Budapest, Hungary

Budapest was the shit... Here are some pictures...
we did Hungarian wine tasting, saw the Red Bull Air Races pre-qualifying round, went out on the Danube River for a cruise, went to an open air club on the Danube....I randomly ran into a classmate who I studied with in La Coruna who is from Hungary....but seriously what are the chances that I would run into him?!?! We had a really great time...Oh and I got to drive a BMW 5 series in Austria on the way there....AND on the German "Autobahn" which really just means freeway in German....but that means no speed limit :D So I did 195km/hour= 120mph
good times....enjoy the pics!
*Red plane flying in front of the Parlament building & over the Danube River
*Me with Stephanie (from Munich) & Dustin (from the US)
*Nice architecture :)
*don't remember what this is
*Hungarian currency: Forint
*the Danube River @ night
*Red Bull Air Races pre-qualifiers
*in Budapest @ a live dance show @ night


*some damn good dessert on the Danube River @ a nice boat/restaurant called Spoon...On the right...Watermelon balls soaked in Malibu with coconut icecream....let me tell you it was like eating pure fresh coconut..it was awesome...on the left is a pear strudel with ginger bourbon icecream...also good

August-->October Itinerary

Ok so I have a ton of stuff planned for the next couple months and I'll be doing quite a bit of traveling...to let you all know where I'll be and what kind of pictures you can look forward to :) here's what's on the agenda**:
*Neuschwanstein....I didn't take this pic obviously ;)
*Budapest, Hungary...Pic I also didn't take...RedBull Air Race 2007...i leave in a few hours!!! :)

August 18= Neuschwanstein Castle (postponed)
August 19th= Dachau concentration camp (postponed)

****So, the above has been changed and I am now going to Budapest, Hungary for the weekend with a friend and his co-worker...both work for Nokia. Apparently the the Red Bull Air Races
( http://www.redbullairrace.com/ ) will be going on as well so it should be a good time. Looks like Neuschwanstein & Dachau will have to wait....and looks like tonight I'm going to be cramming some studying in!!!****

August 24th= take a bus to Ljubljana, Slovenia
August 27th=leave Slovenia to go to Croatia :)
August 27-30=living it up in Croatia...going to hit the Croatian islands as well :)
August 30th= fly from Rijeka, Croatia to Leipzig, Germany
from Leipzig I'm going to take a train to Berlin where I'll meet my coworkers for the 3rd most important consumer electronics show in the world (IFA)
August 30-Sept 1=in Berlin @ IFA
Sept 1=Happy Bday to my brother Jason!
Sept 1-4=Copenhagen, Denmark (via plane) to visit Adam, Karin & Noah
Sept 4=fly back to Berlin for the last day of IFA
Sept 5th=last day of IFA heading back to Munich afterwards
Sept7-9= going to Innsbruck, Austria to visit Clemens (my roomie from last semester)
Sept 10th=Happy 21st to Erica Roth!!! Holy shit I can't believe I'm missing all my friends' 21st bdays!!!
Sept 12=fly to Coruna
Sept 14=Financial Intermediaries Exam :O
Sept 19-22=Mallorca, Spain...meeting Jason & Mike there...super excited! :)
October 1=Semester starts @ UDC (Universidade da Coruna)
October 13-15=Barcelona to meet my Mommy who will be going on a cruise from there afterwards
October 15th= Happy 21st bday to Melissa Nicole Gomez! I wish I could be there to celebrate it with her!
October 31st=Happy Halloween...we'll be throwing a party at Geographic like we do every Wednesday.

That's all for now!


**Legal Disclaimer: this agenda is subject to change without notice

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Venice & The Alps

OK....I set a new record in a matter of less 6 hours I was in 3 different countries!

Saturday morning I drove with Tori and her friend from Pennsylvania, Martina, to Venice. Tori has a car and lives here in Munich so she drove us down. It was the most picturesque road trip I have ever taken in my life. We drove through the Bavarian, Austrian and Italian Alps and eventually made it to gorgeous Venice, Italy.
*In the beautiful Austrian Alps*Autobahn...just before reaching Munich again
*Saturday night- Venice, Italy
*In the Italian Alps...looking out the window at a horse's butt!
*Me in front of a Gondola on Sunday Morning
*The girls (Tori on the left and Martina on the right) Sunday morning in Venice
*A lake in Northern Italy
*Me in Piazza San Marco
*Venice is famous for their beautiful glass products here are a few :)

*Austrian Alps
*Venice by night
*Tori and I on one of the bridges over the Canal Grande in Venice
*Weeping Willow tree y River Brenta in Oriago across the street from where we spent the night
*Italian Alps/ Lake :)