It was tough to get up this morning, I would have done anything to sleep in, but even though it was our free day, we had to be in town for 9AM for a bike ride. After having hardly any time to get ready and a quick breakfast we were on our way into the city. Billy dropped us off and we followed Jamie to the bike tour place. We were warned earlier that you must be able to ride competently as the tour guides can get quite angry. Jamie was so concerned that we would be late, and they would cancel it altogether, he started to run ahead to let them know we were on our way. Eventually we arrived had a quick briefing of what we were doing then we were each given a ... read more

Today was our free day in Berlin and most of the group had chosen to do the optional guided tour around the World War I & II historical sights. We got ready and were dropped off at Checkpoint Charlie where we walked to meet our guide. The guide introduced himself as we began walking around the streets on Berlin, stopping every now and then for a detailed explanation of different World War I & II sights. We eventually stopped in an office carpark, this is where Hitler’s bunker was buried far underground, the place where he eventually killed himself. Our guide went on and on telling us all about the bunker, it was all very interested and he really seemed to get into it. We soon continued on past various buildings which were important in the ... read more

We woke up and got ready for our free day to roam around Prague. Hannah, myself and a few others left the campsite and began the long journey into town. It wasn’t easy, we got lost on the way to the tram and when we finally found it we had no idea where to get off. It required input from everyone who was with us to finally work out which stop to get. We made our way to Prague Castle to get a closer look and explore this impressive structure. Some of us had planned to have a look around inside, but the amount they were charging was ludicrous, besides we only wanted to have a quick look. The spectacular Cathedral within the castle walls was free, however since it was Sunday everywhere had limited opening ... read more

Today was quite possibly going to be the most emotional day on tour, we got ready, packed our gear and headed for an Austrian Concentration Camp called ‘Mauthausen’. We took a short bus trip to the concentration camp and were given the option to watch a movie about the history of Mauthausen, every single person on the tour did it. The group sat and watched this deeply emotional film which described exactly what went on to the prisoners here. An hour later we emerged from the theatre most people holding back tears, we were totally silent. We had time to explore around the concentration camp and after getting a little lost Hannah and I eventually found the entrance. Unfortunately most of the information boards weren’t in English on them, but you knew exactly what went on ... read more

We needed to pack up our tents and be ready to go very early this morning because today was the single longest drive day of the tour, Venice to Vienna. Before we left we said a sad goodbye to the people who were leaving us today as we headed for our next destination. We spent the entire day in the Topdeck van, except when we stopped for a short lunch at a service station just off the motorway. It wasn’t until late afternoon when we finally arrived at our campsite in Vienna. We setup our tents and Gavo began to cook dinner, I again thought it was time to do some laundry but went to find that it was extremely expensive, more than any other place we’d been so far, I decided to leave it. We ... read more