Venezia

Sadly the last trip of my abroad experience was to Venice. Luckly, Dan and I had the pleasure of the company of Drewford from Maine. He really wanted to get a little more intimate so naturally we headed to Venice. Of course, leaving Barcelona we brought back a little bug that was passed on in succession from roommate to roommate seemingly the instant one roommate decided to make fun of the other. I need to lay off Dan. That put a little damper on the trip but the pigeons, wine, and pizza made up for it. Note to self: next time don't travel to one of the most romantic cities in the world with all dudes. DAMNIT! Especially sick ones....So long Europe!

Barcelona

If Dwight from the office lives by the three B's... "Bears, Beats, and Battle star Gallactica" then Barcelona is undoubtedly lives for "Beers, Beaches, and Breastices" All I have to say is within the first three days of my trip here, the only portions of Barcelona I witnessed with my own two eyes were the apartment we stayed in, the grocery store right outside our door, and the beach. Amazing. But not as amazing as some of the women there.....and their respective boobies. Oh yeah little sidenote....the food was pretty banging. Get tapas.

Stockholm Syndrome

Sweden has officially cracked my top three for most underrated cities of all time. The top two being Milwaukee and Hartford (I've only been to one of them so don't ask me for any sort of explanation or anything) Blondes, Vodka, Hockey, Pickled Hearing, Smorgeshboard! Rock on! We stayed on a boat in Sweden so I was a little skeptical at first but it turned out fing sweet. Best hostel ever. Officially. We also hit up a bar made of all ice. Have you ever done that in your life? If yes, well then I hate you, but if no then you should do it. Little costly but good times. Just dont lick the walls for two long...Oops

Praha

Praha or Prague as us Americans like to call it is a former capital of the Holy Roman Empire, and it shows. Really cool city. All we did was walk around, drink Pilsner Urquell, and marvel. Highlight of my trip was passing out on a hillside overlooking the city and maybe chilling on the Charles Bridge at night (where Kanye shot the diamonds video. Youtube it now) Oh and also if you visit, be careful of this innocent looking dude on the right that likes to go by B-52. Seemingly innocent, this shot includes a lit layer of absinthe that covers the top of the drink. A layer lit as such, that if it someone happened to bump you while holding it, it could possibly spill over still lit and burn your entire hand, ruining a night and causing some shooting pain for the rest of your trip. I mean, not like its happened to me or anything. Right?

Munchen!

Starkbierzit is a festival that is commonly referred to as Oktoberfest without the tourists. Well we went to the Oktoberfest grounds only to find them empty. We did though, find a beer complex later that night and discovered where the real German festivities took place. Walking into a huge room full of thousands of people standing on top of benches, pounding steins, singing, and eating sausages probably ranks within the top ten moments of my life (behind learning to ride a bike) Well when you order a starkbier you receive a liter of 9% alcohol beer and then hold on for dear life. I feel like I handled it like a champ. I mean gosh,I AM Jaybomb after all...

London

I was fortunate enough to visit this city of cities with one of my close buddies Chris. Chris had never been to Europe so I figured it was a big one to get off the list while he was over and also for the fact that we had free accomodation (props to Schultz) Although I've been trained to hate the English living in Ireland (we romped in Rugby!) I made nice with some Brits and had a good weekend. Easter Mass at Westminster Abby was probably the highlight along with drinking some beers on the Tube and passing out for the night at Heathrow. But thats neither here nor there. The important thing is that I finally got to smoke some Hukkah in Europe. It may have been rushed and we were presented with the Hukkah ten minutes before the establishment closed. But I got to smoke some goddamit. Oh yeah and green tea is pretty sweet. You should try it sometime...

Budapest

Budapest, little did you know, is the city that formed from the merger between the smaller cities of Buda and Pest separated by the Danube River. See, you learn something new every day. All you need to know about this capital of Hungary is that we spent all day in hot natural baths. Finally my spring break felt like a "true" spring break. I have pictures for proof but my camera is being held hostage by the repair shop currently so you'll have to take my word until I pay the ransom. Oh and also you need to know that my roommate Brendan went to go ask this very attractive DJ at a club what her name was. Immediately she responded that she wanted to go home with him. Sketchy? NO not at all! I mean, neglecting the fact that Budapest is notorious for this scandal where they will throw hot Hungarian women at you to buy them drinks. Fun right? Except when you are delivered the tab by some Hungarian Mob boss with a couple thousand dollars due. Still fun? Thought so. Oh also the building in this picture is the engineering museum. You can see the words terror on the roof. See, you learned something else...