The Sleeping Beauty castle
Friday, September 7th, 2007Steps: 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.
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Münich, the beer capital. But for us, the friendly capital.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007It was fricken freezing this morning and the cold had left us with a fresh layer of snow as well as half frozen to death in our rooms.
Cold follows us: bbbrrrrr!
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Steps: 14,600
I woke up with my throat feeling slightly better and the mountains woke up with a fresh layer of snow.
We met up with Fran and Craig just before midday and the five of us hiked up to the Trümmelbach ... [Continue reading this entry]
Team Mara paddle!
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Steps: 8,500 plus rafting!
We didn't get up til 10 today, but when we did move our butts it was one of thos surreal "walk out and be surrounded by the Swiss Alps" moments - beautiful.
As we were walking through town ... [Continue reading this entry]
Busabout begins…
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
We were up early this morning to join the BusAbout tous - destination: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.
Our BA people, Owen and Alanah, are really nice. Although we hopped on the bus just after 8am, we had a half hour stop just outside ... [Continue reading this entry]
Monacco…vrooom!
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Steps: 23,042
Blame it on Monacco - we got up and caught the 10.05 to Monacco, with much difficulty - first we had to try and buy the tickets, then we had to find the train - it was one of ... [Continue reading this entry]
Nice is nice
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Day One
After a two and a half hour train trip from London to Paris, switching train stations via the metro in Paris and hopping on board a five and a half hour train ride to Nice, we are finally here.
As ... [Continue reading this entry]
Buh-bye!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Well, we take off early tomorrow morning for our six week trip around western Europe with a week's sailing around Croatia afterwards.
Honestly, I don't know what the internet access is like, or if I can be bothered paying for it. ... [Continue reading this entry]
We Will Rock You!!!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007I wasn’t sure what to expect with the musical based around Queen’s greatest hits, but it definitely was a sound and lighting masterpiece.
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Bank Holiday Weekend – Plays, Trains and Carnivale!
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
As you know, we got tickets to see Footloose on Saturday night, so what should we do on Friday night other than hire the original film with Kevin Bacon and have a movie night.
We went to get our walking sandals ... [Continue reading this entry]
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