European Vacation Adventure

Germany Stayed at a friends house in semi-rural germany Moers (I think). Went to a Roman ruin nearby and saw almost identical architecture as to what was in Rome. Truly the Roman empires reach was colossal. Cologne has a huge Cathedral it's a good walk to the top and...

Sights. Colesseum, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill. €12.00 well spent. truly amazing for it's time. So many sports domes look so much like it (Colosseum) now. Pantheon: Loved it. Looking a bit dicayed outside but inside splendid. Still amazed how they managed to raise 20...

As previously mentioned we spent a day and a night in Dubrovnik. So the next target was the Amalfi Coast in Italy Specifically a Holiday Apartment in Praiano ( which is beautiful by the way - it's clean, it's stylish, I feel beautiful here ). To get here is where the...

I have attempted to Blog about our trip 'as it happened' but moving around and not getting WiFi at convenient times has meant I'm not going to. Anyhow I've made some notes and should be able to post it when I get back to Terra Australis. Hong Kong Airport is huge and...

Currently in Cologne Germany visiting friends. Wife is shopping. I am sitting in Starbucks taking advantage of the free WiFi. Just climbed to the top of a big church. It's 157m high. Amazing stonework and stained glass. Going to find my wife and her friend now she...

I haven't really been blogging much re the trip. Too busy being a tourist. Praiano was lovely and we did a lot of stuff. We had a good and classy apartment. Great views Positano. Walked about 11km's from Praiano to Positano and enjoyed a beer with Pete. Then returned...

Arrived at Salerno at 12:30ish. Seems they close the shops between 2-4. The leather shop we wanted was already shut just after 1PM. But you know what they say "when in Salerno do as the Salernians do" Next stop Rome via Eurostar.

Praiano is nestled on a hill on the Amalfi coast. Its all Terraced gardens and rendered stone houses. I now understand more the way the expatriate Italians in Aus build because I've now seen so many examples in Italy. Went to Pompeii yesterday. Very extensive well...

Well worth going to. Dubrovnik has a massive Castle and a stone work Town inside. It is bordered by sea and is uber picturesque. Caught a bus from our accommodation overlooking the Ferry Port for 10KN each. For those with an engineering background KN is _not_...

Korcula. What a suprise! From Hvar we were treating Korcula as a necessary stop on the way to Dubrovnik. And so only planned one night and then leave on the bus in the morning. But Korcula is lovely. A small Promontory which houses the old town and ancient buildings...

Go Hvar! Via the magic of the internets we booked accommodation at Villa Zorana while we were in Split. Finding Villa Zorana was a bit of a challenge. Apparently Hvar has only just recently named the streets so even people that spoke English (which just about all do...

From Plitvice - We caught a coach to Split. The interesting thing about the coach is that it takes a very circuitous route to get to Split so instead of taking 3 hours it takes 6. This was fine for us because it gave us a chance to see the country-side. Especially the...

From Zagreb we caught a coach to Plitvice National Park. The Zagreb bus depot was about a km from our Hotel and we were in a rush but got there in plenty of time. We managed to get off at the wrong Ulaz (entrance) but we were staying at a 3 star B&B the people were...

It's 8:30 and its still light. Lisa has just ducked in to a place called muller to get a better hair brush I'm people watching. I'm in some sort of public square in Zagreb seems to have markets and shops. Finally Lisa is out of the shop. Tomorrow Plitvice National...

Just arrived off the train to Zagreb Croatia from Ljubljana it's 11:31AM. Ironically we are staying for one night in "Hotel Central Zagreb" not to be confused with Hotel Center Ljubljana which we stayed in whilst in Ljubljana Slovenia. Haven't looked around at the...

Sitting outside Zlata Ribica Restaurant just finished my Venison. Lisa tucking into a fish plate that included (shudder) Frogs Legs. The Church Bells are tolling at the moment (although I can't figure out why they are excited it's 6:15PM). This is a University Town...

I Love Ljubljana! The people are friendly, they mostly can all speak English along with native Slovene. If you say Hello they switch to English without blinking an eye. The city is organized and the people add to that order. Bus Transport from Airport modern and...

We went to see a Church the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris (the name sounds better in French Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris on butte Monmartre) it was on a big hill and we climbed to the top of the churches tower which was over 300 steps. Good panoramic views...