Eva Adventures

Well, readers, my trip is now over! I write this on the flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta. First I’ll talk about what I did on my last couple of days, and then I’ll wrap up. I didn’t plan much for my day in Amsterdam, since it was an unexpected side effect of a flight delay.…

So… I think today was a banger. And it started off strong. Looking for a little excitement, I booked a “thrilling” river motor boat ride for this morning. I got the idea after seeing the motor boats shooting by on my dinner cruise!! I was not disappointed. I took a bus to the Red Jet…

First stop today was a business called Mandala Day Spa, where I’d booked an hour or so of relaxation. The outside of the spa seemed nondescript, but inside it was beautiful. Before your spa treatment, you wait in a dimly-lit room inspired by Eastern aesthetics with white walls and couches. Fruit-infused water, snacks, and tea…

It was a rainy morning today. And I didn’t sleep terrifically well last night. The privacy curtains are great — but I think they made my British roommates slightly sociopathic about talking, turning lights on, and generally causing mayhem at 3 AM, since they couldn’t see me trying to sleep. (Or maybe it was the…

Per title, I’m traveling 5 hours east today, through Vienna — and then into the nation of Hungary and it’s capital, Budapest. Hungary is in Central Europe. Above me will be Slovakia + Poland, below will be the Balkans + Greece, and further east will be Romania + Ukraine (don’t worry — Russia would start…

I rolled out of bed at 9 AM this morning — not literally, or I would have maybe died (I’m top bunk) — to go explore Salzburg. Before I get into my day, I’ll first explain a bit about the history of the area. First, let’s talk big picture about Austria. Austria is a “small…

First, an Italian dinner, what feels like my first “healthy choice” in a month: I was hoping to get some healthy food from the supermarket. But did you know that all the supermarkets here close at 9 PM, and also close on Sunday?? Vexing. Anyway, this morning was a race out of the hotel at…

The train yesterday was packed. People stood in the aisles, babies shrieked and babbled, and no matter how many stops we lingered at along the way, no one seemed to want to get off. I guess it was Füssen at the end of the line or bust. I’m lucky though. Seeing my overstuffed backpack and…

Honestly, a lot of my time in Munich over the past three days was spent thrift shopping… or simply wandering around. I had less of a concrete plan. The urban chaos of Munich has started to leave me a bit frayed, even more so than Berlin. I think it’s because my hotel is in a…

Time for some griping, I guess. I’m not sure where I got the impression that Germans are ruthlessly efficient, or that their trains always run on schedule. It’s not true. Every day that I’ve taken a long trip in Germany, at least one of the trains has been >30 minutes late. This morning, I was…