100 THINGS!!

THE LIST

lauren-farr — Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:59:00 GMT

100 THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH ON OUR TRIP

1. ~~conquer europe~~

2. ~~live and work in england~~

3. ~~get crafty for a day~~

4. ~~save some money~~

5. ~~invent a new meal~~

6. ~~take a roadtrip~~

7. ~~learn a new language~~ 1/2 completed. points for trying

8. ~~celebrate st patrick's day in dublin~~

9. ~~drink beer at oktoberfest in munich~~

10. ~~go to disneyland in paris and act like a kid for the whole day :)~~

11. ~~ride a camel in egypt~~

12. ~~dress up as french people and take photos under the eiffel tower~~

13. ~~visit york, england~~

14. ~~cruise the greek islands~~

15. ~~get a 'taste' for amsterdam~~

16. ~~see buckingham palace~~

17. ~~go on the london eye~~

18. ~~climb the eiffel tower~~

19. ~~go to the top of the arc de triump~~

20. ~~take a photo at moulin rouge~~

21. ~~visit a casino in monaco~~

22. ~~gondola ride in venice~~

23. ~~go clubbing in barcelona~~

24. ~~take a ride on a double decker bus~~

25. ~~drink french wine in france~~

26. ~~see the mona lisa~~

27. ~~visit the notre dame cathedral~~

28. ~~take cheesey photos at the leaning tower of pisa~~

29. ~~go inside the colosseum~~

30. ~~see the roman forum~~

31. ~~toga party in greece~~

32. ~~visit A.N.Z.A.C cove~~

33. ~~eat pizza in italy~~

34. ~~see the cathedral of st vitus in prague~~

35. ~~survive the otley run - leeds~~

36. ~~dine on a traditional wetherspoons breakfast~~

37. ~~see alexander nevsky's cathedral~~

38. ~~eats snails and frogs legs in france~~

39. ~~visit a post office in heidelberg~~

40. ~~go to the moscow state circus~~

41. ~~see the sistine chapel in rome~~

42. ~~go skinny dipping~~

43. ~~swim in barcelona's beautiful beach~~

44. ~~have a perfect afternoon~~

45. ~~climb an effing mountain~~

46. ~~have your portrait drawn~~

47. ~~visit troy (not the movie, the walls)~~

48. ~~try the famous butlers chocolate~~

49. ~~collect a beer bottle from every country visited~~

50. ~~see a real english castle~~

51. ~~buy french perfume~~

52. ~~ride quad bikes through the desert~~

53. ~~taste real english sausage and mash~~

54. ~~hike a live volcano~~

55. ~~visit the blue mosque in istanbul~~

56. ~~read pride and prejudice by jane austin~~

57. ~~try real german pretzels~~

58. ~~see the pyramids of giza~~

59. ~~get another piercing~~

60. ~~see stonehenge and bath~~

61. ~~see the glockenspiel in munich~~

62. ~~see juliets balcony in verona~~

63. ~~try traditional greek salad and gyros when in greece~~

64. ~~cruise down the river nile~~

65. ~~go fishing in the lake district~~

66. ~~go shopping in oxford street, london~~

67. ~~drink guinness in ireland~~

68. ~~stay in a real english house~~

69. ~~see the swiss alps~~

70. ~~contribute at least 30 books to 'the library'~~

71. ~~see a live show in london~~

72. ~~experience paris at night~~

73. ~~snorkel at the blue hole~~

74. ~~swim in lake ohrid~~

75. ~~visit the pompeii ruins~~

76. ~~find duff beer~~

77. ~~smoke shesha~~

78. ~~try every single J20 flavour~~

79. ~~see fisherman's bastion in budapest~~

80. ~~dont hide in the tent, make some friends~~

81. ~~traditional turkish bath~~

82. ~~eat some swiss chocolate, infront of a swiss cow, in switzerland~~

83. ~~send home made christmas cards~~

84. ~~have a day of baking~~

85. ~~join a gym~~

86. ~~hire a row boat and have a picnic on water~~

87. ~~visit a concentration camp in germany~~

88. ~~have a harry potter marathon~~

89. ~~listen to the famous sea organ of zadar~~

90. ~~fairy floss at prater park, austria~~

91. ~~become a cocktail expert~~

92. ~~learn to play poker~~

93. ~~write 5 letters to family or friends and post~~

94. ~~buy cheese from a farm in netherlands (famous dutch cheese!!!)~~

95. ~~sleep under the stars~~

96. ~~design a tattoo~~

97. ~~visit as many london metro as possible~~

98. ~~learn a party trick~~

99. ~~see trafalgar square~~

100. ~~acquire an amazing accessories collection~~

1. conquer europe

lauren-farr — Sat, 3 Sep 2011 21:27:00 GMT

After much debate with Miss Farr we have came to an agreement on no 1 on the list. We did not conquer europe, but we gave it one hell of a crack ;)Consider this crack to be continued

