Trip: Eurotrip '09/'10
There are [83] stories from my trip: Eurotrip '09/'10
GERMANY | Saturday, 30 Jan 2010 | Views [334]
Had to get up and leave Contiki and Austria at like 9am. We had said all our goodbyes last night and just had to pack this morning. Caught the train with a few Contiki people to Munich, got a free ride, didnt need to fill out the eurail pass which is ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Friday, 29 Jan 2010 | Views [417]
Last day snowboarding today. Luckily the snow is a great hangover cure!...not sure if its particularly safe to operate a snowboard while hungover though... Went out with the big boys today. Was brilliant in the morning. I was snowboarding better than ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Thursday, 28 Jan 2010 | Views [404] | Comments [2]
Got on the first bus to the snow today. Back on the snowboard, arm is still bad, but cant sit around all day. Hit up the baby slope. Did pretty well, didnt fall once, went up and down like 100 times. Have some confidence back. Party night in the Contiki ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010 | Views [354]
Missed the first bus to the snow today. Had a bit of a sleepin after australia day festivities. Arm feeling a bit better today. More movement aswell. Tried snowboarding agian. Got up and fell 3 times in a row. Zero confidence, went home. Ah well. Kareoke ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010 | Views [381]
Elbow is destroyed today. Didnt go out snowboarding. Walked into town, got some lunch. Spent most of the day licking my wounds. Australia day is huge in Hopfgarten, heaps of Auzzies here. Went to the local Aus Pub, the Silver Bullet. Was a huge party, ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Monday, 25 Jan 2010 | Views [378]
2nd snowboard lesson today. Went up the mountain, on to a blue run. We worked on turning and doing S's. Started to get some confidence and speed. Tried to do an S turn, board caught an edge and i smashed my hand, face first down the slope. Thought ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Sunday, 24 Jan 2010 | Views [358]
First day snowboarding today. Contiki breakfast is brilliant, full hot and cold options, gotta love that. Headed to my snowboard lesson at about 9am. Struggled at first, spent more time on my arse than on the board. But after a while i manage to stand ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Saturday, 23 Jan 2010 | Views [407] | Comments [1]
Another travel today, its a bit of a pain in the arse to get from rome to hopfgarted, but thats life. We caught trains from Salzburg to Worgl, then to hopfgarten itself, but we were a bit earl to check in. Hopfgarten looks really cool, very pretty place, ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Friday, 22 Jan 2010 | Views [405]
Set off this morning for Austria. Caught our train to Vennice no worries, but we stuggled to find our bus. Luckily we flagged it down just as it was setting off. The bus took us to Villack, a bordertown. Then from Villach we caught another train to ... Read more >
ITALY | Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 | Views [284]
Last day in Rome today, have thoroughly enjoyed rome as a whole. We went up the Villa de Borghese (spelling?). Its a cool park area north of the heart of rome. Supposedly its the Renaissance area. The park was cool, and it was a nice walk, but all the ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 20 Jan 2010 | Views [347] | Comments [1]
Had a bit of a late start today, mainly due to the pub crawl. But we had been told that the Castle of St Angelo was pretty impressive, so we caught the metro over there and had a browse. The museum was actually pretty crap (but after the British Museum ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010 | Views [283]
Headed over to the Vatican today. Sadly old Ratsinger wasnt in, so we couldnt say hi. St Peter's Bassilica and the Piazza are pretty impressive, and the bassilica itself is like a palace inside...oath of poverty? must not apply within vatican walls.... Read more >
ITALY | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Views [289]
actually had some quality sleep last night. woke up to a free cappucino and a croissant, gotta love this hostel. we headed over the ancient part of the city today. did the guided tour with our sleezy tourguide roberto, haha, he was a classic. the tour ... Read more >
ITALY | Sunday, 17 Jan 2010 | Views [356]
We arrived in Rome at about 11am, but despite being on a "sleeper" train, we had very little sleep. We made it to our hostel by about 1pm, its pretty cool, more like a hotel than a hostel. probably a good thing to have some peace and quiet ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 16 Jan 2010 | Views [285]
last day in frace. weather is pretty lousy. Our train didint leave until 7pm, and everyone had been telling us to go and check out the pallace at Versailles. We caught the train out there. The Pallace was pretty impressive from the outside, and the ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 15 Jan 2010 | Views [269]
Big day today! Euro Disney! Me and Sam are the only ones left of the group in Paris today. everyone else has left. Beazley almost missed his flight, typical. We caught the metro, bright and early, out to Euro Dinsney Land. The weather was pretty average, ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 14 Jan 2010 | Views [303] | Comments [1]
Actually got up early today, first time in the last week. Me, Sam and Beaz went to Sacre Coeur. Brilliant views and impressive church, but the gypsies were rediculous, so were the guys selling junk and trying to tie bracelets on ur wrist and then ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 13 Jan 2010 | Views [277]
We set off to see the Pantheon today...not really knowing what it was. Went to my fist patisserie and had one of those chocolate croissant thingies. Walked through the Luxenbourg gardens which were pretty cool. Eventually found the Pantheon. But it ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010 | Views [281]
Woke up a bit earlier today. Its a bit hard to get out of bed when its freezing outside. Met up with Tom, Chels and Beazley today and we all went to see the Catacombs. The Catacombs are huge! You walk down a tiny spiral staircase for like 10mins then ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 11 Jan 2010 | Views [283]
Some of the guys went to see the major sights of Paris today, but me and sam have already done the biggies. So a few of us tried to go to see Jim Morrison's grave. We got to the cememary but we werent allowed in because of the weather. Its freezing in ... Read more >
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