Damn, didn't want to be annoyed while writing my last blog of the trip, but unfortunatly the kind people at Cathay Pacific and Escape Travel have really done a number on me.I'm writing from Hong Kong airport where I wait patiently for my flight to Melbourne. What nobody failed to mention to me is that this flight actually goes via Adelaide, so even if I don't have to leave the plane during the stopover I certainly get a couple of hours added to my trip home :-( a...

Jees, for the 'relaxing' part of my holiday I seem to have even less time to update the blog than before. I was under some impression I would have very little to do in the Greek Isles, but Busabout soon sorted that out. I'd been well warned previously about GMT (Greek Maybe Time) but when we were told to arrive at the port in Athens at 6:30am for a 7:30am ferry only to be told there was a strike and we had to wait a further hour, grumpy morning Carlie was not im...

Well it seems some time since i've written a blog so beware, gentle reader, that this will be a long one due to the days and places i've travelled since the last blog. So, Munich would have to rate as one of my favourite cities i've visited this trip. It's much smaller and quieter than Berlin but still a massive city and lots to do. First full day I was on another bike tour which was fantastic, bike riding in the larger spread out european cities is definitly th...

Ahhh finally have stopped moving long enough to sit down and write a new blog. I've been on the road for the last 3 days travelling from Berlin to Munich via the Busabout network, which involved almost full days on a bus and no net access. Very happy to be settled here in Munich for a few days. So, gentle readers, I last left you on my second day in Berlin. I managed to negotiate the bus system and make it to the Reichstag at bout 8pm. Not as dark as I would hav...

Mmmmm rain. Guess that might please some of you, after all my bragging of perfect weather it decided to rain on my last day in Amsterdam. Usually this would annoy me somewhat but considering i've spent most of this trip slightly sticky due to the European heat and humidity the rain was somewhat welcome. Just not while I was waiting in line for the Anne Frank House, which was worth the wait i gotta say. A bit spooky in that it seems to make the events of her life...