Barcelona, our final stop in Europe before heading to America. In terms of cleanliness and the friendliness of the locals, Barcelona is a major step up. Unlike Paris and Rome and Athens, Barcelona was clean and you could walk the streets at night without wondering whether or not that hooker was following you. The lack of gypsies pestering you every five minutes is a relief too. Went on another hop-on-hop-off bus tour, cruised around the city the first day, saw...

I am currently in Santorini, but I will get to that awesomeness in a minute. I realised I never mentioned anything about Geneva. We visited Geneva after Annecy, before Rome. We didn't really do a whole lot of anything while we were there. The hostel we were staying at was a five minute walk from the marina and we spent a lot of time down at the harbour with our feet in the water, feeding Steve the swan. We took a few boat rides across and around the harbour and ...

Ok... What I am calling the 'Trevi Fountain Incident'. On Tuesday September 6, there was a complete public transport strike (this has nothing to do with what happened later, just something worth mentioning). Now, in Adelaide, that wouldn't really be a huge problem. Sure, a few people would be put out and have to find alternate ways to work, but in a city like Rome where most people rely on buses, trains and the metro (subway/underground), it caused utter chaos. ...

It's been a while since an update, don't even remember when the last one was.. London I think.. So I will pick up from Paris. We took the train from London, arrived some time around lunch. Time for our first major language barrier. Notre Dame Cathedral was our first stop. For a church it's pretty cool. Naturally, Laura and I felt right at home, being the huge religious nuts that we are *cough*cough* We considered climbing to the top but there were so many ...

Ok, time for the big London update. Internet access in the London hostel was pretty sketchy and didn't like working too well, so I was limited and am now writing from my hotel room in Paris. I arrived in London late on the 23rd, nothing interesting to report from there. The next day I went to Regents Park and had a lazy day walking around there and checking out the area. Laura arrived on the 25th. We went to Leicester Square for dinner in Chinatown. Yes, we w...