49. collect a beer bottle from every country visited

lauren-farr — Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:52:00 GMT

FAILLLL!! decided to start this challenge after we had done a bit of travelling hence i missed out on a bottle from spain. managed to visit the other countries again (not purley to collect a bottle, not that extreme) but it just means I'll have to head back to spain... preferably sometime soon. turned out an expensive venture to get them all home. but all 17 of them sit on the mantelpiece/bar!

2. live and work in england

lauren-farr — Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:45:00 GMT

obviously this is an easy one to mark off as we are did this. lived and worked in england. lived in elstead and lived in leeds. worked at the mill and at the walkabout. "live and work in england" check :)

100. acquire an amazing accessories collection

lauren-farr — Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:46:00 GMT

not sure if this really has earnt the 100th place in a list of 100 but seeing as it feels like thats how many scarves were shipped home then i guess in a way it has earnt the title. many many scraves, all colours, from lots of countries now dress the maniquin lady in our living room that was also painted green to serve as our christmas tree!!

15. get a taste of amsterdam

lauren-farr — Thu, 1 Sep 2011 22:05:00 GMT

it was done with pleasure

who would have thought bike riding could be so fun

if onlt i have picked a bike the right size

94. buy cheese from a farm in netherlands (famous dutch cheese!!!)

lauren-farr — Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:27:00 GMT

it was sooo cheesy!not as in korny but as in cheese. cheese farm was cheese lovers heaven. tried about 15 different cheeses and both bought a wax sealed cheese only to then panic about getting it through customs so we did the right thing and declared it and they didnt even look at it when eventually got to melbourne!!

39. visit a post office in heidelberg

lauren-farr — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:49:00 GMT

check and MATE! not exactly one of the average things to have on a 100 things list ut we did it! and it was alot like all other post offices. except it was in heidelberg which meant that when we were looking for a large box to post some things home in we struggled a bit and couldnt ask for help but we managed. as we do.

82. eat some swiss chocolate, infront of a swiss cow, in switzerland

lauren-farr — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:07:00 GMT

swiss swiss swiss. cant say it tasted all that much different with the cow there. but it was quite symbolic

87. visit a concentration camp in germany

lauren-farr — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:24:00 GMT

wow. this was a bit of an eye opener. really really interesting. and incredably disturbing all at the same time!

34. see the cathedral of st vitus in prague

lauren-farr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:44:00 GMT

this was another one of those occasions where... we didnt really know what the cathedral looked like or know anything about it when we wrote it on the list and now it has come time to finish this blog and we see numer 34 and ask, 'we didnt do that??' only to realise that we did actually see it although neither of us can remember it 100%. definitely still counts as having completed this task. and its not like we didnt then google a picture of this cathedral to jog our memory. pretty sure half of it was covered in scaffolding whilst we were there as well. excuses excuses!!

90. fairy floss at prater park, austria

lauren-farr — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:22:00 GMT

fairy floss, the yummy, delectale, delicious, sweet sticky goodness that can only be fairy floss. pink of course! saw the famous big wheel, the largest ferris wheel for the most part of last century. and michelle won a smurf which just makes the place so much cooler. we considered playing the carni games in order to win one but as luck would have it, 1 euro in a claw machine was all it took. woohoo! we proceeded to make music videos of mr smurf dancing. as you do of course!

