The latest Journal Entries from C at Footstops.com en-us Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:25:08 -0700 Copyright 2009, Bryan Rite @ Footstops.com Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:25:08 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/ Today I arrived in Nice. We arrived in the city pretty late, around 9pm.  Finding our hostel was probably the most rigourous expedition i have been on.  Our hostel was located on the outskirts of Nice high above the hill and the train station is in... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/781/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/781/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:51:09 -0700 Today I travelled to Strasbourg, which is in the Alsace region of France.  The train took up most of my day getting to paris and then paris to Strasbourg.  After arriving at the station, it was a little difficult to find the hostel, but after somet... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/754/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/754/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:38:53 -0700 Today we woke up early to make the most of our day in Amsterdam.  We started by getting in line half an hour early for the anne frank house.  There was already a long line when we arrived, but once it opened the line moved pretty fast.  The museum... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/708/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/708/ Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:20:21 -0700 Today we left Brugge for an afternoon in Brussels.  We arrived at noon and started our day with Waffles.  Hannah got one with strawberries and chocolate and beth and I split two, one with only strawberries and another one that was plain and we adde... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/707/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/707/ Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:32:48 -0700 Today I travelled to Brugge with Beth and Hannah.  We took the Thalys from Paris which was a superfast train to Brussels then transferred to Brugge.  Navigation of the town was pretty simpled because the town is pretty small.  We found our hotel a... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/706/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/706/ Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:58:43 -0700 Today Beth and I took a train to Epernay which is in the Champagne region of France.  It was a rainy saturday, so travelling on the train wasnt all that bad, Epernay is about an hour and a half outside of Paris.  We arrived around 2pm and navigated... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/669/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/669/ Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:05:04 -0700 Today I planned for a whole day of hiking.  First Tina, Jess, and Ryan and I had the three euro breakfast at the hostel that was really good.  The coffee was very strong, but delicious and they had cereal and yogurt and croissants with jelly in the... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/651/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/651/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:18:07 -0700 Today I am headed for the Cinque Terre.  I am super nervous because I am travelling by myself.  Hannah went to Valencia to meet up with some friends, and since I just went to Spain I decided to explore Italy more, also I didnt want to waste the lon... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/649/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/649/ Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:32:08 -0700 After a free breakfast Hannah and I explored the city a  little.  Naples has tons of historical architecture and museums but it all seems lost in the hustle and bustle of the cities stores etc.  We explored the dock area then took a Furniculair to... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/624/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/624/ Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:05:08 -0700 Arrived in Naples today.  We mainly decided to go to Naples because we really wanted to go to the island of Capri and Naples would be the easiest stepping stone to get there. Naples is the birthplace of the Pizza, and prior to the trip I heard from ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/623/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/623/ Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:15:59 -0700 On our third and last day in Florence, Hannah and I trekked out to Pisa to see the tower.  It was a fun little day trip, but it was raining so we couldnt explore too much of the city. Also we learnt never again to sit down at Italian cafes for ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/625/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/625/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:23:51 -0700 Arrived in Florence this morning with Hannah.  We took an overnight train from Paris to Florence and arrived at 7:30am.  We set off to find Hannah's friend's apartment who is studying in Florence.  She lives in the Oltrano section so I knew we had... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/613/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/613/ Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:21:40 -0700 After leaving Chenonceau, our driver brought us to Chateau d'Amboise which was 15 minutes away.  Hannah and I fell in love with the town instantly.  Its a tiny little town and the Chateau is situated high on a hill overlooking the town.  For a Sun... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/537/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/537/ Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:22:56 -0700 Today Hannah and I woke up early to catch a tour to local Chateaux.  The tour started at 9am and only cost 17 euro for a driver to bring us to two chateaux.  The first one was Chenonceau and the second was Amboise.  The driver was a very nice olde... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/534/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/534/ Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:09:36 -0700 Today Hannah and I ventured about 3 hours south of Paris to Tours, France.  Tours is well known for speaking a perfect form of French and are considered to have the purest form of the language with no hint of accents.  We arrived in the late aftern... