Alas! My time in Europe, extended, extreme and extraordinary as it was, has come to a close. It was incredibly hard to leave Amsterdam and the amazin…

As I am soon leaving France, my Au Pair jo is coming to an end, the family I live with decided to go on an outing. We spent most of the day in Toul, …

Just some happy snaps around Amsterdam

**Under Construction**Maarten's parents live in a small town near Alphen which is quite close to Leiden. So we decided to borrow some bikes and ride …

Went to Den Haage for the day, met up with a friend and walked around the city of Embassies. It was really beautiful (despite the weather) and even t…

Ok several of you know and I think a few of you have guessed and everyone wants to hear the story so this blog is a special, kind of personal, edit…

I realised today that I have been 18 for exactly 4 months! Not even half a year! On the one hand it made me feel very young, on the other it made me …

Well I seemed to have finally tired out Katrin, although hey a little sympathy for me here gang, Monday was the 6th... SIXTH night in a row that …

There is a reason why there is a group on Facebook about this place. You can't go to Wayne's and NOT LOVE IT! The bar is on the contiki's must-do lis…

Some may find it weird for me to say that hands down, my favourite part of our day trip to Monaco was the Musee d'Oceanographie. Monaco's Aquariu…

Monday night was by far the most memorable for me. It was Bastille Day so we knew it would be great. There were fireworks all along the coast and w…

Woke at 10 (in the habit of trying to get my free breakfast) and we decided that a lazy day at the beach was on the cards. Nice has two options…

On Saturday, head in hand, I made my way to Madrid airport and flew luxury Ryanair style to Marsaille because it ws far cheaper than flying direct …

In an unfortunate clash of dates, my best friend Katrin and her mother were going to be in Nice at the same time as all the other TBs were pa…

*Trumpets and drumroll please*Today is meetup day! I even managed to stuggle out of bed for my free breakfast at the hostel. I did not have fun sleep…

... Did I mention Sunny??My foremost reason for coming to Madrid was my strong need to see my closest TB pals before we all go on big and smal…

Ok so this trip I did actually come a day early on PURPOSE! It was so much cheaper to fly in on Wednesday that it justified the extra night in th…

(...still no Banana Show unfortunately)Back to the city of psychadelic dreams to help my boyfriend move into his new apartment on the Doppermart[sp…

Since I had such a fantastic time in Holland, I invited my host, Maarten to come visit me in Corny. He arrived on Friday night and we were picked…

Well to my EXTREME disapointment, the cadichon (which my host family has glorified for weeks) was pretty much crap-tastic. I forget to th…

....but not really:Last night I figured out that if I could get to Rotterdam by 15:55 on the Dutch national trains, I could get another to Brussels, …

As millions of travelers, nay pilgrims, have done before me and innumerable more will in years to come; I found myself in Amsterdam. Capital of…

I dont know why the chain is called Australian Ice Cream and we have no equivalent (e.g. Dutch Ice Cream co.) in Australia but its GOOD. The stores a…

I caught a bunch of trains and a bus and found myself in Utrecht Centraal, where I was meeting my friend Maarten whose house I would be crash…

I was SO tired from bussing home and working all day yesterday that all I wanted to do was laze around on my ass all day. However, my host fami…

I have a love-hate relationship with Eurolines. On the one hand they are cheap and, as buses go, not that uncomfortable. On the other, their timetabl…

This is mostly just to make my travel map make some kind of sense. But also Im in a pensive mood so I thought I would start regularly updating the …

Went to London for Saturday night out with Ruby n Lori! We finally met up around 7.30pm and the girls told us we were getting food NOW. So, in …

Yes that's right, thought I was flying out of Barcelona on Thursday, turns out it was Wednesday! Thank god I checked my ticket on a whim, wei…

Monday in Spain,Got up at the reasonable hour of 10am today, the weather didn't look promising so I figured why rush out of the house? Had an authent…

SundayI had a lazy day today! I finally got to do some sun-bathing on the Costa Brava! (Yesterday I was too hungover :( and slept most of the day…

The only sucky thing about traveling alone is that you don't have a guaranteed person to go out with. I don't really feel comfortable being by myself…

I´m in SPAIN! I am absolutely in Love with Spain! The language and the people and the country, everything is incredible and so different from anywhe…

My first night in Barcelona!I have to tell you this story its HILARIOUS. I dont mind if you mock me! So yesterday I was supposed to meet this German …

Flying from Germany to Barcelona, via Switzerland thanks to a French air traffic control strike.First day in Catena de Mar, Costa Brava, Spain. …

Back to work (for a couple of days) and meeting new people in my neck of the world.Plus participated in a giant walk, for fun hahaha! And had a very …

As much as I love the UK, I did have to go home at some point (seeing as though I stayed a week longer than I was already supposed to!). Unfort…

...HATE RACISM!This was the war-cry for the free charity concert in Victoria Park, held to raise awareness and money in the fight against racism …

My exact thoughts when I stepped out of the Piccadilly Tube Station were: "Hell Yes, I'm in LONDON!"On the Thursday I went, I was assuming that…

This is my first time to the 'Motherland' and I intended to enjoy it fully! Actually, I enjoyed my first few days so much that I decided to stay long…

Spent a merry day with the remaining TBs on Sunday, mostly the UK crew who were booked on the Ryanair flight I was SUPPOSED to be on! We moved from p…

My TB-Cherry-Popping Dusseldorf Meet: First and Finest! I tried very hard not to have many expectations when it came to Germany. This is a nation th…

Salut!I have been in France for 10 Days! So, being a student of the metric system, I thought this would be a good time to reflect on my experience …

Mostly hung around in the airport, had to buy thongs because my shoes broke :( and because I was feeling sorry for myself I got a foot massage :PI lo…

Well, I arrived in Paris around 8am and my train to Metz leaves at 12noon so I decided to spend a leisurely breakfast in an anonymous Cafe by the Sei…

Bonjou Mon Amie,I'm leaving TOMORROW! this is a very shocking thing to remember (because i forget and then it hits me again) less than 24 hours unt…

Hello Collective You, I am Katherine. I have just finished a marathon 12 years of schooling and taken my final exams! I got into Uni and I'm stoked b…