In the morning, we checked out of our hotel at midday, taking advantage of the late checkout and high quality internet. We had all our bags and no Contiki coach to take us, so we ordered a taxi at the concierge desk. Google maps informed us that it was a 20 minute drive to Colin’s Oma (grandma) so we estimated […]
We left St. Goar to head to Edam, Netherlands, famous for it delicious cheese. After another long day of travelling, we arrived and were shown how they make the cheese and clogs. That was pretty cool but wasn’t as good as the huge diversity of cheese samples we got to taste. The best one was one that had bits of […]
St. Goar is our first and only true ‘rest stop’ as we make our way from Prague to Amsterdam. So it was a very long drive day with not too much happening. On the coach, I channelled the nap on the cruise and slept in the aisle for about three hours. We then had a rest stop for a bit […]
The Ibis hotel we were staying at for the two nights in Prague, Czech Republic, was the best positioned accommodation of the journey. It was located next to a giant shopping centre, a few bars and a tram line. We had all planned and paid for go karting at Europes largest indoor track, over 1km long. However, as we were […]
Because of massive traffic delays, we missed out on visiting the Schnapps Museum and the Swarovski store the first day in Vienna. Because Vienna is still quite a religious city, most shops are closed on Sunday so we missed out on discounted crystal, but the museum is open so that was just pushed back a day. We arrived at the […]
The first stop for the coach was the Dachau concentration camp. It was a very somber experience, when you are there you can see how small the prisoners living areas were for the huge number of detainees. The videos and facts about the atrocities were shocking and distributing but I won’t go into them. If you want to learn more […]
We stopped out our last servo in Italy but we could already tell by the food sold that we weren’t in the heart of the country. The food was heavily influenced by Austrian cuisine such as strudels & schnitzels. I grabbed some lasagne and a plate of vegies + a frozen mocha coffee thing that is quite popular in Europe. […]
On the coach the Tour Manager put a movie on, Step Brothers, for the journey to Venice from Vatican City. As we had a break at a rest stop, I noticed everyone buying a lot of snacks. At home I don’t buy any junk-food like chips or chocolate, as once I start eating something I wont stop until its all […]
We arrive to Rome and depart the bus to do a short walk to a supplied dinner, my favourite, pizza. However after eating nothing but pizza & paninis, my body was not happy with my oil : vegetable ratio. So opting to be, for the first time in my life, healthy I only ate the bread and tomatoes. I did […]
I woke up excited for my bacon and egg breakfast. You can imagine my disappointment when the guys from my Contiki tour absolutely demolished the food before I could get any. Being a bad omen, I should have suspected there was worse to come in the hours ahead. We get on the coach and head over to the Vatican, the […]