Yet another tour today. We headed to the starting point and there were a lot less people then the previous days. We were going on a tour of Potsdam which was about an hours train ride from Berlin. Our guide was Tim, who had taken us a few days earlier on the walking tour. He's a young guy from Sydney and this was his first time doing this tour. Their minimum numbers to run a tour is normally 6 but today only 3 of us were there. However Tim was still happy to take...

Today was a day of reflection and sadness. We headed off to Brandenberg Gate to join up for a tour of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. It was a train trip of about 30 mins before we arrived at Oranienburg. From their it was a walk of about 10 mins to the camp which was on the edge of the town. We pretty much traced the journey by train and road that the prisons would have been taken on. It was the first concentration camp built by the Nazis an...

After breakfast at the hotel we were out to brave the weather. Jac was feeling pretty homesick this morning so what better way to forget her troubles then heading out for a free walking tour. As soon as we were out of the hotel the temperature was freezing. Well actually it was less then freezing. It was snowing and overcast with a biting wind. I even had a jacket on but I was fine. Jac struggled to function but knowing what Berlin means to me she...

Yesterday was our last day in Rome and not very exciting. We spent 6 hours in an Internet cafe planning our last section of our trip. We head to Frankfurt, Istanbul, Egypt for a 10 day tour, Athens and then return to the UK. Will be back in the UK about the 27th January as it's just about time to get some jobs and build some cash back up. So another month of travel and then back to the working life. Our flight was late taking off today due to a t...

This morning had a feeling to it. It was a feeling of spirituality, maybe of holiness. You know those mornings when you wake and all you really feel like is a good blessing by the pope? Well we had one of those today. He was not due at his window until 12pm, so we took our time and grabbed a kebab and the train to the Vatican. Getting off the Metro we pushed through the crowded streets to the square and found a great vantage point waiting for the hol...