So we arrived into Budapest early after a long, cold and crappy night! We had to get two trains from Krakow because the direct sleeper train was booked out. Learning from that experience we booked our Berlin train before we left the train station - so not doing that again!! After finding our hostel we freshened up and decided to check out this cool little city that we've heard so much about. After a nice cheap lunch we did a walking tour of Pest which was based ...

We arrived in Krakow (pronounced Krakov) nice and smoothly. When we arrived at our hostel it was amazing, the rooms were nice, it was clean and they provided breakfast and dinner - bonus! As we arrived late, we then went for a walk just to get our bearings. It really surprised us how beautiful Krakow is, there were lots of cool bars, nice restaurants and it was really clean and very pretty. The next day we headed out early for a really sobering experience at Aus...

Today started with a mission to find a post office as Bec as always over packed! After exploring some of the 'new city' we managed to post the items back home....On returning to the 'old city' a picture opportunity arose, where we soon discovered that Bec had somehow managed to pack the camera away with the gear we were sending home. Bec then, stressed out of her brain bolted back to the post office where we luckily retrieved it! After that happy ending we then ...

So today started with a trip out to Loch Ness to see if we could get a glimpse of the famous Loch Ness Monster, Nessy....unfortunately there were no sightings :( but what a beautiful place to visit anyway, even if there were a hell of alot of touristy shops and Nessy statues to take photos with! We then headed to the battlefields of Culloden where the English and the Scot's fought it out in a gruesome war in 1746. After that we toured the first sight of the sta...

Today was all about the Isle of Skye. The island itself was beautiful, with it's many mountains, rolling green hills, small villages and lots of sheep (the kiwis out there would love it ;P). The definite highlight of the day was our (attempted) hike up the mountains. It was a narrow steep path that became much more difficult with the rain and fog. As soon as it became apparent that not everyone could continue then we were forced to turn back, and no it was not B...