 2/7, 10:00 - 2/9, 23:00: Ennis, Ireland
- The Cliffs of Moher, looking the other way.
- Near Ennistymon.
- The Cliffs of Moher, looking up.
- The Cliffs of Moher, looking down.
- The Cliffs of Moher, into the distance
- Church along road to cliffs
- Hilltop church, from a distance.
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I'm happy to be back in the ant hussle of a real city. Lond...
- 2/10, 10:00 - 2/13, 21:00: Oxford Street Youth Hostel, London, UK
- Argyll Street
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This morning I ran non-work-related erran...
- 2/10, 10:00 - 2/13, 21:00: Oxford Street Youth Hostel, London, UK
- Trafalgar Square, with protest
- Argyll Street
- Soho's Red-light district
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- 2/10, 10:00 - 2/13, 21:00: Oxford Street Youth Hostel, London, UK
- Soho's Red-light district
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- 2/10, 10:00 - 2/13, 21:00: Oxford Street Youth Hostel, London, UK
- Outside the British Museum
- Athena Nike Temple, in the Museum
- Socrates, Antisthenes, Chrysipus, Epikuros
- The Rosetta Stone, in the flesh
- Sarasvati, Jain Goddess of Learning
- Combined Shiva and Vishnu
- Clock in London Museum
- Clock in British Museum
- Mini-Museum in the British Museum
- Statue of the childhood of Baccus
- Copper plate with Venus being chastised by Pan as Eros disrobes her.
- Tiny bust of Athena from the Athena Nike temple
- Larger bust of Athena from mini-museum (unlabelled)
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It's Valentine's day, and I miss my friends back home....
- 2/13, 22:00 - 2/15, 00:00: Oxford YHA, Oxford, UK
- Merton College, founded in 1264, with 15-17 c. buildings.
- Entry to the "Natural Philosophy" (science) area of an Oxford college, showing how science is considered there.
- Oxford college, showing dreaming spires
- Full status of Athena, albeit a heavily fixed one
- Fuzzy picture of Egyptian black cats, for Cloee
- 16th c. Italian folding gameboard (chess, draughts, backgammon, and snakes&ladders), and 1400-50 Italian interchangable board for chess and backgammon (for SCA types)
- Einstein's blackboard work, from when he visited Oxford
- Beautiful model of solar system, from Oxford History of Science Museum
- Sector, from Oxford History of Science Museum, for my research
- Quadrangle from Oxford History of Science Museum, for my research
- Sectors from Oxford History of Science Museum, for my research
- Sliderules from Oxford History of Science Museum, for my research
- Oxford's Bridge of Tears, modelled after the Venetian Ponte de Sospiri.
- Merton College Chapel
- Wardens of Merton College. That's history.
- A view of the lobby of Merton College's Chapel
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- 2/13, 22:00 - 2/15, 00:00: Oxford YHA, Oxford, UK
- Ground floor of the Oxford University Museum
- Great quipo at Pitt Rivers Museum
- One of the smoking cases at the Pitt Rivers Museum
- Sign about insects at Oxford University Museum
- View of Oxford from the grounds of Christ Church
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- 2/16, 19:00 - 2/19, 12:20: Original Backpackers, Newquay, UK
- View of the Cornwall Ocean
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- 2/16, 19:00 - 2/19, 12:20: Original Backpackers, Newquay, UK
- View of ocean from near Newquay
- View of the Cornwall Ocean
- View of Ocean from near Newquay
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- 2/16, 19:00 - 2/19, 12:20: Original Backpackers, Newquay, UK
- The entry arch at Tintagel
- River near Tintagel running into ocean
- Tintagel Castle courtyard
- Other side of the divide courtyard at Tintagel
- Other buildings in Tintagel Castle
- Small hollow amoung building ruins at Tintagel
- Foundations of buildings beyond Tintagel
- Exit to Merlin's Cave
- Entrance to Merlin's Cave
- Cathedral and granite cross in Truro
- Closeup of Truro Cathedral's stonework
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- 2/20, 06:00 - 2/23, 16:30: Auberge de Jeunesse Jules Ferry, Paris, France
- Closeup of Truro Cathedral's stonework
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- 2/20, 06:00 - 2/23, 16:30: Auberge de Jeunesse Jules Ferry, Paris, France
- Closeup of stonework on the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris
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- 2/20, 06:00 - 2/23, 16:30: Auberge de Jeunesse Jules Ferry, Paris, France
- Cross and decorations at the Catacombes
- Cathedrale of Notre Dame of Paris
- Closeup of stonework on the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris
- Stained glass in the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris
- Tunnel to the Paris Catacombes
- Wall of bones in the Catacombes
- Heart of skulls in the Catacombes
- Endless walls of bones at the Catacombes
- Closeup of wall pattern in Catacombes
- Closeup of wall top in Catacombes
- Discarded pile of bones in the Catacombes
- Beautiful arch and cross of bones in the Catacombes
- The Phallic Tower, from close
- The Pallic Tower, from far
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- 2/20, 06:00 - 2/23, 16:30: Auberge de Jeunesse Jules Ferry, Paris, France
- Another ceiling and wall in the Louvre
- The ceiling of a room and hallway in the Louvre
- The three graces and background classical scupture
- The bottom story of the medieval louvre, inside the modern one
- Medieval games pieces (fuzzy picture) at Louvre
- The Venus Milo at the Louvre
- Front of Egyptian sarcophagus
- Right side of Egyptian sarcophagus in Louvre
- Back of Egyptian sarcophagus in Louvre
- Right of Egyptian sarcophagus in Louvre
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This morning I learned that Paris stores don't open until 10 or later, but I did eventually get my new EU-compatible cell phone charger, so I'm once again on...
