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Arrived in St Petersburg at about 5pm in darkness and caught the Bus in to the city centre, word of advice never sit up the front of the bus from the Airport to the City. I ended up having to collect money from everyone for their tickets along the way and then work out their change from the driver and attempt to give it back... Great fun when it is all in Rubles and NO ONE speaks English. Got to the Hostel and met the rest of the Tour Group which comprises of two other guys, Irish John and Australian John! [View Full Entry]

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Had 3 days in Berlin which wasn't nearly enough, was lucky however to be there on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, so lots going on. Saw the usual suspects such as the Berliner Dome, The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the TV Tower, and the Holocaust Memorial. All amazing, the river really sets the city off, and also helps divide the new and old towns. The best part of the visit was seeing The Checkpoint Charlie Museum as well as the part of the Original wall, really well done and rather an emotional visit. Also saw the Berlin [View Full Entry]

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Dresden was only a 2hr train ride from Prague and on the way to Berlin, so felt i had to stop there and was glad I did. Only had 2 days and 2 nights but that was probably enough. For a city that was so heavily bombed during WWII it is really beautiful, lots of modern architechture but lots of the old has been painstakingly restored. The river crestaes a nice subtle division between the old town and the new. The old town was definitley my favourite and saw so many great places to see such as the Frauenkirche, the Opera [View Full Entry]

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Okay feeling lazy but this place was great so deserves an entry of its own so will add what Wikipedia has to say: Karlštejn Castle (German: Burg Karlstein, meaning Castle on Carl's stone, Czech: Hrad Karlštejn) is a large Gothic castle founded 1348 AD by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor-elect and King of Bohemia. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well as the Bohemian coronation jewels, holy relics and other royal treasures. Located about 30 km southwest of Prague above the village named Karlštejn, it is one of the most famous and most fr [View Full Entry]

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Prague definitely rates up there with Budapest as one of the prettiest cities I have been too. Much like Budapest it is very accommodating of tourists and indeed has everyything you could want comfort wise. the best part 16 Czech Krowns to the Aussie dollar making Pints only $2 each! The train trip from Budapest was interesting and made me glad I chose to travel by rail. Unlike the previous train this one was much more comforatble so the 7hr ride slipped by rather quickly. Travelling through Slovakia was interesting and in a purely selfish way made me happy i chose [View Full Entry]

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Arrived in Budapest after a very long train ride from belgrade, however the good news was the train station was only a 3 minute walk from the Hotel. had a chance on the first night to have a look around and get my bearings, seemed to get a little lost and apparently was walking parallel to the Danube without actually seeing it! Next day tried to cram as many touristy things in as I could. Saw the Museum, Parliament, Buda Castle, castle Hill, The Chain Bridge and Budapest Castle (complete with Funicular). Came back down the Funicular at night, the Chain [View Full Entry]

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Glasgow, cold, wet, cold, wet, cold, wet oh and cold! But despite all of that still glad I made the journey, was dissapointed not to see it last time I was in Scotland, but was well worth a look. A very busy place and very grey and drab but n onetheless interesting. Drunk some more Guinness (yes I know Im in Scotland) and had a good curry (again yes I know Im in Scotland). Saw mopst of what Gl;asgow has to offer, main Square, Tollbooth, Cathedral, and the pedestrian mall, also used the opportunity to stock up on some English reading [View Full Entry]

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Finally made it in to the Rajkovic heartland... Had a crazy taxi ride from the Airport (as one would expect) and checked in to teh Hotel where for the first time in my life I wasn't asked to spell my surname! that was worth the plane fare alone.... Considering it's only 10 years since the city was bombed by NATO it has recovered reasonably well although as I was told before I arrived it is the most nonsensical mish mash of architecture and buiiolding you have ever seen. The peopel are generally friendly if not a little oportunistic, although it appears [View Full Entry]

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