The Great Big European Adventure Part 3

Congratulations everyone! You've made it to Part 3! In the final chapter in this story, I'll show you all the things we did in Prague and Berlin.


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Part 2 - click here

Prague - April 7 - April 10

The next morning we boarded a bus to Prague. It was another fancy coach bus so we didn't mind it much.  Half way to Prague, our driver pulled over into a rest stop. I thought to myself "This is either a passport check or a very bad situation". Turns out it was a passport check.

*Quick backstory: Since the development of the Eurozone, the borders between countries aren't as restrictive as they had once been. The only time I had my passport stamped the entire trip was when I landed in Rome.  Travelling by bus or train, most countries usually won't bother checking/stamping passports.  Back to the main story.

The Prague police officers came up to Carly and I to check our passports. The check involved flipping through each page to see where we had been. Since I got my new passport (I lost it in Madrid in December) I ordered a 52 page book, since it was free so why not. And that police officer flipped through each and every page. I really didn't mind though because that is his job.  He then proceeded to ask me where I had been in Europe. I told him Italy, Austria and Germany. He asked why I didn't have any stamps. I was like:

Are you serious?

Obviously I didn't really say that out loud because I didn't want to be arrested. I told the officer that I didn't have any stamps because no one checked my passport as we traveled because we went by train.  He seemed confused that I wouldn't have gone through any kind of customs.  I immediately started showing him each of our train tickets and hostel receipts to show him where we had been. The guy was so overwhelmed and probably annoyed that he said it was okay and then left me alone to go to the next passenger.  Victory for me! I thought about it a bit longer and realized it was stupid for the police officers to check for stamps when they aren't given on every mode of international transport in the first place.

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The Great Big European Adventure Part 2

Welcome to Part 2, survivors!

This post will be all about Vienna and Munich!

To read other parts:
Part 1 - click here
Part 3 - click here

Continuing from where I left off, we woke up the next morning and were off for Vienna! Our final 45 minute water bus ride and we were at Santa Lucia train station.  Since we had purchased train tickets from our travel agent and these tickets said "train Santa Lucia" on them. We figured we were in the right place.

We made it to the station with 20 minutes to spare.  Our train wasn't listed on the departure board so we asked the travel desk where our train would depart.  To our profound surprise, the travel desk assistant pointed to a little section on our ticket that said 'bus'. We weren't taking a train, we were supposed to be on a bus.  A 4 hour bus ride to our train (a real train) connection in Villach, Austria. Fan-freaking-tastic. Naturally, we asked where the buses were parked.


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The Great Big European Adventure Part 1

Alrighty then.

Better late than never to post about my massive vacation I guess.

If you follow my blog/know me/stalk me you're already aware that I recently came back from a 17-day long trip across Europe with my friend Carly. I've been keeping notes the whole time and I'm going to try and tell you all the fun/strange/interesting things we experienced in a concise and entertaining matter.
These posts are going to work the same as the last trip I posted about. I'm going to blog about 2 cities per post for a total of 3 posts. I'm going to put fewer pictures since there are so many posts BUT I will provide links to my Photobucket account where you can see every single one of my almost 900 pictures :). Let's begin!

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