Blogs from Europe - page 11353

wanderung auf den niesen am 05.08.2007 gingen wir zu 4 auf den niesen - nicht mit der bahn sondern zu fuss... es war einer der heissesten tage diesen sommer und teilweise war es wirklich wie in einem backofen ! die erste hälfte bis zur mittelstation war extrem steil und die versuchung auf die bahn zu steigen war gross, aber ich habe mein inneres teufelchen ueberwindet und bin der 2. teil auch zu fuss gegeangen. zum glück, denn dieser teil ist viel angenehmer zu gehen und auch die aussicht ist schöner ! nach ner langer pause und einer glace im restaurant haben wir die letzte bahn nach unten genommen.... read more

Sun worship temple or Healing centre or Huge calendar? Since we arrived to UK Stonehenge was on top of my list of places to visit. Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in the whole of Britain and there are not that many people that have never heard about it. It stands as a timeless monument to the people who built it. Question is who built it and how?? The Stonehenge that we see today is the final stage but it was built in 4 stages apparently. When we walked around with our audio guides we learnt that large earthwork or Henge was probably built around 3000 BC. That is long time ago ;-) Excavations have revealed cremated human bones in some of the chalk filling, but the holes themselves were probably made, not for ... read more

When we first hopped on the bus with 50 other people our Tour Manager Kerith stood up and told us ' firstly you need to understand that this isn't a holiday, you will get grumpy, you will have long days and long nights and you will be exhausted' -that was no exaggeration at all. We headed to the Ferry at Dover and arrived in Paris at our first 'Contiki Special Stopover' in the afternoon, we were greeted with a small glass of french champagne, had some dinner and then went on a short bus tour of 'The City of Lights' with a short stop to see the Eiffel Tower at night. We learnt very quickly that Baz (bus driver) and Kez were serious about being at our meeting points on time because we left three people ... read more

We set sail from the small bay to visit more islands. Anchored in a blue bay with a small beach and only a handful of houses, we stopped for lunch after taking in 2-3 hours of sun. Lunch and brief swimming and then back to resting. But the anchor lost its grip on the sea floor and we drifted. Suddenly the waves began to rock the boat and we all sat in the back deck holding on so as not to be thrown off. Sara wanted to go sit on the trampoline and almost had me convinced. But with a full stomach I couldn’t talk myself into the inevitable sea sickness it would cause, so we didn’t go. Thank goodness because it got rougher until we set up the sails. I had no idea that the ... read more

im here. its crazy. i am the most tired i have EVER been but its already 6pm here and its only like 9am in NM so if i fell asleep now it would mess up the whole jetlag stuff. so im staying up. crazy I know. I am NOT functioning regularly I am just walking in a daze. I cant believe im here. so i think i ate raindeer tonight. were not exactly sure. it was some kind of meat but egh it wasn't very good. but we also ate plain boiled potatos, peeled. the salad was really good though! its so pretty here! i mean like beautiful trees and such! i had an amazing plane ride. so much fun. it turns out i was sitting next to my dance partner kurt from NM the ... read more