Vienna is a lot like Berlin. In fact it's kind of like what Berlin would have been like if they hadn't had that whole cold war business. There is all the culture and the street art, all the great nightlife, but with less of the falling down buildings. We stayed at a brand new, gigantic and awesome hostel, Wombats on the Nachsmarkt. We stayed there on the recommendation of a friend, being told that the Nachsmarkt was basically a road where Asian immigrants sold s...

Budapest is one of those places where people intend to stay for a night or two and end up staying for ages, and no where is this phenomenon more pronounced than at the 'Aboriginal Hostel'. We booked 3 nights and stayed a total of 6, nothing compared to this one German guy who booked 2 nights there, 8 weeks ago, and was finally going home. I don't know what made us stay and ditch going to Ljubljiana (capital of Slovenia). Maybe it was the cosy atmosphere, maybe i...

I came to Bratislava knowing virtually nothing about it, except that in the movie Eurotrip there was nothing there and the exchange rate made you a millionaire. I was very, very pleasantly surprised. Yes there is virtually nothing to do. It is nice and refreshing to spend sometime in a tourist-free zone for a change, where people speak no English and there is no obligation to see or do anything. That's not to say we did nothing either. We took a day trip to one ...

The rollercoaster ride of Barca-London-Amsterdam-Munich-Berlin is a hard act to follow, and Prague did its best. That being said it hasn't been my favourite city in Europe, particularly because it was sightseeing in Prague that led me to realise that I have had my fill of museums, monuments and churches for this trip (except maybe Italy). Prague has been the first city that could be considered Eastern Europe, and what they say about the money is true. With a con...

From traditional established Munich to its edgy budding cousin Berlin I feel like I've had a pretty decent crash course in German culture in all it's diversity. On our free walking tour we were given a glimpse into Berlin's Nazi and Cold War eras while the 'alternate' tour explored modern Berlin since the fall of the wall just 22 years ago and how the youth have come to terms with their past and found a means of self-expression through street art. The art has bee...