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/533/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/533/ Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:57:00 -0800 Today my father and I woke up early to Visit Casa Mila which is also known as La Pedrera.  Meaning "the quarry" La Pedrera is located on Passeig de Gracia.  From the outside, on the street the building is located on a corner and has an undulating f... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/532/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/532/ Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:37:56 -0800 Today took a day trip to Girona which is an hour and a half outside of Barcelona.  It was pretty cloudy in the morning but we strated off with walking towards the main rambla in the town.  I liked Girona, it wasnt too busy so we were able to get a ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/526/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/526/ Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:57:58 -0800 Today my father and I visited La Sagrada Familia. Sagrada Familia means the Holy Family and it is a basilica that has been under construction since 1884, even after the main architect, Antoni Gaudi's death.  The basilica is trully an amazing buildin... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/476/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/476/ Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:04:19 -0800 Just spent an amazing week in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain.I arrived in Barcelona in the late afternoon and met my parents in Placa Catalyuna, that was easier said then done because I have no knowledge of the Spanish language. However,... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/474/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/474/ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:36:10 -0800 "All that can be found anywhere can be found in Paris" Victor Hugo How true, how true. Every time I return to Paris, I fall in love with it more and more. This weekend was considered a light traveling weekend for me. I planned on meeting my fr... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/353/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/353/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:50:42 -0800 Today we took a train from Paris to Interlaken Switzerland. The train had a transfer in Basel, but we finally arrived after around 10 hours of travelling into Interlaken with the town all shut down and we ventured into the darkness to try and find o... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/331/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/331/ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:33:50 -0800 Today I set out on a trip to see the third most popular tourist attraction in France, Mont-St-Michel, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The trip was organized by the Cultures Connection at ESC. We took a three hour long bus ride around 9:30... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/259/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/259/ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:27:30 -0800 Today we woke up with the sun actually out. Jaimie and myself started our day with an amazing breakfast at our auberge. Included in our 20 euro payment, we had free breakfast. I didnt think that it would be uch because our free breakfast in Londo... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/248/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/248/ Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:48:52 -0800 Today I woke up very early to catch a 6:55 train to Caen with Jaimie. We arrived in the city around 8:30 and the sun had yet to come out and the city was just starting to get busy. Caen is the capital of the Basse-Normandie region and is well known... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/245/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/245/ Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:27:53 -0800 Seek and You Shall Find. Today after my International Marketing class I went for a run around town because it was one of the rare sunny days in Rouen. Running around school is a difficult task due to the high frequency of cars etc, but with all the... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/231/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/231/ Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:03:04 -0800 Hannah and I woke this morning to a sunny day in London. We got ready and dressed around 9am and got our free breakfast in the hostel. We then headed to the Tube station to buy a day pass which also worked on the trains. We then headed to monument ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/232/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/232/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:11:14 -0800 Hannah and I left Rouen around 12 to go into paris to catch a flight at charles de gaulle. This is easier said than done since our train from rouen arrived at gare st. lazare and we needed to get to cdg from gare du nord. It took some time and mone... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/227/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/227/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:10:14 -0800 Venturing into town to fully experience a different aspect of french culture through the market scene. Today we woke up and journeyed into town to check out some markets downtown. We had heard that the market at Place St. Mark’s was really good a... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/158/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/158/ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:19:27 -0800 Two days in Paris catching some quick sights, browsing rue de rivoli sales, and basking in some amazing French culture with four canadians and two americans.... priceless! Thursday afternoon Hannah, Beth and I left Rouen to meet up with Jaimie, Jade... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/153/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/153/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:52:20 -0800 Arrived at Charles De Gaulle on a semi sunny afternoon on the third. I was completely exhausted, but was looking forward to starting off my semester in Rouen. The taxi ride to Rouen took about an Hour and forty minutes as we drove through spacious ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/152/ http://www.footstops.com/ckruse11/blog/152/ Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:21:05 -0800