Last post for the european trip. I'm in cincinatti right now. And I'm probably not going to update this until i hit California. 5 hour trip. more. Anyway. That's it for the European trip.

20020901 - Leaving
posted by Homer Santos at 2:14 AM

Oh ps... the starbucks people suck ... they seem to be really rude here. But that's cool. I can be rude back. Paris people seems nicer now that I have a chance to compare and contrast. I'm going to get a Ice Soy Latte now. =) See ya in the states.

80020830 - London

80020831 - London

80020901 - London
posted by Homer Santos at 7:13 AM

Okay I'm in London blogging from an internet cafe. 1 pound per 30 minutes that's 1.50 for 30 minutes which isn't bad at all since it costs 35 pence a minute to call locally. Yup this is an expensive city and a crazy one too. It may not have sky scrapers but it seems everybody tends to go to the same places. And there is soooo many people. Rich people. This place is nuts makes new york look like a walk in the park. It might not have a lot of scyscrapers but it has a lot of people going nuts every night.

Anyway leaving tomorrow. This is it end of trip. I had a blog saved on my notebook but I couldn't send it because for some reason my modem gave out on me here. I don't know why.

So did the tourist things went shopping. Ate at china town walked around to planet hollywood which didn't have shot glasses. I was pissed.

Today did the whole tour. Buckingham outside, westminster abby, and big ben and parliament. From Harrods we took the tube (underground) to Covent Garden a promenade type area. Street performers everywhere.

Oh well that's it ... I'm going to have to look for Rachelle now. It's 316pm here and I'm getting exhausted.
posted by Homer Santos at 7:12 AM

Okay today in Paris very eventful. Let's see Notre Dame, and then Eiffel Tower. Then we went shopping on the Avenue de Champ -Ellyses and grabbed the Shot glasses from Planet Hollywood. That's two from Europe now. Roma and Paris. Let's see if I can get London.

We went to Mon Matre the old artist quarter. And that's where Tu lus la trec and his famous Moulin Rouge was the center of Bohemian life. hahah Anyway that's a major red light district and artists. I have a night picture of Moulin Rouge. I got that after going to a CanCan show. Topless dancers.

And after a few of us drank in a bar downstairs. Tomorrow we are off to London. On a ferry off of Dover. Night.

20020829 - Paris 2

20020829 - Paris 3
posted by Homer Santos at 3:38 PM

I didn't login from Switzerland this time ... I was't sure about the phone number and area codes. But I decided that I can login from Paris. On the way into Paris I wiped out my battery looking for wireless sites in paris ... its' fun kills time. It was a long trip from Switzerland to Paris.

Switzerland is definitely nice and pretty. Lots of watches (Rolex, Swatch etc etc.), Chocolates, and another cool think Nokia ... =) went to the Nokia store there.

Also went to a bar downstairs from the hotel and hung out. I drank a couple of red bull and vodkas. Absolute bull and this other vodka that was red and sweet odd. And a fireball shot ... where you light it up and drink it with a straw that burned like hell.

So we are driving into Paris right now. The countryside was rather boring it seems nobody in france lives in the countryside anymore in France everybody lives in the big cities.

We passed by an Ikea the first time I"ve seen that.

There should be a starbucks in Paris somewhere I need to look for that and the Planet Hollywood in Paris is set in Disney village which really sucks because that's in the outskirts I'll never be able to figure out how to get there. The rome one was right next to the Spanish Steps so that was definitely simple.

Paris is definitely a beautiful city. Tonight we rode a ferry down the seine river and saw from there everything you need to see in Paris, Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame. We ate at a Thai restaurant close to the Arc de Triump and the Ave de Champ-Elysees. I need to go back there to get the Paris Planet Hollywood Shot glass. We drove around at night to get closer to the Eiffel Tower and Louvre. This is definitely a beautiful city.

20020827 - Italian Lakes - Lucerne

20020828 - Paris 1

posted by Homer Santos at 8:30 AM

Good Morning .... Waking up and have to put our bags out soon. We are going from Italian Lakes ... Lake Maggiore to Lucerne Switzerland, I'm not sure how long the trip will be ... but I'll either sleep in the coach or write/read something.
posted by Homer Santos at 9:25 PM

Went shopping in Venice. I should post up some awesome pictures from the Tower in the Piazza di San Marco. And a weird ad from Sisley (Benetton) in Venice ... really sexual ... Ate at this italian restaurant owned by Chinese. =) Interesting.

We are now at Italian Lakes ... it's Lake Tahoe but with the european flavor of old large buildings, and streets. Awesome. We are off to Switzerland tomorrow.

20020826 - Venice - Italian Lakes
posted by Homer Santos at 3:26 PM

At Venezia today .... did some shopping. Walked around St. Mark Square and rode a water taxi the whole length of the grand canale. Ok that's all for now ... I'm just testing... Ciao.

Here are some pictures from the prior days.

20020824 - Airport and Roma

20020825 - Venezia

posted by Homer Santos at 3:04 PM

This is a test of blogging the european trip.
posted by Homer Santos at 6:37 PM