http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/DannysAdventures/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from DannysAdventures en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:18:29 BST Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:18:29 BST Firenze is one of the hotspots of Italian art and literature it was the home for some time of the real life Ninja TurtlesSo we arrived on Saturday afternoon and checked into the Hostel then went for a walk. It was stunning Its not a very big city and everything is within walking distance so there was no need for bicycles. We just strolled around and saw the major attractions ate some go http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-285464.html We arrived in Milan at about 3pm and did the usual checkin to the hostel. The only difference was that the place we stayed at wasn't a hostel it was actually a two star Hotel Milan is not as touristy as say Florence or Rome hence the shortage of Hostels. So the two star Hotel was luxury We didnt have to share our room with anyone we had a television our own bathroom fresh towles daily eve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Milan/blog-285095.html We didnt plan to come to Switzerland on this trip but after hearing stories from other travellers and looking at those pictures hanging at my desk each day while at work I just couldnt help myself...All the photos hanging at my desk really do Switzerland the justice that it deserves Its a spectacular place There was still snow on the alps beautiful lakes cows with bells around their necks http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Interlaken/blog-284119.html Back in Germany but this time Munich... The city of Monks...I think in my past life I was from Munich. Nothing else explains my passion for beer skiing and bike riding.This blog is going to be short and sweet... The german keyboards are hard to type on im hungry we leave tomorrow and there is a beer garden within 5 minutes walk from here.ThursdayWe arrived in Munich at 6am after an overni http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-282273.html SundayWe arrived in Budapest at about lunchtime on Sunday. It has a really nice feel to it kind of oldschool and not too commercial yet but still eastern Europe. They cant speak English that well here but we get by. We got lost coming out of the train station so finding our hostel was a bit of an ordeal but apart from that we havn't had any troubles really. This hostel is small very cosy an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-281158.html FridayVienna the capital of Austria.We arrived in Vienna at about midday and by the time we found the Hostel and settled down it was about 3pm.. The weather in Vienna was much better than Prague at least the sun was outTo introduce ourselves to Vienna we signed up for a Friday NiteRide guided bike tour It was great they took us to all the tourist sights and Palaces around town then we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-280151.html So we arrived in Prague at about noon on Tuesday after about 4 hours on the train from Berlin and made our way to the Hostel. We are staying at the Czech Inn which is a short tramride to the centre of town. The breakfast at the Czech Inn is greatPrague is a beautiful old city cobblestoned roads with a charming feel to it. It has been very cold and overcast here going out during the day http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-279016.html Our last day in Amsterdam was the best hired bikes was again lovely weather just rode around the place visted more sites and parks and canals and windmills. Was a good end to our stint in Amsterdam. We woke up early the next morning for our train to Berlin. 6 hour train ride. Was nice their train system is really organized and fast. As soon as we crossed over the hollandgerman border on cam http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-277976.html Firstly Amsterdam is amazing...We arrived on Tueday morning after a 22 hour flight from Sydney which was quite eventless apart from seeing an Australian airforce jet flyby somewhere over central NSW.Tuesday we spent the day walking around and trying to get our bearings in this place. It's a wonderful place full of old buildings and architecture from another time. It's very european yet ver http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-276258.html It's interesting how things happen. It takes an overseas trip for me to start blogging but any excuse is better than none i guess. I always had the feeling that although it would be nice to write interesting articles about my personal life for the whole internet to see but i just couldn't be bothered... After swearing against it I took the plunge and joined facebook with peerpressure solely t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-267725.html