I have some internet time left at this cafe, so might as well expound on my trip.
Nice
Hung out with a this soon-to-be Masters of Computer Engineering dude, Paul, a lot. He looks kinda like Jon Heder. Oh, and where is he going to get his masters? UBC of course! I have met so many UBC students this trip, it is surreal....
I switched rooms a lot in Nice, since I kept on adding how much time I wanted to stay there. For my last night I was in the "dungeon", a huge dorm room underneath the hostel bar filled with passed out revellers and building supplies. Two nights before a rager had destroyed a good number of the beds. But thankfully the had been replaced by the time I got there and slept in moderate comfort. Oh Terry, I ran into a poli sci grad from McGill who said she knew you from French class. Her and her friend were kinda annoying though, so I did not spend too much time with them.
Geneva
Definetly international. And definetly beautiful. A good place for sweethearts, but even by myself I enjoyed walking along the waterfront. I never did do the boat trip, but I did watch Superman Returns. Bryan Singer, you have done it again. And I think my guide book writer girl is crazy. She said that there is very little English spoken in Switzerland, but I have yet to meet one person who did at least not know passable English. And the hostel she recommended in Geneva did not love up to my expectations. I was in a 6 bed dorm room that was very spartan and dungeonesque. I have stayed in worse, but it was not as "cozy" as she described. I think she just reviewed the female accomodations and not the male. From what I saw, it is a great place to stay if you are a woman. I am pretty sure I was the only guy there (the yonly have the one male dorm room and I was the only occupant).
Zurich
I like Zurich better when it rains. It is just one of those cities that looks good in the rain. It suits it.
Future Plans
I have my ticket to Liechtenstien!!! I am ridiculously pumped to see this tiny, tiny country. I have to send people postcards from there and buy some dental products. I was hoping to run across the entire country (it is only 6 km wide), but I am still a bit sick, so my have to statisfy myself with merely walking across it.
Terry, I am booked in the Prima Hostel in Budapest (on Laurens suggestion... I will be seeing her shortly after Budapest so she better hope it is all she promised! :P) for the nights of the 21, 22 and 23. If you have some place else you want to stay or have booked somewhere else, let me know.
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Ha, I'm booked elsewhere. I'm in Backpackers Guesthouse, which is way in the Buda suburbs. I have it on good authority that it's one of the best hostels in Europe. Like top 3. I'm quite well acquainted with the Budapest transport system, so I should have no problem getting around.
And plus, the city is so bloody large (much larger than you'd think - it sprawls, it's not the typically compact Central European city) that you're always a long way away from something.
I arrive on Friday at 4:45 PM. I can come meet you at your hostel at around 7 PMish. Sound good?
Do you have your swimming trunks with you? If so, then I'm FORCING you to spend an afternoon at one of Budapest's Turkish baths. You've been warned.
Your enthusiasm for Liechtenstein is puzzling, but cute. Hope you enjoy yourself there.
Oooh, and who's this McGill girl? McGill... poly sci... and in my French class too? Why doesn't this ring a bell? Do you have a name or a physical description?
I have no idea what time I will be getting into Budapest, but I imagine that around 7pm should be fine.
I have no swimming trunks. On those occassions where I go to the beach I have been making use of my multifunctional shorts that I wear pretty much every day.
The McGill girl... dark complexion, slightly dorky manner, large nose, about 5 foot 7... I do not have any pictures since I did not like her very much.
I have no idea who that might be. There are a grand total of 2 people I liked in that French class, and doesn't sound like one of them.
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