- 2/20, 06:00 - 2/23, 16:30: Auberge de Jeunesse Jules Ferry, Paris, France
- Courtyard of the Natural History Museum in Paris, half way down
- View of the Labyrinth from the top of the central hill
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doesn't have any dorm beds. Still, it's a room of my own for cheaper than Paris, with a better breakfast, and the building has cheap wirel...- 2/24, 22:00 - 2/27, 19:30: Auberge de Jeunesse du Vieux Tours
- Outside the Tours Cathédrale St-Gratien.
- Stained glass window in Tours Cathedrale
- Left side of Tours Cathedral
- Right side of Tours Cathedrale
- Inside the Tours Cathedrale
- Table, with patterns of stone, in Tours Museum
- Clock in Tours Museum
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Plat: vue de la ville de Tours et allégorie de la Touraine
- Ceramic scupture at Tours Museum
- Unlabelled painting of Pymalion at Tours Museum
- Statue of Diane at Tours Museum
- Tree outside Tours Museum
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- 2/24, 22:00 - 2/27, 19:30: Auberge de Jeunesse du Vieux Tours
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Plat: vue de la ville de Tours et allégorie de la Touraine
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- 2/24, 22:00 - 2/27, 19:30: Auberge de Jeunesse du Vieux Tours
- A square in Tours
- The face of the Musée Goüin.
- A typical street in Tours
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- 2/24, 22:00 - 2/27, 19:30: Auberge de Jeunesse du Vieux Tours
- Another room in Chambord
- The Tours' Hotel de Ville
- A chateau from a distance
- Another chateau from a distance
- Approaching Chambord
- Chambord's towers
- A tapestry in Chambord
- A room in Chambord
- View from the walls of Chambord
- A closeup of the central tower in Chambord
- One of the six Chambord vehicles
- Chateau Chaverny, from as close as we could get
- The Blois chateau, closer
- A church in Blois, from far
- A church in Blois, from near
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- 2/28, 16:30: Centre International de Séjour - Auberge de Jeunesse, La Rochelle, France
- The towers of La Rochelle
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- 3/1, 22:00 - 3/3, 20:00: Auberge de Jeunesse, Bordeaux, France
- Place de Gambetta, in Bordeaux
- Mosiac in Musée d'Aquitaine
- A look from above at the Roman Mosiac
- Cathedral in Bordeaux
- Alcove in the Bordeaux cathedrale
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- 3/1, 22:00 - 3/3, 20:00: Auberge de Jeunesse, Bordeaux, France
- Scupture near the Bordeaux natural history museum
- Odd neo-classical scuplture (those are sea horses, but that sure isn't Neptune)
- Painting of Bordeaux, in the Musée de Beaux-Arts
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- 3/1, 22:00 - 3/3, 20:00: Auberge de Jeunesse, Bordeaux, France
- Painting of Bordeaux, in the Musée de Beaux-Arts
- Attempt to take a picture of beautiful canal along train path
- Attempt to take a picture of beautiful canal along train path; that's a rainbow in the distance
- Attempt to take a picture of beautiful canal along train path
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- 3/4, 22:00: Hotels in Montpellier, France
- Odd bedfellows in Montpellier
- Beautiful water arrangement in Montpellier park
- Fran\,{c}ois-Xavie Fabre's "Ulysse et Néoptolème à Philoctète les flèches d'Hercule
- Charles Joseph Natoire's Vénus demande à Vulcain des armes pour Enée
- Promenade du Peyrou, toward Montpellier
- Promenade du Peyrou, away from city
- Church connected to medical school in Montpellier
- Another view of church connected to medical school in Montpellier
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- 3/5, 22:00: Auberge de Jeunesse, Nîmes, France
- Looking in the side of the Temple to Diane
- Looking out the window in my cheap Montpellier hotel.
- A street in Montpellier
- Outside the Tour Mange
- Inside the Tour Mange
- Looking up the side of the Tour Mange
- Outside the Collosseum in Nîmes
- Park near the temple of Diane
- Into the door of the Temple of Diane
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- 3/6, 22:00 - 3/8, 14:30: Auberge Bagatelle, Avignon, France
- Outside the Collosseum in Nîmes
- Inside the Nîmes colloseum. Holy cow!
