London one-way!

We were all supposed to be off the boat by 9am on Saturday morning, but that just didn’t happen.

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We woke up to the sound of the motor starting and breakfast on the table. It was a bit cool up on deck and most people were still in bed – full surfacing didn’t occur till about midday. But soon enough the sun came out, the clouds cleared and the clothes came off – just the top layers anyway!

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We got woken up at 5.30am by a loud banging on the door – Lija’s like, ‘is that for breakfast or is the boat sinking?’ and I called out ‘quick get to the boats, there’s not enough for everyone!’ (a la Titanic, for those of you who don’t know) – because the door knocker didn’t actually say anything. I nicked a couple more jams at breakfast and we were off the boat and through customs by 7am. We were in Split, Croatia. We found an internet café open so we sat for three hours *cough cough* updating certain blogs and sending emails.

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Bags packed, ready to go, this is the end of Eurotrip 07! Lis got a taxi to the airport to go back to Oz and work, and Lija and I waited for ages at the bus stop to go to the train station Mestro which was like a twenty minute ride and we had to squish our way onto the packed bus with our full packs on back and front.

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We caught the bus into Venice today and went and got an all day bus pass. The first thing we did was take the boat to Maurana, one of the islands most well known for glass blowing. As soon as we stepped off the boat there was a man who sat waiting for the tourists to herd them into his family’s workshop to see a demonstration of glass blowing.

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Up early to travel to Venice, our final Busabout sector. I ran into Ado, our London housemate, in Wombat’s lobby. He was off to St Johan, the midday stop, and he’s traveling until he goes home to OZ.

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After I packed my bags, our hostel’s daily screening is at 10.30am, so I cleared the TV room and sat watching until the bus came.

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We wandered around the old town of Satzburg today, where all the Oktoberfest celebrations were in full swing. They had their own carnival and beer tent happening.

I went up to the Abbey, which they used for filming, but they refused to take me, so I went down the nun’s steps to check out St Peter’s graveyard, which was the inspiration for the hideout graveyard in the film.

I joined the others, including our roomate Sarah, and walked up the old streets where there are new shops but no neon signs allowed – even the golden arches were steel. Sarah and I had to do washing in the afternoon, then we all went down to the gardens with cheese, bickies, olives and bread. Lis’ swiss came in handy to cut the bread and cheese! It was nice with the sun setting and people walking in the gardens.

Back on the bus again, off to start singing about those hills that are alive with the Sound of Music! Read the rest of this entry »

Bus day today, we had a 15 minute wait at the border, which our guide said was good – last week she waited for an hour! Read the rest of this entry »