Walking Berlin
Saturday, September 15th, 2007Ugh. Slept in till half ten and didn’t leave the hostel till after midday. We went for a walk and had sausages in bread – they were 30cms long, and also had freshly squeezed orange juice.
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Berlin boozing
Friday, September 14th, 2007Another langweilig bus ride with an easy ride all the way through until just before Berlin where we hit traffic. We got up and ready with enough time to chow down on breakfast and get on the bus.
Chasing after trams, don’t laugh – it could happen to you!
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
The beds here are so comfortable that we all slept till about 10ish. We went out and had lunch outside the Rijksmuseum gardens and then went and spent several hours in the Van Gogh museum.
I really enjoyed it. Lija doesn't ... [Continue reading this entry]
Bikes, cheese and clogs.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
We did the laundry in the morning, cos I was down to my cheeky undies which aren't appropriate for bike riding so...!
Lija buggered off and did her own thing cos her back's playing up, and Lis and I did the ... [Continue reading this entry]
Amsterdam, home of the red light
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Paris to Amsterdam via Brugges. We had to hike up to the Busabout pick up point which was so not cool at half seven in the morning.
Despite emptying our packs and sending home parcels it didn't seem to make much ... [Continue reading this entry]
le Post, le Triomphe et la Marmite
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Both Lija and Lis were sickies this morning so I left them to sleep it off and trundled off on my own.
It took half an hour in the queue at le post to send several parcels that luckily weren't that ... [Continue reading this entry]
Bootiful Par-ee
Sunday, September 9th, 2007After a horrible night we got up and went to sort out our room.
Mum called mid-packing and swearing, to let us know dad made it back safely from the Alice with the bloody truck breaking down ONLY once.
The new room ... [Continue reading this entry]
What a day.
Saturday, September 8th, 2007
So the longest by far. We drove from Munich to Paris, stopping in Stuttgart along the way. The End.
No literally, we sat on the bus and looked out the window and watched long movies and had two pee stops and ... [Continue reading this entry]
Shop till we drop? – we did!
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Steps: 18,500 and every part of me is feeling it!
Our intentions this morning were to buy cheap closed toe shoes to dick around in and jackets to keep us warm. Never name a street Kaufingerstraße, we all spent over our ... [Continue reading this entry]
The Sleeping Beauty castle
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Steps: 8,200 - too much sitting on the train for four hours!
We went on a guided tour of Neuschwanstein castle, rumoured to be the inspiration behind Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle.
It was built high in the German Alps by the eccentric ... [Continue reading this entry]
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