TravBuddy.com: kebrunn's ECHT 2002 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/7533 The ultimate study abroad experience-- twenty eight students, three professors, forty cities, fourteen countries, four months. en-us Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:22:21 PST Return http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Return-Cobleskill-62 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:22:21 PST Return Cobleskill, New York, Dec 17, 2002

I flew back into Boston and took the Logan Express out to Framingham so my mother didn't have to drive the extra hour to get me. It is never a ple…

]]> St Petersburg http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/St-Petersburg-Saint-Petersburg-14 Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:30:11 PST St Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia, Sep 18, 2002

We pulled into Finland station, famous for being the site of Lenin's reentry to Russia in 1917, rather late-- 8 or 9pm--and the…

]]> Helsinki Meltdown http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Helsinki-Meltdown-Helsinki-13 Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:03:51 PST Helsinki Meltdown Helsinki, Finland, Sep 17, 2002

From Stockholm we boarded an overnight ferry to Helsinki.  As became tradition with nightboats, we got drunk and proceeded to play a card game I c…

]]> Stockholm http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Stockholm-Stockholm-12 Sun, 15 Sep 2002 09:38:02 PST Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 15, 2002

Our trip to Stockholm was marred by the same signal strike that muddled our fjord outing.  This time, the bus ride was much longer, taking us …

]]> Fjords http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Fjords-Bergen-11 Sat, 14 Sep 2002 09:19:55 PST Fjords Bergen, Norway, Sep 14, 2002

In a day trip from Oslo, we headed west to see the glacial fjords that make up the coast of Norway.  Our day began at 5:30 am catching a …

]]> Oslo http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Oslo-Oslo-10 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:23:56 PST Oslo Oslo, Norway, Sep 11, 2002

I'm convinced there is no better way to arrive in Norway than by boat.  We took the Color Line Ferry from Kiel, Germany, which weaves its…

]]> Koln http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Koln-Cologne-9 Mon, 09 Sep 2002 20:15:02 PST Koln Cologne, Germany, Sep 09, 2002

We stopped briefly in Koln between two trains on our way north. It is one of the most surreal experiences coming above ground from the train stati…

]]> Bacharach http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Bacharach-Bacharach-8 Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:25:32 PST Bacharach Bacharach, Germany, Sep 06, 2002

We were finally given the opportunity to recouperate after two weeks of intense touring.  From Paris' Gare de L'Est-- an architectural gem and…

]]> Chartres http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Chartres-Chartres-7 Wed, 04 Sep 2002 09:05:00 PST Chartres Chartres, France, Sep 04, 2002

Our second day trip out of Paris was Cathedrale Notre Dame de Chartres--regarded by most to be the penultimate French Gothic cathedral.  It is…

]]> Versailles http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Versailles-Versailles-6 Tue, 03 Sep 2002 07:59:55 PST Versailles Versailles, France, Sep 03, 2002

Since my friend Lauren and I had been to Versailles before, we were able to short change the chateau tour and take advantage of some of the other a…

]]> Paris http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Paris-Paris-5 Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:50:58 PST Paris Paris, France, Aug 31, 2002

The first time I went to Paris I had a terrible time--my entire trip stepped off on a wrong foot after being accosted by a happy-pantsed gentleman …

]]> London http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/London-London-4 Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:51:41 PST London London, England, Aug 26, 2002

London and Paris were the most punishing cities of the entire tour schedule-wise.  Lots of standing, lots of walking, lots of foraging fo…

]]> Salisbury http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Salisbury-Salisbury-3 Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:26:01 PST Salisbury Salisbury, England, Aug 24, 2002

Time in Salisbury was short and mostly spent learning the rules of living/travelling en masse instead of checking out the town. We did find tim…

]]> Bath http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Bath-Bath-2 Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:19:00 PST Bath Bath, England, Aug 21, 2002

Facing four months with 30 strangers, I decided that I needed a few days alone to adjust to the entire idea.  I tacked three days on to the be…

]]> Departure http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/7533/Departure-Cobleskill-1 Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:29:59 PST Departure Cobleskill, New York, Aug 20, 2002

For those wondering what ECHT is, it stands for the European Cultural History Tour.  It is a study abroad program run by Eastern Michigan Universi…

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