Hi Everyone at home its mike this time so hoprfully its as entertaining as beks ones. We arrived in amsterdam on tuesday the 20th, i know im a bit late writin this one but better late than never ay. So our bus ride wasnt too bad took about 5 hours which didnt seem that long. We checked into the hostel which was really nice, as nice as a hotel.......... except for the fact that we share a room with 5 other people but still very good for a hostel, nice restaurant...

Hi everyone from Brugges in Belgium, We left Paris and began our busabout adventure. It was off to a rocky start...we left our hotel in plenty with plenty of time to find our first pick up point....except we didnt read the french street signs very well and walked (with 20kg) backpacks for aproximately 15 minutes in the wrong direction. Anway to cut a long story short, we asked a french man if he spoke english and he didnt..so we used the universal sign language ...

Bonjour from Paris, we arrived safely in this beautiful city. Please dont worry about skimming this blog looking for the section where Mike proposes on the eiffel tower....you wont find it here. Our hotel is a lovely little spot that overlooks the sacre coure. In fact its an amazing view as we are on the top floor. At first Paris was slightly overwhelming for us as it is the first country we have visited where we are expected to speak in a language other than en...

Hi everyone, Apologies for spelling and grammer. i am on a french computer and the keys are all in the wrong place so i will be typing as slow as mike for this one. we arrived in london after a seven hour flight. we were really excited to see dave and jenny who met us at the train station near their house. we were quite tired when we got there so we showered and had a nap and a quiet afternoon. it was so so so nice to shower without thongs on for once; dqve qnd...

Hey all its my turn to write this blog as Bek has done the last few. We are back in NYC after being in Buffalo to see the Niagara Falls. We left New york on tuesday morning at 7:30 to buffalo on the amtrak which was suprisingly comfortable and roomy, much better than the greyhound and heaps better than than flying. Took about 8-9 hours but wasnt as bad as it sounds we had a bit of a sleep and got some lunch from the food cart.... cheeseburger of course. Arrived ...