Geo: 48.1391, 11.5802Another early start and this time we're off to Munich in Bavaria. The weather was horrible. It was raining and raining hard. From Heidelberg to Munich took about 4 hours in our coach. We did a mini pit stop and we reached Munich just after 12pm, just in time for lunch.We had a quick look around and our guide said some buildings were bombed in WWII and when they were reconstructed, they were not as good as the original. This was certainly the case, we saw a lot of buildings with fantastic architecture on the outside and right next door were very simple buildings. I thought Munich was busy. Lots of people around however it is not as busy as Sydney. We had a look around in various department stores - very similar to ... read more

Geo: 50.2317, 7.58813Next 2 entries are going to be very brief as it seemed like wespent a long time on the bus travelling to a couple of places. We left Amsterdam at around 7.15am onour way to Boppard. On bus trips, nothing exciting happens. Thescenery itself was very nice, with the farmlands and architecture ofthe houses certainly different to what we have back home but overall,nothing much happened. We rode on the Autobahn. Buses are limited to100 km/h. We found out today that if there are 3 lanes on theAutobahn, the cars can go as fast as they want but if there are 2lanes, they are limited to “only” 130km/h. The most exciting partabout the bus trip was my phone buzzing, telling me we'd crossed overthe Germany.Our lunch stop was at St Goar. We weresupposed to ... read more

Geo: 51.5142, -0.0931*New high* said my phone at the end of day. It said that I've reached a record number of steps. After what we did today, it did seem like it!Still jet-lagged, I was up by 3.30am and we were both up by 5.30am. Breakfast was at Pret a Manger. This food chain is so big it looked to have taken over McDonalds as the fast food thing to have. Since being here, I've only seen 2 Maccas and there seems to be a Pret around each corner.After breakfast, we made our way to Buckingham Palace. I was impressed by it, it is so big that the guards look like toy soldiers. We were there at 9.40am and it was still relatively empty with a few tourists taking pictures. Seeing we were there too early ... read more

Geo: 3.12433, 101.684Today was quite easy. Not too much happening except that we went on a shopping spree. For the amount of stuff that we got, I think it was quite cheap.We went shopping in Sungei Wang which somehow became BB Plaza. Lunch was had one last time at Old Town White Coffee.After lunch we went shopping at Berjaya Times Square one last time. Got myself some new shorts.Dinner was all you can eat at a Japanese restaurant, called Suki-Ya. It was all you can eat chicken, lamb and beef and with other side dishes like vegetables, tofu, meatballs and cheese sausages. For a last dinner of our holidays, it was great. Perhaps the best food we had after Jumbo in my opinion. Certainly for me, the best value for money food we've had. We had ... read more

Geo: 3.12433, 101.684We had to wake up quite early today as we were picked up to do a Gardens tour today, booked with through the hotel. We started off in a chocolate factory. It wasn't so bad, as he showed us the process of how chocolate is made. The chocolate tasted quite good in itself but a bit pricey and in this humid weather, it could melt quite easily. So whilst we all had a taste, we didn't really want to buy anything.Next stop was the butterfly garden. Once going inside, there were lots and lots of butterflies flying around. Some of them quite small but some of them quite big, the size which I haven't seen before. One of them, its wingspan was about the same as one of my handspan. Never seen so big ... read more