Another Stunning rail trip through west Austria, not a place i thought would be that amazing but i counld stop looking out the window for the whole 4 hour trip, these views are leaving me well behind on my reading. anyway although i had no rain the cloud had followed my into Austria and as the main selling point of innsbruck is the amazing mountain views i didn't get as much out of it as wanted. the oly Hostel i could find or could't as the case may be was about ...

Back on the more conventional route but Budapest is a hugly exciting city, the Danube splits the city in two with the historic buda on one side and the commercial pest on the other. i did get stalked for about half an hour by a small child begging for some watermelon (i refused of course! it was very nice) the city is very walkable withhills on the buda side giving great views across towards the parliment. it also has some thermal pools, great markets, a very pla...

An overnight train from croatia had brought me to Serbia i had toyed with the idea of visiting sarajevo as well but the trains are anabsolute nightmare in this region. anyway with a new coutry there was no let up as far as the temperature went if anything it was even hotter. i arrived at my hostel about 7am and immediatly found out that onle 1 other person was staying and she was asleep. the hostel only opened in December but despite it being a really nice place ...

the hottest day so far. i arrived at 8 oclock and after 2 hours walking around in circles i finally found the hostel and i've got to say i went from one of the best to one of the worst. doors didn't close on doors no facilities but hay it was a bed. i headed off the next day just spent the day walking around. various churches and cathedrals. all quite interested but not too much going on. after 1 day got on a nighttrain headed for belgrade

Well as i arrived in slovenia the overcast conditions of austria quickly came to an end. after the charging round i decided to take a bit of time going around slovenia. i think i also found the best hostel in the world (i would like to thank mark hotton for this as otherwise i would never have found the place) Hostel Celica was a former prison thst hsd been totally overhalled and is a great place to relax, no bunkbeds and you can even choose to stay in the cells ...