Europe 2004 - Day 27 - Germany

• Gorgeous day in Munich
• Walked along river
• Chilled at the English Garden pagoda - brats + beer w/ live music

• heh heh - baby farts - heh heh

• Head back to U.S. tomorrow

Europe 2004 - Day 26 - Austria to Germany

• Decided against staying in Vienna
• Train: Vienna to Munich
• Walked Munich center - visited Viktualienmarkt - awesome olive/pickle stand among great food stands

Europe 2004 - Day 25 - Croatia to Austria

• Bus: Rijeka to Trieste
• Train: Trieste to Udine
• Overnight train: Udine to Vienna - reserved seats in sleeper compartment occupied - shared compartment w/sleepy Polish fellow

Europe 2004 - Day 24 - Croatia

• Ferry: Mljet to Dubrovnik
• Overnight ferry: Dubrovnik to Rijeka - another nice Adriatic sunset

Europe 2004 - Day 23 - Croatia

• Ferry: Dubrovnik to Mljet
• Hiked around island looking for remote beach access - no joy, but nice walk
• Picnic dinner on hostel's upstairs waterfront patio

• Björn + Jenny will stay on, visit Plitvice

Europe 2004 - Day 22 - Croatia

• Great outdoor clifftop theatre outside Dubrovnik's old town - were 1 week too early to see Troy here - would have been cool in this setting

• Narrow alleys of Old Town

• Nice knocker!

• Views from atop the city walls

• Ferry to small island off Dubrovnik - chilled on the western beach...

• ...no suits or cameras on the southern beach!

• Had a swim off the eastern shore before ferrying back to Dubrovnik - flashed some fishermen while getting dressed again

Europe 2004 - Day 21 - Croatia

• Ferry: Vis to Split
• Bus: Split to Dubrovnik - nice sunset during pit stop in short coastal stretch of Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Found homestay room among folks @ bus depot

Europe 2004 - Day 20 - Croatia

• Bus: Vis town to Komiza on other side of island

• Boat to Blue Grotto

• Back to our side of island - walked to a WWII-era British fort

Europe 2004 - Day 19 - Croatia

• Walked up to hilltop overlooking Split + coast
• Split busy! - market day, holiday, + major soccer/football game today
• Ferry: Split to Vis - walked around our side of the island

Europe 2004 - Day 18 - Rome to Croatia

• Train: Rome to eastern coastal town of Ancona
• Ferry: Ancona to Split

Europe 2004 - Day 17 - Rome

• Headed out along the Via Appia Antica to see the Catacombs

• Appian sidewalk

• Roadside poppies

• Walked back into the City to check out the Baths of Caracalla

• Couldn't resist putting our bare feet on the ancient mosaic

• Back to hostel to rest + read while Björn went to airport to see Carolina off + meet Jenny

• After a false start @ another restaurant, a great time was had @ our new favorite place - molto vino!

Europe 2004 - Day 16 - Rome

• So the trick to avoiding the enormous line @ the Vatican Museum is to go on a Wednesday morning, when everyone instead crowds St. Peter's Plaza to see/hear the Pope (in white)

• The Hall of Maps

• mosaic floor

• old + new

• view from a rare window

Europe 2004 - Day 15 - Rome

• Have vouchers from our hostel for free coffee + pastry each morning @ shop on Via Marsala - the barista is a goddess - best cappuccino Shannon's ever tasted, and probably ever will - even Dave, who hates coffee, could see why Shan loved it
• Fortified, we walked the city for the rest of the day - Dave just finished reading Angels & Demons, so he's busy checking out locations from the book
• the Colosseum

• the Forum

• the park and ruins of the Palatine Hill

• the Pantheon
• Trevi fountain