By Jess Williamson on
1/6/2011 2:37 AM
 After a tip off from one of Dave's mates we headed to a town called Cesky Krumlov, 3 hours south of Prague. When we got there, what looked like an easy short walk to the hostel, turned into a long frustrating adventure (as Dave put it, not sure if 'Adventure' was what I was looking for at that time of night). Dave was adamant he knew where he was going, so who was I to question. The route took us slightly cross country (not what the map said) and resulted in me slipping in the thick 20cm plus snow and down a small hill with my backpack on. Dave thought this was hilarious especially as I couldn't get up. Anyway freezing cold and a while later we found the hostel thanks to a tip off from a local. So to recover and thaw out we enjoyed a few drinks by the fire and a lovely meal at the restaraunt, adjoining our hostel – Hostel...
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By Jess Williamson on
1/2/2011 11:39 PM
 First of all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone back home and fellow travellers. I hope the new decade has started well for everyone and you all brought in the new year with a bang. Thinking of you all back home over the last few weeks and missing you all. I cant believe we have been away for 3 months already.
So after a long overnight 15 hour train ride from Belgium we arrived in Prague. We always swear whilst on the train that we will never ever do overnight trains again, but being suckers for punishment we always go back on that statement. The overnight train was definitely an experience. As we left booking tickets till the final minutes all that was left was seated tickets in a cabin of six. Dave and I had to two middle seats nestled in amongst a chain smoker, some horrible body odour and someone who liked to stretch out over two seats when sleeping. So 4 hours later that we were meant to, extremely over tired and starving, we arrived at Praha Central Station a tad grumpy. ...
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By Jess Williamson on
12/7/2010 1:52 AM
The land of the beer!! Well so they claim. Having travelled through Europe there seems to be a lot of European cities that try claim this. Random fact Number 1: In Munich it is legal to drink a stein of beer and still go to work .... slightly scary!
When we first arrived at our hostel, I was slightly put off as nestled between strip clubs, casino's and seedy sex shops was our hostel. Interesting location but it seemed this was the place for all hostels and in hindsight was reasonably good location (Not for that reason).
First on the itinery was the Free Sandeman Walking Tour in Munich which are run thoughout Europe in various cities, and rely on tips (If you think its worth it) as payment. Excellent way to get your bearings in a new...
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By Jess Williamson on
11/12/2010 3:59 PM
 Well I must first apologise for the lack of updates recently. We have been way to busy playing tourist and partying that havent had spare sec to write a blog.
So last post was Ljubljana .....We were really stoked when we went to the train station in Ljubljana and found there was a special on all tickets to Budapest (Half price in fact). However half way through the trip we were questioning our decision when we were told to get off the train and board a bus. (It was meant to be a no transfer, direct train to Budapest). As we didnt understand any of the language, we just followed the pack, boarding one bus then another., getting quite frustrated and annoyed. Anyway we eventually ended up on an even older rackety train which took us to Budapest. And to make the trip even better the teenagers in front of us were listening to Justin Beiber a few decibels too loud. Just the music you want after the terrible travel day we had. ...
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By Jess Williamson on
10/24/2010 10:57 PM
 Well Dave has been at me to write something for the blog, so finally I have got around to writing it.
After I recovered from my terrible hangover (note to self... never go round for round with the guys again) we headed to Split. Again as Dave said in his post the weather has been a little unpredictable!! Beautiful when we are stuck on the bus, then raining as soon as we step foot on land. I have now learnt the London art of taking an umbrella everywhere you go.
Split is a large port city and like Dubrovnik has a beautiful 'old town' of endless alley ways, which unfortunately for Dave, has numerous lovely boutiques. Pity I cant fit anything more into my bags, otherwise I could have had a lot of fun. Dave made the silly mistake of seeing a burger joint he had been craving for the last two days, and then...
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