What a wonderful place. We will be visiting again, and hopefully in the warmer months. As for what we got up to, well not a massive amount. Tom and I find ourselves just wandering around, it's how we like to see things, and as much as possible avoid the touristy things in the cities, so lets just get this out in the open.... No we did not go into the Louvre.. No we did not climb the Notre Dame.. No we did not do a dinner cruise down the Seine.. No we did not go...

Merry Christmas Cologne, and what a city to spend christmas in. First initital thoughts is its just stunning. Picture perfect. Very into the christmas spirit. Wow. We settled into our accomodation at the hilton, and got to know the surrounding area quite well and very quickly. We were staying just a 1 min walk from main attraction in Cologne, a 157.31 meter tall (yes Tom is that precise) cathedral, known as The Dom. The Dom is not just the main attraction but i...

We had a slight delay in getting into Belgium.. but we made it. Our hotel in Antwerp was quite historic. It was all stone with very steep stairwells, and absolutly beautiful, it was also placed in the centre of old town Antwerp, so perfect location for us. With only two nights here we set off exploring straight away, with no plans other then wandering the streets and endless christmas markets we were more then happy just to look. We did go on a ferris wheel rid...

London, London, London.. I waited to be impressed, and im still waiting. We had a great time, dont get me wrong, we made the most of it, but as a whole, we probably wouldt go back. Our location was ideal, we were located on the top end of Hyde park, and our favorite part of the trip was walking for hours through the park. In these parklands we found Kengslington palace, and while we didnt pay to go inside we did run around the palace pretending to be Royals. Th...

Well.. Welcome to Amsterdam. We are sitting here on a train to London, and I'm finding it quite hard to know where to start. What an amazing city, cold, very liveable, cold, absolutely stunning, cold, smokey, and did i mention cold? Coming from sunny Queensland it was quite a shock to the system to get off that plane in Amsterdam, we were prepared for it luckily. We jumped in a cab quite easily and headed to our hotel, the drive is always eye opening, as we...