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Trip: Coach Trip!

There are [18] stories from my trip: Coach Trip!

Week 34: Dijon and Paris

FRANCE | Monday, 12 Dec 2011 | Views [1881]

When most people think of Dijon, they most likely will think of mustard. From now on, when I hear the word Dijon, I’ll think chaos. In theory it should not even had embedded itself in my memory for longer than the 12 hours we were there, however the difficulties ... Read more >

Photos: Paris (again)

FRANCE | Monday, 12 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Week 34: Lake Lugano and Luzern (Lucerne)

SWITZERLAND | Friday, 9 Dec 2011 | Views [1276]

Switzerland. Home of skiing, chocolates and watches, the Swiss Guard and the Swiss franc. ‘Twas the place where I realised that altitude sickness does really exist and the place I decided to do my family souvenir shopping, spending more than what I earnt ... Read more >

Photos: Mt Pilatus

SWITZERLAND | Saturday, 3 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery

Pictureque Perfection!
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Photos: Luzerne and it's Lake

SWITZERLAND | Friday, 2 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Lake Lugano and Flulen

SWITZERLAND | Friday, 2 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Week 34: Venice and Verona

ITALY | Monday, 28 Nov 2011 | Views [677]

Ah fair Verona where Shakespeare doth set his most belov’d of plays! I personally don’t understand why any story where the hero and the heroine die is considered a romantic story (more like a tragedy in my opinion) but romantic would be the word I’d ... Read more >

Photos: Venice

ITALY | Wednesday, 23 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Northern Italy and Verona

ITALY | Monday, 21 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Week 34: Overnight in Austria

AUSTRIA | Monday, 21 Nov 2011 | Views [596]

Somewhere between Southern Germany and Northern Austria is my favourite part of the world. I have yet to find the exact place and I look forward to discovering it one day. After all my moping around London for the previous month, I think it was worth ... Read more >

Photos: The Tyrolean Alps and Innsbruck

AUSTRIA | Thursday, 17 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Week 34: The Rhine River, the Romantic Road and Rothenberg

GERMANY | Tuesday, 15 Nov 2011 | Views [989]

Germany is beautiful in autumn. I know I said London was beautiful in autumn but so is Germany. Any country with deciduous trees is beautiful in autumn. And really the countryside needed to beautiful otherwise I would have gone mad as we spent most of ... Read more >

Photos: Rothenburg ob der Tauber

GERMANY | Tuesday, 15 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

If I lived in a fairytale I'd live here :)
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Photos: The Romantic Road and the Mosel River

GERMANY | Monday, 14 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Photos: The Rhine River

GERMANY | Sunday, 13 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery

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Week 34: Crossing the Chanel and Brussels

BELGIUM | Friday, 11 Nov 2011 | Views [576]

The reason I didn’t just come to Europe for an extra long holiday combing tours and independent travel was that I wanted to spend time in different cities so that I could get a feel for the place. With limited time and limited funds I decided to go ... Read more >