Day 13
Brussels, Belgium
 The hostel in Brussels was in the middle of what I like to call "little Lebanon" the hostel was pretty hot but met some Interesting people, one guy from San Fran who played the Irish Flute. I hated Brussels and got hopelessly lost trying to find the statue of "manequin pis" after more than an hour following my map and with a ladies help I found it! I would tell people to only go to Brussels with a tour or something like that. This is the first place where I had real problems communicating and now anytime I hear the phrase "Bon Sua(sp?)" it gives me the creeps.

Day 14
Brussels, Belgium; Amsterdam, Netherlands
 I was glad to get out of that city (Brussels) and headed for Amsterdam on the train.
It's a little scary walking down the main street from the Amsterdam train station but I found my hostel quickly "Durty Nelly’s" and the lady there was really nice. That night I walked around some and....

Day 15, 16
Amsterdam, Netherlands
 The next morning I met one of my dorm mates and we went to mikes bike tour together, the bike tour was pretty fun but I didn't like the bike they gave me as usual everything is too small for me. The bike tour took us to a cheese/clog factory, which was quite interesting. The tour guide at the factory was a real character and after the tour he said I should play football with the local team, which is soccer to Americans, then he asked me how much I weighed and I replied 600 pounds. In hindsight I shouldn't have said that but I added that I didn't know what that converted to in kilos. A rather scary experience I had the day before while walking in the main shopping street I and everyone else there too saw a transvestite wearing just a nightie and spiked heels with leg straps, hiding barely nothing, lots of people were surprised and laughing but for some reason I wasn't shocked, I thought he/she had a lot of balls, I mean guts! But I don't know what the point of it all was.
    I went to a bookstore, which had lots of cool travelogues, which I have not heard of, but the prices were too high. I must go back and write down some of the titles when I meet Alex here later on in my trip. It was impossible to find an Internet place that had USB, and the few that did have it, they had disabled USB, they claimed USB could spread a virus. In England and Scotland I didn't have this problem. On the train I had met a couple from Canada and saw them again when walking in the red light district and we agreed to meet for some beers the next night which we did, the girl was really small and had eaten a whole "space cake" which is a brownie with pot in it. She was falling asleep while we talked....

Day 17,18,19
Amsterdam, Netherlands; Dresden, Germany
 I finally got a hold of my friend Alex and took the early morning train to Dresden. The day before I left I went out to this lake in the countryside and relaxed, I had to, the city was too much for me. It was called T'thske and it was so relaxing. I got a little burnt on my belly and chest. In Dresden Alex and I went to eat and that was where I first experienced the East German Attitude. They don't really laugh and don't like foreigners or minorities this is in general but pretty common. Americans are very loud to them and they all stared at me quite a bit. Also they stared at my big white basketball shoes. We walked to this outdoor concert and often we walked over the bridge to the Sting concert. We were laughing a little too loud and a punk rocker yelled at us: "Yankee's go Home!" after we passed. We laughed about it but it is really a terrible thing to experience. It gave me some fresh perspective on being a foreigner.
 The next day I went with Alex to a BBQ with his friend from work Florian. It was Alex, myself and 2 couples and I really enjoyed drinking and talking with them. The guys were friendly and talkative but didn’t always understand my English. I learned the words: Schwartz - Black, bier - Beer and eine - one, gezapth - draft. Where Alex was staying there was a nice pool with massage jets and a waterfall and the staff there were very helpful.

Day 20
Prague, Czech Republic
 After 2 days in Dresden I went to Prague and met a couple of nice girls from Argentina who didn't speak much English so I practiced my Spanish quite a bit. Prague is an interesting and cheap town with very cheap beer that isn't very tasty, and the town also has beggars, prostitutes and casinos.

Day 21
Prague, Czech Republic; Dresden, Germany
 The next day I saw the castle and hill with cherry trees then went back to Dresden stayed that day and went to Munich on the night train.

