Portugal - wow! So far has exceeded all expectations & hopes. After a long journey from Amsterdam arriving Kate in London we had a mad dash all over town to collect luggage, do washing, down size to a smaller suitcase & eat before flying out the next day. Bright & early we drop most of our possessions off at friends & then collect our backpacks & head to the airport! We arrive in Porto, Portugal (up north) & as we drive into town we are ...

As we leave St Goar, we are headed to our final destination - Amsterdam, by now 10mns into the bus ride and I am asleep, my body has me well trained. Today we went through Edam, and made a stop to visit a cheese and clog factory, I am really excited and will be buying my very own set of clogs! As we enter we are shown how they make their cheese and the different ways they now flavour it - my favourite was the aged Edam cheese! We also get to see a how a clo...

Another bus day as we make our way from Prague to the Rhine Valley , our first stop when we get to St Goar is a visit to the stein museum, they have and still make over 400 different types of steins - that are shipped all over the world. Here we also the largest hand carved cuckoo clock in the Guinness book of records. Our river cruise this afternoon has everyone sitting back with a beverage as we get to see the region and what it is famous for - wine. Up ...

We leave Munich behind - I am looking forward to coming back again during Oktoberfest, and hit the road, we are headed for Vienna, so it's back into Austria. It is a long day on the bus, it is also very hot when we get to Vienna, it's still 36 degrees at 3.30 in the afternoon - I am melting. As we drive into town we see what used to be the Summer residence for the Royal family - it is about 35mins from their winter residence! We head to the Old Vienna Schnapps m...

Walking up bright and early, (Melita is dead to the world) I head down the breakfast, and to my joy there is TOAST, a simple joy but something I have been missing dearly - if I see ham/cheese/bread anytime soon I may scream, you can tell Aussies are running this place as they cook up a big batch of bacon & eggs for us to enjoy. Because of the late hour we arrived the night before, a couple of us set off to explore the town - its very charming and would be a...