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List of posts while traveling through Prague, Budapest and Germany…

• Bad luck in Budapest
• Out of my element in Deutchland, part 1
• Out of my element in Deutchland, part 2
• What will history reveal about US?
• Bringing the Jersey Pump to Europe’s club scene
• Prague will take your breathe away

Photos:

• Prague
• Germany
• Budapest

Unfortunately I’ve run out of steam when it comes to blogging about  my Europe trip.  There is something real about blogging while the thoughts are still in your head.  It’s another story to blog post-trip.  (Most) of the thoughts, realizations, epiphanies, etc are still in my head, but I feel like I burn myself out.  I’ve spent the last 2 weeks, since I’ve been back from my trip, sorting through the 700 pictures I took, fixing up the good ones, and uploading them to Picasa.  (Thank god that is finished!).

So let’s see what stories I can muster up this time.  First, let me give you a visual of how the city is mapped out.

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The clubs in Europe are absolutely ridiculous!  The photos (taken from the nights we were at the club) don’t even do it justice.  Not only was this an introduction to European techno clubs, but to techno clubs in general.  I’ve been listening to techno/trance/electronic music for years now.  My collection probably totals over 50 GB which might be 200-300 hours of music.

The toughest part of getting used to the scene in Europe is the time in which you go out.  Clubs in Europe rarely start before 11pm and usually go through the night.  This was definitely hard to adjust to.  The first night we were in Prague and ready to go out — we didn’t.  We had good intentions, but we went so wrong.  Jenn, Kelsey and I headed to Olympia for a happy hour pre game.  You can get 0.5L of beer for less than $2.  Several beers later the buzz had kicked in.  Unfortunately we were a few hours early.  It was only 4pm.  We decided to continue to get our drink on for another hour or two.  Finally, around 6pm, we headed home.  The plan to was chill out for a bit before going out at night.

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