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Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

17.09.2008

We had a bit of a drive to the lovely luxembourg, we ha a lovely chilled out evening as we needed to do luxembourg on a very tight budget cos we were fined 80 euro in the Munich ,etro yesterday, BAD tines.

18.09.2008

Today we did our own walking tour of the city, gorgeous city, surprisingly big actually, we also ,et so,e lovely people, elderly, about 70 and were invited to have supper in their canper van this evening, we bit their arn off and a really nice night with nice warm food....
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Munich, Bavaria, Germany

14/09/2008

So we arrive in munich after a bit of a drive...not being funny but we.ve never actuqlly been so cold in our lives, the drop in temperqture was so,ething else, from a nice 28 degrees to A cool 5 degrees in one fell swoop. Anyway, we spend the afternoon setting up the camp and went out for tea {cos we still have no gas and it was absolutely pissing it down); anyway food was gorgeous and authentic and we were joined by two confir,ed bachelors, ha, they thought their luck was in, bless em.

15.09.2008

Oh dear, after a freezing night;s sleep, todqy qll it did was rqin qnd be utterly cold {sorry before i go on, the keyboard is retqrded qnd belgiqn like q big waffle and the q is an a and i cqnt be arsed chqnging them all} however, not ones to be put off we still did a ruddy bloody good walking tour of munich in our ponchos and understood q bit more about the place, and its climate...then we had q very nice beer and lunch in one of munichs beer halls in our newly bought WINTER clothes....due to no gas and even less money, we ha our very own cheese and wine evening in our fridge of a tent...good times, we were each wearing nore layers than a strudel...

16.09.2008

Today the weather was still bloody freezing but we embraced it and went to Dachau the old concentration canp, very worthwhile but extrenely sad at the same time. the rest of the afternoon was spent exploring th ecity further and going out for a very nice tea. A very important decision was made to go to luxembourg the next day and get the hell out of Germany, otherwise known as antarctica...
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Vienna, Austria

10-09-08

Our first full day in Vienna... Started our trip to a
new city in the usual fashion of visiting the market, which was
enormous and very fun. Torze nearly had to buy a tonne of olives due to
the best saleswoman on earth , we got out of it quickly though! After
our visit to naschmarkt and lunch we went on a tour of the sights. The
Hofburg palace, the main streets, All the amazing old buildings.
Very lovely city, the grandness of Paris but without the hordes of
people and the just a little over the top feeling. After we managed
to get our hands on some train tickets to take a day trip to Bratislava
for the next day as its less than an hour away! After a few beers at a
random bar we went back to our - getting soggier by the day camp!

11-09-08

TOday
we went to SLovakia! very good day all round! Great cheap slovakian
food for lunch, walks over the castle and many piccies of the very
random UFO bridge. More palaces and then a trip to the odd Slovakian
Tesco... made me feel VERY unsettled, just odd, not a good experience
but finally got some tins of chilli to go with our kilo of rice! rest
of day was spent playing cards and enjoying the very chilled out city!

12-09-08

TOday was one of the best we've had whilst we've been away!

Started
with a trip to the amazing spanish riding school to watch the
Lipizzaner stallian horsses, amazing, I'll do my impression for anyone
that wants when home if requested! After this we went to the Austrian
version of Greggs, but nicer called ANker for lunch and we now have a
gorgeous twin set of mug and saucers! the joys of a big handbag hey.
REst of noon was spent doing some art seeing for the first time, in the
KunstHausWIen. Awesome place very odd floors tiles outsides everything,
the pics will explain better than I can try. Went home after this in
preparation for a big night out we'd been craving!

Tea in camp -
no gas still but the camp had a random kitchen so we could cook - and
lots of drinks then we hit the town, literally! Both got very drunk,
Torye was in charge of mapreading as I was unable to see...
literally... due to this and the fact she wanted an easy walk to the
club we were goin to, we walked literlly about 2miles extra to the
place as she thought it would help sober me up! kebabs were had on
route and we turned up at the club soberish... we then finished the gin
in bag and had a great night! so good we didnt have to fork out for
taxi home as the U-bahns were re-running by the time we left! good
times! Had an anker for breakfast to finish the night at 6.30am, and
fell to bed at 7...

