Greece is very different. Mykonos. As I sit here in the shade wearing my bathers I can see the ocean, it is of course beautiful. Before that are chairs that will cost you 12 euro to sit in, waitresses wearing bikinis out in the sun and over priced cocktails with no flavour. But right in front of my eyes are the entertainment. Two very very skinny dancers. To the point of anarexia. Of course the music is american clubbing mix, an inspiration to dance but t...

I'm on a boat! Heading to Mykons! I knew Athens love was true, the airport welcomed me with open arms, the train station had one line going one way. No problem. The best benefit of speaking English is that everywhere someone understands you. Then the benefit of speaking out loud to yourself, or travel buddy, in English, is that randoms will over hear you and give you directions to your hostel. Or randomly, people walking past will ask if you are German and...

Trying to get to Athens, First off, dear Topdeck, you may be the true love of my life, although I do still imagine you as a yummy block of milk and white chocolate, or my old sonyericson of the same name. It really did break my heart leaving you, especially because I left before we reached our true potential, but Greece was calling me and the water baby inside me needed to go. Now, you, Amersterdam, get your s*** together. I appreciate that you like me so m...

On the journey through Switzerland on to Italy there was a tunnel through a mountain. It was just not any tunnel. Right before entering we noticed traffic got very heavy, to the point of stand still. There were traffic light positioned horozontally in the air above the two lanes of traffic. Ever so slowly they let traffic one by one merge together to form one lane. For a reason, the gradual procession of traffic limited accidents in the tunnel, because once it ...

Switzerland is on the border in so many ways, they have their own complicated currency and a wide range of languages. The currency has beautifully coloured notes and many silver coins. The coins are where it gets complicated; CHF5, CHF2, CHF1, then cents: 20, 10, and 1/2. So... 1/5 of a cent? No half a franc. Way to be complicated. In Switzerland the three official languages are French, German and Swiss. In Lauterbrunnen, a tourist town, they speak German an...