Rome Started off by catching the train to Rome. I was quite surprised that there were signs and videos on the train warning you to be careful of pick pockets. One of the guys from tour fainted at the train station and had to go home. Stink buzz for him. I think it's probably from too much drinking, so I wasn't sympathetic at all. First up an Imperial Walking Tour including the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. The Roman Forum We started off at the forum which kicked ass. Our guide was an elderly lady who to be completely honest was [View Full Entry]

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Finally got to a computer Road to Rome There's not much to write in this entry as we spent the majority of the day driving. I really liked the scenery coming into Rome. Heaps of wineries and fields full of crops. I always imagined Italy in general to be really dry as that's all I ever saw in pictures, but this really changed my idea of it. Bus Crash When we were nearly in Rome, the bus crashed into a car. It nearly swerved into the center barrier. I was in the second row and saw it all happen. Basically we [View Full Entry]

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Venice We started off the day nice and early and caught the boat into Venice. I was already sweating like crazy by the time we arrived there. We went and saw a guy make a glass vase and a glass horse. It took him about 2 minutes to make both ofthem. Then off to a lace making place which was pretty fucking boring. We then had a free day to do whatever we wanted. I needed some sunglasses and Mecha knew of a place where you could get cheap branded ones. I thought id spoil myself and bought some for 85 [View Full Entry]

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Computer Im using sucks the bean bags and doesnt have a apostrophe. White Water Rafting On the way to Venice the coach stopped off before we left Austria and we went white water rafting. This was badass. We had a boat with 6 people (not inc the driver). 4 guys, 2 girls. Our driver was realy cool. He was real hungover from the night before. The rapids we went on were only grade 2, so it wasnt going to be that bad. This was my first time going white water rafting so I had not clue how the grades actually worked. [View Full Entry]

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Computer Im using sucks the bean bags and doesnt have a apostrophe. Hopfgarten Left munich and headed into Hopfgarten, Austria. As you enter the country youre surrounded by the greenest grass, most beautiful hills and clearest rivers youve ever seen. I know it makes me sound like a batty pirate describing it like that, but it is truely a spectacular sight. We arrive ast our cabins in to see the reps waving. We all wave the entire time as soon as we see them. A rep gets on the bus to give us the run down. What she doesnt know is [View Full Entry]

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Dachau Concentraion Camp We had really good traffic on the way to Munich so Mecha and Rocket let us go to the Dachau Concentration Camp. I felt really weird about coming here as I get really bad feelings about this sort of stuff. When we walked in the front gates I felt like vomiting. The continued with me for the hour that we had there. It was fucked up. Really fucked up. The Dachau Camp was the first Concentration Camp built in March 1933. It went under reconstruction in 1937-38 and more was added. The camp was meant to store 6,000 [View Full Entry]

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Prague Today was the first day on tour we actually got to sleep in. Our first activity wasn't until 11:45am, which was the River Cruise and lunch. The lunch was really good, first decent meal I've had on this tour. Lots of vegetarian options including deep fried Colliflower. It was alright but nothing to rave about. The cruise was really nice. You really start to appreciate how awesome Prague actually is. Lots of girls kept saying how in love with the City they were, so it must mean something good. There's not really much more to say about the cruise except [View Full Entry]

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Dresden On the way to Prague we stopped off at Dresden, a city that was almost completely destroyed by bombders during the war. Despite this, the town has been reconstructed and actually looks some what upper class. I didn't take many photos as time was limited, but you can see from the church photos that some of the old blocks were used when it was reconstructed. Went and had a potato and cheese bake with Christy and Helen for lunch at a traditional looking restuarnt and then we headed off to Prague. Road to Prague We got to the Czech Republic [View Full Entry]

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We started off the morning going on a walking tour. We went to a few places, which to be honest, I can't remember all the names for. Some real wicked architecture though. The Germans obviously have a lot of really bad history but are taking corrective steps to fixing what they can, which is really cool. There's pleanty of history throughout the city and lots of explainations for what has happened. Things like, the Monument of the Jewish Holocaust in the centre of town to commemorate the Jews. The monument caused a lot of controversy for reasons like: People thought it [View Full Entry]

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On the bus at 8am and off to Berlin. We got out 'morning song' today. The monrning song is a song that's plaeyed every morning when we leave. It's a Canadian Irish song called "Home for a Rest" by a band called Spirit of the West. By george it rules. The trip is supposed to be our longest journey for the entire tour. We arrived at about 4pm and went to the Brandenburg gate, the Jewish Holocaust Memorial, The tear garden, a Russian Monument and the Reichstag. I'm really enjoying Berlin thus far. The city is laid out really well, there's [View Full Entry]

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