Author: smilebecause

I had tickets to the Anne Frank museum today … I was SOOO tired this morning after the late night, but ya just gotta GET UP. Really rainy today. Gotta say though … I honestly expected rain every day as I was looking at the forecast before the trip. I just planned on it.  But.  […]

If you know me, you know my favorite thing is music, so this was a good one.  I left my property in Zandvoort in the late morning and headed towards Rotterdam to see Little Dragon. I honestly didn’t explore too much, except a quick visit to The Hague. The plus and minus of not knowing […]

Not gonna lie, I say a LOT of eff bombs in my head. Not BAD ones, just MANY MANY MANY Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOWs. Amsterdam is glorious. I honestly don’t think I’m gI oing to see more sights that top the last, and then I do. Not “top” really, they’re just different. […]

It’s funny that my first and last pics of the day were from the same vantage point. The last of the day is hoping to dry out my waterlogged shoes. I wrote this at the train station (then filling in now): On my walk towards Chocolate Nation, I heard a Baby crying. At the same […]

Stayed up too late after the Matt Maeson show and was wired. Took a bath, watched a show, tried to sky down and then BOOOOOOMMM. There was an explosion, literally across the street. Made the news. So that was weird. I heard it, obviously, but didn’t realize how close it actually was until I saw […]

I am at the end of a very long day where everything went according to plan … almost. I left that great hostel in Charleroi (in hindsight, the town was lame as f, but the hostel vibe was great), at about 11:30 to walk to the train station. Greatest train day yet — Got to […]

Went to sleep late but on a super happy note after talking to the couple in the lounge area, and then Cedric from Luxembourg … finally climbed in bed about 2am. The 6-person dorm room was FULL. Had a good sleep, but too short. About 9am I got on my phone and tried to decide […]

I spent the morning wandering around Nice before my flight. The weather was lovely. The property where I stayed I’d call “Budget Bougie” – it was only $37ish and was quite nice. Aside from the loud construction across the street, it was a really comfortable room with a great bed … I slept HARD. Plus, […]

Slept REALLY WELL (despite my recurrent travel nightmare dreams). Got up and out of the property by 10 or so. Met Pam and Sheryl from Portland getting on the train at Vernazza … I LOVE the fact that I met 2 women from the US going to the same place … and three brains were […]

This was a day where I wish my thoughts could have been recorded. First off, I realized that I needed to re-calculate the next few days of travel, so I actually spent a few hours doing that this morning before exploring so I wouldn’t stress about it. End result … Train to Nice, France tomorrow, […]

There wasn’t much happening in Grožnjan on a Sunday, but it really didn’t matter. The owner of the hostel made me a delicious cappuccino, and then I was off … 3.5 hours or so to Zagreb. I have GOT to give Google Maps out shout out —— this has definitely been the most amazing road […]

Spent the morning in Pula … To be honest, I didn’t really plan this trip too much, so my mode has been to start Googling in the morning … “What to do in Pula?” … Hmmm. Ancient coliseum? Should probably do that. My car was parked for free from the night before, so dropped off […]

This was a long and full day. Woke up TOOO early at the hostel in Plitzvicka … Mostly because of the LOUD rain and wind. Absolutely howling wind and downpour all night … yet I just kept having this vibe … it’s doing its thing tonight and it’s going to clear up. Basically, the forecast […]