It's after midnight here, but I hate falling behind on blogs, so I have Rafael Nasal playing in the background as I type this after another very long day tour where we arrived back at our hotel around midnight. We were able to sleep in today, as the tour didn't start until midday. We were both so exhausted from yesterday's tour that we welcomed the 9 o'clock start. After we got ready we went to the shopping centre next door to buy ourselves some new shoes. Walking shoes, so we were able to spend the hours walking around. We both knew what we wanted so it was only a matter of trying them on before we purchased them. Then, back to the hotel to get our things ready for our day trip to Phillip Island. Phillip ... read more

After a late night on New Years Eve and not getting to bed until after one, we had nothing planned for the morning. Very unlike us, we slept in until about 8, but didn't get out of bed until almost 9. We decided to try to breakfast the hotel had to offered, but in our opinion it was nothing special and probably not worth the $17 we spent on it. So we will stick to the food we bought. At 12 we went to see the movie Sing at Melbourne Central Hoyts. It was surprisingly good and we had a few laughs at it. It was definitely better than what we thought it would be and left feeling quite pleased. We grabbed some lunch from the food court and then headed back to our hotel where ... read more

We didn't stray too far from our hotel today, but that was always the plan for our first full day in Melbourne. If Albert had his way, this would be every day, but I've insisted in coming days we go a little further and do some day tours, which I am looking forward to. Most of today was spent next door at The Strand - the giant shopping centre in the centre of Melbourne. We left around 9:30, but due to the holiday period, most shops weren't open until 10. The big stores like Myer were open, and shops on the street, so we wandered there for a while. On the other side of our hotel is a 24/7 post office, which is the most convenient thing for me ever. I have been a member of ... read more

I confess, today was a very lazy day for us. Our last day in Innsbruck and Austria altogether, and there wasn't much we desperately wanted to do. All that remained on our list was visiting Ambras Castle and Olympiaworld, and do a little bit of shopping. Like yesterday, we were in no hurry to leave the hotel. We had breakfast down in the restaurant again, which is expensive, but we came with a lot of money here (well, not a lot, but more than we needed) so we were able to afford the breakfast here everyday. After that, we rested up in our hotel and finished off getting ready before heading out for the bus that would take us up to Ambras Castle On our very first day in Innsbruck, I had seen a sign pointing ... read more

I stole the title of tis blog from Albert's photo collage he posted to Facebook via his iPod - it names it himself, apparently, but it is a good enough title for what we did (or lack thereof) today. I suppose I could have included something about crystals as well, seeing as that was our whole purpose in being in the little town of Wattens. Well, technically, we weren't exactly in the town, but just outside of it. Wattens is located about a 20-30 minute drive outside of Innsbruck. It is accessible from the bus terminal as well as via train. It is nothing more than a small town with what appeared to be about 5 churches and houses built in weird places. It seems that Austrians have no rules as to where they can build ... read more