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After leaving Hallstatt we were on way to Innsbruck. Th train trip was real postcard stuff, mountains, lakes, rivers all the way. We had to change trains at a place named Stainach. While we were scoffing down breakfast on the platform an old local came up to us for a bit off a chat. This is one of the things Glenn really likes, finding out the inside info from the locals. Turned out this guy was 85 years old and on his way out for a bit of mountain climbing. He told us he had climbed all of the mountains in the local area, the last one around 2000 metres when he was 83. Quite an amazing bloke. We arrived in Innsbruck early in the afternoon and after checking into our hotel headed straight out ... read more

We left Ljubljana early Monday morning headed for Salzburg. The train trip there took abount 4 hours and as you would expect provided spectacular views of the Austrian countryside. After checking into our 600 year old hotel we headed out to make the most of our short stay here. We wandered through the old town before taking the funicular up the mountain to the castle that overlooks the city. We really had a sense of DeJaVu having done the same thing with Matthew, Sharee and Ross two years ago. we even sat at the same table at a cafe in the castle and enjoyed a 0.5 lite of the local beer Stiegl, one the best we have sampled so far. One our way back we set out to find the same restaurant that we had ... read more

We left Pula feeling a little down so we were very exicited when we found ourselves in the beautiful towns of Potoroz and Piran, both are on the Slovenian coastline which is only 43kms long. These towns are very different. Potoroz is the Slovenian version of the French Riveria, a series of hotels along an esplanade. We decided we would stay in Potoroz and then drive the short distance to Piran for dinner. We spent the morning looking around and the afternoon laying by the pool area of our hotel, which was very nice. We travelled into Piran for dinner, but not before dowing a few cocktails at the local Irish Pub overlooking the Adriatic Sea. It really doesn't get much better!! Tim's team also travelled to Piran for dinner so it was nice to ... read more

We travelled down from Bovec to pick up Matt! Great to see him and give him a big hug, he looks really well. We then set the GPS for Rab Island Croatia. It seem to have a bit of a snag, it would not guide us onto the right road for some reason. Anyway after a few tense moments from Glenn we managed to head in the right direction, if not the most direct route. The only way to get onto Rab is by ferry from Jablanic, we found this easily enough and were soon on board. Although we only just had enough money for the fare and they did not take visa and there was no "Bankomat" for some distance. Rab is a large island with many small towns on it. We stayed at ... read more

Arrives in Budapest on Sunday evening after a two hour train trip from Bratislava on the Euro City. 1st Class Eurorail is a very pleasant way to travel. Staying at a very nice hotel in a great location on the Pest side of the city. Budapest is a huge city on both sides of the Danube. Spent our first day Monday getting familiar with the city. We took a 3 hour bus tour which either went past or stopped at many main locations, including House of Parliament, Castle District on Buda side and the monument of Heroes.All Magnificent!!!!!!! In the afternoon we walked to St Stphens Basilica, an amazing church not to far from our hotel. We took the lift to the tower which provided gret views over the city. On the way back we ... read more