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alligators, snakes, black bears and kickass thunderstorms…
after being one night to miami, we got our car the very next day to start off our our trip throughout florida.
visited the city of boca raton and saw the first beautfiful beaches on our roadtrip up to ocala, where some awesome stateparks were waiting for us to be discovered. in silversprings we saw our first real life alligator who proved that swimming really isn’t the best idea in the restricted areas of florida.
fresh from an awesome cool bath in the juniper springs we tried to get to gainesville just an hour away from ocala. a crazy thunderstorm with a tornado warning made driving impossible. there was so much rain that i was happy to park the car on the side of the road.
much later we made it to gainesville, the city with floridas largest university.
so who finds the snake, the cute turtles and the chilly gator on the pictures?
after our awesome days in new york city we took the megabus down to d.c. the tickets were 15$ per person, and the bus was very clean and comfortable. the trip took about four hours.
so here’s the first two days in new york city. what else to say than the typical tourist program…
so what do we have? times square, moma, rockefeller center, wandering through the city without a plan, central park and a fine drinking bar. check, yes!
since my five-week-travel in australia and korea too much time had passed. everyday i was thinking about the next big thing. well australia was expensive and i only had about 10 days left this year for some travelling to do. so i decided to do small trip and visit spain and france in this years off-season in september.
we took a cheap plane to santander, located on the northcoast of spain direct at the atlantic ocean. since australia i badly wanted to check out how surfin in europe feels like. i heard of a great spot called somo, which was just a ferry-ride away from santander. quite a surfing community established in this tiny city with the amazing beach.
the waves were quiete big and we had big problems to even get into the water. to be fair, the waves were very high and i’m still a beginner :-)
a few days later we travelled down the coast to biarritz in france. biarritz is a beautiful place as well but i dont recommend that unless you have some good money to spend on things you can get much cheaper anywhere else. :) btw if you’re backpacking and still want to go, stay at the surfhostel. it is run by australians, you’ll have a board and a bike within the price. the stay was different then i expected because it has unlike a typical hostel very much the feel of a flatshare.
during july and august 2007 me and my girlfriend took our time off. forgetting about the german summer that was such a mess again. so italy is nice this time of year, especially sicily. to be honest it was fuckin’ hot and we got a serious sunburn after our first beach day in cefalu.
i’ve put together some of my favorite pictures of a truly amazing holiday. italy is such a nice place to be, but believe me on thing: never ever ever ever travel by train. delays like TEN HOURS aren’t unusual.