- Behind the last row of seats at the Colloseum
- More stonework behind the last row of seats
- Out an archway at the top of the colloseum
- Lookout out over the top of the colloseum, at Nîmes
- A last look at the Colloseum, from the top
- Map of France, showing important Gallo-Roman artifacts
- Another Gallo-Roman ruin in Nîmes
- A canal construction bordered the park at the Temple of Diane
- Statue, near the station in Nîmes
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is enormous: two and some castles stuck together, built using the complete earnings of two years of the Church, spread over a m...- 3/6, 22:00 - 3/8, 14:30: Auberge Bagatelle, Avignon, France
- Palais du Papes from across the Rhône
- View of Avignon, from the Roches des Dams
- Another view of Avignon from Rocher des Doms
- View of St. Bénezet Bridge, built in the 1100s, the one in the French nursery rhyme *
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- 3/6, 22:00 - 3/8, 14:30: Auberge Bagatelle, Avignon, France
- A view down along the Avignon city wall
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- 3/9, 22:00 - 3/11, 17:00: Lyon Vieux Auberge de Jeunesse, Lyon, France
- View of Lyon from the hill
- Another view of Lyon from the hill
- View of the hill from Lyon
- Outside the Lyon Cathedrale, at a slant so you can see the cool gargoyles
- Wooden throne in Lyon Cathedrale
- Astronomical clock in Lyon Cathedrale
- Astrolabe on the cathedrale clock
- Yearly face of the Cathedrale clock
- Hourly face of the Cathedrale clock
- "At the end of the day": a butchery by Sévellic
- A miniature library house
- A miniature library house
- A miniature French market
- A model of a medieval French street
- A miniature architects workshop
- A miniature fish market
- Another neo-classical sculpture
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My museum...
- 3/9, 22:00 - 3/11, 17:00: Lyon Vieux Auberge de Jeunesse, Lyon, France
- Another neo-classical sculpture
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- 3/9, 22:00 - 3/11, 17:00: Lyon Vieux Auberge de Jeunesse, Lyon, France
- Sculpture in the fine arts museum in Dijon
- Liberte and Egalite sculpture
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Since my la...
- 3/12, 22:00: Centre de Rencontres Internationales et de Sèjour de Dijon, Dijon, France
- Crypts... I forget which important people
- Leda and the Swan
- Street in Dijon
- Cathedrale in Dijon
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- Your Money or Your Life
- 3/13, 00:00 - 3/14, 00:00: Peace and Love Hostel, Paris, France
- Street in Dijon
- Outside the Hodel des Invalides
- Courtyard of the Hotel des Invalides
- More Hotel des Invalides courtyard
- Temple attached to the Hotel des Invalides
- Clock at the Hotel des Invalides
- Statue and weapon at Hotel des Invalides
- Another statue and cannon
- Better view of the courtyard
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- 3/13, 00:00 - 3/14, 00:00: Peace and Love Hostel, Paris, France
- Better view of the courtyard
- Outside of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris
- Clock in the Musee Carnavalet
- Declaration of Rights at the Musee Carnavalet
- Destroying the Bastille painting
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I reserved a bed at the Hôme Guest House (a reasonably cheap hostel in Barcelona) for the night of my f...
- 3/15, 22:00: Home Guest House, Barcelona, Spain
- Back of La Sagrada Famillia
- Statue of Christopher Columbus, at the coast end of the Rambla.
- Front of La Sagrada Famillia
- Back of La Sagrada Famillia
- The back of La Sagrada Famillia from a distance (so you can see the cranes)
- View of The Pedrera, rippling around a corner
- Lobby of the Pedrera
- Mirror out the window of the Pedrera attic
- The attic of the Pedrera, showing the Catalonian arches
- Building plan for the Pedrera, front view
- Building plan for the Pedrera, top view
- Roof of the Pedrera
- View of La Sagrada Familia, from the Pedrera
- Another view of Barcelona, from the Pedrera
- Roof of the Pedrera
- Ceiling of the lobby of the Pedrera
- A chess-themed Falla
- Abstract art-themed Falla
- Music and architecture falla
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Barcelona is a fine city, but it can't compare to the light-stone beauty and style of Valencia. Even with the festival to cover be...
- 3/16, 22:00 - 3/20, 00:00: Home Backpackers, Valencia, Spain
- Last folklore group
- Alcove in the relic-ful Valencian Cathedral with urns
- Painting in the Valencia Cathedral
- Alcove for Saint Vincent Martin, including his arm
- An alcove in the Valencia Cathedral, showing architecture
- Another view of the alcove, without tourists
- Queen's square, with a parade
- Closer view of the parade
- Queen's square in Valencia
- Dance at the Folklore parade
- A different group's dance
- The same group's dance
- Another dance
- Another
- Another
- Human tower at the folklore parade
- Another
- Another
- Another
- More of same
- More of same
- Wedding Falla
- A children's falla
- Wider view of wedding falla
- Pygmalion scuplture within larger falla
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Another great day of Las Fallas. So many people are involved! The whole city, it seems, is dressed up in traditional garb and in marching bands. They were going around a...
