RTW with Steph and Dion

Written by Dion August 11-12, 2006 We decided to spend a couple of days in Uruguay, so we boarded the 9:00AM Buquebus ferry from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Friday morning. The ferry itself was quite nice and the rid...

 

POLAND

Arie and I spent a few days in Krakow and absolutely loved it. The people were friendly and the city is beautiful. There is plenty to see and do and the main square is considered one of the best in Europe. A survey also revealed that Krakowans rank amo...

 

2006 Summer Holiday in Europe

Finally, we reached Liverpool in the afternoon. Our friend, Siew Lee came to fetch us at the Liverpool airport. We had a good chat in the car. It normally took 2 hours’ drive from Liverpool to Birmingham, but due to car accident in motorway, we took 4 ...

 

Life In Poland

Our whirlwind tour of Berlin started in Alexanderplatz and ended with severe back, knee and foot pain. You see, this was a walking tour, and our tour guide/friend, Marta, refused to let any sight go unseen. We "did" the Reichstag, Brandenb...

 

European Trips - 2004-2006

Before my trip to Barca, I had heard so much about it. About how it one of the best cities in the world to visit, and how beautiful it is etc. So my expectations were very high for my first visit to the place, which is rarely a good thing. But I have ...

 

Silesia, March 2006

The train from Racibórz to Katowice stopped every 3 km. It was clean and warm, though, which was more important. I arrived around 10 in the morning, so I had a lot of time to walk around. I went to see the venue ('Spodek' = 'saucer') first, to...

 

Justin's World Tour 2006-2007

Greetings everyone from the heart of the former evil empire. Yes I am still alive...this is a good sign haha. Anyways my god do I ever have alot to talk about. Russia is just incredible, lets just say its the most crooked, culturally intense, beautiful...

 

Eastern Europe 2007

在二次世界大戰時，華沙近八成的區域被破壞殆盡，隨後靠市民的努力重建，以舊市區廣場為中心，將整個城市恢復原貌。華沙的舊城區相當的漂亮，特別是皇家城堡(Royal Castle)旁的廣場，廣場旁色彩鮮麗的中世紀房舍，加上房舍後方數個教堂的尖塔，從遠方望去沒有人不被這美麗的組合所吸。 ...

 

Europe 2007

My friend, Dorota, invited me to share Easter breakfast with her and her family at her grandmother’s house. I was happy to accept her invitation, because this would be the first traditional Polish holiday that I had been able to take part in. Not wan...

 

Northern Europe and Russia - Contiki Style!

Day 27 of tour was my 25th Birthday. Not many people can say they spent their quarter of a century birthday sitting on a bus for 9 hours or so, including a 3.5hr stop at the Belarusian-Polish border. But hey, I did get to celebrate in style at a ba...

 

Europe 2006

These are some last shots of the house as we left it for the tennants. The house looked so beautiful and clean (thanks to Robyn, Janelle and Bec) for the first time - no dust! thanks to all who helped get it to the finished product....

 

Central Europe 2004

When we arrive in the evening in Janow, we got a shock for its welcoming ceremony. A group of students were standing by and wearing their traditional cloths. The guy were holding the bread & salt, walking towards us and we have to eat it. According...

 

Interrailing 2005

Arrived in Berlin at 5 am!...

 

Circumnavigation 2005

The sharp peaked Southern Alps gave way to rolling hills and massive lakes as we drove through Haast Pass on our way to Wanaka. It's amazing how each lake and river has it's own unique color, from the milky gray of glacial run-off to the melted raspber...

 

Poland and Austria Easter '05

From Krakow we took an extremely uncomfortable night bus to Vienna. Arriving at 5 in the morning after having no sleep... luckily the people at the hostel took pity on us and let us crash on the living room sofas for a few hours until our rooms were re...

 

Eastern Europe

The final stop on my first journey through Europe find me in the "Paris of Eastern Europe", Budapest. Again I only really had a day to look around so with my trusty Lonely Planet in hand I headed off for a day exploring. I soon found o...

 

Eastern Europe 2002

In our typical fashion, we spent our first day in town wandering the streets... Budapest has a big city feel, smog and all... it's also a bit on the seedy side... there seems to be a fascination with lingerie shops here... someone should let Vicky ...

 

Europe 2006

At night, I lay in my bed and wondered why I hadn’t contacted any other farms while I was in town and had a chance? I’d been lulled into a false sense of well-being. I’d even taken out library books. I told myself that I’d give myself until next Thursd...

 

Europe 2006

Day 33 - Caught the 7,16am train to Munich which took about 4 hours. Glad we have the first class Eurail Pass, the carriages are comfortable and the trains go very very fast. Europe's trains are a great way to get around. We went to Dachau and the...

 

Europe 2005

my fellow nadir and me wandering in europe...