13-09-08

Obviously today was a slow
one... spent most of noon making pasta and copious cups of t using our
lovely new anker tea set and having a good old gossip in the random
canteen like kitchen! Went to schloss schronbonn... amazing palace -
that noon with mazes,the lot. also sat through an apple strudel
demonstration, cuz we got tasters!! all good on the hangover. After
this we went to amaying restaurant very cheap, authentic, massive
portions, and warm as today the cold has come!!! We had Wiener
schnitzel, so big even I had to take a doggy bag home. Really great
restaurant though!! Headed home and slept some more as the next day we
were to depart for Munich, Germany. A great last night to an amazing
week in AUstria! good times... love to all, looking forward to a nice
warm bed less rain (Were writing this in Munich it hasn't stopped
raining since we arrived and it's about 25 degrees less than were used
to Not good times!) and a good film!
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Vienna, Austria

10-09-08

Our first full day in Vienna... Started our trip to a
new city in the usual fashion of visiting the market, which was
enormous and very fun. Torze nearly had to buy a tonne of olives due to
the best saleswoman on earth , we got out of it quickly though! After
our visit to naschmarkt and lunch we went on a tour of the sights. The
Hofburg palace, the main streets, All the amazing old buildings.
Very lovely city, the grandness of Paris but without the hordes of
people and the just a little over the top feeling. After we managed
to get our hands on some train tickets to take a day trip to Bratislava
for the next day as its less than an hour away! After a few beers at a
random bar we went back to our - getting soggier by the day camp!

11-09-08

TOday
we went to SLovakia! very good day all round! Great cheap slovakian
food for lunch, walks over the castle and many piccies of the very
random UFO bridge. More palaces and then a trip to the odd Slovakian
Tesco... made me feel VERY unsettled, just odd, not a good experience
but finally got some tins of chilli to go with our kilo of rice! rest
of day was spent playing cards and enjoying the very chilled out city!

12-09-08

TOday was one of the best we've had whilst we've been away!

Started
with a trip to the amazing spanish riding school to watch the
Lipizzaner stallian horsses, amazing, I'll do my impression for anyone
that wants when home if requested! After this we went to the Austrian
version of Greggs, but nicer called ANker for lunch and we now have a
gorgeous twin set of mug and saucers! the joys of a big handbag hey.
REst of noon was spent doing some art seeing for the first time, in the
KunstHausWIen. Awesome place very odd floors tiles outsides everything,
the pics will explain better than I can try. Went home after this in
preparation for a big night out we'd been craving!

Tea in camp -
no gas still but the camp had a random kitchen so we could cook - and
lots of drinks then we hit the town, literally! Both got very drunk,
Torye was in charge of mapreading as I was unable to see...
literally... due to this and the fact she wanted an easy walk to the
club we were goin to, we walked literlly about 2miles extra to the
place as she thought it would help sober me up! kebabs were had on
route and we turned up at the club soberish... we then finished the gin
in bag and had a great night! so good we didnt have to fork out for
taxi home as the U-bahns were re-running by the time we left! good
times! Had an anker for breakfast to finish the night at 6.30am, and
fell to bed at 7...

13-09-08

Obviously today was a slow
one... spent most of noon making pasta and copious cups of t using our
lovely new anker tea set and having a good old gossip in the random
canteen like kitchen! Went to schloss schronbonn... amazing palace -
that noon with mazes,the lot. also sat through an apple strudel
demonstration, cuz we got tasters!! all good on the hangover. After
this we went to amaying restaurant very cheap, authentic, massive
portions, and warm as today the cold has come!!! We had Wiener
schnitzel, so big even I had to take a doggy bag home. Really great
restaurant though!! Headed home and slept some more as the next day we
were to depart for Munich, Germany. A great last night to an amazing
week in AUstria! good times... love to all, looking forward to a nice
warm bed less rain (Were writing this in Munich it hasn't stopped
raining since we arrived and it's about 25 degrees less than were used
to Not good times!) and a good film!
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Vienna, Vienna, Austria

10-09-08

Our first full day in Vienna... Started our trip to a new city in the usual fashion of visiting the market, which was enormous and very fun. Torze nearly had to buy a tonne of olives due to the best saleswoman on earth , we got out of it quickly though! After our visit to naschmarkt and lunch we went on a tour of the sights. The Hofburg palace, the main streets, All the amazing old buildings. Very lovely city, the grandness of Paris but without the hordes of people and the just a little over the top feeling. After we managed to get our hands on some train tickets to take a day trip to Bratislava for the next day as its less than an hour away! After a few beers at a random bar we went back to our - getting soggier by the day camp!

11-09-08

TOday we went to SLovakia! very good day all round! Great cheap slovakian food for lunch, walks over the castle and many piccies of the very random UFO bridge. More palaces and then a trip to the odd Slovakian Tesco... made me feel VERY unsettled, just odd, not a good experience but finally got some tins of chilli to go with our kilo of rice! rest of day was spent playing cards and enjoying the very chilled out city!