- 3/16, 22:00 - 3/20, 00:00: Home Backpackers, Valencia, Spain
- A great view
- Another parade, at a moment of calm
- Altar at the Valencia fine arts museum
- Cool stone scupture
- Roman mosaic in Valencia fine arts museum
- Another parade
- Wider view
- Children in the parade
- Early in the flowering of the virgin
- Late on the first day of the virgin flowering
- Other objects made of flowers
- More objects
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Morning (rather, after I woke up, around noon), I watched the
- 3/16, 22:00 - 3/20, 00:00: Home Backpackers, Valencia, Spain
- The winning falla, about cultures of the east
- Abstract falla
- Wolf and the Man falla
- Wider view of the Wolf and the Man
- Music and dance falla
- Sixties falla
- Lower part of the sixties falla
- Some fireworks
- More fireworks
- A choas of fireworks
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What an excellent night! First, though, a few notes on the rest of the day.
I finally got to a Modern Art musuem, here in Valencia. Good stuff, though the Valencian m...
- 3/16, 22:00 - 3/20, 00:00: Home Backpackers, Valencia, Spain
- Central square of Valencia for the burning of the last Falla
- The Virgin completed
- Dragon in the Fire Parade
- Spinning sparks in the fire parade
- More sparks at the Fire Parade
- Amazon warriors in the Moors and Christians parade
- Fantastic armor in the Moors and Christians parade
- Woman's face falla, shortly before burning
- Firefighters hosing down a tree (as the crowd yells agua for themselves) as the falla is engulfed in smoke.
- The last falla is engulfed in flames
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Last day in Valencia, with fond fairwells to the group. I half expected to be laughed at when I asked for a bus out of Valencia, but it wasn't a problem-- it just wasn't ...
- 3/16, 22:00 - 3/20, 00:00: Home Backpackers, Valencia, Spain
- The remains of the Roman forum in Tarragona
- The riverbed park in Valencia
- Bullfighting arena in Tarragon
- Different view
- Another view
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Tarragona has a incredible collection of Roman ruins, but no laundromatte. I spent the day wandering around ruins and museums of ruins (the line isn't so clear here), and...
- 3/21, 00:00: Hostel Lauria, Tarragona, Spain
- The coast of Tarragona
- Above the Tarragona ampitheater
- Mosaic in the Tarragona Acheology museum
- Tarragona in Roman times, with a three-tiered city
- Tarragona in the middle ages
- The city, from an ancient Roman tower
- Roman architectural tunnel (used to level area above)
- Remains of the circus in Tarragona
- More circus
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Liking Barcelona more. Many errands on La Rambla. Best eclectic store area ever in Barri Gotic.
- 3/22, 22:00: Alberg Palau, Barcelona, Spain
- Tasty chocolate sculptures shop in the Barri Gotti
- View inside Gotti Cathedrale
- Courtyard of a museum I didn't go into
- Interesting bridge, near Cathedral
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Flew to Frankfurt-am-Main and met up with Bethany. Spent day wandering Frankfurt, learning German.
- 3/23, 22:00 - 3/30, 14:00: Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Old square of Frankfurt
- A tower in Frankfurt
- Memorial of Frankfurt bombing (on day between the two major bombings)
- Mural under a bridge
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Went to fascinating Museum of Architecture (made moreso by Bethany's comments). Had lunch from foraging in crazy German market, then looked for interesting shopping (no...
- 3/23, 22:00 - 3/30, 14:00: Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Memorial of Frankfurt bombing (on day between the two major bombings)
- A sign, we decided translated as "Don't avoid danger"
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Went to the Frankfurt Zoo (or "Yoo", as it would be spelt on German kezboards). Very well constructed, packing both atmosphere and animals into a small space. Wonderfu...
- 3/23, 22:00 - 3/30, 14:00: Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Cute monkeyish animal at the Frankfurt Zoo
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We caught and early train to Brussels, played Fluxx and talked to travelling Americans, and took in the new city by looking for places to stay. Our first choice hostel ...
- 3/26, 12:00: Jacques Brel Youth Hostel, Brussels, Belgium
- Looking southeast
- Looking west in the Brussels old square
- Looking north
- Looking southwest
- Looking east
- Looking north, differently
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We moved hostels to the Sleep Well Hostel, where we became the first victims of their brand-new bike rental program (after discovering that all the good museums are clos...
- 3/27, 11:00 - 3/29, 16:30: Sleep Well Hostel, Brussels, Belgium
- The Cathedral from a distance
- Random interesting building
- Brussels' Cathedral
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A full day, though not as I expected it to be. Bethany and I went to the Atomium, a large molecule-model-shaped building from the 1958 world fair. Due to technical dif...
- 3/27, 11:00 - 3/29, 16:30: Sleep Well Hostel, Brussels, Belgium
- Below the Atomium
- The Atomium from a distance
- Looking up a stairway in the Atomium
- Looking up an art tunnel in the Atomium (should be lit in blacklight)
- Looking out a window from the Atomium at Mini-Europe
- Looking at the base of the Atomium from inside
- A shrine near the royal palace
- The Royal Palace of Belgium
- Nostalgic Chinese building in Brussels
- The tower of the Nostolgic Japanese building
- Building attached to Nostolgic Japanese Tour
- Notre Dame of Brussels
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A long day of travelling. We checked out of the Brussels hostel and headed to the local, but globally famous Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art (lots of Tintin, and ori...
