Blogs from Europe - page 14073

heya there, as you all know me and dozing m are trying to prepare for our amatrip around south america. and blimy we are going to miss you all so so much!! but not too much i mean you're all too jelous to admit that you are going to miss us but we are going to miss you. Did i mention that we will miss you?!? But packing, boy is that hard, what do we take what do we leave behinde? i want to take just about everything, and a spare and dom would be happy with a mosquito net, pair of walking boots and a swiss army knife! But there is so much preporation to do and half of our budget is being eaten up just getting to the airport! (i mean thanks mum and ... read more

I’ll take a Big Mac and a Mc Room with a view. Staying at a McDonald’s Hotel in Switzerland? That’s right… our hotel has a McDonalds theme. Sounds cheesy (pun intended) but it’s really a great place. The hotel’s actual name is The Park Inn. It’s very near the airport, yet quiet and serene,. Although you can watch the flights coming and going from our windows. It’s not at all what you might expect; the rooms are immaculate. (no greasy residue) The hotel and adjoining McDonalds have a high tech, modern design. The family rooms include separate, interestingly decorated bedrooms, each with it’s own TV. There’s even a circular shower is in the middle of the room! We plan to return since we’re going to use Zurich as a hub for our travels because of ... read more

HAy there Its been some time since the last update. Weve been baking ourselves in 30 to 34 C every day from Poland all the way through Chezc ,Germany,Austria and even Switzerland. Weve driven down to the coast of France and back up to the Alantic to spain and San Sebasttion. Then through the middle of Spain to Lisbon in Portugal. There have been a thousand cool things that have happened. Weve had a few miss haps with the van. Bumper fell off, window wipers blew up. We over heated 5 tims in one day going over the alps.The starter motor went on me for a few days and the re vision mirror fell of. Aart from that shes still held togther with Duck tape and running fine. All of the above have been fixed or ... read more

Egg #2 says: Thought I'd better write a bit about us Eggs to set our travel scene.... For about the last year, we've been getting our act together & making plans to leave the rat race, and seek fun and sunshine in countries that we've not yet visited. Two months ago, we both handed our notice in at work, rented out our house 30 miles south of Edinburgh (a seaside commuter town called Dunbar) and moved into a teeny flat in a central area of Edinburgh called Leith. We now have just over 8 weeks to go until we fly out to Bangkok to begin our adventures. Its amazing how much preparation is involved in organising your life to have a break for a year. When you first decide to take the plunge, you tend to ... read more

Hi there, back again to tell you about Vienna! Well, we arrived on a beautiful sunny day and walked into our hostel room only to see the two guys who we had befriended in Interlaken, Switzerland sitting there! It was absolutely bizzare! Great though since it then started to rain - and did not stop until we left 2 days later. So we basically went to the supermarket and made food in the hostel kitchen and played cards all night with them. The next day Graeme and I attempted to see some of Vienna's sights but the strong wind and rain sent us back to the hostel early. That night we hunted down some other Canadians and celebrated Canada Day. It was great, although we were a little sad to have missed the Salmon Festival of ... read more