CZECH REPUBLIC | Saturday, 6 Feb 2010 | Views [264] | Comments [1]
Last day in Prague. Honestly Prague was a little dissapointing. Was pretty but not amazing. And there wasnt 4 nights worth of sights to see. 3 nights would be enough. Still was a cool place... crayz nightlife! Mainly packed today, pulled the whole ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Friday, 5 Feb 2010 | Views [212]
Nady headed to amsterdam today. Me and sam did the newprague walking tour. Was 3hrs long and freezing, but well worth doing, better than the munich one. Prague has a pretty amazing history. Cooked up another top meal. Stir fry, damn good considering ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Thursday, 4 Feb 2010 | Views [239]
bit of a late start...tends to follow pubcrawls for some reason... Sams still feeling pretty average. We went for a walk to Prague castle, cool place, crazy church in the middle of it. Also walked through old town. Nice area. Did some grocery shopping.... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 3 Feb 2010 | Views [207]
left munich aroud 9am, got into Prague at around 4. Prague is really beautiful...but as soon as u see the locals you know your definatley in Eastern Europe haha. We splurged for a whopping 15euros and got an appartment instead of a dorm room. Well worth ... Read more >
GERMANY | Tuesday, 2 Feb 2010 | Views [269]
Met up with another dude from contiki today, Guy. 8ut Nady left for Prague before he arrived. Headed over to the BMW factory and museum around lunchtime. But a watermain had burst that morning and flooded the museum, so the museum was closed. Still.... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Monday, 1 Feb 2010 | Views [347] | Comments [1]
Needed a sleepin after the Hofbrauhause. Did a "Free" walking tour of Munich. (you are expected to tip). It was really good, we're going to do the same tours in Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam aswell hopefully. Learnt a bit about munich's history ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 | Views [331]
Headed out to Dachau Concentration camp today. Did a tour. Very interesting and informative, but very depressing aswell. Well worth doing though. Great tourguide. Had to lift our spirits, so all 3 of us headed to the Hofbrauhause tonight. What a place! ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 30 Jan 2010 | Views [274]
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 [351]
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 [343] | 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 [311]
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 [322]
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 [327]
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 [306]
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 [357] | 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 [354]
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 [244]
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 [304] | 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 [239]
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 [232]
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 >
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