- 3/27, 11:00 - 3/29, 16:30: Sleep Well Hostel, Brussels, Belgium
- More self-reference
- Self-Reference at the Belgium Cartoon Museum
- Bethany
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Bethany and I woke very early and went to the airport. On the way back, alone again, I got a youth-5-days-travel-in-Germany pass. I drowned my sorrows in wine and choc...
- 3/23, 22:00 - 3/30, 14:00: Haus der Jugend, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- The Black Forest, after dark
- Looking back at the town of Freiburg
- Closeup of far-away town of Freiburg
- The Black Forest
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- 3/31, 00:00: Black Forest Hostel, Freiburg, Germany
- A street in Freiburg
- A market by the cathedral
- The Freiburg Cathedral
- A square in Freiburg
- Park in Freiburg
- A street in Freiburg
- Another street
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- 4/1, 00:00 - 4/5, 09:00: Jugendherberge, Titisee, Germany
- Snow melt near hostel
- Headstone in Freiburg Cemetery
- Another headstone
- Three more
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- 4/1, 00:00 - 4/5, 09:00: Jugendherberge, Titisee, Germany
- Titisee Lake
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- 4/1, 00:00 - 4/5, 09:00: Jugendherberge, Titisee, Germany
- Three more
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In the evening, after my last letter, I finished my Rhine wine (which is heavy, so it wa...
- 4/1, 00:00 - 4/5, 09:00: Jugendherberge, Titisee, Germany
- Another street
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Afte...
- 4/1, 00:00 - 4/5, 09:00: Jugendherberge, Titisee, Germany
- Out my hostel window
- Out another hostel window
- The stream, after snow has started
- The White Forest
- More White Forest
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- 4/6, 22:00 - 4/9, 22:00: Globetrotter Hostel Odessee, Berlin, Germany
- Front of the Berliner Dom
- Totally out-of-place church in Alexander Platz
- The Fernsehturm (TV tower) in Alexanderplatz
- Neoclassic sculpture from the Soviets
- Hodgepodge of buildings at Alexanderplatz
- Front of the Rathaus
- One of dozens of reliefs around the building
- Back of the Rathaus
- Internal Administration senate building
- Random crazy building near other random senate building
- The Berliner Dom
- Marx and Engles in the Marx-Engles Forum
- One bridge to the Museuminsel
- Brandenburger Tor, with Goddess of Victory
- Some random building
- Another building
- The Reichstag, German parliament building
- Some platz; Berliners actually find it easier to walk around with random large blocks in their path
- A building near Potsdamer Platz
- Three buildings at the center of Postdamer Platz
- Another building near Postdamer Platz; turns out to be a mall
- Model of Potsdamer Platz area
- Another building; walls mirror plates on strings on the sides sway back and forth reflecting the water, so it looks like the building is in constant motion
- Another building
- Another nearby; looks out of place among all these contemporary buildings
- Three different buildings, some pictured before, near Postdamer Platz
- Sketches for Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, crazy German film
- One exhibit hall in the FilmMuseum, showing random artistic displays
- Model for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Models of space ships in the special effects part of the FilmMuseum
- Dinosaur robot, in the FilmMuseum
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- 4/6, 22:00 - 4/9, 22:00: Globetrotter Hostel Odessee, Berlin, Germany
- Some random building
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My other goals for the day were very modest: One 200 m stret...
- 4/6, 22:00 - 4/9, 22:00: Globetrotter Hostel Odessee, Berlin, Germany
- The stretch of Wall by the Topography of Terror
- Pictures of bombed Berlin
- Guards watching the Nazi political prisoners
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Finding the entrance to the Pergamonmuseum p...
- 4/6, 22:00 - 4/9, 22:00: Globetrotter Hostel Odessee, Berlin, Germany
- Erotik-Museum in Berlin
- The Ishtar gate of Bablyon
- A museum on Museuminsel
- Stretch from Pergamon Altar, including Hecate and Artemis
- Another stretch, showing Athena
- A mosaic from a private Roman home
- Another view of the mosaic
- Cave relief, showing Akelos's head and Pluto carrying a plate for offerings and the horn of plenty (also from Akelos...)
- Antonia Minor or/and Ceres holding the horn of plenty
- Two philosophers with their heads together: Socrates...
- ... and Seneca (representing the letter S in a library of heads?)
- Small head of Epikuros
- Relief of objects of war
- Sarcophogus of Jason and Krinkia and Medea
- Islamic prayer niche
- Part of the Mshatta facade
- The science of Geometry
- The science of astronomy?
- The science of arithmetic
- The science of music?
- The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ged\"{a}chtniskirche. File under "world war I memorials, haunting"
- Another view of the memorial
- Recreational amulets
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- 4/10, 22:00 - 4/11, 22:00: Central Globetrotter Hostel, Leipzig, Germany
- The wall stretching into the distance; it looked like this in both directions.
- Brandenburger Tor mural
- Escaping over the wall mural
- Graffiti on the west side of the gallery
- West side of gallery, showing generations of art
- Escape mural on the East Side Gallery
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- 4/10, 22:00 - 4/11, 22:00: Central Globetrotter Hostel, Leipzig, Germany
- The headshop next to my hostel
- Artifacts in the teenagers room
- Posters from the 70's
- The Beatles artifacts
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But first. Over breakfast I had a great conversation with a Bulgarian woman in my room at the hostel (G...
