On the way to Florence we made a stop at the the leaning tower of Pisa. And of course took the photo of us pushing it over like the other hundreds of people in front of it. In Florence we saw the famous statue of David (Kev was not impressed with his package).... read more

After checking in to our hotel at Nice in the French Riviera, Jarrad drove us into the country of Monaco were you have to apply to Prince Albert if you want to be a citizen. After dinner looking over the grand prix track he took us down the starting grid and for a spin around the track. Revving it up on the starting line to the sound of Formula 1 cars revving. He can do amazing things in that bus. We arrived at the Grand Casino Monte Carlo - the minimum bet was 5 Euro's ($10) so our money didnt last too long. We did have some big winners on tour though, and overall it was a good night!... read more

Well our first sights of France were beautiful. Last night we arrived in Paris and were treated with a surprise visit to go up the Eiffel Tower from Austin (our tour manager) and Jarrad (bus driver). We got the lift up the 324 metres to some fantastic views over Paris. Today we went to all the must do's of Paris! The Lourve (Mona Lisa), the Notre Dame Cathedral, Seine River, Arc De Triumph. The highlight would have been Jarrad launching us in a 50 seater bus onto a 6 lane round-a-bout around the Arc de Triumph playing Danger Zone from Top Gun over the speakers. The reason for the danger is that all the vehicles already on the round-a-bout have to give way to those coming on. So basically we stopped six lanes of traffic while ... read more

The last 3 days have been spent in Santorini. Our hotel is beautiful. We can see the sunset from our 4 post bed and get served breakfast to our balcony every morning. I guess you could say we are living it up before we get to Contiki. We hired a quad bike and have been crusing the hills of Santorini. Yesterday we drove to Kamari Beach then Red Beach. Only just made it to a servo after driving for about 30 minutes with the petrol light flashing! Last night we drove around town and had dinner with some traditional Greek Music. Today we had a late start and then jumped back on our bike and headed for Perissa Beach. We ended up at the Taj Mahal Club on Perivolos Beach. We had sun beds with cushions ... read more

After managing very well getting from the airport to the train (metro) station and into Athens city, getting a little lost and eventually arriving at our hotel we realised we were only a short walk to the Acropolis. So we went exploring and found great 360 degree views of Athens and great shots of the Acropolis and it's surroundings.... read more