Amsterdam, the city of many faces. Architecture, history, canals and lights of a crimson nature. We had four nights in Amsterdam in a truly abhorrent hostel. That being said, the location was unbeatable. It was right in the centre of town, two minutes from the Dam Square. We took each day slowly, as we were still recovering from illness. We spent a few hours walking through Anne Frank's house and also took a canal cruise through the major canals of Amsterdam. ...

Berlin! A city filled with history, glamour.. and sickness apparently. Everyone, including us, appeared to be ill. Despite that, we were determined to see what we could while we could. We went to all of the usuals - the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the remnants of the wall and various other famous locations. We went to a shop that allows you to create your own chocolate and also has a 'shokocafe', serving chocolate in various ways. We also went to see The...

So, little bit behind again. We left Prague after an unfortunately brief visit. We had two nights but only one full day, and as we were both struck down by colds, we didn't get to see as much as we would have liked. That being said, the parts of Prague I did see were really nice. I spent some time in Wenceslas Square, where there was an abundance of Christmas markets and upper-class shops. I also found a famous Jewish synagogue (pictured) by accident. Our hoste...

So, we have just left Poland and are on the way to the Czech Republic. We only really had one full day in Krakow but we did what we could. We visited the Jewish quarter (which contained the Jewish ghetto just before WW2). We spent the remainder of the afternoon at Oskar Schindler's factory (from Schindler's list). We had dinner at 4pm due to the -10 temperature and retreated to the hotel. Today we went to Auschwitz and Birkenau. The extreme temperature (-13) mad...

Okay, so I've been a bit slack with my updates this week. We had 3 nights in Budapest - two of them with our tour group. There's almost 50 of us altogether (cannot remember any names)! Budapest was a very pretty city despite the chill factor. Fortunately everything seemed to be within walking distance. We looked at parliament, the cable bridge, a few castles, Christmas markets and big squares. We spent a morning at the House of Terror (a museum in a building wh...