Month: October 2008

Now heres a story to warm your hearts, proving Nederlands is a friggin cool country where even the Police are chilled out. I was staying in Utrecht and needing to park my car, found a suburb on the outside of town where there were no parking restrictions and left my car there over night. See… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… European Traffic Violations, Part 3

So whats all this about European traffic violations then? See, between most counties, if you get nabbed for something then they cant follow it up. Unless the copper actually stops you and makes you pay on the spot, which I have heard happens in France (but watch out for in Lithuania). Just because they are… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… European Traffic Violations, Part 2

My friends, sometimes you can be the coolest guy you can but someone tops you and when that happens, its time to gratiously bow to their genius. I wish I had thought of this. I SO WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THIS. http://www.thelocal.de/15209/20081029/ This guy got cameraed speeding in Germany, except the car is English… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… European Traffic Violations, Part 1

Ive got 2 smelly truck drivers in my roomThe drunken kiddies run around talking about how cheap the booze isThe old man stops and asks me to look up the scores of the ice hockeyThe lady stops and tells me in swedish to turn off the computerAn american guy asks me about wifi and cant… Continue reading Welcome to Estonia

This weekend I was fortunate enough to go with a few friends to Zans house and we roasted chestnuts and had a few drinks. Its a really awesome tradition, they went out that morning and picked the nuts, we then made small cuts in them so they wouldnt explode and put them in a pan… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Chestnut Roasting In Slovenia

Eurotrip 2008, a "road trip for a few weeks to do some work and see some people along the way" has turned into a 10 week odyssey through 11 countries with another 4 to go just to get home. After I bid farewell to this place Ive only got a few weeks and Ill be… Continue reading I Feel Slovenia