spain

i flew on wizzair from cluj to zaragoza...  well actually it was too foggy to land in zaragoza

to we had to land in madrid instead.  madrid!  how convenient.  i ditched the plain and decided to stay in madrid.

after a couple days i took a bus back to zaragoza

zaragoza

then returned to italy on ryanair to catch my transatlantic flight back to the states.

romania

i took a train from budapest to cluj, romania where i stayed with an awesome hungarian family.  the german family i'd met in canada last summer heard i was going to romania and introduced me via email to their friends who live in romania.   daniel and anita were incredibly kind to me.  i'm very glad i got to meet them and their fun relatives too.

daniel showing me around cluj

bus ride from cluj to sibiu

sibiu

train from sibiu to sighisoara

sighisoara - the town where daniel's parents lived and who i stayed with for a night.

ride with daniel's parents back to cluj

hungary

i took a train from prague via slovakia to budapest.  i stayed in a hostel and explored for a couple of days.

i met up with some friends of friends at a cool coffee house.

went to an opera with people i met at the hostel

spent a day in hot spring baths

czech republic

i took a train from berlin to prague to visit my friend talitha.  i had a wonderful visit there.  i stayed with her friends jake and melissa who were amazing hosts!  prague is beautiful.

i felt rich with the currency exchange rate

plastic people of the universe

me and talitha on an early morning photo shoot in the cold

she's a photographer

and lot's of fun to be around

germany

i flew on ryanair from milan to berlin and visited my friends danielle and matthias there.  they were awesome and i'm so glad i got to spend a few days with them.

wall

cool multi-level train station

italy

my trip to europe was great!  i visited italy, germany, czech republic, hungary, romania, and spain...   i'll make a few super brief posts here for each country.

my sister's wedding in italy was beautiful!  i loved hanging out there with my sisters and my mom and my new brother-in-law and his various relatives too.   we explored venice, florence, and milan.

venice

florence

milan

the wedding near venice