6 Months around the world 07/08
In and around World
Our First big trip together and leaving our puppy behind for 6 months we head off on Tuesday the 14th August for 6 months of hotels, camping, backpacking and staying with friends and family. First stop is Honk Kong for 5 days before we head on to Dubai and then we begin our 3 months in Europe. At the end of November we fly over to the US and spend 2 months in Canada and parts of the US before heading home via a week in Hawaii! Stay tuned for laughs, tears and many memories and stories to come!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Lauren & Justin
-
1
Walking.......
After an express transfer in Singapore we arrived in Hong Kong at midnight. We hadn't organised any transport to our hotel and were hot and tired but... Continue reading » -
2
Xmas decoration number 1.
Not all of you might no but my "thing" that I collect while travelling is xmas decorations. I love my xmas tree and putting it up every year and I lov... Continue reading » -
3
Symphony of Lights
Our last full day in Hong Kong and the highlight was definetly the lights spectacular that is put on every night. In the Harbour on both sides all the... Continue reading » -
4
HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS PLACE IS INSANELY HOT!!!!!!!! Today we walked and walked and walked to find the dubai creek. It was 43 degrees I was wearing long pants and a lon... Continue reading » -
5
Skiing in Dubai
Today we hit the slopes in the worlds largest man made indoor ski slope. As I (Lauren) have never skiied before I had a discovery lesson where I learn... Continue reading » -
6
Driving....
We landed in Frankfurt @ 6.40am and took three hours to organise picking up our car. We "own" a champagne coloured citreon c3 which runs on diesel and... Continue reading » -
7
Journey along the Rhine
We´ve spent the past 4 days travelling along the banks of the Rhine in Germany and loved every minute of it. We´ve visited castles and ruined forts, t... Continue reading » -
8
Koln Cathedral
On Tuesady we visited the Koln cathedral and Wow is about all I can initially say. This place is beautiful with amazing medieval arcitecture and intri... Continue reading » -
9
Baseball Capital of Holland
We did the long drive from Koln to Haarlem, roughly about 300km´s. Didnt take all that long as the autobahn helps out a lot. Upon arrival we found a s... Continue reading » -
10
Overnight in Vianden
We arrived in Vianden Luxembourg after a long drive from Haarlem and some narrow windy roads. It´s a picturesqe little town in a valley with cobbled s... Continue reading » -
11
Raining in Heidelberg
We arrived in Heidelberg after Trier was bybassed due to heavy rain. As it was late in the day and still raining here we checked into a youth hostel i... Continue reading » -
12
Guest house overlooking snow capped Alpes
As we approached Schwangau along the winding road we could see the Alpes in the distance and the temperature outside was dropping dramatically. When w... Continue reading » -
13
Full days sightseeing in Munich
Our mornings at Christians house in the small town of Gauting, 15 mins from Munich, begin with breakfast with the whole family. We are greeted by a... Continue reading »
-
14
Dachau Concentration camp
Today we went to Dachu concentration camp, actually im writing this a week or so after it, but its still very fresh in the mind as it was very moving.... Continue reading » -
15
Underground in Salzberg to avoid rain
We spent 3 days in Salzberg and it poured with rain the whole time! One night I thought our tent would flood or atleast get carried down the hill i... Continue reading »
-
16
Walking tour of Praha
We set up our tent in Prague and soon discovered that we were having our first encounter with young people camping. Generally the sites are full of... Continue reading »
-
17
Cesky Krumlov, almost untouched since the 18th century.
We arrived after a drive thru the Czech countryside from Prague just before dark. This is a small town, about 14,000 people live here, but is one of t... Continue reading » -
18
Palaces and Museums........and sleeping in cars!
As it only cost us €5 extra per night to stay in a heated cabin as opposed to a tent, when we got to Vienna we decided to splurge! After checking in w... Continue reading » -
19
Oktoberfest!!!
Today we went into the Okterbfest. It was huge. Similar in size to the show grounds back home but with lots more rides, people, dirndls and of course... Continue reading » -
20
Exploring Rome
Where can I start with Rome....Unfortunetly as we were travelling with a group of family and friends at the time we had to cram all of Rome into on... Continue reading »
-
21
Being a tourist in Florence
After many late nights, early starts and long days Julie (Justins mum) and I enjoyed a slow relaxing morning while the boys trekked out to Pisa to... Continue reading »
-
22
Walking the walls of Ancient Dubrovnik
Our first day in Dubrovnik was marred by the rain, me having a cold and the fact that we had driven for hours and hours to get there however, once... Continue reading »
-
23
Monte Carlo Casino
We caught the bus from our hostel in Nice to Monaco today. The bus stop was right in the heart of town, a hundred or so metres from the Monte Carlo ca... Continue reading » -
24
Surprises at the Moulin Rouge
After countless late nights and early mornings we had a lazy start to this fine Sunday morning until we were rudely interrupted and kicked out of o... Continue reading »
-
25
Bike Riding on Inis Moir
After our breakfast of vegemite toast (thanks mum!) we headed 37km west of Galway to Rossveal where we caught the 10.30 ferry across to the Biggest... Continue reading »
-
26
Discovering London
After a very lazy first day in London where we did nothing but sleeping in, laundry, grocery shopping and cooking tea for our housemates today we h... Continue reading »
-
27
Autumn in Manhatten
Our Travel to the US began with an hour wait in the queue for immigration while 4 officials sat in booths for the (very) occasional US passport hol... Continue reading »
-
28
Battery Park and Staten Island Ferry
This morning we headed out bright and early, grabbed ourselves a take away coffee from Starbucks and headed down Broadway to the southern tip of Ma... Continue reading »
-
29
The New York Knicks on fire
We spent another colourful morning wandering through Central Park today and this time we started at the wilder Northern end. There were beautiful c... Continue reading »
Would you like to comment or ask a question?