12-09-08

TOday was one of the best we've had whilst we've been away!

Started with a trip to the amazing spanish riding school to watch the Lipizzaner stallian horsses, amazing, I'll do my impression for anyone that wants when home if requested! After this we went to the Austrian version of Greggs, but nicer called ANker for lunch and we now have a gorgeous twin set of mug and saucers! the joys of a big handbag hey. REst of noon was spent doing some art seeing for the first time, in the KunstHausWIen. Awesome place very odd floors tiles outsides everything, the pics will explain better than I can try. Went home after this in preparation for a big night out we'd been craving!

Tea in camp - no gas still but the camp had a random kitchen so we could cook - and lots of drinks then we hit the town, literally! Both got very drunk, Torye was in charge of mapreading as I was unable to see... literally... due to this and the fact she wanted an easy walk to the club we were goin to, we walked literlly about 2miles extra to the place as she thought it would help sober me up! kebabs were had on route and we turned up at the club soberish... we then finished the gin in bag and had a great night! so good we didnt have to fork out for taxi home as the U-bahns were re-running by the time we left! good times! Had an anker for breakfast to finish the night at 6.30am, and fell to bed at 7...

13-09-08

Obviously today was a slow one... spent most of noon making pasta and copious cups of t using our lovely new anker tea set and having a good old gossip in the random canteen like kitchen!
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Leoben, Styria, Austria

06-09-2008

HELL of a drive in all fairness, up there with the longest, we were on our way to see some of my (torze.s) relatives in Austria as we decided to skip venice and leave italy, sad times! but Austrian food and a BED for a couple of nights...good times!! Journey was fine, got a little bit lost in Leoben but managed to find aunty trudy´s house which was very good, we felt very at home there and were treated really well by all of th austrians, even adolf popped in to say hi!

07-09-2008

Very big day, met loads of family, ate loads of food, drank loads of coffee and ate even more cake. A really nice relaxed day after weeks of busy days! Feel like I know my Austrian relatives a little better now and it did.t take long to get into the austrian way of life!

08-09-2008

Today was a little less busy, us, aunty trudy and my second cousin Helena went onto the lovely little town of Leoben. We just alked round ate chinese (again) and then in the evening another relative took us out to see the banging night life of Leoben, was very good!!!

09-09-2008

So, we said goodbye to the relatives and headed for the small citzy of Graz for the afternoon, after having an out of body experience there due to the tonnes of old people we had an ice cream, this brought us back down to earth! Graz was a very nice city, VERY modern after leoben, so after we had experienced graz we said goodbye to styria and headed for Vienna to conclude our Austrian tour!
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Levanto, Italian Riviera, Italy

3-09-2008

So, we drove today to the lovely cinque terre, we set up camp and had a generally chilled out afternoon and a look about Levanto, our base for cinque terre. After searching for some chairs (and failing miserable) we went to the most amazing cake shop ive ever been to and had some amuse bouche before dinner, well good!

4-09-2008

Today we walked through the villages of cinque terre, a twelve kilometre walk starting from one viallge and ending at the last one, very picturesque and pretty tough walking! Good day all round though! So, we went out for a pizza which was very nice (actually our last one in italy!) and on the way home in the dead of the night we went past the back entry of a shop and stole their crates...chairs and table found!!!! Camp is restored!

05-09-2008

Today we went back to one of the villages, manerolla, and did some wine tasting at the top of the mountain in this vinyard. Really good cinque terre wine, i couldn.t resist buying some! For the rest of the afternoon we enjoyed our last look at the sea for a while and sat by a little cove and played cards, very nice! Oh, we had pasta tonight and our gas ran out halfway through, camp dynamics are ruined once again!
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Florence, Tuscany, Italy

31-08-2008

Ok, firstly sorry it´s been so long since our update we did write the florence entry but it deleted itself when we were about to submit, not good, we were too mad to continue!

Anyway, so florence, we drove from rome to florence today which was good, a nice short (3 hour) journeY! arrived at the campsite which by the way was in the best location ever, overlooking the whole of flornece on top of a hill. This afternoon was largely spent setting up the camp, getting pissed and playing cards, ruddy good day! evening was largely spent getting drunk playing cards but in the town, we then craved a taste of home so went to find the traditional indian, but hte one we went to was now made into a sushi bar, gutted for us! so, we went for the next best thing of a chinese. Good day, although the memory of florence a little hazy!

