Sarah B and Sarah S

Well this morning we left Plovdiv to head back to Sofia. After the usual train fun we have come to enjoy (really how can you call a train 'express' when its 30 minutes late?!?) we made it back to Sofia, or as they call it here, squiggle. Sofia bored us before, there was little to do and were here purely because the plane happens to be here. Were stopping in a different hostel this second time, a place that's won loads of awards and shiny things. When we arrived we were given a talk off the staff about what to do in Sofia (most of which we had already done). Sadly this was wasted on us, since tomorrow at 9-ish we'll be off to the airport. We took the tram, each armed with two tickets for ... read more

Ok so we've already left but we wanted it on the little map thing. Currently in Bulgaria where there are yet more thunder storms and mosquitos which are eating us alive. (we call them Dracula). Arrived via night train last night and got to the hostel at around 6.30 am our time this morning (half 4 for you). Managed to check in and get a few hours sleep for a small extra charge, They also gave us breakfast so it was all good. Then we went for a wander and found all there seems to be here....nothing. We went into a pretty cathedral and down to the crypt where there is apparently some world renown religious art (I wouldn't know) we managed to confuse the lady on the desk with SS's aber uni card for a ... read more

At request, here is a blog post :P (Written by SS, SB is doing something more exciting, like sleeping) We are in Zagreb, Croatia. Today was the worst day expected for me, (SS) as my degree results were being puiblished and this hostel has one computer, which is usually occupied. Therefore I got up early to steal it. Obviously there was then the time change, which meant I had to check my results at 10am, not 9am. Anyway, lalala I passed. Therefore now I am Sarah Seaton BSc (Hons) and all that woop. I'm not specifying class on here, loads of people I dont know read this! But I passed, so will (hopefully) be seeing most of you at graduation in a fortnight! (flights pending!) Well as I said we are in Zagreb. My results kinda ... read more

Today there was sun. woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Five minutes of sun and I am burnt (SS). Next time we see sun she should wear sun cream. Though to be fair, we hadnt got much of a reason to expect sun. The sun lasted around 5 hours. Woo! Today we went to see a big building called Schönbrunn Palace. It is huuuuuuuuuuge. Apparently (according to SB) it has thoooousands of rooms. (1441?). Were not too up to date on our Vienna history so we have wikipedia-ed it and still remain a bit confused. Did people live in all those rooms? How would you clean it? Apparently Austria had a Royal family till 1918, even so the building is a little huge for one family! We walked to Gloriette which gives a view of the entirity of Vienna, but the ... read more

Well we're not in Prague anymore but in Vienna (I (SB) wanted to put the czech republic on the travel map). The day started well, we arrived only 2.5 hrs late after an interesting night on a night train witzh a very scary guard. The people in our carriage arrived, cried and left which made us feel so special. Prague however was very pretty, if a little damp. We decided we wanted to go to Prague Castle which apparently is lovely. We found it, but we couldnt find a way *into* it! Once we did we did we saw the changing of the guard, in which no guards changed... Odd. (Prague Castle is apparently the biggest in Europe, its more like the biggest extension in Europe). We found that we could go inside, if we paid ... read more