La Nostra Festa

We rose early for a pre-planned bus (*shudder*) day-trip out to Windsor Castle, Bath & Stonehenge. Our tour guide, Deborah, was an absolute classic and knew London (and England) extremely well and kept us entertained the whole day. First stop was Windsor Castle, which was a grand old castle with a fantastic collection of old weaponry, art and other royal paraphernalia. It was great to go into the rooms where the Queen actually entertains guests to this day! Our next stop was Bath, which is famous for the ancient Bath built there when the Romans discovered a hot spring. A lot of the bath is still in good condition (except the water is a nice murky green) and was fascinating to walk around. Our final port of call was the iconic Stonehenge! We were both really ... read more

Well the last 28 days have just flown by! We can't believe where the time has gone, and where we've managed to visit in that space of time. Looking back at all of our photos, it all just seems surreal!! We had a tour group of 50 people, 46 Australians, 1 Kiwi (living in Australia) and 3 Canadians. As you can imagine with so many Australians on tour there was an automatic bond. We describe the experience as being a little like big brother, without the evictions (although sometimes people felt like they'd like to add that in! haha). We all got on exceptionally well, and by the end having spent so much time together, a lot of times all day & all night, it was like we were a big family! We arrived back into ... read more

After a long drive from Lucerne we finally arrived in Germany once again in a small town called St. Goar in the Rhine Valley. This is a big wine growing region, where they grow their grapes on the sides of hills to get the optimum amount of sun. We checked into our small hotel, which had possibly the narrowest staircase we’d ever seen especially considering everyone’s suitcases were now bulging at the seams! Our activity for the evening was a wine tasting excursion to sample some of the local wines. JB walked us along the streets and then down some stairs into what literally looked like a sewer! It was dark and cool, which we guess is perfect for a win cellar! A few Ninja turtle jokes were made as we half expected Splinter to jump ... read more

We stopped over for a very early lunch in the 4th smallest country in the world, Liechtenstein, on the way to Switzerland on the 3rd of July... as you do!! We only spent an hour and a half here. The centre of town was very small and everything including food was quite expensive. The scenery was very beautiful, but we didn't find the place very interesting. It was a good experience to see it though :)!... read more

We spent the whole day on the 1st of July travelling from Vienna to spend one night in Munich basically to experience the famous Hofbräuhaus beer hall! We have to admit though, it was pretty cool to go to the most famous beer hall and consume many 1L steins of beer. Enjoy the photos!... read more