I've gotten several e-mails from people curious about this tour.  So here's a list of FAQs and my answers. How much money did you spend?  …

So my final opinion of this trip.  It was a great trip, and definitely a good way to see a lot of europe with people my own age.  Would I d…

This morning I woke up and met Rowan, Stephanie and Theresa to take the train to the airport.  It was a quick walk from our hotel in Athens to t…

We got up this morning and headed out for a tour of Athens.  We got to see the Olympic Stadium, which was pretty cool, but the Acropolis absolut…

Woke up this morning to get on a ferry to take us to mainland Greece.  It was a short trip on the boat, which was nice, but then we had a long d…

Today was George's Boat.  I had read all about George's Boat on other people's travel journals, so I really had my hopes up. While I had ex…

One of the things I loved most about Greece was how laid back it was.  I got to sleep in until 9 a.m. (which, on this trip, is a late start), an…

As soon as we arrived in Greece, I knew it would outshine the rest of the trip.  It was sooo beautiful.  The people there are so sweet, and…

This morning sucked.  We had to wake up early and say goodbye to all of our tourmates who weren't going on to Greece.  I didn't think I was…

At this point in the trip, I'd decided that Italy was my favorite country.  I couldn't decide if I liked Venice or Rome more.  Venice was m…

The trip from Florence to Rome was really quick-- one of the shortest on the tour so far.  We had one quick service stop, then after another hou…

Today was our free day to roam around Florence.  I bought a scarf for Lindsay and a red shirt for myself to wear to the dance club tonight.&nbsp…

Breakfast early this morning, then we were off to see Pisa and Florence.  We had a very busy rest stop, but I got some good pasta, chocolate cak…

We had to wake up at 6:45 for breakfast this morning.  We headed to Venice after breakfast, and I absolutely fell in love with the city.  I…

On the trip to Venice today, we had to make a pit-stop at a french perfumary.  It was another one of those contiki kick-back stops.  The gu…

Got up early this morning for breakfast, then left for Cannes with Jordana, Jamie and Elisabeth.  It was a different group than I'd been going a…

As sad as I was to leave Barcelona, I spent way too much money there, so it's a good thing we were moving on.  On the bus ride to the French Riv…

I woke up early to help with breakfast this morning.  It was me, Melanie, Jamie and Amber (though Amber somehow managed to never do any work-- j…

After about a week on this trip, i'd gotten used to the whole idea of not sleeping much.  This says a lot coming from a girl who is used to gett…

Woke up and got a few strange looks this morning... apparently quite a few people had heard about the previous night's "incident" and were curious.&n…

Breakfast this morning wasn't very good... eggs and bacon which were completely undercooked.  But cereal and toast with nutella was still great.…

Today was the BEST workout ever.  I felt like total shit, but I'm sure I burned more calories than I took in.  We had breakfast around 8:15…

Today was a busy day.  Woke up around 8:00 and took a shower.  Breakfast was pretty good... tomatoes, hash browns, toast and nutella, banan…

Woke up at 5:15 this morning to get to the bus at 6.  It didn't show up for quite a while, but I met more people on the trip from Canada and Aus…

We stayed here as part of the Contiki London to Athens tour. It was our first experience at a campsite, and it was fine. Definitely nothing to write…

I arrived in London around 8:30 a.m.  Baggage arrived without a problem, which I was obviously very happy about.  Customs wasn't much of a …

A brief introduction to this travel blog.  I went to Europe with a tour group called Contiki last summer.  I had just graduated from colleg…