Hello everyone, Sonja and I are in Serbia (but not Montenegro). Apologies for the incorrect mapping of our location, but Google Maps isn't the fastest thing to load. We had a good time in Slovenia with Sonja's mum's cousin and her family. We had a house to stay in! And we also went on a day trip with the family to Lake Bled which was so beautiful, especially because it was actually sunny. That seems to be a relatively rare thing in Eastern Europe at this time of...

Hellosztok! (I cheated and looked that up on Google cos I didn't know what it was) We are in Budapest and that was my pathetic attempt at Hungarian. Don't ask me to pronounce anything. The guy at the hostel tried to teach me some this morning but I really just shouldn't try. We arrived here late last night after yet another delayed Austrian train trip. Oh, I should probably update you on our time in Vienna also: We have now made a trip to Cafe Sacher a total of ...

Good evening, We are in Prague! Since the last update, we've been to Nordlingen (along the Romantic Road through Germany), to Munich for the end of Oktoberfest and a bit of sightseeing after that, then to Salzburg and now here. I don't really know what to say about it all because it's all kind of blended into a vague memory after so long. Here's what I do remember: The countryside in Germany was very lush and green. Neuschwanstein Castle was really pretty and th...

Hello! In the photo is a view of the Brandenburg Gate which we didn't see yesterday. This was partly because it was mid-afternoon and partly because there was some kind of election policy demonstration on in front of it. East Germany deserves minimum wages! Anyway, Sonja and I arrived in Berlin on Thursday night after a 6 hour train trip from Amsterdam. We did make it out of there alive after a very tense few days riding bikes around the streets. We were very pr...

It's been a long time since the last blog post. Since Nice, I met up with Sonja in Paris and we stayed at her friend's place for a week. We spent the first few days pretty much trying to conquer the many museums that are in Paris. I think I came close to Museum-Exhaustion but it was interesting to see famous artworks up close and to learn things about important monuments. We had lots of crepes and baguettes and Sonja became addicted to a sugary cereal called Cook...