What a beautiful city Vienna is! Two days and nights don't do it justice.We found ourselves in a 6 bed dorm at Wombats City Hostel. Not the best, but at least our room mates were quieter in their coming and goings thn our last dorm experience.Lots of the buildings in Vienna look like fancy wedding cakes. We teamed up with a fellow Australian, Wez and the three of us went out to see the city. Some of the highlights were, doing a tour of the world famous Vienna...

We over nighted in Vienna, Austria on our way to the twin towns of Buda and Pest, Hungary. . As our plans include coming back to Vienna later for a few nights we didn't attempt any sight seeing but just went to dinner with a few others, went to an internet cafe and had an early night. We hadn't had much sleep in Cesky Krumlov in our 8 bed dorm! This time we had scored a private room by getting in front of the queue when the Busabout bus arrived. The nex...

We rejoined the Busabout Circuit from Prague. It had been a great break away doing our own thing through Poland and in Prague but we were ready for fellow travellers again and we had heard only good things about our next destination the historic Cesky Krumlov.A fairytale castle, medieval townscape and a hostel to stay in that in another life had been a leprosarium, - what could be better?  Our hostel was very basic. We were in an 8 bed dormitory which meant ...

 We took an overnight train with hard seats (not sleeper!) from Krakow in Poland to Praque in the Czech Republic. What an uncomfortable and unforgettable night! We didn't get any sleep at all with many officials boarding and checking tickets and passports, combined with very cramped conditions. We arrived in the morning to a magic,beautiful and mystical city. Our accommodation was well out of the city requiring a tube ride and we were so glad to arrive afte...

 And now it was time to travel to a place synonymous with death and persecution. A place that the world knows the name of and wishes it didn't - Auschwitz. The concentration camps are about a 2 hour drive from the beautiful city of Krakow. You won't find Auschwitz on a Polish map but rather Oswiecim which is the town name. Auschwitz is the German name for the actual camps. We took a guided tour of both Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau) which covers...