Our flight to S.A was on Spanish airline Iberia. We flew from London to S.A via Madrid. We had a 5 hour wait in Madrid before our 1.30 a.m departure to Johannesburg. We grabbed some cheap dinner and then tried to catch a bit of sleep at the airport. The armrests on the seats prevented us from enjoying any kind of comfort so we ended up on the floor as a last resort. We used 2 jerseys as pillows and lay on my suit so that we didn't permanently damage our tailbones...

Back by popular demand! We haven't had time to catch a breath in recent weeks never mind write a blog, but I have finally found an opportunity to continue to share my experiences. After a 'posh' week in Prague, we returned to overpriced London Town. This was it! We had booked 2 nights accommodation in St Christopher's Hostel in Shepard's Bush. This way, Zoë had no chance to chicken out. It was an interesting stay to say the least! Moving from a private room to...

29.10.10 It has been twenty days since we left Australia. Zoe and I have become quite homesick, missing our families and friends. The fact that both of us were struck pretty badly with colds didn't make things any easier! As planned, we met in the foyer of St Christopher's Inn in the morning to attend the 3 hour long free tour of Prague (Praha). Mid way through the tour I felt like dying, standing in the cold wind listening to Czech history. The sites of the ...

25.10.10 Another day, another train ride! We had spent the majority of our evening planning where to go next. We wanted to go to Prague or Berlin next and decided to go with the cheapest option. We paid a liittle extra to get the direct route with 0 stops from Munich to Prague. Things didn't work out that way! We got to platform 26 at 8.30 and waited with our backpacks for the 9 a.m train. It never came! Instead, the loudspeaker was blurting out words that mad...

25.10.10 We arrived in Munich (The beer capital of the world) yesterday after a 3.5 hour train ride from Innsbruck. The train ride was pretty uneventful but got quite frightening as we climbed up steep hills with tracks supported only by stilts. I did however learn that toilets or water closets as they are known in Europe on trains are only holes in the ground! I invented a game to pass the time and it involved counting the evidence of this fact on the tracks!...