Day 22
Munich, Germany
 Munich was a nice enough town not with the East German mentality from Dresden and much more of a melting pot. The glockenspiel and Englischer Gardens were nice enough. The Hofbrau House was fun and I met some guys from USA and we celebrated 4th of July then they got kicked out and I met a really nice German family and only the daughter spoke some English, it was fun talking to them especially after 3 large "Schwartz biers"

Day 23
Munich, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland
 July the 5th I headed for Zurich and met a family from Orlando on the platform in Munich while I was waiting for the train. The dad is a chemistry professor at Valencia where I went to school in Orlando and some of my friends had him for class. Zurich was a nice enough town but as is par for the course in Switzerland it was expensive. The do however offer free water fountains all over the place, which isn't average in Europe. I saw a fountain in Dresden like this too but didn't realize what it was for until someone told me. They are usually statues spewing forth water into some kind of pool or stone bath the water is very clean and looks clear when you hold it up to the light. I met a guy from Sweden, Milos and two guys from Columbia.

Day 24
Zurich, Switzerland
 We all (Milos, 2 Columbian dudes) went to Zurich Fest the next night it was too crowded and techno for me, and all the bands sounded awful mostly cover bands. I also went to Utliberg during the day, which is a hotel on top of a hill (small mountain) overlooking the city and lake and another valley on the other side. The forest (on top of the hill surrounding the hotel) was really nice calm and pretty and would be a great all day hike some day.

Day 25
Le Locle, Switzerland
 On to Le Locle, first I had to take the train from Zurich to Neuchatel and another train to La Chaux-de-Fonds the hostel was not open until 5 pm and dead quiet I walked around for a bit and also received more stares then in the big city. Went and saw the movie "Virgin Suicides" in English which was good. I met a Robert and the guy at the Cinema/Bar/Theater Ro-ger was really nice. There are tons of flies there (in the bar) and people didn't care if they had flies crawling on them. That evening I took the bus to Le Locle and there was a huge street carnival/Festival, ate some Rosti (Roas-ch-tee), which is almost like hash browns, got stared at quite a bit. This town is the home of my ancestors (on my fathers side)

Day 26
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; Lausanne, Switzerland
 The next day I left my pack at the station and went to Les Brenets. The ferry to the waterfall Saut-de-Doubs was cool, a guy was playing the accordion on the ferry, and the waterfall was COOL!
 Climbed down on the rocks and read for a few. I would love to come back here camping and the other side of the river is France. That day I took the train to Lausanne. The Lady in train office (BITCH!) told me the hostel" the only one in town" was full. It was a bit of a walk but I finally found it and they were not full or she lied to make money on reserving me something more expensive. Anyways the lakefront there is a great view the park is very big and run along the waterfront. I don't know why we don't have more parks like that in Florida.

Day 27
Lausanne, Switzerland; Montreux, Switzerland
 So the next day I met up with Ania who I met in London. We went to the Olympic museum, which was somewhat interesting the sculptures outside are weird and funny and the landscaping is super. Went to eat at a pizza place that had all these funny names for their pizzas: Bill Clinton, Spice Girls, etc. Pizza was good. Most of the walks back from the lakeside are uphill so I wish we would have taken the bus up to town but she insisted on walking. Went to a church and placed a prayer note for the priests to read. Don’t know if its bad to read other peoples but some were very stupid one about wanting to win some sports game and another about genital warts. So that evening I headed for Montreux which is very close to Lausanne, on the train its about 20 minutes, the hostel is Montreux is nice, its right by the water and I got a program for the jazz festival which is much more than jazz. I found out that Beck and Calexico 2 bands that interest me were playing that night so I went to it and enjoyed it very much.

Day 28
Montreaux, Switzerland
 The next night I got to see Neil Young and The Black Crowes. Both were very good.

Day 29
Montreaux, Switzerland; Interlaken, Switzerland
 That next morning I woke up a bit late and caught the train to Interlaken. Interlaken is a gorgeous place surrounded by Hazy blue lakes and steep mountains. The hostel there is Balmers very Frat-house-ish but a nice place. I should go back to Interlaken and either stay at Balmers Tent (right down the road) or a place less jocko. I wanted to go in the mountains hiking but I was too tired and didn't have time. I had to meet Alex in Amsterdam in 2 days. I drank too much that night and woke up feeling like shit.

