A couple of friends and I decided about a month ago to set out and see Europe. Anjuli had friends in Bologna, Italy and Vien, Austria so those were natural stops. We also tacked on Duesseldorf, Germany for ease of traveling to and from Oslo. Needless to say, when we set out we never anticipated the Icelandic Volcanoes disruption.
We spent a couple of days in Venice. On both days we were greeted with gorgeous weather. Here, Anjuli and Kelsey chat while waiting for ferry boats that act much like a bus service.
We decided to be classy and ate dinner out on the boardwalk just after the sunset.
A shot of one of Venices busiest tourist areas from one of the 3 bridges that crosses the Grand Canal.
The weather wasnt as nice in Bologna, however there was a break in the clouds while we were on top of the tallest tower there. On top of the hill in the background is The Virgin of San Lucas Sanctuary.
My travel companions checking out the miniature of the Vienna Cathedral (while standig right next to it.)
A pigeon on the toe of one of the stone wrestlers just outside the royal grounds in Vienna.
Sylvia was a terrific guide in Vien, where she is currently studying. She took us all around the city, including the famous Naschmarkt, a huge street market with lots of different vendors.
Kelsey wanted to check out some of the many famous composers who were buried in Vien. Within feet of eachother were Beethoven, Brahms and Strauss.
We decided not to stay in Duesseldorf but rather in Cologne. Sylvia and Kelsey smiling, while Anjuli gets creative.
The group: Sylvia, Kelsey, Anjuli and I resting at the Bonn train station... trying to figure out how exactly we were getting home.
We were fortunate enough to have met a super friendly couch surfer in Cologne who offered up her pad to us for another night while we got our situation figured out. With some help, we located a carpooler who was traveling to Hamburg on Sunday. Unfortunately, upon his arrival he told us he only had 2 seats. So, I hopped on the train and met the girls in Hamburg. We diligently went to the bus station where thanks to Anjuli we explored a couple different options. We found a bus leaving Hamburg at 9:30pm getting into Copenhagen at 2:30am. We took it without pause. Kelsey worked some magic and when we got to Copenhagen we took a taxi to Kelseys friends place where we crashed for the evening. When we woke up, Kelsey and her friend had found a bus for us from Copenhagen to Oslo! 9 hours later we arrived in Oslo in time to catch the late train home to Bø.
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