http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:45:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My six month party has ended. Back to reality. I have a long list of things to do. I'm in debt up to my ears. I need to go get a real job. Need to go back to school. I miss all my friends in Budapest, and all my friends from ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/04/18/to-be-continued/ Today is my last full day in Budapest, tomorrow I leave for London. I will be staying at a friends house in London, and bright and early Wednesday morning I leave on my tour of Western Europe. After my two week tour I will have one more night in London, ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/03/31/goodbye-budapest-for-now/ Back home, I've always been friends with people either my age, or younger. Here, in Budapest, all my friends and co-workers are older then me, this has forced me to look at myself in a new way. Before, I would judge myself on my younger, often less mature friends. Here, ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/03/22/adulthood/ http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/03/18/almost-at-the-end-of-line/ Whats is the national holiday like in Canada? Fireworks, Lame Stage Performances, some teenagers smash some things, but all in all a pretty dull holiday. What is the national holiday like in Hungary? Rioters smashed cars, injured journalists and fought with police following a demonstration by the Hungarian Self-Defence Movement on ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/03/17/national-holidays-in-hungary/ Hungarians pigeons are crazy. They have no fear, obviously they still have some Red in them. One of the Soviet Pigeons walked in front of me as I walking towards it today and it didn't move out the way - I had to walk around it, I had to get ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/03/08/soviet-pigeons/ Every state in the European Union has a long history of war, revolution and development. However, as we all know, those who live it write history. Although it may seem as though Europe has moved into an era of peace and economic development, in truth, there is a hidden, dark ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/02/29/europe-and-human-rights/ Top 5 Reasons Budapest Is Better A Long and Colourful History All The Monuments, Church's, and Buda Castle More Pubs, Clubs, Cafes, and Restaraunts Easy access to the rest of Europe Significantly better Arts & Culture Scene Top 5 Reasons Vancouver Is Better My Own Long and Colourful History The Pacific Ocean The ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/02/28/scotts-top-five/ I've been corrected twice now on separate occasions that I was shaking hands with people wrong. 1.) I often shake hands with my gloves on, which is rude, apparently. 2.) I often don't give eye contact to the person I'm shaking hands with, which is also rude, apparently. Well live and learn I ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/02/24/apparently-i-suck-at-shaking-hands/ A joke about Canada as told to me by my Turkish friend: "At the founding of the nation, they decided to draw letters out of a hat to make the name of country, a 'Newfie' was chosen to draw the letters, he read out: C eh? N eh? D eh? And ... http://www.scottelliott.info/travelblog/2008/02/20/canada-joke-by-a-turk/