Great Times in Italy

Sometimes one must take a vacation from their vacation. That is exactly what I did and headed down to Italy for a week. I actually have not visited the main land of Italy, just a little island next to Sicily named Sardinia. You can see exactly where I was on the map below.

We flew into Aleghro which is on the north eastern side of the island. We were very close to the capital of Sardinia, which has my favorite Italian name ever, Sassari. If you say it quickly it sounds like "So Sorry". It is really the extend of my Italian.

It was a very interesting adventure to where I traveled on "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" to get to my destination. Oh yeah, we also took a bus. That really was not very appealing. Anyways, here are some pictures of my trip to Sardinia. 

Day One:

(The first day we got Italy in the Afternoon)

Day Two:

(We went to the Beach)

Day Three: 

(Boat Trip along the coast of Sardinia)

(Similar to the size of boat we were on for the day)

(Rock that looks like a skull)

(We got to steer the boat for a bit)

(The rock below has a profile of a person on the right hand side)

(The Captain of the boat made us a fantastic seafood pasta lunch with wine)

(Fun in the sun in our own private cove)

Day Four:

(On the Beach again)

Day Five:

(A day on the 125cc scooters, just mobbing around Sassari and the coast)

Hope you enjoyed Italy as much as I did...

Free time in Berlin

My time in Berlin was absolutely fantastic! Some of the highlights of the trip consisted of hitting several German pubs and going to the Berlin Zoo. I found the most unique pub that would sure be a hit back in the States. It was a sports bar that had several tables throughout the restaurant, just like a normal sports bar. But this bar had one distinguishing characteristic that made it really stand out. Every table was marked with a number and had a beer tap dispenser located in the middle of the table with around 5 spouts. Above the dispenser was a readout that each person at the table could pick a number and do everything from pour your own beer, to ordering food, and you could even select songs from the jukebox. Every persons tab was seperate and you could see exactly how much beer you were drinking. This ingenious invention even had a beer glass cleaning station. 

The name of the sports bar was "The Pub". The reason that I tell you that is because it was a chain sports bar that had nightly competitions with the other sister bars to see who could drink the most. Every 0.5 Liters of beer that was dispensed out of our tap was recorded and measured against the other locations. The other locations were in Prague, Munich, and other places in Europe. The competition was televised to every bar and the next picture shows that. 

It was a lot of fun to hang out here with my friends, listening to great music, enjoying good food and great beers. Our table came in 5th that evening against all the other sports bars. I think we did pretty good...

The next afternoon we decided to hit the Berlin Zoo. It was rumored to be comparable to the San Diego Zoo. Well, I have to be honest and say not even close. Some interesting facts about the Zoo was that there were hardly any fences around the animals. In fact most exhibits just had a little ditch separating you from the animals. That was cool because you could almost just reach out and touch them. It was a lot of fun and worth the 10 Euro it cost to get in.