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Backpacking Travel Blog

Spain
Spain – Bits and Bobs
An “end chapter” on my experiences in Spain. A small collections of stories and experiences from Spain that didn’t make it into the main post. Also, some links and things I am currently interested in.

Day 10 – Part 3 – Leaving Spain
Checking out Parc de la Ciutadella, eating a hot dog, and killing time before my train leaves for Milan. (With Video)

Day 10 – Part 2 – La Sagrada Familia
Exploring La Sagrada Familia, an epic cathedral and one of Spain’s most visited tourist attractions. (With Video)

Day 10 – Part 1 – Casanova confusion and The Arc de Triomf
I was in Barcelona a day longer than I thought I would be, so I visited the Arc de Triomf, Museu Picasso, and a few statues and sites on the way to La Sagrada Familia.

Day 9 – Part 2 – life lessons never come easy
With my train canceled and my wallet empty, I tried to cope with potential homelessness and hunger in Barcelona.

Day 9 – Part 1 – I wanted adventure …
Checking out of my Center Rambles hostel, walking along La Rambla, visiting The Columbus Monument, and making a failed attempt at leaving the city.

Day 8 – Part 2 – Barcelona Arrival
Muscling through a bad neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain late on a Friday night to get to my hostel.

Day 8 – Part 1 – Training across Spain
Killing time in San Sebastian and training across Northern Spain to Barcelona.

Day 7 – Part 3 – Basque Country Night Life
My experiences pub crawling in San Sebastian with new friends from my hostel.

Day 7 – Part 2 – San Sebastian, Spain – Hiking up to a giant Jesus Statue
Hiking to a giant statue of Jesus located on an old fortress overlooking La Conchas Bay. (With video)

Day 7 – Part 1 – Entering Spain
Training from Paris, France to Irun, Spain to San Sebastian. Trying to find my hostel in San Sebastian, and my efforts to communicate with the hostel owner through an intense language barrier.

France
France – Bits and Bobs
An “end chapter” on my experiences in France. Basically, I cover things that didn’t make it into the main posts, but I still felt were noteworthy. Also, some links to blogs, stories, and things I am currently interested in.

Day 6 – Part 3 – Notre Dame and leaving Paris
Getting a look at The Notre Dame Cathedral and preparing for my next leg of the journey.

Day 6 – Part 2 – Versailles
Activating my Eurail, and using it to explore The Palace of Versailles and the surrounding town. (With Video)

Day 6 – Part 1 – MIJE, Pere Lachaise Cemetery
Taking another look at The MIJE and its adjacent cathedral, exploring the Pere Lachaise Cemetery where Jim Morrison, Chopin, Oscar Wilde, and many others are buried. Wandering through a Paris marketplace. (With Video)

Day 5 – Paris, this time with feeling.
Bumming around The MIJE, eating a sandwich outside The Bastille, and checking out The Siene River, Notre Dame Cathedral, Tour Montparnasse, and the St. Germaine district at night.

Day 4 – Part 2 – Paris site seeing / Napping in public places
Checking out The Louvre, The Paris Needle, Champs-Élysées, The Arc De Triomphe, The Eiffel Tower, and then traveling back to my room at The MIJE for a 14 hour sleep.

Day 4 – Part 1 – Entering Paris
Arriving in Paris without a place to stay at about 11pm at night, trying to kill time in a hip-hop club I’d heard about in a travel guide waiting for my hostel to open, realizing the club is now a condemned building, and then waiting out the early morning in a 24 hour internet cafe on the Siene.

Day 3 – Part 2 – Caen and Rouen
Training through Caen, visiting Rouen, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, The place Joan of Arc was burned at the stake and training to Paris.

Day 3 – Part 1 – Leaving Bayeux
Checking out of my Bayeux hostel, seeing the Bayeux Tapestry, The Bayeux D-Day Museum, The Bayeux War Cemetery, Bayeux Cathedral and The Bayeux War Reporters Memorial. (With Video)

Day 2 – Part 2 – Omaha Beach and The American Cemetery
Visiting Omaha Beach, The Normandy American Cemetery and traveling back to Bayeux. (With Video)

Day 2 – Part 1 – Cherbourg and Bayeux
Arriving in the French port town of Cherbourg, taking a train to Bayeux, and checking into my Bayeux hostel.

UK
Day 1 – London and the ferry to Cherbourg
The start of the journey. Checking out of my student flat in London, The Imperial War Museum, the train ride from Waterloo station to Poole, and the ferry ride across the English Channel to France.

Other
Blog temporarily postponed
An announcement on the temporary postponement of my blog due to a film edit.

Blog Launch Announcement
Exactly what it looks like. My travel blog launch announcement.