World Adventure

Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration

POLAND | Thursday, 26 Nov 2009 | Views [825]

Hi All, Words do no justice to the horror of Auschwitz so it is difficult to express how confronting our visit to these death camps was so we shan´t even attempt to recount what we saw..... ¨The one who does not remember history is bound to live ... Read more >

Krakow, Poland

POLAND | Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009 | Views [736]

Hi All, A quick walk to the river for a look at the John Lennon peace wall but unfortunately vandals had sprayed over the original works. We had time to drop in to the local pub we had found previous and have goulash and spicey pork with dumplings ... Read more >

Day trips from Prague

AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009 | Views [821]

Hi all, Day trip to Karlštejn Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%C5%A1tejn This is a great castle and we did the boring tour which unfortunately didn´t cover the Chapel of the holy rood which was ... Read more >

Gallery: Prague,Czech Republic

CZECH REPUBLIC | Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Vienna -Christmas markets

AUSTRIA | Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Photo Gallery

Prague, Czech republic

CZECH REPUBLIC | Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Views [667]

Dear All, We decided to pay the full price for train tickets and head to Prague so it was onto the tram to the Southern train station (sudbahnhoff) and a 4 hr journey. We watched the movie trans-siberia along the way. Prague. It certainly did not ... Read more >

Vienna the summary

AUSTRIA | Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Views [933]

Hi All, Good news. Passports are back. We spent a lot of time looking at the tracking of the passports from Australia. They went the long way: Sydney, Australia; Leipzig, Germany; Bratslavia, Slokavia; and finally Vienna, Austria. We raced out to ... Read more >

Vienna, Austria here we are again

AUSTRIA | Thursday, 12 Nov 2009 | Views [781]

Hello All Arrived and guess what they do use vegemite in this hostel we just can´t tell you where and we unfortunately can´t consume it!!! Bye, David and Vanessa

The weird hostel and Stahleck Castle Bacharach

GERMANY | Thursday, 12 Nov 2009 | Views [3080] | Comments [1]

Hello All, We didn't get going until 12pm which was our late checkout from the ibis. Wanted to get our money worth. During that time I had decided that I wanted to go to the Rhine river as it was reasonably close. Unfortunately ... Read more >

Heidelberg to Triberg the day from Hell

GERMANY | Thursday, 12 Nov 2009 | Views [2770]

Hi All, We caught the train after our walk around the old town of Wursburg heading to Heidelberg. It takes a long time with the slower trains and we arrived to an average looking town. We had a few dramas with the storage lockers ... Read more >

Missing Mail Update

GERMANY | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | Views [708]

Hi All, Finally after 3months and approximately 16,997km of travel, numerous rounds of correspondence back and forth between Royal Mail ,Parcel Force and ourselves our box full of priceless items,broken soled scarpe leather hiking boots,spoons and ... Read more >

Wurzburg

GERMANY | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | Views [1116]

Hi All, We arrived in Wurzburg and located our hostel about 200m from the train station.It was a brand new hostel called babelfish which was filled with Ikea furniture ,a big dopey black pet dog,helpful staff and a book exchange so what more could ... Read more >

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

GERMANY | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | Views [2765]

Hello All, Today we boarded our train for Germany's best-preserved walled town.It was a long and at times arduous journey to Rothenburg ob der Tauber which required 3 changes of train and a bus to train but the journey was worth it as the town ... Read more >

Gallery: Bacharach

GERMANY | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | Photo Gallery