Arrived in Prague after a slight mix up with what station in Dresden we were to get the train from, this involved a lot of running (which is not at all easy with a massive backpack!!). On first impressions Prague looks like every other city, but.....when we got exploring we realised why it is called the City of a Thousand Spires. Our hostel was great location wise and we met some really friendly people. On our first full day we, once again, took up the offer o...

Dresden - 2 days We arrived to more rain!! We had the rain covers on our backpacks and could not stop laughing at how hilarious we looked, resembling the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!! After firstly walking in the wrong direction we then asked for directions - yes we did have a map and directions from the hostel but they were rubbish!!! We ended up walking in a massive circle when the hostel`s road was actually in view from the station - very annoying!! We w...

Berlin - 2 days After a 6 hour train journey we arrived in Berlin - a huge train station! We arrived at the area we were staying in which looked something like a ghetto - fearful. After asking for help to find our hostel due to poor instructions we found it along with a friend - Gez from Swansea. Walking up the 2 flights of stairs in the high rise concrete block was a bit like a multi-storey car park - dirty, smelt of urine and if you touch the banister one wou...

Amsterdam - 3 days Arrived in Amsterdam after a 50 minute flight....hardly worth opening a book! the public transport here is brilliant and very easy to use. Found our hostel ok.....but were a little shocked to find that we were sharing the top `deck` of a double bunk....we hoped we didn`t appear to be anything more than just good friends!! We were sat at the hostel bar for no more than 3 minutes before Alice managed to embarrass herself!! We had got chatting...