Day 30
Interlaken, Switzerland; Baden Baden, Germany
 After I somewhat recuperated, I got ready and took the train to Baden Baden. The town is nice, clean and pretty, the hostel is full of kids maybe like a summer camp for young’ins. There is a casino and spa in Baden Baden, which I didn't go to due to tiredness and lack of money. I had a very tasty snack a granola type bar but tasted like those little sesame seed bars.

Day 31
Baden Baden, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Next day went to Amsterdam along the Rhine river is where the train went, it wasn't as pretty as I imagined but still might be a good relaxing boat ride. In Amsterdam I stopped by Durty Nelly’s to get my lock back that I had left but Mieke had thrown it away, no problem she's very nice and I told her thanks for recommending the lake trip to T'Thiske that I took last time I was in Amsterdam. Met up with Alex, Kurt Hillman, Chrissy and Gho at the Radisson SAS. Went out with them and Mike’s brother Brian who owns a shop/Barber Shop/Surf & Skate Clothes. We went out to eat at a Chinese place and my dish was called Tjap Tjoy. Drank beer at some local dive, pretty boring time

Day 34
Salzburg, Austria
 After 3 more days in Amsterdam I never need to go back, maybe some of the other towns in the Netherlands. Salzburg is a nice city, calm peaceful and not many nightclubs or troublemakers, the hostel is cheap but they nickel and dime you to death. No free breakfast you must pay for the showers. I finally checked my account balance and found out that I have about 150 bucks left (15 days left!). Wrote my dad asking for more money ended up staying 4 nights.

Day 37
Salzburg, Austria; Vienna, Austria
 On the third day I took the 3-hour train to Vienna. Vienna was a big bustling city with not too much to do. There is Stephens dome and old church and a carnival park. The carnival was good, I think it runs all year round and had many rides named after famous movies: Superman, and a blatant Star Wars Rip-off but I guess the (movie) studios don’t have Jurisdiction over here to sue them or just don't care. The coolest ride they had was a hot air balloon which was attached to a chain and it pulls it down and then lets the chain back up to load and unload passengers, this is a really cool idea but I was surprised it only had one chain to hold it. I only ended up spending 4 hours in Vienna but I had seen enough. Back to Salzburg.

Day 38
Salzburg, Austria
 I am now up on top of the rocky cliff, which runs along the south side of Salzburg the walk up here isn't too hard you just follow the river west then up to the Augustiner Brau house then up the stairs. There are some great views and it is quite relaxing, also discovered a great meadow but there were tons of insects so I just trotted through to where I now sit. I started thinking about my life back home and what I am going to do until I run out of money. I had a somewhat unpleasant dream, but unfortunately I don't really care, the dream should bother me and mean something but This world has made me cold, not always, things can warm up my heart and make me be nice, for example: Genuinely nice people, good friends who aren't fake, good movies, happy kids who are playful and childish.
 I still have to walk over and see the Salzburg castle it doesn't seem to be on the same hill as where I am now but it may be. Not sure if I can get there from here but I'll give it a shot. Tomorrow leaving to Dresden to spend the night and then Saturday morning we head to Berlin for love fest.
 That night I drank way too much Wiessbier and met a bunch of cool kids one being Michael Wall, he had this saying "sorted”, he would ask people "are you sorted now" as in like are you all good is everything cool? I really liked it and we laughed about it and many other things quite a bit. That hostel bar got pretty crazy, I was hanging with Michael a couple Swede guys and these 2 guys from Norway. I had a blast.

Day 39
Salzburg, Austria
 I felt the worst ever today, that Wiessbier gave me the worst headache/hangover in my life, the whole train ride to Dresden I thought I was going to throw up.

Day 40
Dresden, Germany; Berlin, Germany
 This morning Alex I and a couple other guys he works with drove from Dresden to Berlin we checked into a nice hotel I think there were 5 of us total, one big black dude named Marcus "Mack" he was real cool and funny. The love parade was later on that day it was total insanity, the streets were so crowded and we were drinking I got so tired I don't know how I made it through that. Saw a few of the sights in Berlin that afternoon.

