ITALY | Tuesday, 14 Oct 2014 | Views [290]
We'd booked a flight a while ago, it was nice not to have to organse transport...we got up early and found a patisserie gab had been eyeing off and had brecky by the ocean :) got our bags, caught a bus to the airport, where I accidentally tried to smuggle ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 14 Oct 2014 | Views [311]
to me
So we bid farewell to Abraham, checked out and went to the food market for some brecky..we had a miscommunication about the meeting place for the blabla car (Elle had gotten a different message to me) ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 12 Oct 2014 | Views [266]
We awoke nice and early to catch our bus to lyon..it was a drizzly day, so perfect for traveling :) we'd decided on lyon as it was a good midway point to the south of France..after about 6 hours we arrived in lyon..our airbnb person hadnt replied so ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 | Views [285]
We jumped on a tram this morning (the guys in Munich had made me a little complacent re public transport) thinking it'd be fine just to get to the main station (where we were meeting our ride)..that was until 3 ticket officers got on :| apparently ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 8 Oct 2014 | Views [260]
The ferry was quite nice, like a basic cruise ship..even had a cinema! Although you had to pay for it..so I just set up camp on a chair and snoozed, updated my blog, read, ate (had a picnic of cheese and rice cakes, even had my own tea bags ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 12 Sep 2014 | Views [345]
After a short hour train ride I arrived in pulborough, near horsham..beck picked me up and it hardly felt like 5 years had passed! We weren't even the closest of friends in Kenya but clicked instantly, she made me feel very welcome..we drove ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 3 Sep 2014 | Views [306]
Well this morning was just not my morning! I woke in enough time to walk to the bus station but accidentally took the long way and then was on the wrong side of a huge department store, which was between me and the bus station..so I got to ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 3 Sep 2014 | Views [261]
A short flight (couple of hours) later I arrived in Bournemouth airport..got quite drilled by customs re what I was doing in England etc but eventually got through..waited a while for a bus and then only had euros but was able to get some pounds ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 3 Sep 2014 | Views [376]
Arrived in Lagos a few hours later and followed the directions to my hostel..which took ages and then my phone died (standard) and I had to ask around for directions but I found it! It was on the outskirts of the old town, just inside the city ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Friday, 29 Aug 2014 | Views [260]
Got up and going pretty early, met a nice Aussie guy justin who'd also been at boom festival (Some massive trance festival in Portugal with about 35,000 people)..walked the hilly streets to the station where I caught a train to sintra, a small town ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 29 Aug 2014 | Views [248]
I'd organised a blablacar from granada to seville that morning so I bid farewell to the girls and headed to my ride..I was meeting him at his house, which just so happened to be in the albaycin so it was unbelievably hard to climb up there with my bags! ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 21 Aug 2014 | Views [185]
So I woke up from snoozing in the car to discover we were lost way out in the middle of nowhere! There wasn't a car for miles and buildings were scarce..but we got back on track after a long drive on a very windy road and hey, how many tourists would've ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 21 Aug 2014 | Views [247]
Valencia
So I arrived 3.5 hours later to the beautiful old city of Valencia..once again I relied on macdonalds wifi to find my hostel :P walked the well lit and busy streets ('twas about 11.30pm) to my hostel, super impressed by the architecture..... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 21 Aug 2014 | Views [261]
So, I arrived in barcelona about 9 hours later at almost 10pm with no idea of the city and no idea where to stay..I'd been given the name of one hostel which I could have caught a cab to if necessary but luckily there was a macdonalds..so I used the ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 14 Aug 2014 | Views [303]
So I lightened by bag a little by giving some clothes to charity and began my 10 hour bus journey to Marseille..thinking I'd scored a seat to myself, a man I'd politely spoken to before boarding decided to sit next to me..he was friendly but talked ... Read more >
ITALY | Thursday, 14 Aug 2014 | Views [493]
After a couple of hours on the train Maike and I arrived in milan..Maike had organised an apartment through airbnb but we couldn't check in til 2 so we had a coffee and snack nearby..after checking in and getting our bearings we ventured in ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2014 | Views [271]
5 hour bus ride to Zurich, Switzerland, via a ferry rode over lake Constantine..arrived in Zurich and then got a train to basel..couldn't connect to stupid wifi so ended up getting off at the wrong station without realising..as I was meant ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2014 | Views [400]
Lisa and Niklas kindly escorted me to the station, where I got a Fernbus about 6 hours to Munich..the German countryside was beautiful :) whenever the bus would stop for a break id just have to follow the others, as the driver didn't speak a word of ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2014 | Views [189]
The lovely lisa picked me up after her exam and we walked back to her unit to dump my bags...really nice apartment right next to a beautiful church (I have a pic from the balcony) and close to the Rhine river..lisa took a break from her studies and ... Read more >
GERMANY | Monday, 21 Jul 2014 | Views [262]
After hardly 2 hours of dozing time we landed at 5.30am Frankfurt time..not knowing how to read or speak any German, I was so so lucky to have Maike pick me up as it would have been quite confusing otherwise!! We went back to her lovely apartment (just ... Read more >
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