- 4/12, 22:00 - 4/15, 15:15: Lollis Homestay, Dresden, Germany
- Ministry of the Interior
- Across the bridge, looking at the Altstadt
- Art in Leipzig; that is blatantly vaginal, right?
- A building near the Rathaus
- Looking across the Markt at the Rathaus
- My room at the hostel
- Another view of the room
- Statue made entirely of gold paint
- A building, from the bridge
- The royal palace
- Looking at the Augustbrucke bridge from a distance
- Another view of the royal palace
- Further away from the bridge
- Ministry of Finances, from across the bridge
- A building along the river
- A fountain
- The fountain up-close
- A statue in the park
- Church of Our Lady and surrounding buildings
- Martin Luther in front of the Church of Our Lady
- Another gold statue, this one after the carpet bombing, and includes a time bomb
- The Semper Oper
- A statue, labelled only as "John"
- Another view of the palace
- The beginning of the Procession of Princes mural
- My period
- The most recent end of the procession
- A statue in the Neustadt
- A clock and fountain
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- 4/12, 22:00 - 4/15, 15:15: Lollis Homestay, Dresden, Germany
- Female-statues fountain
- Model of the cell
- Male-statues foutain
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When I went to the Hygiene Museum yesterday, I didn't have time to see eith...
- 4/12, 22:00 - 4/15, 15:15: Lollis Homestay, Dresden, Germany
- The Zwinger area from above
- River entrance to the Zwinger
- One entrance to the Zwinger
- Another entrance
- The Zwinger in perspective
- Arches in one building in the Zwinger
- A pool with statues in the Zwinger
- Another building of the Zwinger
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- 4/12, 22:00 - 4/15, 15:15: Lollis Homestay, Dresden, Germany
- Statues in Kino 2 at the Museum Lichtspeile
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- 4/16, 22:00 - 4/19, 22:00: Wombat's City Hostel, Munich, Germany
- Another part of the Neues Rathaus
- A building near the train station
- Münchner Biergarten, by Max Liebermann
- Das Pfarrers Tochte von Taubenhair by Eugene N. Neureuthe
- Truth and Justice descending to earth
- Alter Peter (Church of St. Peter)
- The tower of the Neues Rathaus
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- 4/16, 22:00 - 4/19, 22:00: Wombat's City Hostel, Munich, Germany
- 1907 Calligraphed permit for the Deutsches Museum
- A building in Munich
- Abteufen eines Schachtes in fetem Gebrige um 1925
- Normandiebrücke, 1945, with museum bridge in background
- Normandiebrücke, 1945, so you can see whole tower
- Alamillo Bridge, Seville, 1992
- Bowstring girder, arch bridge, and trusses above roadway bridge models
- The Steinerne Brüche in Regensburg, 1146
- The Seine Bridge at Neuilly, 1968
- The Rialdo Bridge in Venice, 1587
- Mechanical curve-creators
- First mass produced (around 50 produced) computer
- Mechanical logical operators
- Bridge near the Deutsches Museum
- Some church, near the Deutsches Museum
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- 4/16, 22:00 - 4/19, 22:00: Wombat's City Hostel, Munich, Germany
- Jeannine, from pub crawl, in the Hard-Rock
- Temple to Diane near the Residenz, with other buildings in background
- A river in the Englisher Garten with swans
- A view of the Englisher Garten
- Perpetual surf wave in the Englisher Garten
- Shots, during a stop in the pub crawl
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- 4/16, 22:00 - 4/19, 22:00: Wombat's City Hostel, Munich, Germany
- A zoomed view of the castle
- Lush countryside near Munich
- Another castle near Neuschwanstein
- Closer view of other castle
- A view from the approach to Neuschwanstein
- Mountains near Neuschwanstein
- The bridge from afar
- One wall of the castle, with the heads of artisans who worked on it
- Through the trees
- The other castle, with nearby lake
- The countryside of Bavaria
- Large lake below Neuschwanstein
- Looking down from the bridge
- Neuschwanstein Castle
- Down the other side of the bridge (see waterfall)
- A view along the bridge
- The Wombat's hostel logo
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- 4/20, 22:00: Westend City Hostel, Vienna, Austria
- The countryside of Bavaria
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- 4/21, 22:00 - 4/23, 22:00: Hostel Ruthensteiner, Vienna, Austria
- Some building...
- A cutaway showing building materials at the Wien Energie company musuem
- Looking down the dom
- A pillar in Stephansdom
- Another pillar in the Dom
- The front of Stephansdom
- Another view of the front of Stephansdom
- Penis on a pillar on the Stephansdom
- Vagina on a pillar on the Stephansdom
- Plague pillar in Vienna
- A bookstore in Vienna
- Oh, right, that's the palace; see trials of Hercules
- Archaeology in Michaelerplatz; ask for explanation
- Statue to left of entrance
- More Herculean trials inside the palace; two more are across the way for eight total
- Heroism and Egoism on a theatre building
- Another church
- I think a museum...
