Our Trip
In and around World
We are planning on travelling through Europe for 12 months. We will try to post some photos and info about each place we visit on our travels. Enjoy
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler MegDave
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London
We arrived at 3pm and had a crash corse on using the tube. The tube ride lasted about 30 mins and it became dark outside. It was nowhere near as co... Continue reading »
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A 2 hour stop over
This was a well deserved break from the horrible flight. Our legs really appreciated being able to move freely. The airport was huge and we had to cat... Continue reading » -
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York
We said goodbye to Kath and Tony and jumped on a 5 hour bus ride to York. It was good to actually see some country side for a change. It also snowe... Continue reading »
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Edinburgh
We were excited to be crossing into another country and unfortunately Meagan missed the crossing because she was too busy watching Felicity on her... Continue reading »
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Inverness
We got a cheap as bus ride up to Inverness and it was completely white the whole way up. Meagan missed it but enjoyed many episode of Felicity. We... Continue reading »
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Glasgow
We got another cheap bus to Glasgow and arrived to town really late due to the Loch Ness tour. Our backpackers was more of a hotel than a backpacke... Continue reading »
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Belfast
The flight over was empty except for some really drunk Irish people (A sign of things to come). It was 11am by the way. The flight lasted 25 minute... Continue reading »
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Galway
It took us 7 hours on really bad buses to get to Galway but we made it and it was worth the trip. We didnt really know about the region and were pl... Continue reading »
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Kilkenny
After another 7 hour bus ride with a really nice and informative bus driver, we made it to Kilkenny. The bus broke down 1 stop away from where we n... Continue reading »
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Dublin
At the bus stop in Kilkenny we met a very nice (and loud) American and were very careful not to put our bags in a pile of used syringes. We got to... Continue reading »
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Visiting Kath and T Bone - Hemel Hempstead
We had so much trouble organising a flight from Dublin to London and after many stressful events we found a relatively cheap way to get there - by... Continue reading »
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Canterbury
We headed to Canterbury because it sounded like a really nice place - and it was. It was very similar to York with the walls and cobbled streets, b... Continue reading »
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Bath
We started our trip with a competition to choose songs by Australian artists to see who was more Australian on Australia day - David won. We were m... Continue reading »
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York again
We organised some accomodation for a week and were hoping to meet up with a person regarding a house. When we got to Leeds we rang him and he had alre... Continue reading » -
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Scarborough
We went to Scarborough for 2 reasons. One was because of the song and second because of a local girl that we met in a store who suggested that we g... Continue reading »
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Whitby
The sun was shining in Scarborough and as we decended the valley into Whitby the sun became blocked out by heavy fog. It was 4pm and it was dark an... Continue reading »
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York update
We just thought we would update everyone with what has been going on. We finally got jobs and have been working a fair bit. David still has to go t... Continue reading »
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Milan
We arrived in Liverpool at 5pm Saturday to catch a plane at 6am Sunday and realised that it was a stupid idea. When we got there it was dark and we... Continue reading »
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Verona
We walked to the train station in Milan and hoped to get a train to Verona - we did thankfully. When we arrived Meagan had to use the toilet and 70... Continue reading »
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Venice
When we arrived in Venice we had absolutely no idea what to do/expect. We walked out of the train station and were greeted with a massive canal of... Continue reading »
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Florence
Our 1st night in Florence was spent having some fantastic pasta from a place that doesnt really know if it is a cafe, restaurant, bar or supermarke... Continue reading »
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Pisa
When we arrived in Florence we rushed to our hostel and dumped our bags and then rushed back to the train station so we could go to Pisa for the da... Continue reading »
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Rome
We arrived in Rome with little expectations and excitement but that would all change in a short space of time. We had booked a B & B that was c... Continue reading »
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Pompeii
To get to Pompeii we were directed to get a cheaper bus there. When we got there we realised that it probably wasnt such a great idea. No one at al... Continue reading »
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Naples
We were a little scared to come to this place because of its reputation of thieving, pickpocketing and the mafia. When we got there we were feeling... Continue reading »
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Capri
David woke us up early to get the boat to Capri and somehow he read his watch wrong so we were an hour early. It didnt matter anyway because the ti... Continue reading »
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Aeolian Islands - Lipari
We caught the overnight train and then had to hang out in another station until the 1st bus came (7am) then find out how to catch a ferry to the Ae... Continue reading »
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Italy to Greece
