30 July 2010 I hadn’t been able to get a single hostel for the duration of the stay I wanted in Brussels so I changed hostel in the morning to a place slightly further away from the centre. If I hadn’t of made this change I would never have met Norbu. Norbu hailed from Denmark […]
Brussels (Belgium)
August 11, 2010 by
29 July 2010 I was very excited to be setting out to see Europe alone, essentially this trip was going to be my first stint of solo travel since leaving New Zealand. Unfortunately it did not start well. My train was due to leave at 6.20am and I was through the terminal gates by 6am; […]
Time at Woodpeckers Cottage
August 11, 2010 by
26 – 28 July 2010 As always it was lovely to catch up with Auntie Jilly, Uncle Howy, cousins Ella and Annabel and Grandma. Thank you all so much for your hospitality. [pe2-gallery class=”alignright” ] [/pe2-gallery]
Contiki: European Adventurer (18 June – 24 July 2010) COMPLETE!
August 1, 2010 by
I like to think we can all now call ourselves adventurers; but let it be the beginning, not the end. Contiki Tour Posts 1. Contiki Adventurer Tour 2. London to Paris 3. Paris to Beaujolais Wine Region 4. Beaujolais to Barcelona (Spain) 5. Barcelona to French Riviera (Nice & Monaco) 6. Verona 7. Venice 8. […]
Homeward Bound (Netherlands, Belgium, France, England)
July 31, 2010 by
24 July 2010 Everyone managed to get back on the coach and leave Amsterdam despite many probably preferring not to. We docked at Dover around 5.30pm and headed to London. The plan was to have one last night together in the pub to wrap up a successful 37 days around Europe; and that is exactly […]
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
July 31, 2010 by
22 – 23 July 2010 In the Netherlands we made a stop off at Edam, the place the cheese is named after. In Edam we visited a clog shop and were given an impressive demonstration of how a clog is made from a solid block of wood. This guy took a piece of wood and […]
Heidelberg & Koblenz (Rhine Valley, Germany)
July 30, 2010 by
21 July 2010 We departed mountainous Switzerland and headed for the famous Rhine Valley, the area which was demilitarised by the Treaty of Versailles after the 1st World War because of its recognised importance to Germany; as both a key trading route and likely area to begin a military expansion from. On the way we […]
Laterbrunnen (Swiss Alps, Switzerland)
July 28, 2010 by
19 – 20 July 2010 Between heaven and earth Having made quick stops at Lichtenstein and Lucerne we made our way through magnificent mountain ranges to the picturesque town of Lauterbrunnen in time for dinner, a quick walk and sleep. [pe2-gallery class=”alignright” ] [/pe2-gallery] For our full day in Switzerland most of us took the […]
Liechtenstein & Lucerne (Switzerland)
July 28, 2010 by
19 July 2010 Having left Munich we motored on to the country of Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is made up of a mere 160 square kilometres making it the smallest German speaking country in the world and its 35,000 strong population is technically the wealthiest in the world on a GDP per person basis. We stopped in […]
Munich (Germany)
July 28, 2010 by
18 July 2010 After white water rafting we departed for Munich. We only had a little free time to explore Munich so I made the most of it and went to the BMW museum, after all Germany is known for BMW (Motorcycles), Porsche (Cars) and Adolf Hitler. [pe2-gallery class=”alignright” ] [/pe2-gallery] While in Munich I […]
