I hate 4:45am wake up calls.  We caught a cab to Victoria Station where we borded the Gatwick Express train headed for the airport.  Afte…

Drove back to London and took a ferry from Calais to Dover.  Ended our journey at the Royal National Hotel (horrible, but cheap).  After …

Today so far:  saw a diamond cutting demo but all the settings they had them in were tacky.  Apparently the Netherlands is known for its …

We saw a cheese and and clog demonstration at Irene Hoeve.  Mmm, cheese.  Then we hopped on granny bikes to bike a dijk.  We biked t…

Today:  long drive along the Rhine Valley filled with vineyards on the ledges, bought authentic beer stines, white wine tasting (they were too…

Today we to Mount Titlis the highest glacier excursion in central Switzerland.  We rode the lift up to 10,000 feet and were able to play in th…

Didn't do much today. left munich without showering, drove to lichtenstein, had lunch there in Vaduz, the capital.  next, drove into swi…

Welcome to Germany, land of beer.  Sadly we got in too late to see the glockinspeal or anything really.  Were going to the Hofbraüh…

We chose not to take or post pictures from this stop.  Today we went to Mauthausen Concentration Camp.  It was one of the most sober…

Today it rained... it hasn´t rained since Dublin.  I guess we´re been luck to avoid it.  We rode the bus in an did a little walking t…

Left the hotel for a fun drive through Slavinia!  Another country, yeah for more stamps in our passports!  It was mostly a boring bus day…

Things changed, were in Vodice not Zadar.  We got into town late last night, in time for dinner at the hotel and then we went out on the …

So needless to say, everyone felt like ass when they woke up this morning.  i'm actuallz surprised that we made it up.  we had to check o…

So we had to get up early to get the bus and head towards Croatia.  We left the Albanian border with no trouble but had some trouble getting i…

We crossed the border into Albania.  It took us two hours at the border but we finally got our stamps.  Albania is interesting. …

So we meant to wake up this morning to see the sunrise (our last one on Mykonos) but I grumbled when kate asked if I wanted to get up, so it didn't…

We took the bus into town early today to rent 4-wheelers to go explore the beautiful island of Mykonos.  Rach and I rode on one that we named …

Today started out rather slow.  We woke up for breakfast and then headed back to sleep.  After waking up for the second time we took the …

This morning we woke up in order to catch a HOT breakfast  (key word being HOT, eggs, bacon, I'm in heaven!!!!)  After breakfast, we slat…

Today we woke up at the butt crack of dawn (5:00ish am) to get on the bus in Athens to catch the ferry to Mykonos for 7:30.  (Ish time is grea…

Today we're finally in Greece!  Home of the Gods and 11 million Greeks.  Tourism accounts for 15% of thier national income so we're just …

Today was the drive to Pompeii to see the ancient ruins.  The guide was intertaining and he told us about the brothels that people went into e…

We woke up this morning and took a ferry to the beautiful island of Capri!  Wow, it was beautiful.  No wonder it is has the well deserved…

So today was the full day in Rome.  We woke up at the butt crack of dawn (6:30ish) to have yet another continental breakfast (ugh) and then he…

This bar is literally an oasis for beer lovers. Somewhat of an oddity in Rome, the Bavarian-style cellar bar has 500 beers to choose from. Meanwhil…

I'm getting lazy so this will be a nice short bulleted entry: Morning in Florence: Saw: the Duomo church (4th largest in Europe) made of marble a…

I just wrote an entire entry and the computer didn't save it so i'll just give it to you straight.  drove to pisa, took cheesey photos, drove …

Venice, WOW!  This city definatly tops Paris as the city of love.  This place is absolutly beautiful!  I want to come back when I'm …

After waking up, we headed to the beach.  The water was gorgeous and clear blue but FREEZING!  It was fun to go swimming in the Mediteran…

On the way to Nice we stopped in a small town called Aigues Mortes.  It was a quait little town and all the shops had the same annoying gift t…

We went on a bus tour of some of Barcelona today.  We saw the Olympic Village and the statue of Christopher Columbus.  We went on a walki…

Today was the drive from Lyon to Barcelona... long long long day.  Our first stop was Pont de Gard, about 2,000 years onld.  It was an aq…

The Black Sheep bar is a great place to meet up with a large group of friends or to make a large group of new friends. It is a beer hall styled in …

Ever have a beer inside a fairytale? Step into this make-believe bar and experience a solely unique atmosphere of enchanted trees and Houdini magic…

After a boring drive to Lyon we were finally here!  Rach and I went out with Julia and Lindsay to a little French restaurant where we couldn't…

I'm going to combine the two nights that we're in paris as one entry because internet usage is expensive and hyave about 3 minutes left... we're at…

Woke up, had breakfast, and headed to the post office to mail our cool pint glasses, travel books, and museum guides.  Got to the post office …

This is Kate dictating and Rachel is typing... After the normal hostel breakfast, we headed out to portobello road for the street festival that co…

So last night was the worst night ever.. Kate says every time I coughed it felt like a big one on the Richter scale and she wanted to throw her dir…

Flying the "London Eye" is something I had wanted to do since it's creation. I was not disappointed. The prices was a little expensive, but looki…

We were really spoiled by our last hostel so this may be a bit biased. First impression was that the lobby smelled like B.O. It was easy enou…

We woke up this morning, packed up and headed out with Helen to do some of our touristy stuff again.  We needed a picture with Robin Hood!&nbs…

Well, today has been an interesting day.  We slept in until about 10:00, all showered and for once dried our hair.  We headed out to do t…

Today we woke up in search of the internet.  After checking email and goofing off a bit we headed off in search of a raincoat for Rachel since…

We woke up early this morning because we had to check out of the 10 person dorm into the 4 person room at the same hostel.  Our only plans for…

Today we treked out to the Guiness Storehouse.  After waiting in a Disney World length line, we were on a self-guided tour of t…

Today we went to St. Patricks Cathedral.  We had plans to go yesterday but never found it, but we did today!  It was nice and had a park …

So we made it, we actually made it!  We arrived in Dublin at about 7:00 in the morning, took the bus from the airport to Trinity College, and …

The location is great, it's right in the heart of the Temple Bar party scene. Check in isn't until later so if you arrive early, prepare to leave …

May 23:  Leave US May 24- 27:  Dublin, Ireland  May 28- 30:  Nottingham, England May 31- June 3:  London, En…