- Another view
- Opera house in Vienna
- I forget what this was...
- Russian monument, forced on Viennese in return for Nazi liberation
- Johann Strauss monument; exquisite!
- Working flower clock in Stadtpark
- Bridge in Stadtpark
- Near entrance to Museum of Applied Art
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- 4/21, 22:00 - 4/23, 22:00: Hostel Ruthensteiner, Vienna, Austria
- Spice table at the Naschmarkt
- A fountain in the Schloss Sch\{o}nbrunn gardens
- Ruins in the Schloss Sch\{o}nbrunn
- Another view of the ruins
- A view from up on the hill of the Schloss
- A more centered view, but past the pool
- Neptune statues near the top of the Schloss hill
- Guardian sphynx on the approach to the Schloss
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- 4/21, 22:00 - 4/23, 22:00: Hostel Ruthensteiner, Vienna, Austria
- Front of the Oberes Belvedere
- The back of the Oberes museum
- The pool behind the Oberes Belvedere
- Statue of a strong woman in the Oberes Belvedere
- Ceiling in one of the entry rooms of the Oberes Belvedere
- A statue in the Oberes Belvedere gardens
- A row of gardens in front of the Oberes Belvedere
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- 4/24, 16:50 - 4/26, 22:15: Yoho Hostel, Salzburg, Austria
- A view from the Salzburg cliff
- Another view, with river
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- 4/24, 16:50 - 4/26, 22:15: Yoho Hostel, Salzburg, Austria
- Looking toward the back of the Peterskirche
- A walking bridge in Salzburg
- Another view
- The horse statue at the Residenz
- Another view
- Another statue at the residenz
- The platz outside the Dom
- The ceiling of one alcove of the Dom
- More ceiling stuff
- Looking sideways in the dom
- Long view of the ceiling
- The castle on the hill
- The front of Peterskirche
- A view in the St. Peters Abbey
- A bridge straight from the Sound of Music
- A view of the Dom from the cliff
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- 4/24, 16:50 - 4/26, 22:15: Yoho Hostel, Salzburg, Austria
- One of the art installations on the Salzburg hill
- Crosses on a Salzburg hill
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Today I succumbed to one the great dangers of travel: the beauty of the world around me was just too much, and I exploded. I w...
- 4/27, 02:30: Youth Hostel, Bolzano, Italy
- Lilacs and landscape
- Rooftop view of Bolzano
- View from Archeology museum into the distance
- View from my Bolzano hostel
- View from a bridge in Bolzano
- Castel Roncolo from a distance
- Inside Castel Roncolo
- Looking down at a bridge in Bolzano
- Playground equipment in Bolzano
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In the morning I saw the Mercantile Museum, a historical building monumenturating the long trading and trade fair history of Bolzano/Bozen. Then I caught a train to Verona! ...
- 4/28, 16:30 - 4/30, 22:00: Ostello per la gioventu, Verona, Italy
- Roman bridge and hills
- Medieval bridge in Verona
- Looking down on Verona
- Another view
- Our wide influence
- Castle bridge in Verona
- The river in Verona
- The other side of the castle bridge
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- 4/28, 16:30 - 4/30, 22:00: Ostello per la gioventu, Verona, Italy
- A cemetery in Verona
- Juliet's tomb (?)
- Juliet's balcony
- Verona ampitheatre
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Spent the day wandering Verona with Shane, Dick, and Kitty. Saw Juliet's balcony and tomb, the arena; sat and talked in a cafe, then got groceries and wine and...
- 4/28, 16:30 - 4/30, 22:00: Ostello per la gioventu, Verona, Italy
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I was set to leave in the morning, but the others in group were staying, so I stayed too. We went up on a hill and walked amoung castle ruins. Then I got some...
- 4/28, 16:30 - 4/30, 22:00: Ostello per la gioventu, Verona, Italy
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Happy May Day! The Verona group split up today, each of us commenting in our own way on the enjoyable intensity of the association, and that we would enjoy bei...
- 5/1, 20:00: Ostello Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Looking out at the cemetery island
- A canal in Venice
- The San Marco cathedral
- Tower in San Marco Piazza
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I took a couple boats around, then spent most of the day tracking down churches, which are treated-- and look-- like so many rooms of an incredible city-wide mu...
