Articles Posted in the Activities Category
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Washington DC – Food, Culture, People and Apple Picking
14 – 18 October 2010 For my last three nights in Washington DC I stayed with another couch surfer. I had an amazing time with Monica, it really sealed the couch surfing deal for me – no better way to travel! Beer Garden The night that I arrived another couch surfer was also staying the [...]
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Yosemite National Park by Rental Car
10 – 11 September 2010 The drive to Yosemite National Park from Lake Tahoe took us through some really spectacular terrain from amazingly salty lakes to massive canyons. We saw birds, squirrels and what we believe was a Coyote on the way. Upon arrival we checked into our canvas sided cabin and were given strict [...]
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San Francisco with Renee
03 – 06 September 2010 I managed to get from Seattle to San Francisco, I even managed to be there as Renee came through the airport gate. We negotiated a shuttle into San Francisco to our Casa Loma hotel in Union Square district, checked in and checked out the room. Later we went out to [...]
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Backpacking Iceland with a Rental Car
19 – 21 August 2010 I’d met an American lad in the place I had slept the previous night so I offered him a lift to the Blue Lagoon, naturally I wanted to show off my recently picked up blue station wagon rental car and share this new exciting freedom with someone else. I was [...]
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Berlin (Germany) by Backpack
04 – 11 August 2010 On the train trip to Berlin I met Anna who was traveling back home from where she studies in Bonn. Anna kindly gave me some advice on sights and attractions from a local perspective and even said that if she was free on Friday she’d show me some of the [...]
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In Bruges
30 July 2010 I hadn’t been able to get a single hostel for the duration of the stay I wanted in Brussels so I changed hostel in the morning to a place slightly further away from the centre. If I hadn’t of made this change I would never have met Norbu. Norbu hailed from Denmark [...]
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Amsterdam (Netherlands)
22 – 23 July 2010 In the Netherlands we made a stop off at Edam, the place the cheese is named after. In Edam we visited a clog shop and were given an impressive demonstration of how a clog is made from a solid block of wood. This guy took a piece of wood and [...]
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Laterbrunnen (Swiss Alps, Switzerland)
19 – 20 July 2010 Between heaven and earth Having made quick stops at Lichtenstein and Lucerne we made our way through magnificent mountain ranges to the picturesque town of Lauterbrunnen in time for dinner, a quick walk and sleep. For our full day in Switzerland most of us took the optional excursion up the [...]
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Munich (Germany)
18 July 2010 After white water rafting we departed for Munich. We only had a little free time to explore Munich so I made the most of it and went to the BMW museum, after all Germany is known for BMW (Motorcycles), Porsche (Cars) and Adolf Hitler. While in Munich I also managed to take [...]
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White Water Rafting (Austria)
18 July 2010 The following morning we were back on the coach and heading for Germany however we were stopping off on the way to do a White Water Rafting optional excursion. We met the rafting crew and got kitted up with wetsuit, jacket, helmet and boots before we were taken through the basics of [...]
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