Blogs from Europe - page 11698

Hello, Today has been a fantastic Sunday in London. Happy Father's Day Dad if you read this. It was fun to talk to you today! Jon and I walked out of our hotel this morning and took a stroll along the Thames. It was a beautiful morning and the tide was low. There is an interior design center right near our hotel with some beautiful decorations and we walked through there as well. Then, Jon Camille and I took a cab to Fortnum and Mason for lunch. Jon and Camille had Welsh Rarebit and I had a salad. We hit Boots for some bits and bobs. Then we went to Harrod's for some shopping. We came back to the hotel and had afternoon tea. We just got back from Lots Road Pub just down the ... read more

Our route Six more weeks of the rat race! Looking back the time has pasted so quickly yet I seem to have been waiting to go forever. The day will be here in no time and still so much to sort out. Jenny and I will: 1st August fly out to Singapore - 4 days here trying to blow too much of our budget. Then flying to HK - the flights still need to be booked but the budget airline prices seem cheap enough. Four or five days in Hong Kong whilst we get visas for mainland China. Armed with the latest Lonely Planet we're going to tackle China independently. We want to see the big tourist sites the great wall and the terrecotta army but other than that we are going to be quite flexible. ... read more

And so we found ourselves in Italy. First stop, the romantic, picturesque and expensive town of Venice. Us being on a budget, we stayed in a camping ground 20 minutes by boat from the city. What surprised us was the amount of kiwis also staying there, until we realised that we had all been priced out of the city. We spent the day wandering across bridges, through narrow alleys desperately trying to avoid the hordes of tourists. Despite the crowds and the cost Venice is a lovely city. Desparate for some fresher air, we headed into the mountains where we planned to work on one of our goals for the trip - to get into the mountains and wilderness as much as we can. We found a cute little town called Molveno, nestled at the ... read more

Najera-Santo Domingo de la Caldaza. 21 km im vollem Regen. 07.00 Uhr los und um 12.00 Uhr angekommen. Die ganze Nacht hat es schon geregnet und in der Frueh noch mehr. Der Schlaf war sehr angenehm obwohl der Schlafsaal komplett nach Hirschtalg und Voltaren gerochen hat. Ganz komisch. Der gestrige Tag war einer der schwierigsten ueberhaupt, da du keine Rast machen konntest. Kaum Doerfer und durch den Regen kannst du dich nicht mal an den Wegrand setzen. Nur durch Gesang konnten wir uns ueber diese schwierige Strecke fit halten. wienerische lieder wie die "engelmacherin vom Diamtengrund", Beatles ect. konnten uns antreiben. Dann auf einmal den Stadtrand von Santo Domingo zu sehen ist wie eine Erloesung. Mir kamen fast die Traenen. Uebernachtet haben wir gestern in einer urigen Herberge in Zisterinnenkloster. Schiefe Boeden inclusive. Schoener Innenhof, und ... read more

Today we all woke up and went to Camden Market. It was like a huge 4th Avenue Street Fair. They had a lot of normal stores and then a bunch of vendors that sold artsy stuff. They had so many cute clothes and purses. I had to try so hard not to buy anything. They had one section where they had food from all over the world. It looked amazing, especially considering the fact that good food is hard to come by here. We have all been craving Mexican food since we got here and finally found some at the market but it didn’t look anywhere near as good as Tucson’s food. After the market, a group of us decided to go to the Tower of London. Basically it’s a big castle and they let ... read more