Tomorrow morning I'll be heading west, traversing the continents, hopping the pond stateside. It's a 15 hour flight from Doha to D.C. but Business class makes it humane, even enjoyable.

I have 9 days to play before I head down to Orlando. If you would like to see me, get in touch.

Ciao, LC

Hez kids! <so here we are in yagreb. It's an interesting town. Not nearlz as big as I anticipated a major citz to be. Reallz it's quite rural. When mz plane landed it was seriouslz in the middle of a farm. The airport was all of 1-8 of a mile long. I walked off mz twin prop plane right up to 'immigration', thez didn't aska single questions, just stamped bz passport. I walked through the doors and boom, there's the street. No customs, nothing. Crayz!

Ok, so the kezboards here are a little different. Ha!

Now we're tzring to find a bus to take us to the coast, then we're gonnna trz some island hopping. We're also thinking of hitting Italz and Lubjulana before heading back to >Budapest.

Ciao peeps!

ok. I thought german keyboards were bad. Look what this sentence looks like twice:

I very ,uch enjoyed ,y ti,e in ger,qny: to,orroz i zill go to pqris qnd ,eet ,y friends; then return to ger,qny to sqy goodbye to ,y relqtives; then ho,e to buffqlo:

I very much enjoyed my time in germany. Tomorrow I will go to Paris and meet my friends, then return to Germany to say goodbye to my relatives, then back to buffalo.

Too much energy to type. So, I'm still alive and sleeping in Brusseles tonight.
Ciao, LC

p.s. this is q geriatric hostel....my roomates are 61 and 53. No shit.

So itäs 9.30am Iäm at the train station in Köln waiting for mz train to Bruxelles. This cafe has internet for 0.50 € for an hour! Nice. Mz friend in Belgium wont answer her phone, so I have no place to staz, no maps of Bruxelles and I don't speak Dutch or French. Gotta love this kind of travel. So adventurous. I reallz could end up sleeping on the streets tongiht. I hope not though, its supposed to be cooler tonight that it has been for the last week. Boo. It was 75 in Düsseldorf the other daz! Sunshine, how I missed thee.

So kids, if zou donät hear from me by next wedensdaz....startlooking up the Bruxelles news for a SWF.

Ciao, LC

hi kids. quick greetings from some small village in the northern countrz of germanz. iäm stazing with a familz that speaks verz little english, so this is a great learning experience. i took a train along the <rhein river vallez, saw where mz favorite wine comes from (reisling), manz castles, visited Köln and had lots of different bier. Todaz we will take a bike tour to Netherlands and visit Düssledorf. The weather is BEAUTIFUL! I slept in a room with a giant madonna statues last night, a little creepz.
Ciao, timika

Hallo from Germanz! This place is amaiying, <i love it!

<pretyels, bier, nice people.....todaz I went to Meinz, visited thecathedral and shoppes. Learning lots of German!

Forgive allmz mistakes, these <german kezboardsare different!

Ciao, LC

I doubt I'll have time tomorrow to write so I'll say it now. Stay well, keep warm, I'll catch you in 2 weeks. I'm sure to be bringing back lots of tasty chocolates - if you're nice I might share.

Ciao!

Thank God for my European friends. I'm not sure I would have discovered this on my own. I leave for Germany in 8 days. To save my precious time while I'm there I would like to hop between some countries with flights versus train. I seriously just found a flight from Germany to Sweden for 15 Euro! Ok I know you can't get there by train anyway, but that's just an example. Even more crazy than that...a FREE flight to Ireland! This is most helpful since I've been dicked over on my pay. Plus I just found out my uncle is still in Paris, so I have a place to crash. Man I need this mental vaca so bad, even though the amazing sex last night blissfully calmed my nerves.



leavin oooooon a jet plaaaaaane, don't know when I'll be back againnnnn....

I was cleaning my room this morning and came across the ripped sheets from an old journal. I had meant to insert the writings into another journal and never did. Then I realized my trip to Egypt was exactly 3 years ago. So I'm going to share my journal with you.

Egypt: Day 1
How do I begin to tell the tale of Lady Croft and her Egyptian adventures!? Slightly smelly, yet enthusiastic, I tote my canvas backpack through Charles de Gaulle airport to make my connecting flight. I find Laura and Eric waiting with open arms. I do wish more Americans would greet with hugs and kisses.

We board our plane, destination Cairo. Immediately I get a crash course in Arabic from Eric. I daze in and out of consciousness, as I've been awake 30 hours already. Probably not the best time to learn a new language but I'm a trooper. We touch down in Cairo after a sunny glide over the Greek islands and the Mediterranean Sea.

I drop my $15 USD for my visa, 2 postage looking stamps, lick em and stick em in my passport and head through immigration. Oh my I have to pee so badly! I spot a tiny bathroom in the corner; I think it's for women? A short and plump older woman greets me at the door. Welcome to Egypt, here is your one square of one ply toilet paper, that will be $1. Eric and I discussed the culture of 'baksheesh', share the wealth, but I hadn't had time to change any money. I give her a quarter. Perhaps another souvenir from the inconsiderate American girl with bubble gum and super fly sun shades.

My eyes are so heavy but if I sleep now it will take me a week to adjust. That is remedied quickly when we climb into a Mercedes and head to Eric's apartment. Traffic is insane. Drivers are insane. I practically hold my breath the entire 30-minute ride. I drop my gear and head out to dinner. I thought the car ride was bad, until I cross my first street. Holy fucking human Frogger Batman!!! I'm clinging to Eric's arm as he tells me to try to relax, don't run, and just go as he goes. I honestly don't know if I've ever been more fearful in my life.

Dinner is amazing. I love this dish called kosheri. Lentils, vermicelli, tomato base, garlic, onion, pasta, rice....vegetarian heaven. We walk back to the apartment, this time I simply hold Eric's arm and close my eyes to cross the road. I round the night off with a powerful rum and seltzer and pass out. Sunlight awakens me at 1 in the afternoon. I'm ready for the day.