So we have stayed at some interesting places so I thought I would share....
Amsterdam -
Hostel Granada.....we might as well been staying in the Secret Annex of Anne Frank.....there were 5 or 6
torturous flights of stairs barely big enough for our backpacks. Our top floor room had its own bathroom / shower /
toilet.....they were all in the same place with no separation....you could shower and pee at the same time if you wanted! (we
didn't...at least I
didn't.....
haha) The common room was interesting,
that's where we met Sam, our Aussie friend over PB&J
sandwiches at Breakfast and Fabio, our Asian friend from Brazil (really his name is Fabio, and don't worry he already emailed Katie and Clare) Despite the gross bathrooms and kinda gross sheets, the location was good and we had fun.
Namur -
Auberge de Jeunesse Félicien Rops .....Our hostel was nestled into the green hillside near the Citadel, just outside the center of
Namur and right next to the Muse river. It was BEAUTIFUL! The hostel was very large and had tons of room. We shared a room with 2 other girls, but never saw them because they were at a wedding. The bathrooms were interesting with a shower inside of what seemed like a closet. We were only here a night and had to leave at 5:45am in order to catch our train!
Madrid -
Student Hostel Luis Velez.....The building was located in Plaza
Tisiro De Molina, right in the center of the city. We were happy to be here for a few nights and were able to hang our clothes and unpack a little. the bright colored room had four comfy beds and clean bathrooms down the hall. Unfortunately we were right on a busy road so it was very loud at night which made for some interesting dreams...
haha. The people were nice...well all except "Francisco" as Katie deemed him, but spoke very little
english.
Madrid -
Cat's Hostel.......A switch from our private 4 bedroom at Luis Velez to a 10 person mixed dorm was interesting. We arrived with 2
roommates from Rochester New York, Mark and Jeremy. The
comforters were a little old, and the room was cramped but the building was an old
Spanish villa / house so it made things a little more interesting. There was a large common room (The Cat Cave), and a basement bar / Internet room / hangout. The beers were cheap and we met some really fun people here. This hostel really catered to the younger crowd and made sure there was plenty to do and people to meet. Despite one night having our beds swooped on by some Italian guys while we were out we had a great time here!
Santorini -
John and Katerina Hotel....Close to the beach, our 4 bedroom hostel with a kitchen and bathroom has been good, even though Katie Sleeps on a pullout and Sam and I are sleeping on a bed that mysteriously broke in the middle of the night.
More updates as we continue on our journey!
ll send links to see the pictures we have accumulated...dont worry there will be TONS!!!
more later on our lovely accommodations and our last adventures!
es and i didnt crash) went to a toga party, had plates broken over our heads, got 2nd place in a flip cup tourney, and got a reallly nice tan!
haha recommended by John of our hostel...we will see if the food is heavenly or not...;)
e but you have to take a bus or car from one end to another and we wanted to see it...so for 30 euro we hopped into our Hyundai Getz (click for pic) and set off for Fira. The car was Great! We had a lot of room and it goes fast...and off road haha. After lunch of Lamb Pitas and a walk around the town we followed directions from a silly Albanian man that served us lunch to the beach....his directions consisted of "No left, no left, then a left" and a curvy motion with his hands...haha welll the road was different than expected and we ended up in a ravine with NOTHING around us but the Aegean Sea and some donkeys. Sam was an excellent driver and after thinking we were going to pop a tire going up some rocks we found a great black beach (no not the nude kind)
ver seen a picture of Greece or the Greek Islands, you probably have seen a pic of Oia. The houses and buildings are crammed on the tip of Santorini and are gorgeous! You can see the entire Sea practically and the sunset was great to look at from here. We had a good dinner overlooking the Sea and are now safely back in Perissa. Tomorrow we are exploring more beaches and getting our tan on!
nd our hostel was right on a river! While eating dinner we were approached by a man in a tutu and wings with spray painted hair that we later found to be a part of a bachelor party and had an interesting encounter with him and his friends....haha After we got back to our hostel we discovered our flight to Madrid was MUCH earlier than we thought.....so we woke up at 5am this morning and discovered the buses weren't running for another 1HR so we would definitely miss our flight! we proceeded to walk 3km to the train station all with 30lb packs on our back! the walk turned into a mild sprint and we made it to the station just in time! thennnn we eventually arrived at the airport after waiting FOREVER for a bus to wait in more lines and running to our gate to catch the flight....