77. smoke shesha

lauren-farr — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:43:00 GMT

michelle got hooked on it. was sucking it down like it was oxygen one night in this random awesome bar in budapest

79. see fisherman's bastion in budapest

lauren-farr — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:33:00 GMT

on the buda bank near matthias church. also the location where we had to have our 'group photo' taken. oh my goodness, craziest photographer ever. she ran in in some great hurry, made us all sit there with the sun in our eyes and refused to let us wear sunglasses took 3-4 takes and then ran off again like her pants were on fire. that was an experience in itself

89. listen to the famous sea organ of zadar

lauren-farr — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:17:00 GMT

the one and only musical sea organ built in 2005. genius

74. swim in lake ohrid

lauren-farr — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:02:00 GMT

europe's widest and deepest lake. also works out to be a really nice setting for a job interview via telephone.

37. see alexander nevsky's cathedral

lauren-farr — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:53:00 GMT

incredible. totally different to any other cathedral previously seen (because they can get a wee it repedative) unfortunately the less fortunate locals (eg. missing limbs) used the beautiful catherdral as their begging door step trying to get some money out of the tourists. not uncommon!

55. visit the blue mosque in istanbul

lauren-farr — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:56:00 GMT

and blue it is, when you turn the blue tint on on camera colour settings!

absolutely amazing building. and they even had blue sheets to cover the woman (no flesh allowed inside) except feet, no shoes allowed inside either. and really really nice squishy carpet under the toebies!!

81. traditional turkish bath

lauren-farr — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:02:00 GMT

the man sold it to me.

the whole its on the 100 things to do before you die list and what can I say. i'm one of those 100 things list people.

so i did it. and i'm glad to say i did

there was alot of saggy turkish ladies boobs but i dont think i've ever been exfoliated so well in my life. and lost about where i was supposed to be. they need arrows on the floor or something saying stand here now, go this way, lay down, roll over.

47. see troy (not the movie, the walls)

lauren-farr — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:41:00 GMT

hmmmm..... Brad Pitt.

Walls of troy were interesting though. some still standing. others might say it was just a pile of rocks but we cultured people can see the history ;) the big horse replica was... big..... hmmmm... Brad Pitt :D

32. visit A.N.Z.A.C cove

lauren-farr — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:14:00 GMT

Even Blinky came out to see this historic site where we got our Aussie education on.

63. try traditional greek salad and gyros when in greece

lauren-farr — Tue, 9 Aug 2011 03:34:00 GMT

greek salad is refreshing. pretty much the same as the greek salad that they serve at home however sometimes overloaded with oil. gyros is a whole other experience. some what like a kabab but not quite. the meat tasted like hamburger but without the spice. overall not a bad meal for the day. yum yum

shelby welby was a widdle bit scarewed of the meat though :( lol

54. hike a live volcano

lauren-farr — Mon, 8 Aug 2011 03:42:00 GMT

it was a hike. we walked to the top of the Nea Kameni, a volcanic island of santorini said to possibly e one of the largest volcanic eruptions the earth has ever seen. there were parts of the island where the soil was extremely hot.

this was followed by a pirate ship boat ride to the smaller volcanic island where we swam in a muddy brown hot spring and then over to Fira.

14. cruise the greek islands

lauren-farr — Sat, 6 Aug 2011 03:51:00 GMT

and cruise we did. the cruise ship experience wasn't quite like i had imagined. I think it was smaller than the ones that i had heard about. we still had a great time cruising from Mykonos to Turkey to Patmos to Crete and then Santorini back to Athens. we definitely have intentions of returning to Santorini with a week at least, and a half empty suitcase. AMAZING. only wish i had of experienced the donkey ride down to the new port instead of the cabel car.

Photos: Eastern Europe Pics

lauren-farr — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:05:00 GMT