Journey to Belgrade - 19-20 September I started my long journey to Belgrade on Saturday morning in Trikala where I caught the early train to Thessaloniki. This train would head through Northern Greece along the coast up to the top of the country. It was meant to be a direct train but an hour or so into it an announcement came over the loud speaker in Greece and said something about Thessaloniki. I asked a guy sitting near me what it was and he explained that we ...

Trikala and Meteora - 17-18 September When I arrived back in Athens I headed straight to the train station in an attempt to catch the morning train to Trikala but I was a bit late as the ferry had been a bit slow. Trikala is a city about 10 miles from the Meteora monasteries with frequent buses between the two and it was much cheaper than Kalampaka which is directly below them so I had grabbed a hostel there. Unfortunately all the rest of the trains for the day ...

Santorini in the Greek Islands - 14-16 September On Monday morning I got up early with the two girls from my hostel who were also heading to Santorini and headed to the ferry. The ferry was 7 hours long but we sat outside and watched all the islands go past and it was quite nice. We also passed the time by doing some of Absane's colouring in book as she said the French did it to relax. When we arrived we headed to the hostel and checked in before heading out to...

Athens - 12-13 September After booking my flight from Rome to Athens late the night before, I was up early on Saturday to head to the airport. I was off to Greece! I landed in Athens on Saturday afternoon and after checking into the hostel immediately set off to explore the city. I first headed to the Acropolis museum which housed all the artefacts found on the Acropolis (well at least those that weren't stolen by the English). This museum was very well done an...

Rome - 4-5 & 9-11 September TO BE COMPLETED Rome round 1 - Classical Rome Explored the ruins of Ancient Rome in a free walking tour as well as visiting the Coloseum, Palatine hill and Roman Forum. We also went to St Peters square to watch the pope give a blessing and went around Castel Sant Angelo which gave us a great view of the city. Rome round 2 - Vatican City and other things we had missed We spent a day exploring the various aspects of Vatican Ci...