Traveling is going well, minus continental Europe's crappy weather.
It feels as though we have been following the same thunderstorm throughout the continent.
Boo.
(Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, and more rain in Brugge, Belgium)
But the sights are good.
(Right: Famous Food Street in Brussels, Belgium.)And the hostels are getting better.
This one in Berlin is really nice (so CLEAN!) but the first one in Brussels was not satisfactory.
I'm not sure what else to say other than we're having fun, although backpacking through Europe seems like more work than I was expecting it to be. And so far, we have escaped major disaster, minus a frantic backtrack this morning when John forgot something at the hotel in Amsterdam after we were at the train station.
No worries - we made the train in enough time. Mainly because I'm a hugely nervous traveler and we were a the train station mucho early.
I think my nerves are strung much tighter than your average backpacker.
But what are you going to do?
My last nights in Cambridge were really great too, although I was out MUCH too late on Friday and only got an hour of sleep before I caught a bus to go to the airport to go to Brussels. Whoops!
I'm not sure how Homerton W1 and W2 Novices fared in comparison to other colleges in the Fairbarins race, but I had a lot of fun! W1 had a rough race and were pretty disappointed by the end of their race. Frankly, that worried the W2 crew but we rowed really really well. and fast!
And speed is important and good.
Unless you have a lot of speed when you crash . . . into a houseboat.
Our boat is called Bad Tempered Cyril for a reason - she has bad luck. We finished the race, despite our broken boat. Half of the Cam came out of it, however, when we turned it over to put it away. Bad news bears.
But still - it was good fun. And we look good. :)
I come home in less than a week. I can't wait - you don't KNOW how excited I am to be heading back to the States. I half want to cancel my Italy leg and stay home until Term, but I'm not sure if that's really an option.
Much love!
I come home in less than a week. I can't wait - you don't KNOW how excited I am to be heading back to the States. I half want to cancel my Italy leg and stay home until Term, but I'm not sure if that's really an option.
Much love!
