Nat's UK & Europe Tour!
In and around Europe
I have finally got around to compiling a list of places I have been to and the highlights of my trip - Enjoy!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Natalie_Fraley
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Waiting in Singapore
I arrived in Singapore at 3:15am after a 7 hour flight only to find that the next flight was full and I would have to wait until the next to get to Lo... Continue reading » -
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Arrival in the UK
After finally arriving in London after a 13 hour flight, Simon was waiting for me, luckily, as the night before when I phoned him he was out and co... Continue reading »
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When in Rome....
Today Peta and I flew out of Stansted airport to Rome flying with dodgy brother's airline 'Ryan Air'. After arriving in Rome we found that the dire... Continue reading »
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Firenze at best
After arriving in Florence we did a quick tour before heading to our hotel and then out for dinner.
20/12/05
Today was an early start... Continue reading »
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A quick trip to the Emergency Room!
21/12/05We arrived in La Spezia in the late afternoon and we had just enough time to check in to our hotel and get ready to go to dinner. Afte... Continue reading »
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The Leaning Tower
21/12/05
Today we moved to Pisa, just a quick visit, which was quite good as apart from the tower there is about 5 minutes of other things to... Continue reading »
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The Grand Winning!
22/12/05We arrived in Nice in time for a quick shower to get ready for our bus trip to Monacco to visit the Grand Casino!!! We arrived at the... Continue reading »
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The night before Christmas
24/12/05
After spending most of the day on the bus we arrived in Avignon. We checked into our hotel to find that the room we were stayi... Continue reading »
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Christmas in Barcelona!
25/12/05
Today we spent most of the day on the bus on the long journey to Barcelona, we were kept amused by our tour leader and her dancing,... Continue reading »
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The last leg...
27/12/05
We reach the final leg of our tour and it was absolutely freezing! We arrived quite late at night so we went for a walk to tak... Continue reading »
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Back to London
29/12/05
We headed back to London for just one night before heading to Edinburgh for our Hogmanay New Years celebrations!!!!
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Hogmanay
30/12/05
We arrive in Edinburgh and get to our hostel only to find that the three of us are split up in different rooms. I didn't mind... Continue reading »
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The Highlands
02/01/06
Today we departed for The Highlands of Scotland on our Haggis tour, we had a crazy Scottish tour guide (must be a pre-requisite of b... Continue reading »
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The Isle of Skye
Today we head to the Isle of Skye, Scotland Highlands were very beautiful with lovely mountain views and countryside. As it was the middle of... Continue reading »
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A Night in Glasgow
04/01/06
We arrive in Glasgow and check in to our hostel before heading out to meet Martin, a friend of Peta's for dinner and a couple of dri... Continue reading »
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Back to Edinburgh
04/01/06
Today was the last day of our tour so we pack up to head back to Edinburgh. The weather is below freezing and it was very diff... Continue reading »
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Back In London
Back in London I spend the first couple of weeks getting myself organised, find a place to live in South London with a couple, a Welsh guy and Sout... Continue reading »
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Our first big night out in London!
So after meeting up with Brad and Ryan some Down Under Dive rif raf we decided that it was time that we ventured out in the city, we had been to ma... Continue reading »
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A weekend in Manchester
24/02/06
After over a month of staying in London, Chelle and I decided it was time to do something on the fairly cheap side... So we ca... Continue reading »
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Going to visit the Queen...
After a two day bender with Brad, Chelle, Brett and Fi we decided to do something constructive and visiting the Queen seemed like the best choice..... Continue reading »
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Snowing in Dusseldorf
Next it's off to Dusseldorf to visit a friend... The temperature while we were there was absolutely freezing with temps getting down to -6*C!... Continue reading »
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The Move to East London
After three months of living in South London it was time for a change, found an flat in East London with fantastic views over the city and nice and cl... Continue reading » -
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4 days in Prague
It was time to skip the country again, this time to Eastern Europe. Fi and I were in Prague for 4 days and it is an absolutely gorgeous... Continue reading »
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The Party
To celebrate James leaving his job we held a party.. Starting at the pub across the road for a few starters we made it back to the flat about... Continue reading »
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Australia vs Brazil
In search for a bar to watch the Australia vs Brazil world cup game on Sunday we headed to Brick Lane where we stumbled upon a pumping Brazilian bar w... Continue reading » -
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My Birthday
23/06/06
Unfortunately the days of my birthday lasting for 2 weeks are over but we did manage to have a great night out in the city. Af... Continue reading »
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To the Beach!!
After an 8 hour bus ride I finally arrived in Newquay at 7am in the morning... The rest of the crew arrived about 1pm so I spent most of the... Continue reading »
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Back to reality..
Back to reality, leaving the beach behind and going back to work tomorrow... :( But off to Berlin for the Love Parade on Thursday so I can't rea... Continue reading » -
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Love Parade 2006!!!
13/07/06
It's finally Love Parade time!!! Something we have been waiting for! We arrived late, by the time we worked out the unde... Continue reading »
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The Church!
As today is Sunday we thought we would go to The Church, probably not the type of Church you may be thinking. It kicks off at 12 midday and clos... Continue reading » -
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James' Going Away Party!
