Lew and Holly

We made it!!! We arrived in Munich a day early and managed to find the camp ground by following the tram lines. We parked in a side street near the camp ground and headed in to town for a wander around. It was the perfect opportunity to due urgent things like update the blog and get some laundry done. We managed to sleep in the van, even with the loud raindrops banging on the roof, and checked in the next morning. Still raining, we decided to put up the tent incase it made a turn for the worse. Talk about a laugh!!! The tent we have carried around for 2 months (still in its packaging) would barely even fit a child let alone the 2 of us with our bedding and a change of clothes. So ... read more

First stop CHOCOLATE!! Literally the first stop we made in Belgium was to the town of Brugges and a museum called Choco-Story. It was a pretty cool little expo on the history of chocolate from the Aztecs use of it as a drink of the Gods, then later as a currency (100 cocao beans could buy you a slave) through to the Belgians perfecting it and adding praline to it. There was even a great live demo of how to make praline chocolates in moulds which we got to try afterwards. Apart from walking around the very pretty little town (which we liked more than Prague) there was not much more to see. The church with Christ's blood was closed for lunch so we wandered around the canals and some markets before heading off for Ypres. ... read more

What a wonderful break we've had from travelling! We have stayed in Denmark with our friends, Inge and Jesper, who we met on our honeymoon in Fiji. Inge, Jesper and both of their families have been so generous and made us feel so welcome it is hard to move onto the next country. We've been to Danish birthday parties and seen the sights around Vejle (pronounced "Viyla") where they live, eaten home grown/home made food and even relaxed on the lounge with takeaway pizzas and dvd rentals. We arrived on Thursday night and had tacos for dinner, YUM, and gave our friends a slideshow of our trip so far. They both had Friday off work and showed us the sights of Vejle, even the ones they haven't seen before. We saw the grave mounds of the ... read more

We have now had 5 nights in the Czech Republic and it has been great. Where else can you eat out for all your meals, stay in double rooms with en suite each night and still stick to your budget???. Plus have meaty meals and cheap beer, we have lived like kings! We spent 1 night in a pretty little town called Cesky Krumlov (our favourite in the Czech Rep so far), 2 nights in Pilsen for a beer pilgrimage and finally two nights in Prague, the 'Mother of Cities' herself. We crossed over the border without any problems, the Czech Rep hasn't adopted the Euro yet so it was a bit of a novelty having to get a local currency again. Cesky Krumlov was a pretty little town that we read up was a mini ... read more

We have spent a week travelling around Italy. We had another day in Florence before heading down to Roma where we had 3 nights. We then turned around and made our way to Venice for 2 more days. Our second day in Florence had another long queue in store for us. The line for Galleria Uffizi (contains many famous Italian art) had people running for the line at only 8 in the morning. It took about 2 hours to get to the front but it was worth it for the amazing artwork inside, even though neither of us are really into art that much, we did manage to recognise a few (not by name or artist but "oh, I've seen that before"). The only problem was that it was another gallery where you could not use ... read more