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So I've been pretty slack about updating my blog since I've been back, mainly due to lack of travel, fatigue and just plain laziness. Windsor Castle So I started off by myself at 8am and got on a Evan Evans tour out to Windsor Castle. Going on another tour proved to be a weird experience as the people on the tour were slightly uh... more "aged" then Contiki (18-35). Basically I wasn't going to get a tour where everyone was drinking and making immature jokes..instead what I had was an "Eccentric" lady who would rave on about her husband, her dog and all the other generic crap no-one really gave a flying fuck about. When we were getting on the bus, it wouldn't be the laid back "I'll sit wherever I feel like with whoever I ... read more

London - Day 1 Today was my first relaxing day. I didn't have to leave the hotel I stay in after tour until 11am so I chilled out, had a bath (I'm paying for the hotel so I've got to take full advantage of that shit) and booked some touristy stuff around London for the next few days. Places on the bill: Tower of London, London Dungeon, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Bath and Stonehenge. Cost me £141 ($393) for the entrance to all those places, a hop on hop off bus around London and a coach to Windsor Castle, Bath and Stonehenge. After that I met up with Hannah and we went food shopping. Spent £13.5and got 4 days worth of food (breakfast, lunch & dinner) as well as roll on and toothpaste. So stoked! That's ... read more

This is basically just summary for anyone who may be curious on doing a Contiki tour from my experience. Contiki Conclusion - European Whirl Tour in general is incredibly fast paced. It's designed to maximise your amount of sight seeing in a short period of time. Typical days would consist of: Day 1: Travel for Full (or large part of) Day Day 2: Explore city all day from early on in the morning The first half of tour is spent in Hostels, the majority which are sweet (bearable), with only a few that were disappointing. Second half is spent at camp-sites which again vary. The worst one I stayed in was in Venice. Favourite Country: Germany Favourite Cities: Berlin, Paris, Rome Most Beautiful Scenery: Switzerland followed closely by Austria. Cities I probably wouldn't go again in ... read more

Pre-Paris Paris is our last city on my Contiki Tour and what better city then the worlds most touristy. There was a shit load to see and hardly any time to see it as we were only staying there for a day. My plan for the day was to go up the Eiffel Tower, Climb the Arch De Triumph, See the Mona Lisa and go up into the Notre Dam bell tower. Eiffel Tower We got dropped off at the Eiffel tower at 9am, it opened at 9:30. Because we got there early, the line wasn't very long and there wasn't too many people there thank god. While we were in line, there was these stupid gypsy's trying to sell Eiffel Tower souvenirs. As soon as someone would go to buy one, another two of the ... read more

Jungfrau Mountain Jungfrau mountain is the highest mountain in Europe sitting at about 4,158 metres. Even though it's nearly the end of summer, due to the altitude there's still snow on the mountain. It was 2.5 degrees when we were up there. We caught the train up to the mountain which is about a 2 hour ride. I've got a photo of me doing the matrix in the train which is made possible as the tracks are on a 25% gradient tilted. Sadly, people are lousy at taking photos so it didn't come out as well as I would've liked. Due to the altitude, the lid of my Pringle's container popped off which was pretty cool. Unfortunately I didn't get to see it as it was in my bag, but when we were going up on ... read more

Florence Started off the morning driving to Florence. It was about a 4 hour drive from Rome. Met up at Santa Croce Church for our group photo which I think is a bit of a rip off so i didn't order one. As soon as we finished, this fucking gypsy came up and asked us for money. Literally. Photo taken, then she walks up and asks for money. I felt like saying "Got curtousy bitch?" Grr. After that it was off to Leonardos leather works which was a waste of time and the smell of leather made me feel like vomiting. The guy who told us about leather kept on going on about Gypsy's and people who were selling counterfeit products. There's heaps of these "bastards" as he described them all through Florence. Every street you ... read more