We cruised down through Hungary until we reached the Serbian border, when we arrived at the border we were told to our amazement that our car was not insured to drive in Serbia, and that we would need to purchase insurance at the border or not be allowed in. While the police held onto our passports we moved our car out of the queue and sat in no-man's land while we made a quick phone call to the car company who confirmed that yes we were insured to drive in Serbia. Despite trying to explain this to the Border Police we [View Full Entry]

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Our arrival in Budapest wasn't the best introduction to a city that we have had on our trip. We tried to do a drive-by of our accommodation, however we were unable to see it from the road so we drove around and around the nearby streets in an attempt to find somewhere to park. We finally came across a small side street where many other cars were parked so we dropped the car and walked back to find the hotel. When we finally found it we were quite disappointed, as we had paid more for this hotel than we had anywhere [View Full Entry]

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On the way through to Budapest we spent two nights in Vienna. On the way in to Vienna we went to visit the Schönbrunn Palace. This has many surrounding buildings and a huge park and is one of the most significant cultural monuments in Austria. Despite the oppressive heat we wandered around the grounds for around 2 hours and enjoyed a picnic lunch before we hiked up the hill to the observatory for a panoramic view of the palace and gardens. We then headed out to the camping ground and tried to pitch our tent. We had pre-booked a campsite however, [View Full Entry]

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Our foray into the Czech Republic began with some good luck, we had booked into a cheap hotel for three nights, however when we arrived were told they had overbooked and we had to be moved to another hotel. We were immediately a little wary but were very happy when we found that the new hotel was 4 star and we were paying a 2 star price for it! We soon realised that it was a four star hotel, when I asked how much it was to park in their garage for a night to my amazment it was 40 euro [View Full Entry]

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Our travels in Germany began with a night in Trier and an absolutely magnificent thunderstorm, we were having dinner when it hit so we had a bit of shelter until we had to head back to the hotel. The next morning was an absolute scorcher and we had a bit of a wander around Trier before heading on a scenic drive along both the Moselle and Rhine Rivers en route to a night in Frankfurt. Heading off early from Frankfurt we were on the autobahn on the way up to Berlin, its pretty surreal when you're cruising along at about 130kph [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Paris, picked up our car and hit the road, driving through to Reims to spend the night. Reims is in the heart of the champagne region and we decided we would do a tour of a champagne cellar. We were originally assigned to a French speaking tour but after sitting through a ten minute video in French which we struggled to understand, we were moved onto an English tour that was already underway. The tour was very good and the free champagne at the end went down well! We also had a stroll around the city centre, the [View Full Entry]

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After wrapping things up in Ireland and having a huge bash at Pembroke CC to say farewell to everyone, we flew over to Edinburgh to start the next leg of our adventure. We started by having a look over the impressive Stirling castle before heading up to Inverness to see if Anna could spot Nessie and for her to see her first Hairy Coo. From Inverness we cruised along the scenic lake picking up Uruqhart Castle, situated on a very dramatic point of Loch Ness and the beautiful Scottish highlands, which lived up to their reputation by bucketing down all the [View Full Entry]

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Leg 1 of our six month odyssey involved a trip over to New York and Toronto for 10 days We found the first few days in New York quite tough to adjust to, both for the crowds and the heat, after not having much that resembled a summer for the last two years We spent our time in New York viewing the sights, a Yankees baseball game, the top of the Empire State Building, catching the ferry out to Staten Island and seeing Chicago on Broadway were the main highlights We headed up to Toronto for 3 days and caught our [View Full Entry]

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We decided to take advantage of St Paddy's and Easter weekends being back to back and headed to Morocco for a 9 day adventure to soak up some sun, and enjoy some mint tea and tajines Spent our first 3 days in Marrakech, staying in an amazing Riad (traditional Moroccan house) and exploring the old city. The main square was very impressive, full of sights and sounds including snake charmers, a million fresh orange juice stalls and henna tattoo artists Then we decided to catch the train up to Fes for a couple of days of wandering through the maze that [View Full Entry]

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As we had the luxury of a car for a month over the Christmas Period, we decided to take advantage of it and cruised up to Northern Ireland for a few days. We started off the trip by picking up Joe and Mandy who had flown over from London and proceeded to have a look around Belfast. The following day we headed and on a scenic drive up the Antrim coast to arrive at the Giant's Causeway, just before closing. The Giants Causeway is one of the most visited sights in Ireland and despite the cold weather it was an impressive [View Full Entry]

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