This is just a quick note to let you all know my Eastern European adventures took a southern detour when Jash and I decided to follow the sun down to Croatia and make our way to Bucharest from there. We spent some time in Zagreb and Split and are currently in the beautiful town of Dubrovnik (yes that is the place the Australian girl was found dead but don't worry - we haven't run into any thugs as yet). This afternoon we convinced a lovely 85 year old Croatian...

Im sitting in an internet cafe in old town Bratislava, taking shelter from the icy wind and bizarre weather. I arrived today to a weird haily rain which was the perfect weather for my very comical journey to the hostel. I was following instructions Id printed from the hostel website which had two bullet points on how to get to the hostel. I thought they were two steps to the instruction, but turns out they were two different ways to get there and I ended up makin...

It's the 2nd day of spring and day 15 of my travels and unfortunatley I feel like crap. Despite chowing down on copious amounts of vitamins in an attempt to beat the inevitable overseas illness, I have still managed to succumb to a cold. But I can't really complain - there are worse places to find yourself sick. We are currently in Cesky Krumlov where I can feel sorry for myself in the very beatufilul surroundings of a little medieval town surrounded by a river.W...

Moscow is crazy!! We've now been here nearly 4 days and every day there are new surprises as to just how much we are foreigners here. For starters, the metro system is completely illogical and we keep getting lost somewhere in its maze. They don't like to bother mentioning which station you're at, and signage really isn't high on the agenda, but it is one of the most specacular sites in Moscow. Each metro station is a work of art in itself, one has stained galss...

[Disclaimer: the keyboard is weird hence lack of apostrophes. I do know the difference between its and it's] Ive spent the last few days fighting jet-lag and exploring Berlin under snow. Apparently its quite a treat to get so much snow that it stazs on the ground so we're enjoying it while it lasts. Mind you, for someone not used to snow it does become a bit of a mission getting around, with your life flashing before your eyes every time your feet threaten to ...