An Amazing Eurotrip

I can honestly say I just went on a life changing adventure. After seeing 11 cities in three and a half weeks, I can't imagine how I could write everything that occurred on the trip in this blog. While I kept a diary while traveling, I would spend the next year typing up everything that has happened over the course of the past month. So, instead, I am going to advise my readers to look through my facebook photos, because pictures do speak a thousand words.

I will give the quick highlights of each city below, but I promise it will take at least one dinner or coffee date to begin explaining everything that happened :).

Tarragona, Spain: March 30~Seeing gorgeous roman ruins, sunlight, and palm trees for the first time since arriving in Europe

Barcelona, Spain: March 31-April 4~ Seeing all of Gaudis work, walking along La Ramblas, meeting up with old friends, and speaking the only English at the Sagrada Familia's Easter Mass

Zurich, Switzerland: April 5~ Going on a boat ride to see the Swiss Alps and having the most incredible Swiss cheese fondue for dinner

Florence, Italy: April 6-7~ Seeing Michelangelo's David, bargaining for leather goods in San Lorenzo, eating Gelato, and watching the sunset over the city

Rome, Italy: April 8-9~ Viewing the Roman Ruins and the Vatican...I have never been so proud to be Catholic :)

Naples, Italy: April 10~ Singing Italian songs, enjoying free pasta made by our lovely hostel owner, and enjoying pizza at the restaurant that invented the Calzone...the two hour wait was worth it!

Capri, Italy: April 11~ Taking a ferry, a boat, and a row boat into the Grotto Azzurra to see the bluest waters in the world, enjoying beautiful gardens, and walking along pebble beaches

Venice, Italy: April 12-13~ Walking along all the canals, enjoying more gelato, and shopping for glass on Murano Island

Vienna, Austria: April 14-15~ Visiting cafes where Mozart, Beethoven, and Freud used to sip coffees, eating lovely pastries, seeing beautiful churches and palaces, and enjoying a wonderful opera, orchestra, and ballet concert

Prague, Czech Republic: April 16-17~ enjoying the beautiful buildings, the sun, going on free tours, and swing dancing the night away in one of the worlds biggest clubs

Berlin, Germany: April 18-22~ getting stuck in the city due to the Icelandic Volcano, climbing the Reichstag, meeting Canadians, visiting Potsdam, seeing the Opera Tosca, visiting Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, going on an Alternative Tour, and walking along the Eastside Gallery

Once again, these are just some of the highlights of each city, and I could honestly talk for hours about each one. The trip was incredible, and I am so happy to have had the opportunity to learn and explore the world.

A quick final note: After I got back in London, my friend Megan S. who is studying in Copenhagan, Denmark, came to visit me with one of her other friends. I had a great time showing them around this past weekend, and along with showing them a ton of sites that I had already visited, I got to see the Changing of the Guards, St. James' Park, Buckingham Palace, Westminster, the Millennium Bridge, and Tate Modern for the first time. As always, I miss everyone and am looking forward to coming home in the beginning of June. I'm sending lots of love!