Netherlands today! Leaving the pretty German country side, we have a shortish drive to holland. We stop for a Burger King lunch and arrive by about 2pm. The Edam countryside is beautiful:) we arrive in a little town for bike riding! Cobble stone paths, thatched roves, canals with tiny drawbridges, and so many old school bikes! We arrive at "dyke bikes" and set about finding a bike that suits us haha! There are big ones, small ones, old ones, ancient ones, I find ...

Captains log 1/07/13 we leave lovely Switzerland and start our drive up to saint goer, a small wine area in the Rhine vally. After being very unsuccessful in Switzerland trying to find a knife to add to my collection I'm told there is a big selection where we are headed. My breakfast was a black coffee, I just can't deal with s***ty 2 euro breakfasts anymore, I'm done. I fought the good fight but I can't take it anymore! We head traveling, the usual array of tal...

Woke up in our little jail cell, all ready and excited for Troy to see snow! I am do my best over a breakfast of coffee, to try and dampen his spirits a bit: "it hasn't snowed in weeks, it is summer after all, no it's not going to be white and fluffy, it'll be quite icey and slouchy I think", so he isn't disappointed. But no, Troys still pretty convinced he'll have soft snow flakes falling onto his face haha. We catch the bus to the bottom of Mt Pilatas, and get ...

Captains log 29/06/13 Lucerne ! I wake after my first trip to a beer hall with a thumping headache, and a wake up call from Beau. He is very pleased to hear that my head is seconds away from blowing up and we have a good chat. After lots of proding from Bella I rolled out of bed, had a shower and went down for breakfast. I made a bacon sandwich a tried and tested meal for the cloudy mind. It was decent, we get on the bus and head off for our drive up to Switzerla...

Interlude. I won't speak too much about the concentration camp, as its something I feel you should describe in person? Anyway, it's a very lush and pretty area. Rolling green hill, meadows of wild flowers, birds sweetly singing, but it's too quite. No one really talks, and for the silence alone, it's haunting. We watch a very informative/sad/graphic/moving video presentation at the start, then have an hour to walk around. It's not very big. There are two sleepin...