We were not looking forward to this part of the trip. We had to catch an overnight train to hell AKA Naples, then a 6 hour train to Brindisi, then... Continue reading »
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Olympia
We finally got off that boat and were expecting to go through some sort of customs - but there was none. We thought we had better go to a tourist i... Continue reading »
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Nafplio
We had a nightmare time getting to this place. We caught a bus that was supposed to meet another bus and then we would be in Nafplio. This didnt ha... Continue reading »
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Athens
We began our journey into Athens by being dropped off in the middle of nowhere. We were then directed to get another bus into Athens which dropped... Continue reading »
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Crete
We found a couple of reasonably quiet seats on the ferry so we would be able to sleep overnight. As we were getting ourselves comfortable a policem... Continue reading »
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Rhodes
We had another 15 or so hour ferry ride to Rhodes arriving at 11ish pm (unfortunatley there were 0 prisoners this time). As soon as we saw the giga... Continue reading »
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Kos
We arrived to Kos on the best ferry we have been on yet and we were sad that we only spent the shortest time of all the boat ride. The ferry had ma... Continue reading »
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Canakkale
We arrived in Turkey (Bodrum) around 5.30pm and we were imediately on a mission to find our way up the coast as far as we could in o... Continue reading »
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Gallipoli
This was the event that we had been so excited for for such a long time and really didn't believe that we would be able to attend. The start of our... Continue reading »
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Istanbul
We got to Istanbul vıa another long bus trip and we both slept on and off on the way there. When we arrived at the bus station (away from the... Continue reading »
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Cappadocia
We got off our overnight bus very excited for our very first transfer to a hotel since our journey began. We were greeted by a 14 year old, extreme... Continue reading »
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Selςuk
We were supposed to be dropped off in Selcuk at 7:30am so we would have time to get ready for our tour that would start at 9:30am. We actually got... Continue reading »
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Mykonos
On our way to Mykonos we met some very nice Aussies who we spent the rest of the time on the island with. Due to the large number of our... Continue reading »
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Santorini
We got another good deal on accomodation and we were able to continue to eat cereal for another couple of breakfasts! Our accomodation was also ver... Continue reading »
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Cairo
We had a late night flight into Cairo and we were excited because there would actually be someone waiting for us at this airport (a transfer driver... Continue reading »
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Aswan
Our train ride took 14 hours and therefore stuffed up our itinerary but we were assured that we would see everything anyway. So we quickly dumped o... Continue reading »
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On the Felucca
We were really excited to actually see the condition of the boat that we would call home for the next 2 nights and were pleasantly surprised. The b... Continue reading »
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Luxor
We sluggishly got off our feluccas and went into a bus to the temple of Komombo. It was here that David really fell ill and had to rush away from o... Continue reading »
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Hurghada
Not much to say here except we paid extra to stay in a crap hotel and catch a ferry to Dahab instead of getting an overnight bus. The town of Hurghada... Continue reading » -
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Dahab
We got the most insanely bumpy ferry we have ever been on across the red sea to Sharm-el-sheik. There were so many people vomitting it wasnt funny.... Continue reading »
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Desert camping
Part of our tour was going out into the desert on camels and camping for 2 days/nights. When we arrived in Egypt we were told that there were only... Continue reading »
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Cairo again
We said goodbye to Dahab and the amazing red sea and got onto probably the most inappropriate bus for an overnight bus we had been in. It was hell.... Continue reading »
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Our last update from York
We have been back in York for about 4 months and it has been one of the most hectic 4 months of our lives. We planned on working for a couple of mo... Continue reading »
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Copenhagen
We both were very excited to begin our travelling again. We worked very hard in the last week working and packing up our house and saying good... Continue reading »
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Roskilde
We came out to Roskilde on a great train trip where we were able to sit in one of the quiet zones of the train. We mainly came out to this part of... Continue reading »
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Helsingor
We decided to go for another day trip out to a popular area of Denmark. The main attraction here is the Kronburg castle - made famous as the scene&... Continue reading »
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Bergen
We flew over to Bergen (Norway) very excited to see another country although very scared of the cost of living, which we were told ealier that nigh... Continue reading »
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Bergen to Oslo
We woke early very excited for the days events this was the main reason in coming to Norway. We hiked through the rain to the train station (we jus... Continue reading »
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Oslo
The first thing we noticed about Oslo was that it seemed more like a regular modern city than any others that we had visited. We found our accommod... Continue reading »
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Stockholm