1-09-2008

So, our first full day in the lovely city. Holly was extwemely hung over, makes a change cos its usually me who´s the shitty feeling one! So, after holly got a grip we went into the city, we saw some sights, had the most AMAZING lunch, tried some ribollita, typical of tscany, well good...we saw lots of piazzas, they like them in italy, saw lots of leather goods so i bought one and then. So in the evening we went up to the piazale michaelangelo (right next to our campsites) saw the sunset and got some good night shots, then we ended up in the camp bar and had a lovely chilled out night!

2-09-2008

Well, today started off very well...until THE incident...holly woke up and said (as she did every morning) "torze, the pcninc table ain.t guna last past florence", i replied "no, shut up you always say that", then so i decided to sit down on it and do my make up...BIG mistake, too many pizzas have proved this! yes, it snapped, i lollaped about on the floor wriggling with the table on top of me, then we decided to finish the bugger off with a mallet (wer have th photies to prove it). So, after the eventful morning we had a lovely day in town, went to the market and bought some meat and stuff for dinner....more leather goods, more posh shops and more sights, today was a lovely end to a lovely trip to florence!
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Rome, Lazio, Italy

28-08-08

Nice change today to not have a massive journey just a swift 3 hours or so to Rome! FOund a gorgeous campsite a few euros more than usual but think we really need it! After seeing how lovely we decided to use the facilities and chill out by the pool for the afternoon. We had a little game - who can get in the pool the quickest - Holly stupidly jumped in half clothed therefore winning - yay - but swiflty got shouted at as you have to have swimming caps on to enter! looked a right fool...
This evening we had a free meal of toasties as we conviently forgot to pay... hard times (I am alright mum honest)! Again very sleepy - busy days are making us very sleepy!

29-08-08

Today we had massive day touring the sights in rome! First stop the vatican city, Pantheon, colosseum, trevi fountain... masses of sights and walking and a really good day! Loving the Trevi fountian. Also after finally finding a disposable bbq to buy we got lots of meat and had a great bbq this evening!

30-08-08

Today back into the city and more sights, spanish steps, more piazzas, more shops... but got to sign off now as were meeting a local! well Torzes Italian friend who's just flown in from Milan.

Ciao!! x x x x
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Sorrento, Campania, Italy

24-08-08

Hi all... We kind of started this days blog on the last entry. Today we travelled from Sicily to Sorrento and weàre staying in a small village called Vico Equense. After long drive, just wandered the village and went out for our first of many pizzas in the Sorrento-Naples area. Was gorgeous place and we had a table overlooking Naples bay and Mount Vesuvius. Finished a long day with early night ready for the next few days here!

25-08-08

Today we went to Capri via Sorrento to catch the boat over. Hydrofoil over to Capri with Torzy feeling rather sick. When we got to Capri we decided that it was a good idea to blow basically all of our spends each - as our poor little budget canàt take it - and hire a mini speed boat for two for a few hours to drive around the island ourselves! An absolutely amazing day that nearly resulted in the near death of poor Torze whilst I was behind the wheel and the stupid boat sped up BY ITSELF!!!! beer, camera and torze were all walloping about the front of the boat before we came to a rapid stop after shouts were heard from the front. woops! We drove into the green and white grottos, I realised I have a fear of the sea when cant touch the bottom - boat buying may have to be rethought! Also drvoe through an arch with the fear of insurance claims the whole time...

After the boat trip we explored Capri town. Very expensive shops and lovely views. Later got ferry back to SOrrento and had evening in camp. Should have already mentioned this but the camp were in has nothing but COLD like freezing cold showers cuz we cant afford the tokens for hot water. :( there is no way you get used to cold showers!

26-08-08

Today we went to Pompeii. Very nice, very old and very dusty. Torze has devolped a dust rash which she cant shake off on her legs, hope its not anything serious! Pompeii was very impressive we walked for hours round the ancient city then when Holly's Prada willy had kicked in we got a train to naples and went for the most amazing and cheap meal ever! 14euro for two massive pizzas and a bottle of vino in one of the oldest pizzerias in town! Naples was very rough and ready but nice change after the hordes of tourists! After lots of walking round town and a granita drink Holly was rather ill with the pizzay-lemony-acid concoction... sad times!

27-08-08

Today we went to Positano on the Amalfi coast. gorgeous coastline and very impressive bus journey to it - plus it was free!! good times! In positano we made the most of the lovely bay and the amazing people watching and comical moments that came from watching a water fountain for about 2 hours. Torze could have a new career in filling peoples water bottles from a silly shape fountain! many funny moments were watched. After lovely day we went back to Sorrento and had a meal here - pizza - with complimentary (after we'd asked for it) limoncello! After train back to camp we slept early ready for the next day and leaving for Rome!
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