#hostel
First pound cake attempt turned out better than expected. Saber-tooth tiger. Right now I’m off sweets until Father’s Day, though. I want to make pound cake then too, but maybe with blue- or cranberries. This time I might also use yogurt instead of sour cream and add more sugar, because I only used half as much as the recipe called for.
My elliptical is still broke. I can’t seem to find its manual online so I might just need to contact the company. But even if I managed to fix the elliptical tomorrow it can’t be used because my ankle’s sprained. So I started swimming again. The new goggles I got are cute, but they suck. Thankfully the swim cap doesn’t make me look like one of the guys from Hostel: Part II. (Planning to watch the third one on Netflix next week.)
I found out Boxer-Pointer mixes are called “Boxapoints.” BABY BOXAPOINT.
Speaking of pools and dogs, make sure to bring your dogs’ water bowls inside at night. Because mosquitos will lay eggs in them. That happened to our inflatable pool when I was a kid and we had to throw it out. :(
Fortunately, since using a lavender Febreze plug-in, there’s been barely any bugs in the house. At least, compared to how many are usually in the house when it’s warm out.
I’m thinking of just doing weekly update posts, to keep track of movies. Last one was Spider-Man: No Way Home. Villain crossover.
To watch:
- Hostel: Part III
- Scream 5
- Dracula1931 (‘Cause this ask made me realize I’d never seen it.)
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When we were enjoying the sun in New York City. T-6 days until our final Practicum Exhibition!
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Shower room of a worker’s hostel in Alabino, Moscow Oblast, Russia. This type of accommodation is often used by construction workers and migrant workers.
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Men’s showers at Hostel Tushinskaya on Skhodnenskiy Tupik street in Moscow, Russia.
It doesn’t look too glamorous, but it costs just 200 roubles (2.80USD) per night for a dorm room.
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Men’s shower and bathroom at the Skydive Voss in Voss, Norway. It’s both a skydiving centre and hostel.
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Male shower room in a dorm at Sportpark Rabenberg, Germany. This dorm primarily serves school and scout groups on activity stays.
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Men’s onsen/ shower room at Shinjuku Kuyakushomae Capsule Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
The onsen is the only shower area available for men and is found on the third floor. This capsule hotel is incredibly popular with Japanese businessmen and with foreign travelers looking to try something uniquely Japanese. Sadly for women, their floor only has a traditional shower room with stalls and no spa.
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Shower and washroom at the Seoul Youth Hostel in Seoul, South Korea.
Korea is a great place for the communal shower lover. Stalls are very rare in gyms, pools, hostels and student dorms.
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The men’s shower at the Villa Francescatti Youth Hostel in Verona, Italy.
The hostel serves lots of different groups including travelers and school groups.
The women’s room is similar but had cubicles with no doors/ curtains.
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Romania 2011
1. countryside: buying chicken to make soup
2. citylife: family business on the streets
3. summertime: a hostel near the beach by night
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Milan, Italy.
Cool people I met in a hostel in Milan after my exchange friends went back to Nice, while I stayed in Italy.
From left to right:
Brazilian, Italian, Australian, Brazilian, Italian, Italian
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Said town is known as Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic and it’s very pretty. See:
I love a grubby Eli Roth film so I was very excited to be wandering round Hostel-ville, I also knew that while I was there I had to check out the Torture Museum that’s used in the film.
Sadly, I was travelling with two big ole wimps, meaning I had to traipse around the dark, dingey, slightly pongy underground museum solo. Very scary but I did see some fabulously gross and stabby torture implements, including this chair with ominous stains:
Nearly shat my pants when I noticed this wench caved into the walls.
Oh, hai.
