We've arrived safely back home in Canada now. We even got to have some last-minute European adventures before we caught our plane. You see, our fligh…

This is it. We're now wrapping up our extra-extended vacation in Europe. What better place to finish it all off than the most famous of European citi…

We haven't been able to update this blog in a while because we have been trekking through the beautiful Alps. Over the past ten days, we hiked around…

This is our final stop in Italy (for now) and it is a very nice one. Following some great advice, we decided to visit the Cinque Terre Park in Italy,…

Our next stop in Italy was that famous Renaissance capital of culture, Florence. Like Venice, this place was chock full of tourists wandering about t…

After our jaunt in Slovenia, we returned to the well-planned portion of our trip. After riding three buses and a train yesterday to get from Lake Bel…

Although we didnt know about Slovenia until recently, when we started doing a bit of research, one region was repeatedly described as very beautiful,…

For this part of our trip, we were planning on visiting a friend of Emma's in Innsbruck, Austria. That fell through and we were suddenly faced with a…

Wombat's, this is the place where the cool kids hang out. If you are looking for a quiet, relaxing hostel, give this place a skip! However, if you en…

I hear it takes at least three days to see everything Vienna has to offer. We didn't get to see everything we wanted our first time there, so we've…

We made it! We finished our bike trip and arrived in Budapest two days ago. But I have to come clean. We were very tired the last day we were suppose…

If you're into bike touring, the Danube is a very popular trail, probably the most famous in Europe. We biked a 700 km section of this trail from…

We've spent the last few days biking through the Hungarian countryside. The bike paths are pot-holed or non-existant, but the roads are quiet, so it …

We're into the second week of our bike trip now and we've left Austria behind. Before we left, we stayed in the town of Bad-Deutsch Altenburg. The …

We made it to Vienna! This is the halfway point of our bike trip and we've been taking a bit of a break here. But first, let me tell you how we got…

Our bike trip continues, and although the Austrian countryside is very nice, it's been pretty slow going. Yesterday we biked from Linz to the town …

We've been biking now for two days and the scenery along the Danube river has been amazing. Sometimes it's so nice that we don't quite think straig…

We're about to start an exciting new part of our trip. From Cologne, we took the train to the town of Passau, in Eastern Bavaria. In this beautiful t…

On Friday, June 16, we travelled a short distance from Amsterdam, across the border to Cologne (or Köln as it is called here). We arrived quite late…

Travelling from Cognac, we arrived in Amsterdam on Monday evening after another day´s train ride. We checked into our hotel (a claustrophobic but cu…

Our next stop in France was Cognac, where Emma lived for several months in 2003. While there we stayed with her friends, the Michon family: Linda, Et…

On Wednesday, June 7, we left London to travel to France. Unfortunately, this required us to get up at 3:50 in the morning to catch our train to Newh…

Our second full day in London was spent visiting sophisticated cultural attractions. First stop: the British Museum, full of a huge collection of pri…

The Globe is a reconstruction of the Elizabethean threatre were many of Shakespeare's plays were performed. Overlooking the Thames, just st…

This gigantic ferris wheel contraption provides panoramic views all over London, most prominantly the Parliament buildings and Big Ben. Sometimes i…

Now is when the fun really begins. My time in Wales was mostly spent by myself living a hermit's lifestyle. But now Emma has joined me and we will&nb…

I arrived back in Swansea from my little Welsh/Scottish trip last Wednesday after a 14 hour bus ride. Unfortunately I was late and had had to catch s…

My, what a cool city. It definitely has a medieval feel to it. I spent several hours here just wandering the old cobblestone streets, admiring the va…

I left Caernarfon today with thoughts of catching the ferry to Ireland. Unfortunately the ferry service on Sunday isn't ideal so I realized it would …

My last stop in Wales is in Caernarfon, an old walled city grown up around a forbiding castle. The castle has been declared a World Heritage Site, an…

I made it to Mt. Snowdon (the highest peak in England and Wales) yesterday, checking into my hostel at the trailhead at 10am. I took a look at the we…

Living in the U.K. can be very expensive. Luckily, if you're willing to forego many conveniences of modern life (namely hot water, indoor plumbing, a…

Well, it's official. I am now living in Wales instead of just visiting, even though it's only for the month of May. With Tom's help, I've found a sha…

Well, I've now been in Swansea for a couple weeks and it's time for an update. Swansea itself isn't that great. I've heard fellow travellers call it …

After arriving in Cardiff airport and watching everyone else breeze through customs, I figured I would have no problem getting in. Unfortunately this…

After working all winter and saving pretty much every penny I could find, I'm finally ready to leave! I fly out tonight on the red-eye flight from To…