Day 41
Hamburg, Germany
 Next morning Alex and I left our friends and drove to Hamburg, it was a pretty dirty town it has a decent park and there was a nice museum and a lake and pond but that was the highlight. The best thing I liked was going to the docks and just seeing all the big ships and docks. There are tons of prostitutes there and it gets pretty annoying. Nothing much more to see or do in that town

Day 42
Hamburg, Germany

 Took the train to Cinque Terre, Italy which was quite a long train ride over night.

Day 43
Cinque Terre, Italy
 When I got to La Spezia there was quite a bit of trouble and confusion on how to get to Cinque Terre I had to take another local train but couldn't find anyone to help me get on the right train so I walked to the tourist office, the town itself was pretty interesting looking and nice especially on the waterfront, had some hassle changing money at the bank and they had a pretty sophisticated double door system where u leave you bags outside, but I finally figured it all out and got on the right train. The train took me to this village, RioMaggiore that was basically built in the rocks the hostel was booked and I didn't like the village much anyways the roads were way to steep and it was very small and cramped. At the hostel after I pressed them for a bit they found me a room in a town down the way, I'm so glad they did. The town I went to was called Levanto and it was wonderful. It was on the water, the hostel was nice and the people were friendly enough. Laid out on the rocks at the beach and swam a bit, the water was so clean and blue. They had some kind of religious parade that night, it was interesting and I ate way too many Italian ice creams. Found out I could understand a little bit of Italian.

Day 44
Levanto, Italy
 Wish I could have stayed longer in this village I think I could live there its so nice and beautiful, this is what you imagine the Italian Rivera is like. Took the train to Monte Carlo, which isn't too far maybe a couple hours from Levanto. Monte Carlo was a bitch I needed to change my money and it was a F@#$ing nightmare trying to find a bank or place that would change it. All the banks are private. The train station is super nice and they have a really long escalator. I had to climb hills all over town till I finally found a place in this mall to change my money. After much, much walking I found the hostel, I was exhausted and just relaxed and walked down and had a pizza. After some recuperating I walked around the waterfront and looked at all the yachts. Not much else to do here unless you have lots of money, there is the casino, its a nice town but I wouldn't want to stay here long so I didn't.

Day 45
Nice, France; Cannes France
 Nice and Cannes are very similar they both face the same direction towards the waterfront and their waterfronts were very similar. The beaches were both very nice, Nice is bigger, and they are very close to each other. After exploring and sweating my ass off in both towns I took the night train to Paris, met a nice French lady in the train station and she didn't speak English but somehow we communicated she was really sweet.

Day 46-49
Paris, France
 Arrived early in the morning before anything was open, felt like total nastiness needed to shower bad. Walked to the hostel from the train station it was quite a haul but it was nice to just walk the streets of Paris while no one was around. It’s a big city but still seems to have charm most everywhere you walk. Got a good room in the hostel cause it was 2-person room but no one else was staying in it. Met some cool people from Louisiana and hung with them one night, ate Greek food, Saw a bunch of sites on my own too, Eiffel tower was by far the best thing, Notre Dame is also quite cool and I suggest taking the climbing tour up the towers to see the gargoyles and the view of the city. Went with the girl from Louisiana to The Palace of Versailles, it was really pretty, the floors were creaky, I liked it a lot, ate at some Australian pub/eatery it was interesting.

Day 50
Paris, France; London, England
 Took the night bus back to London, it was really strange when the bus drove into the train car to go through the Chunnel (English Channel Tunnel) I feel asleep soon after and woke up in London.

Day 51(LAST DAY!)
London, England; Manchester, England
 Wandered around London a bit, rode on the British Eye which is the giant ferris wheel next to the Thames, near Big Ben, You can see for miles and miles literally. Took a nap in the park before I caught the train to the airport. A bomb blew up near that park a few weeks later. Flew to Manchester and then slept in the airport cause my flight was early in the morning and I got there too late to check in anywhere reasonably priced.

Epilogue:
 IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME! So good!!! 2 months (almost) is more than enough time to spend away from home.