An early start this morning as there was a lot to do. We drove for about an hour and a half before our first stop in Vadaz, the capital of Liechtenstein. We had about 45minutes here, enough time to have a walk around and get a hot chocolate before boarding the bus again for our drive to Tyrol, Austria. Some of the group spent a good 2.5-3 hours doing white water rafting which i declined as I'd already done it in USA and also i like living. So those of us that didn't do us spent that time getting the most delicious lunch at a little restaurant down the road. There was only 25 of the 51 people doing it so there was plenty of people to hang with that also didn't do it. When they ... read more

We were up this morning kind of early; bags to coach was at 9:00am so we got in some breakfast first. We drove for a bit before a quick stop off for a bathroom and snacks stop. Then we were on the road again for about another hour and a half before arriving at the Germany/Switzerland border. Leona and Derek jumped off briefly to pay some German road tax then we drove for about another 10minutes before our 30minute lunch stop; this was when we discovered how bloody expensive Switzerland was. For example, a not overly large plate of lasagne was 17CHF... which equals about $21AUS...I kid you not. Such a joke. After the shock of our lives we drove for abit longer before arriving at the base of Mt Pilatus. This is the home of ... read more

We got up and felt like rubbish; it may have been the booze, it may have been the space cake it may have been just a lack of sleep as we'd got back at about 3:30am and we had to be up and ready and breakfasted by 8:15am as we were being shuttled in to town to get dropped off early so we could beat the queue to see Anne Frank's house. Her real house. Its been turned into a museum now, and its very well layed out. You actually get to go though the house and room by room find out bots and pieces of the story and it has photos etc all the way through. After the museum we made our way on a tram down to the Heiniken Brewery. Though I dont drink ... read more

We started a tad later today as I was feeling under the weather and it we weren't really in a hurry to get anywhere. We got up, showered and caught the metro to Syntagma Square to meet Sharnez. We decided to head in search of a department store called Attica that we'd read about. It was basically like a David Jones style deparment store, really over priced but I managed to find a lovely pair of Benneton sandels for only 16euro. We got over this pretty quickly so we moved back to Syntagma square back past the strip of shops and toward the flea markets. We went in a few souviener and bought some pieces then headed for some lunch. We stopped at a little cafe. It was stinking hot by this point, unbearable. As i'd ... read more

We woke in a terrible way. Not so much from the alcohol because, touch wood at the moment we can well and truely handle it, it was more from the absolute serious lack of sleep. We dragged ourselves out of bed, put on minimal makeup and made our way out to Crete at about 9:30am. we skipped breakfast as we had to be back on the ship no later than 11:00am. We walked for a bit (on the way getting some breakfast) before arriving in the main shopping strip of the city. Not a lot going on, just more souvenier shops. We made our way up further past a lovely church and up to th fountain in the middle. Made a quick photostop there then continued up to the markets, which again, not so impressive. So ... read more