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Mike McHugh
Jun 1, 20124 min read
Everyone Knows Everyone!
Ciao Tutti! I arrived in Reggio di Calabria two days ago at about 11:00 AM and took a taxi straight to the Bed and Breakfast that one of...
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Mike McHugh
May 30, 20123 min read
Where’s the Rocky Music?
Hi All, Today is a very bittersweet day – the final day of the tour.  We woke up and had a three hour walking tour of Athens – our tour...
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Mike McHugh
May 29, 20122 min read
First Impressions: Athens
Hello from Athens! We just arrived and it seems to be a very unique city. There is lots of graffiti, but the areas we are driving through...
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Mike McHugh
May 27, 20122 min read
Relaxing on Poros
Hello from Greece! Our ferry from Bari to Greece was great. It was more like a cruise ship with staterooms, a restaurant, and even a...
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Mike McHugh
May 25, 20122 min read
Sorrento & Pompeii
Ciao Tutti! As I write this, I am driving through the rolling hills of Italy, each more breathtaking than the last, and listening to...
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Mike McHugh
May 23, 20122 min read
Mission Accomplished, Romesickness Averted
Ciao Tutti, Today was my last day in Roma – a very sad day, I know. I slept in to catch up on sleep as I felt like I may be coming down...
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Mike McHugh
May 21, 20123 min read
Home Sweet Rome
Ciao Tutti! Hello from my favorite city in the whole world and my home away from home! I feel like I never left Rome. I guess that should...
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Mike McHugh
May 19, 20121 min read
Versailles Gardens
Bonjour! Today, I went to the Gardens at the Palace of Versailles. It took about an hour and forty minutes to get there from our hotel,...
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Mike McHugh
May 18, 20122 min read
Free Day in Paris
Bonjour! Yesterday, I slept in until 11:30 AM and met up with a few friends at 12:45 PM at the Louvre. Since I spent a half of a day...
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Mike McHugh
May 18, 20121 min read
Paris with the Group
Bonjour! We arrived in Paris at 1:00 PM and hopped right on a bus for a coach tour. We drove all around Paris and stopped for lunch at...
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Mike McHugh
May 18, 20122 min read
London in ONE Day
Yesterday was quite a busy day. We essentially did all of London in a day! We started at 8:30 AM with a pretty extensive breakfast buffet...
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Mike McHugh
May 15, 20123 min read
London By Myself & Meeting the Group
Yesterday, I spent the whole day walking around London by myself. The weather was not the best as it kept raining on and off (at some...
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Mike McHugh
May 14, 20121 min read
London Called. I Answered.
Cheers! I am now in London! Â After a brief delay, my flight arrived into London at about 4:00 PM. I took the Heathrow Express which had...
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Mike McHugh
May 13, 20122 min read
Family
Yesterday, I took a tour of the Irish countryside and met a bunch of family that I don’t remember meeting before. First, we went to...
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Mike McHugh
May 11, 20123 min read
Dublin in a Day
Today, I took on Dublin by myself. Without the language barrier I have in most other countries, I felt like my bus tour yesterday gave me...
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Mike McHugh
May 10, 20122 min read
The Old Country: Dublin, Ireland
Last night, I made it to Dublin and my family which I don’t remember meeting, Seamus and his wife, Caroline, picked me up to the airport...
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Mike McHugh
May 10, 20123 min read
London’s Calling….just for 6 hours
Hi Everyone! I’m writing this as I look out of the window onto a rainy London tarmac. Yes, that means that I made it through the first...
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Mike McHugh
May 9, 20125 min read
Reflections: College
College. The best four years of your life. Four years ago, I thought that was just saying was, well, just a saying. Four years later,...
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