The World So Far

...AMAZING!

Sorry everyone, I have been slacking, but I'll catch you up (even though becca has done a good job of keeping you filled in) So far we have done Copenhagen, a quick stop in Frankfurt, then on to Prague and now Rome. Tomorrow we leave for Florence. So I'll give you a little of each!

COPENHAGEN
With Copenhagen being our first stop, and not really knowing what to expect, we of course were keeping an open mind. We landed, got on the trAin to our hotel, took some roundabout way to the hotel which allowed us to see the area a little bit and we quickly discovered that we were staying in a *liberal* part of town ... If ya know what i mean!
We checked into Hotel Abs Elon which was endearingly decorated with yellow and green floral curtains, carpeting and bedding, and had a white and orange color scheme going on in the bathroom. We dumped the bags and hit the streets. We walked past Tivloi, the amusement park, said we'd go back, although we never did, and went to Streckers. Silk, our bartender, was very sweet and served us our first carlsburg followed by a beer tasting of five different draughts. Yumm. Day one was pretty relaxing.
Day two we took a bike ride led by Steiner/not sure what his Danish name is butnhe said it meant stone or rock. Someone else called him Peter so really any of the above. I honestly don't think he cared what we called him. He was an anarchist, keen to hear our thoughts about 911 and bin ladens death. We didnt have ,much to say but he was a good guide for the day. The Danish bike around Copenhagen as a way of life he said they are determined people, even in the winter. He tooknus to see some of the monuments, the opera house, the royal residence, Christiania (a magical place), and the little mermaid statue.
That pretty much sums up a lot of Copenhagen.

FRANKURT
We stopped over in Frankfurt for a night before we took a train to Prague, we stayed by the airport to make transportation convenient. We were surprisingly impressed with the campgrounds across the street from our hotel. Mustafa, our concierge, hooked us up w a free glass of prosseco at Tomassi a little Italian hut on the camp/farm grounds. The food was delish! Then we worked up the motivation to work out. We ran around one square of the farm about five times. One time we thought that two men carrying fishing poles actually had rifles? Why, I'm not sure but maybe bc there were no bodies of water in sight. So we had a great day but hit the hit road real quick.

PRAGUE
We got off the train to Prague and had to find the next train to our hotel, got off of that train and spent the next two hours walking around this park clueless as to how to orient ourselves and find our street. I swear, the signs and arrows point in all the wrong directions and everything is 200 meters away; except not.

After all that though we had the best time. We hit up this Cuban bar that was recommended on the web and by our concierge called La Bodeguita del Medio. Oh yah, and don't worry we went all three nights. Apparently Czech waiters love to have an American girl flirt w them (maybe I'll try being so forward w the American boys). Jirka (pronounced Yerka, but w a Czech accent) was actually our favorite. He was some kind of manager and he looked sooo serious but after seeing us for three nights there was no doubt that the love was mutual.

Night two in Prague was the best, we hung w the locals, thanks Marek and Filip for taking us out til 5 or 6 in the morning it wad great to see the local dives. But, they can't hang; we went back to say goodbye on our last night and found that everyone had showed up to work late that day, or in one poor girls case not at all. She probs got the boot! I know, I know, I'm not perfect either but these ppl don't work til 4 pm!!!

In also can't write about Prague without at least mentioning the little Spanish man who goes to bodeguita every night and dances the night away with all the young girls. Good for him. At first I thought creepy then realized he's harmless and so much fun!

ROME
Now were in Rome and it's been great, but not what I expected at all. We got tons of good tips from everyone so thanks for that! We have avoided a lot of tourist traps ... Except for Becca's wooden turtle that she bought off of Willy on night one. Woops. But the food is great, the gelato is ... Well we're up to two a day now :/ that's embarrassing. Hazelnut is by far the best, but I couldnt find the heavenly honey fig flavor that Charlie and Areti have been raving about. We frequent Beebops which is across the little street from our humble fountain that we found where the locals hang out and drink beer. We haven't made any friends here like we did in Prague but were okay with that because Italian men are ... Different. And aggressive.

We have lots of pics put on FB so keep your eyes peeled!

Miss you all!! Xx

G