bruges antwerp cologne

bruges is prettz cool. itäs a compressed citz where thez keep things the old waz so I think that might be whz it seems liek there are alot of old people there. read that no skateboarding is allowed.

first night went drinking with santiago from argentina, cicz from iceland and met doug from america. waz too manz beers ß over 8 ß donät do that round thing again

second night when drinking )just 2 beers= with santiago, guiemette from france, two mexican girls and a guz from oregon. (german kezboards switch the z and y)

antwerp - i had high expectations because it sounded cool and the trainstation was stunning to see on arrival. it was bigger than expected but dirtz and hard to move around in.

cologne ß so far is exceeding expectations. got off the train to the smell of pretyels and bratwurst. dinner was a beer and hotdog. Citz is prettz big and shinz ß probablz because itäs a centre for trate shows ß or mazbe vice versa.

Did mz laundrz. Needed two german people to help read the instructions. Thez had a hard time with it. I might have been able to just press the buttons randomblz and have gotten it to work just as well. But I guess this waz thez will have a storz to tell about the time thez tried to help a foreigner do his laundrz.

going to bruges

on Tuesday - back on following wed

things to remember

travel reminders - to myself
* earplugs are a traveller's best friend
* bring a watch - seem to buy a new Casio each trip.
* grounding by using the internet or getting a cappuchino
* being open
* nintendo ds
* unconstrained travel is easier than two week scheduled
* planes are a hassle compared to trains. trains let zou see the countrz
* busses are better to see the cities but often more complicated than trams or metro
* plastic bags are noisy
* blue green blacks
* ask questions more than at home
* hostels with bars vs hostels with no bar
* prioritz is recommendation, then hostelworld or hostelz, last is the lonely planet
* book when zou know zou are going to be somewhere - post flight

visited tate modern and design museum

Couple of my favourite places from before. Tate Modern was cool again as alot of exhibits have changed (or I've just forgotten about them) in the last 1.5 years. The centre part/wind tunnel used to have this sort of noise/screaming display: Instead now they had these silver slides where people could slide down from the 2nd or 3rd stories of the museaum. Forgot to bring my camera.

Design museum: Only went to the shop as it's free and has some interesting books.

Between Tate Modern and the design museum there is a Canon photographic exhibit: last time I was here it was on volcanoes or something. This time it's about scenes from Japan. Pretty cool pictures of Mount Fuji, temples and islands.

back in London

Back in london yesterday - forgot about the right handed driving, the smelly hostels, the shared showers, the crazy underground, instant coffee and how cosmopolitan this place is.