Today we arrıved ın Istanbul to prepare for the ANZAC servıces. We began early from wıth a drıve from Znojmo ın the Czech Republıc to Vıenna aırport and then a two hour flıght whıch by our watches took four hours to complete. Our tour guıde met us at the aırport amongst a sea of Aussıes all ready makıng theır way to Gallıpolı. Istanbul ıs a very large cıty of a...

Hi guys, haven't been writing many blog posts lately as we have been flat out. At the moment we are in Prague and have done lots of shopping and sightseeing. The money is so different over here......1000 Koruna is equal to 50 Aussie dollars!!! So, when shopping, it feels like we are going overboard! Yesterday it was Pru's Birthday! One she will never forget. The entire group put in for a beautiful Bubushka and a birthday card in words we still don't understand. ...

Thursday morning arrived and we jumped into our little vans for a long trip too Cěskzkrumlov in the Chezk republic. We crossed the border at about 2 30. Once we arrived in the city to the annouance of several other drivers we navigated our way to the Hostel Merlin. Sticking to its name the hostel seemed like a glimpse into the middle ages. With the walls swaying we unpacked and once again but not for the last time we walked down cobble stone streets and expl...

Not many of us were game enough to shower this morning, due to the activities of our co-inhabitants the night before. it was also hard to stand up straight in the shower. Hostel Merlin was a real experience that we will never forget. THe building was so old that it was pegged together not a nail in sight. Once we hit Prague and our stress levels rose as we were driving through the city. We found our accomodation, unpacked and hit the old town square. The buildi...

Today was a cold day. Very cold. We got up, had breakfast, then set off to the Salsburg Salt mines. We arrived there at about 11 o'clock. The Salt mines were very interesting and quite fun. To get to some places in the mine you had to go down a huge slide. One slide was 27 metres and the other 47. The tour guide spoke about how much percent of the world was salt and the Prince Arch Bishop who lived many years ago and made his money off Salt. The tour went for a...