Dean Vallejo

High speed train to Brussels.

I'm gonna miss Moldova. (at Soroca)

That didn't take long. I came home for lunch and we had a new turkey. I went out for a few hours and then it was in the kitchen. My host mom gave it some house whiskey to calm it's nerves shortly before it's demise. (at Soroca)

Căruța ride along the Nistru in Soroca yesterday with host mom, Nina. (at Soroca)

Found a local joint. Everyone is speaking Spanish except me. Loud as hell and everyone is laughing. Feels like I'm back home in Tampa. #paella #Barcelona (at Sabor cafe)

Pantheon #rome (at Pantheon)

Pope balcony. I was in another country today for a few hours. Everything in Vatican City was pretty incredible - history, architecture, art. I walked in the Pope's footsteps through the Sistine Chapel. No pics allowed in there. (at Vatican City)

Bucket list...Check! #rome (at Colliseum, Rome, Italy)

For all my friends and family back home in Tampa complaining about the cold... #soroca #moldova (at Soroca)

Climbing for gifts. #soroca #moldova #christmas (at Soroca)

Farewell Budapest. You were incredible. Now back to Bucharest for a day then back to the real world...well the real world of Moldova. #budapest #eurotrip (at Hero Square Budapest Hungary)

European travel problems. Keeping track of 5 different currencies. #dollar #euro #forint #romanianlei #moldovanlei #europetrip (at Budapest, Hungary)

What the hell. Everyone else was doing it. Me at Hungary Parliament. One of the largest parliament buildings in the world. #budapest #parliament (at Parlamento Budapest)

Found another American president I'm Budapest. #budapest #ronaldreagan (at Liberty Square)

Wandering through a park in Budapest today and I found this familiar face. #budapest #georgewashington (at Budapest, Hungary)

I'll play along. #hellohungary #budapest (at Budapest, Hungary)

Made it to Budapest. I'm going to love it here. #budapest #solotravel (at Budapest, Hungary)