Blogs from Europe - page 11607

We actually had a decent nights sleep last night! We drove up to Siatista today to do some errands. First we dropped Magda off at the bank and parked the car. We met up with her at the blanket store and I picked out one for me and one for my mom. Steve got one for his bed too and he also bought a rug for his room that’s really cool. It’s kind of like bronze shag with chenille alternating rows in cream color. It’s gorgeous! We also went to the post office, bakery and to Vodaphone to buy a phone to replace the one Steve took swimming. The bakery had a vast array of exquisite confections and I was overwhelmed trying to choose. I ended up picking out some Boston Crème like things and tried ... read more

Today we did the famed drive along the Amalfi Coast. I had been planning on sitting on the right side of the bus to get the best views, but by the time I got down there, everyone had already boarded. Luckily, Chris offered for me to sit next to her by the window since she's tall and can see over me. The coast is amazing... at one point we saw a swimming pool carved right out of the side of a cliff. There's a cute miniature version of the town of Praiano set into the cliff by the highway. We saw another one of these mini-towns later in the week also, I wish I could have taken a picture, but the bus was moving too fast. The traffic on the road to Amalfi is almost as ... read more

Hey Everyone, I just had a good olde fashioned English Breakfast Thai style in 31degrees heat, an saw a Internet Cafe on the way back to guesthouse so I thought I better get this whole Blog thing going :) So the journey has begun an yet nearly got delayed in Switzerland of all places. We flew Swiss Airways from Dublin to Zurich on Tuesday 26th June, about 3hours of comfort aboard a very plush airline, well for backpackers anyways. We got fed about hour into flight which consisted of a swiss cheese sandwich and swiss chocolate - we decided this was the perfect oppurtunity to start our powers of bargainng an asked the airhostess for belguim chocolate an cheddar cheese - the good olde swiss humour got the better of us as she smiled, said nothing ... read more

Our host Peter drove us into London and dropped us off at Buckingham Palace just in time for the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. From there we had a scenic walk through St. James Park over to Trafalgar Square. We spent a long time in the National Gallery and made good use of the audio guides. Julia and Dad's favourie was Sampson and Delilah by Rubens. Mom was particularly thrilled by Rembrandt. I can hardly choose... I enjoyed the pieces by Turner very much. After the NG we walked around London, seeing Covent Gardens and Leicester Square. We finished the day with a gruelling 3 hour drive back to Chalfont St. Giles. Mary's dinner was all the more enjoyable for it. -Erica ... read more

So set off to Bled in the morning! took the direct bus and went all the way to the city centre. Bled is a beautiful small town...the town surrounds this big lake with Slovenia's only island. Very beautiful and very peaceful. You can actually swim to the island! but I didnt of course..haaaa...didnt wanna drown..haaaaa! They have many activities offering at this place! rafting, kayaking..SKYDIVING!! for 160 Euros....really not bad ne!!!!!ahhhhhh... was so tempted....but in the end actually went for the canyoning. We kinda just walked around the hea around the lake for the afternoon. Canyoning started at 3pm. It was basically wearing wetsuits and walk along the canyon...with is basically jumping off cliffs into pools of water or sliding down rivers and streams!!! it was very fun! the off gravity force for some jumps ... read more