Someone cue the music it's time for my montage as this is totally the 'Eye of the Tiger' moment in my story - move over Rocky, I've got this one! Since that night in the restaurant in Vico my confidence regarding conversing in Italian has blossomed and everyday I practise is another day that I add words to my vocabulary and money in my achievement bank. As some well know, study has never, EVER, been my forte, learning from books or writing an essay because someo...

I can hardly contain my excitement, I've just returned from a truly extraordinary evening and I guess for you to understand the magnitude of its brilliance I have to take you back a few days to my arrival in Italy and the beginning of Italian chapter of my adventure. Leaving Germany was difficult for a few reasons, I guess partly because when I was just starting to feel like I had found somewhere to belong it was time to move on. It is the nature of travel and t...

Travelling back to Munich after my little solo adventure in Ireland and Berlin kind of felt like coming home, obviously not the same as the feeling I'll have when I hit the tarmac in Australia again, but the familiarity was a welcome kind of feeling. As the train ride from Berlin to Munich is in excess of six hours I decided to break up the journey a little by stopping in Leipzig for a few hours on the way. This was a quick but enjoyable break and I loved being ...

Well what can I say, it really is as good as they boast. Quite honestly if you can't find something to enjoy about Berlin then you should have someone check your pulse, because you're probably dead. Even my very first impression of the city was awesome - once I'd made my way from the airport onto the right train, then changed at the haupbanhoff to a suburban line, and finally hiked up the station steps onto my first street in Berlin to walk the 200m to my hostel,...

What I'm loving most about having a car in Ireland is not just the freedom it provides but also the fact that I'm not restricted to taking routes predetermined by existing transport schedules. Being able to detour through towns and stop where I please is such a joy and while I've been extremely fortunate with the glorious weather I've had (for the most part), there have been a few afternoons where I've cherished being able to view the city sites out the car windo...