Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Traveling in Central Europe

CEVP is a great starting point for travelers. It's less touristed, its beautiful, and for those of you on student budgest, it's wonderfully cheap.

For super-cheap flights, refer to wizzair.com or aireuropa.com. For that authentic European experience, however, try to take a train. It's six to twelve hours packed in a car with smiling, smoking strangers asking you about your country and if they can practice their English with you.

Unless they're British. Then they'll just make fun of you for your silly little accent and how you call your trousers the word for underwear.



I met these fellows on a 12-hour ride from Krakow to Prague, but from places in Slovakia it's only about 6 hours and $15 Roundtrip. Last year all the volunteers decided we would meet up one weekend in the Czech Republic, and it was great. I loved it so much, I went twice. And I even hopped from Prague to Berlin with a bunch of Americans I had met at the Charles school.



the best part was when we discovered the seats recline all the way



those ripped-up knees are mine, by the way



look at all the love in our car



Any suggestions for where you'd like to meet up, just throw 'em at me.

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