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I know, I know! Bit behind... So Switzerland. Another amazing country. After leaving France, we headed to the Jungfrau region. We stayed in a really nice hotel in Interlakken at the bottom of the Jungfrau railway system. The first night we arrived at dinnertime, so didn't have much time to do much sightseeing. We had a group dinner, and Craig discovered a potato dish called rosti. After dinner we went out for drinks with a few of our tour buddies. We found a nearby bar and ordered some drinks... I ordered a vodka, and the friendly man behind the bar (who we weren't sure understood us) decided he'd pour one of all his coloured vodkas! It was one of those panicky tourist moments when you think you've just blown all your money on overpriced drinks. BUT ... read more

Greetings! (of the Merry kind) This time our travels took us on a day trip to Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Craig won a day trip at a travel expo that we went to, so off we went! Bright and early. Departure time was 6:30am from London, by coach. Ferried to France, then continued onto Belgium. When we got to Bruges, we had about 5hrs to explore the town. We started with the traditional Belgium Waffle. AMAZING! (I should note here that a lot of what we did was eat + drink) Nutella and whipped cream waffle to share = great start to the trip! The town was beautiful. So festive, with every store getting into the Christmas Spirit. There were horse drawn carriages transporting people through the town, toy stores, lace shops, chocolate stores (every 3rd shop!!) ... read more

Hallo! So, Craig and I have returned from our trip to Germany for Oktoberfest. We spent 15ish hours driving from London to Dover, then catching the ferry to Calais, France, driving through France and reaching our campsite in Munich, Germany. We did our tour through Busabout, and they were fantastic. Met so many people and took a lot of drunken photos... you'll see some, but some should never be seen! hehe! We arrived earlier than expected for our 1st day in Munich, so we managed to quickly change into our sexy orange tour shirts and jump on the shuttle bus to the Oktoberfest grounds. Our tour guide described it as Adult Disney Land... it has all the rides, food, games, souvenir shops PLUS beer! The beer halls were HUGE! and there were so many giant beer ... read more

First off, let me apologise, once again for the delay in updating the blog. (and also, for forgetting what we've already posted...oops) OK, Edinburgh! The annual Fringe Festival was on, we had a free weekend, so booked ourselves some cheap bus tickets and jumped on board the 9hr bus ride through England to Edinburgh, Scotland. Of course, when we arrived, it rained. But after that it didn't really rain again, so we were lucky. We checked into our overpriced hostel... which was quite a nice room, but the bed was shocking. imagine springs... and a sheet over it. yeah... we didn't sleep well in Edinburgh, but we had a lovely kitchenette and ensuite, just not a good bed. We used our kitchen to make pasta (thank you local 24hr Tesco) and saved a few bucks there. ... read more

Hello all! First of all, let me just start this blog by saying YES, we are safe from all the riots. We have had quite an interesting week, with tube stations closing, shops being shut early, police patroling the streets, and nearby towns burning, and being looted. A few of the friends we've made here were right in the areas affected by the London Riots, but all have escaped unharmed and untouched by rioting morons. When Ealing was set upon, it was quite worrying, as thats only 15ish minutes from Acton Town, and we have visited there quite often. In fact we were there only earlier that day! Anyways, enough on the riots. You all heard about in on the news. We are safe, all good. Didn't get to go see Phantom of the Opera because ... read more