Europe Travel Blogs - Page 2

Today we were completely 'guideless'. We took the subway to the Red Square to visit the mausoleum of Lenin. We were lucky; today was a very quiet day and no queues, so it was literally in and out in five minutes. The sight of the world's (second?)most famous mummy is surreal. Because the mummificat…

I found this profile shot and just had to change it so I could see more detail.  It was either taken in the very early morning or just before the sunset looking up at this wonderful piece of architecture.  It is a picture of a church in Mainz, Germany according to (efo151), Fred.  W…

Construction Area!

                                      Named for its place of production in the Auvergne region of central France,Bleu d'Auvergne Aoc is a soft,uncooked,unpressed,soft,unpasteurised cow's milk cheese with …

So yesterday I walked to the Cliffs from Doolin along the coast (recommended by the hostel caretakers versus taking a bus).  I believe I was trespassing the whole time as my walk included jumping over barricades, rivers, stone fences, past cows and other grazing animals with a curious glare, a…

On Sunday, May 10th Russia beat Canada in the World Hockey Championships and Moscow went a bit crazy.  I watched the game with friends at the TGI Friday’s on Tverskaya Street.  After the buzzer sounded we joined the multitudes of celebrating Russians along Tverskaya between Pus…

I officially moved out of my flat in London yesterday so last night Hannah and I spent the night at Ruby's house. We left around 3pm to head to Victoria station to catch the train to Gatwick where we will meet Ben. I was supposed to go in earlier then the girls and put my bags in storage as a frien…

As every article has told us, the recent European elections were a sweeping victory for the centre-right and the far-right across Europe, and the left are tongue-tied. By naming a few examples you can show the socialists losing seats in power and in opposition. But is this actually a fair character…

Friday was bittersweet. I had to say goodbye to new friends, but I was excited to start the next part of my journey. The morning began by getting half of my clothes washed at a laudromat (the other half I did later in the hotel bathtub). Then us girls went to Monastiraki to have souvalaki. After pa…

I head away from Prizren to catch a bus from Pristina to Tirana. I know it is a little bit stupid because the bus will be going straight through Prizren on its way to Tirana. But I simply did not know what to do with my backs if I had brought them to Prizren - hence it seem like the best solution t…

so today was our first day as IC6 C/Crew with Monarch Airlines. It was so exciting to meet everyone, they all seem to be very friendly. There are 15 people in our group, we just go through lots of security and ID stuff and get a chance to talk to everyone and make new friends! We start properly on …

Yes, I was definitely excited about the meetup in Dusseldorf that I didn't mind waking up at 4:30 in the morning (I slept at 1:30, what the $&&*$*?!) to catch that 6am train that leaves the nearest train station here, which is located from another town and walking there takes me at least&nb…

The first real day of our tour so we are up bright and early and down to breakfast, which turned out to be not much more than cold cereal, orange juice, and coffee. I think we were on the bus by 8am and were taken to the Rijksmuseum for a nice tour there.  We strolled through slowly and saw s…

I don't have much time these days to write a blog about the Meetup in Dusseldorf so I will do it later this week. I will only put some pictures on it right now so you all will be able to see what a great time we had! It's funny how this Meetup was planned to be a small one to say Bennie g…

As this was my first time in Spain I had some ideas about what the place would be like. Most of these turned out to be true. Now I know Seville is only a small part of the country but I will happily go back to see more of Spain, although I would not go back to Seville for the simple reason that I h…