We got to Stockholm kind of late and had to navigate our way to our hotel. Our hotel was a ship floating on the water and our room was a really cos... Continue reading »
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Kiruna
We arrived in Kiruna after a very relaxing sleep on a sleeper train. On the train we meet a really nice Swedish girl who came from Kiruna who... Continue reading »
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Rovaniemi
Our journey to the Swedish-Finnish border was spectacular. First we woke up early and it began to snow. So we hiked to the bus station through the... Continue reading »
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Helsinki
To try to recreate part of our journey follow these steps. First get on a train and stay on it overnight sitting in a mildly comfortable chair. Nex... Continue reading »
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Savonlinna
The bus ride to our next destination was really beautiful. Finland seems to be made up of lakes and pine forests. It is really refreshing to be sur... Continue reading »
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Tampere
This was a suprising little stop. We origanally came here just to fly out, however Tampere really was worth a visit. We stayed in a great hostel which... Continue reading » -
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A week with Mr John King and Mrs PDA King (Viv came too)
We were both really tired after our terrible Ryan air flight but seeing John poking his head around the security point lifted our spirits. It was w... Continue reading »
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Porto
We were both very excited to head to Portugul. It had been one of our must see countries. We arrived in Porto quite late after the bumpiest fl... Continue reading »
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Lisbon
We arrived to Lisbon quite late after our day in Obidos and had to work out the metro system to get into town - it was easy. Once in town we had to... Continue reading »
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Obidos
On our way to Lisbon we decided to visit a small town called Obidos. This village was originally given as a wedding gift and reminded us heaps of the... Continue reading » -
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Sintra
We hopped on a train and went to a small village called Sintra. This place is filled with palaces and manors and has a castle perched on the mounta... Continue reading »
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Evora
Evora is yet another walled city in the centre of Portugal. The whole city is protected as a world heritage site due to its historical significance... Continue reading »
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Seville
We arrived in Seville our first stop in Spain after a horrible 12 hour bus journey. Seville was the closest stop for us to portugul (in t... Continue reading »
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Cordoba
Cordoba is a lovely Spanish town that has a very similar feel to Serville but with a smaller town feel. We arrived mid afternoon so we spent t... Continue reading »
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Granada
Our trip to Granada was one of the nicest journeys we have been on this year. The landscape was breathtaking. Close to the road were flat... Continue reading »
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Madrid
We got dumped at the bus station in Madrid and somehow managed to work out the metro system to get close to our accommodation. Once there we had a... Continue reading »
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Segovia
We went on a day trip to this world heritage city. Once again we got dumped in the middle of nowhere and had to work out where to go - we managed. The... Continue reading » -
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Cuenca
Our time in Cuenca has been a comedy of errors. First we got dropped off by the bus and had no idea where to go at all. We had no accommodation boo... Continue reading »
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Barcelona
Barcelona is a very beautiful new city. It is the least Spanish we have encountered since being over here and the most like London. Barc... Continue reading »
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Geneva
We arrived in Geneva after one of the hardest journeys yet. It was a 12 hour bus trip starting 12.30 midnight and ending at 2.30pm the next day.&nb... Continue reading »
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Interlaken
Our trip to Interlaken was both beautiful and frustrating. Most of the way we ran along lake Geneva with the alps as a backdrop but frustratingly w... Continue reading »
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Bern
We arrived in Bern very very very excited. We only stayed here for one night but Bern provided us with some of the best activities we have done to... Continue reading »
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Munich
We got into Munich late but our hostel was well equipped with tourist info and we planned our time here based around some of the many tours that we... Continue reading »
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Prague
We arrived in Prague on the best bus we have been on since Turkey. It was a 6 hour trip but it was a plesaure to be on. They provided as with... Continue reading »
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Krakow
Krakow was a very special and amazing place for several reasons. It was our first stop in Poland and it was absolutely nothing like what we imagine... Continue reading »
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Warsaw
After the best train ride to Warsaw we ended up walking for way too long to find our terrible accommodation. We got there late so we quickly went a... Continue reading »
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Berlin
We got to Berlin very late and had a horrible walk to find our place. The next day after a sleep in we opened the windows to see snow falling. We t... Continue reading »
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Frankfurt
After a long train ride we finally got to Frankfurt - a place that we really had no interest in visiting (It was just convenient). We were staying clo... Continue reading » -
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Cologne
After our beautiful stay in Frankfurt we ventured up to Cologne via one of Germanys most beautiful and most tourist travelled roads - the Rhine. Th... Continue reading »
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