ALASTAIR + LALEINIA

I don't really know much about Vienna, but a few years ago I went to Innsbruck in Austria and it was amazing, so I had high hopes for Vienna. Given that we were going at Christmas time, we were really excited to see the Christmas Markets which we'd read about online. As we were walking around the city, we ended up seeing loads of them, spread all over the place. At the first one, we ate some really really good food. Lain and Emre had some kind of mac and cheese thing, and I don't even remember what I had now, I just remembered that it was great. As we walked around the city we admired the architecture, and Emre loved to see the horses and carts that seem to be all over the place. After walking around for hours, we were only moderately impressed with the markets. As we were walking around aimlessly we decided to head for a really tall Church spire. As we got closer and closer, we started to see what all the fuss was about, we had just found Vienna's best Ch...

I'm thinking back on this part of the trip, kind of amazed that we actually pulled this off. We passed through eight countries in three days, driving over 1,300 miles. Kind of wild, very rushed, very worth it! The goal was just to pass through as many countries as possible, seeing what we could from the car. We started in Milan and drive through Mt. Blanc. We stopped in Geneva, Switzerland for the night, before heading through Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, and doing in Pula, Croatia for the night. We then went back to Milan to watch AC Milan vs. Sampdoria, surrounded by the ultras. The highlights of the trip were the following: Gorillas visit Connor We decided we would go and visit Connor on his mission in Geneva. I didn't want him to be the guy who's brother visited him, so we decided to go in disguise and not tell him we were going to be there. In the after Halloween sales we bought gorilla suits for $5 each. My dad got his address so ...