- 5/2, 17:00 - 5/4, 20:00: Ostello Santa Fosca, Venice, Italy
- View of church from the island
- San Marco from the island
- A building along the Grand Canal
- The grand canal
- Another building
- A statue near the station
- More buildings
- Another
- Cool building, but too fast of boat
- Another
- Again
- Another view of the canal
- The Rialto bridge, from the canal
- More
- Another view
- Another
- A bridge in Venice
- Another view of the Grand Canal
- A garden on the canal
- Another view
- The Academia bridge
- More buildings
- Another
- Another
- A church
- Better view
- Another building
- Another view of the canal
- Piazza San Marco from the canal
- A further away view
- A canal and bridge
- The back of the Basilica
- Another view
- Alcove on front of Basilica, with pigeon
- Another alcove
- So many people, so many pigeons
- A church facade
- Another facade
- A map on a church facade
- Case in the relics room of a church
- Back wall
- front wall
- Another church
- Ceiling of church
- Color store
- Music in church
- Another church
- Another view
- Titian's tomb
- Another church
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- 5/2, 17:00 - 5/4, 20:00: Ostello Santa Fosca, Venice, Italy
- A canal
- Another
- Another church
- Another church
- Another view
- The door to the Guggenheim
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- 5/2, 17:00 - 5/4, 20:00: Ostello Santa Fosca, Venice, Italy
- Playground equipment
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- 5/5, 19:00: Ostello San Sisto, Bologna, Italy
- A building on Palazzo Vecchio
- View of Palazzos Vecchio and Neptuno
- Statue of Neptune; note functional nipples
- Picture of building off Palazzo Vecchio, showing shades of red
- A building in Bologna
- The covered sidewalks in Bologna
- Ceiling of covered arches near a bank
- A well in Palazzo Communal
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- 5/6, 22:00 - 5/8, 21:00: Alberge Armonia, Florence, Italy
- The Duomo in Florence
- Tower near the Duomo
- Front of the Duomo
- A famous door near the Duomo
- Castle near the Ufizzi
- Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini (1545 - 1554)
- Leonardo da Vinci, outside Ufizzi
- Guido Aretino, across from da Vinci
- Dante Allighieri
- Old bridge in Florence
- Newer bridge
- A statue in the Loggia dei Lanzi
- The abduction of Polyxene, by Pio Fedi (1860 - 1865)
- Abduction of the Sabine Women by Grambologna (1581 - 1583)
- Statue of neptune
- Another view
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- 5/6, 22:00 - 5/8, 21:00: Alberge Armonia, Florence, Italy
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- 5/6, 22:00 - 5/8, 21:00: Alberge Armonia, Florence, Italy
- The gold-workers bridge
- Near the Museo delgi Argenti
- Looking up at the park near the Museo delgi Argenti
- The path up the park
- Another statue of Neptune
- Looking down
- Looking down again
- Countryside near Florence
- More countryside
- A lane in the park
- The new and the old
- Another fountain
- Closer view of fountain
- Another fountain
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- 5/9, 19:00: Pop Inn Hostel, Rome, Italy
- Big building in Rome
- Ancient Arch
- Closer view of building
- Closer view of different arch
- A sense of the ruins around the Roman forum
- Some building
- A church and ruins near the forum
- More ruins
- More ruins
- Another church
- Different view
- More ruins
- Black marble slab, said to cover Romulus's grave
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- 5/10, 22:00: Hostel of the Sun and Hostel Bella Capri, Naples, Italy
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- 5/11, 22:00: Ferry Port, Bari, Italy
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- 5/12, 19:30: Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece
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- 5/13, 20:00 - 5/17, 18:00: Athens, Greece
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I went ...
- 5/14, 22:00 - 5/16, 22:00: Hotel Pythagoras, Samos, Greece
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- 5/14, 22:00 - 5/16, 22:00: Hotel Pythagoras, Samos, Greece
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- 5/14, 22:00 - 5/16, 22:00: Hotel Pythagoras, Samos, Greece
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Again, at my arrival, Athens was asleep (but waking up!) ...
- 5/13, 20:00 - 5/17, 18:00: Athens, Greece
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- 5/18, 22:00: The Friendly Hostel, Rome, Italy
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- 5/19, 22:00: Sunshine 2 Hostel, Rome, Italy
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The flight was eventful-- in a good way. The passenger group was surprisingly young (I would guess a median age of 18)...
- 5/20, 22:00: Haus Brinker, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 5/21, 22:00 - 5/24, 22:00: Bob's Youth Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 5/21, 22:00 - 5/24, 22:00: Bob's Youth Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 5/21, 22:00 - 5/24, 22:00: Bob's Youth Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 5/21, 22:00 - 5/24, 22:00: Bob's Youth Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 5/21, 22:00 - 5/24, 22:00: Bob's Youth Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 5/21, 22:00 - 5/24, 22:00: Bob's Youth Hostel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The public transit vehicles in Holland may be the ...
- 5/25, 22:00: Flying Pig Beach Hostel, Noordwijk, Netherlands
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- 5/26, 22:00 - 5/27, 22:00: Stayokay Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands
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- 5/26, 22:00 - 5/27, 22:00: Stayokay Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands
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Ah, but I love Barcelona! There's alway...
- 5/28, 22:00: Estaci\'{o} Nord, Barcelona, Spain
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- 5/29, 22:00 - 5/30, 22:00: Albergue Juvenil Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- 5/29, 22:00 - 5/30, 22:00: Albergue Juvenil Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- 5/31, 22:00 - 6/1, 22:00: Los Amigos Sol Hostel, Madrid, Spain
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I saw the Temple of De...
- 5/31, 22:00 - 6/1, 22:00: Los Amigos Sol Hostel, Madrid, Spain
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- 6/2, 00:00: Fung Wah Bus Stop, New York City, NY
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Although I noticed plenty of little differences, surpri...
- 6/14, 12:00: Grey 17, Cambridge, MA, USA