So it's time to say goodbye to my flatmate James', he is leaving for China next week. The party was held at a bar about 10 mins walk from our pl... Continue reading » -
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Sunny Canary Islands!
So I set off to find some sunshine and hot weather in the Canary Islands... We flew into the airport and got off the plane at 10:30pm to 27 d... Continue reading »
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Mum & Jim in London
So Mum & Jim arrived in London today, we spent the next couple of days doing the touristy thing, it is very tiring being a tourist! We we... Continue reading »
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A quick trip to the Shannon Airport!
So after getting up at the crack of dawn (3:45am!!!!) to get to Liverpool Street, I caught a bus to Stansted to get my flight to Shannon to meet Mum &... Continue reading » -
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Old Town Killarney
Our first stop was Killarney which was a very quaint little town that was beautifully green and very 'old town' with horse and carts everywhere. ... Continue reading » -
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Sleepy Kinsale
Our next stop was Kinsale, this VERY small town was right on the water just south of Cork, it was very picturesque with boats and old buildings. ... Continue reading » -
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Kilkenny - last stop for Ireland
Kilkenny was our last stop before heading back to London. We visited the Kilkenny Castle while Mum went to the laundry - oh yes very exciting, s... Continue reading » -
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Back to London
So we arrived back in London, just a couple of days before Mum & Jim depart for Oz, can't believe it has been 5 weeks since they arrived, time... Continue reading »
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A Brilliant Weekend in Vilnius!
We departed for Vilnius for a long weekend away from London, the experience started with a very crazy taxi driver that at one stage was driving alo... Continue reading »
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CCUUU Branch Party..
Because the CCU have done some 'outstanding work' this year we were treated to a Branch Party at the civil service club in Westminster. The p... Continue reading »
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The first of many...
28/10/06 So I arrived in Ljubljana, the first city of many of my 3 week journey through Eastern Europe.. It was quite late at night when I arri... Continue reading » -
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Rijeka, Croatia
28/10/06 I arrived in Rijeka by train and met up with Matt before we attempted to find our hostel. This is the first ever hostel to open in R... Continue reading »
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Zagreb, Croatia
30/10/06 We arrived in Zagreb and found our hostel - this time without any problems!! The hostel was a very cosy place and the staff were ver... Continue reading »
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Sarjevo, Bosnia
1/11/06 After a long train journey we arrived in Sarajevo, with nowhere to stay, and it was absolutely freezing!!! A man at the train station... Continue reading »
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Mostar, Bosnia
Today we decided to head out of Sarajevo to Mostar, which means 'Keeper of the bridge' which is home to the famous 'Stari Most' Bridge. The orig... Continue reading » -
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Sarajevo, Bosnia
Today was our last day in Sarajevo, we joined a tour from the hostel we stayed in on the first night, it was absolutely amazing! We first vis... Continue reading »
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Belgrade, Serbia
So our first impressions of Belgrade were far from 'impressive'. We arrived by train, to the side of the tracks was what looked to be the loc... Continue reading »
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Budapest, Hungary
6/11/2006
After a 7hr train journey we were very thankful to be in Budapest! We checked into our hostel, we were the only ones booked in... Continue reading » -
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Bratislava, Slovakia
10/11/06 We started the morning with a leisurely climb to the top of the castle hill. From the 1st to the 5th century but has been rebuilt sever... Continue reading » -
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Vienna, Austria
11/11/06
So I boarded the bus in Bratislava on the way out of Slovakia. Arrived in Vienna just 1 and a half hours later, found my hostel... Continue reading » -
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Krakow, Poland
14/11/06
Today I spent about 7hrs on the train to Krakow. Changed trains in a small place called Katowice where I met another Aussie cou... Continue reading » -
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Warsaw, Poland
16/11/06
Finally got to Warsaw and got to my hostel, which was miles away from anything - I am not sure what drugs I was on when I booked this... Continue reading » -
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A quick stop in London
17/11/06 I got back to London late afternoon and ventured up to Karissa's place where I stayed for the night. Spent about 2 hours in the Launde... Continue reading » -
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Calais, France
18/11/06 Today Karissa & I were off to meet the rest of our tour group that we will be travelling with for the next 8 days. We started with... Continue reading » -
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The home of Beer!
18/11/06
We arrived in Brussels and checked into our hotel, the hotel was absolutely beautiful! It was quite late and raining so we head... Continue reading » -
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The highlight of our tour!
19/11/06
We headed to Amsterdam, stopped in a small place called The Hague. We arrived about 6pm and checked into our hotel. We ha... Continue reading » -
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Cologne, Germany
20/11/06
After a very long bus ride we arrived in Cologne. We did very little here, we got in late so went to have dinner and took the t... Continue reading » -
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Yodelodeling!
21/11/06
We again arrived at our hotel very late! We ate dinner and headed out to find some drinks!22/11/06
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The city of Romance!
23/11/06
After leaving Lucernce we spent literally all day in the bus travelling to Paris. I think everyone was grateful when we arrived... Continue reading » -
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The end of the tour...
25/11/06 Today we got up early for the very last time! We were heading back to London. We arrived in Calais again for the ferry ride back... Continue reading » -
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The end of my UK & Europe tour!
29/11/06 Today was a very sad and also very exciting day for me.. It was the end of my year long travels through the UK and Europe and home f... Continue reading »
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