Cesky Krumlov is to be reached by catching a train, a train, a bus, a train and another bus before walking. it was one of our most draining travel days due entirely to the complexity of the whole deal, though we shared our frustration with fellow aussies Mooks and Havs with whom we later shared blood shots, beer, wine and cocktail searches. It is a beautiful town, set amongst the forest, river and hills of the Czech Republic. the ony things to do there are eat, ...

we saw harry potter. we also saw the simpsons. clearly english speaking cinemas are a favourite throughout our trip. both awesome movies. we did actually see the city outside the cinema though, and it is one of the few liveable cities we've seen. it feels like melbourne just with prettier buildings and more gardens. we caught trams. we checked out traditional viennese cafes - like the places where freud ate and trotsky and lenin would meet to play chess. we ha...

pretty picture. of course when we took our picture we were forced/submitted willingly at the promise of cheap wine into walking up stupid giant hills in buda so that we could see the pretty lights. not an easy slog. and the wine was bad. we arrived in Budapest during a government declared State of Emergency which meant that the heat was going to be above 35 degrees - in actual fact it was 42 degrees. which we didn't quite notice except for the fact that we could...

Hmm, pretty castle!! high up on hill. pretty city too. lots of coloured houses along the river and we're pretty sure we found barbie's dreamhouse, lots of pretty cobbled streets and no twisted ankles either! our greatest achievement in salzburg - apart from strudel and schnitzel eating - the Sound of Music Tour! yes, it was as tacky as it sounds. but pretty sweet to see the house where the children fall into the lake or where maria stared at the house through a ...

So, Venezia. Beautiful. Absolutely stunning at every turn. We've taken a few hundred too many pictures and spent a little too much money on venetian glass beads. Melissa discovered Meringata - meringue and icecream layered cake. Kate discovered Brie and Pear Pizza. We ate the same place about 5 times in 5 days. They had super duck placemats - superduck, spiderduck, batduck, flashduck, laraduck... We saw fireworks for a random festival, pretty cool. italians li...