http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Kel79/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Kel79 en-us Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:40:32 UTC Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:40:32 UTC 1710Today I arrived in London dropped my bags at the hostel and then headed into London I had a wander around Westminster before heading back to the hostel again to check in and have some dinner.1810I went into London today and went to Harrods and shopped around Knightsbridge and then onto Oxford and Regent Street. It was a saturday so it was so busy. I went and had lunch at Cheers in between s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-338647.html 121610This week I spent with Auntie Pam. It was a fairly quiet and relaxing week. We went to Worthing for me to relive visiting there with Aj 16 years ago. I also visited Auntie Bud in Eastbourne for the day while I was stating with Auntie Pam. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-338630.html 1010Landed at Gatwick and I jumped on a train to Oxford. I arrived in Oxford at 2pm and as I walked up to my hostel I bumped into Mandy an American girl I had met in Munich who was studying in Oxford we had planned to catch up but to bump into her then was a complete surprise. I chilled out that night.1110Today I jumped on the Open Top tour Bus and had a tour of the city. I jumped off at the A http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Oxfordshire/Oxford/blog-338627.html 710TRAVEL DAY TO NICEArrived in Nice at 6pm and went for another group dinner. We had a great night. I met back with Anna who I had met in Munich and we spent the next few days hanging out shoppinng. Nice really surprised me I really liked Nice it had a very Parisian feel to it.810Today Anna and I shopped till we dropped and went up to a lookout that had amazing views over the city. Today the w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d--Azur/Nice/blog-338621.html 510TRAVEL DAY TO LA SPEZIAToday we were travelling to LA Spezia where I was catching the train to Cinque Terre. On the way we had a photo stop at Piza where we had fun taking photo's of the leaning tower of Piza not really much else to do there. I found my way to my hostel in Cinque Terre and dropped off my bags and went for a wander around the town it is so beautiful here it is just the most a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-338615.html 309TRAVEL DAY TO FLORENCEArrived in Florence at 3pm. At 5pm we headed into Florence as a group for a walking tour of the city before heading to the House of Sizzle Red Garter for a group dinner. It was a great dinner. So delicious. 110My first full day in Florence I headed into the city early with Trudy and Melissa and went to see the David which surprisingly I didn't have to queue for and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-338603.html 299BACK IN ROME. My last day in Rome so I wanted to make the most of the day. Omg so much walking today. First I went to San Giovanni which I could not get into so I walked across the road to another basillica where there are steps that they climb on the knees while praying and then I wentover to the keyhole view which is a lookout and when you look through the trees it frames St Peters Basillic http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-336853.html 269Today we left on our 3 Day Italian Adventure. At the beginning of the trip Lia our guide had us play a game of speed dating to get to know one another it was the best fun 90 of the group are form Sydney and I am the only Perth person. Our first stop of the day is Pompeii somewhere that I have wanted to go to since I was a little girl. We had a 2 hour guided tour of the site of Pompeii it w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Campania/Sorrento/blog-336676.html 219FLIGHT BACK TO ROMEWhat a mission..... landed at 5.30pm arrived at Camping Roma at 9pm in so much pain from my knees and ankle after carrying my pack for so long. Thank goodness for Lorissa being there to greet me. 229Today I went into Rome for the first time. I went in for some lunch and a bit of a wander before starting the Walking tour at 2pm. The walking tour was great saw so many of the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-336491.html 119TRAVEL DAY TO ROMELeft Venice today and headed to Rome just for the night fly to Croatia in the morning129FLIGHT TO CROATIALeft Rome and flew to Croatia arriving at 7pm got a taxi to my hostel and crashed for the night. 139Left the hostel at 10am this morning and headed to the port to find my boat for the 8 day Croatia Sailing. I checked in and found my boat the ISTOK was a bit disappo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/blog-336227.html 89TRAVEL DAY TO VENICE. Back on the Busabout buses and starting the Southern Loop. On the way to Venice we stopped at St Johann it looked so much like Switzerland so very pretty. Arrived in Venice to some hot weather first thing I did was put shorts and a singlet on. Venice has the biggest mosquitos I have ever seen they are huge.99Headed into Venice on the 9am Shuttle bus as our campsite is ou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-330370.html 59TRAVEL DAY TO MUNICH. Today I was up at 2.30am to get to Stanstead airport for my 8am flight to Munich. Arrived at Wombat's in Munich at 1pm to the most beautiful day so sunny and warm. Wasn't able to enjoy the day as I had hurt my knee banging it on a door so had to ice it for a while as it was quite swollen and sore and so I could enjoy walking around Munich over the next few days. I love th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-329665.html 39Today I left Uncle Jim and Aunt Jean's after being made to promise that if I get into any trouble while in London that I will go back home to there house and that I could stay with them whenever I liked to. Thanks Uncle Jim and Aunt Jean. I arrived in London in the afternoon found my hostel and then had a bit of a wander around the High Borough area then headed back to get ready to go out to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-327612.html 278Arrived in Baisingstoke today to stay with Aunt Doff and Uncle Bob. It was really great to see them it was funny there place is exactly like it was when I was there 16 years ago it is exactly as I remember it. We headed into the shops today and then went back and had dinner Aunt Doff cooked delicious salmon and vegetables it was so delicious.288Today Aunt Doff and Uncle Bob took me out for http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-322995.html 248Happy Birthday Mum Left Dublin today and caught a ferry to Holyhead and then caught a train to Birmingham after the very little sleep and very hectic schedule of the last month or so I plan to have a quiet restful time in Birmingham I have booked a pod bed so hopefully I can catch up on some sleep and recharge my batteries just a bit. 258 Today which I did not realise is a bank holiday mo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-322990.html 168Left Glasgow hostel at 3am to get my flight to Belfast. Arrived in Belfast adn caught a bus to Dublin. When I arrived in Belfast and also Dublin it was pouring with rain. I went to go for a walk around Dublin when I got there but it was impossible with the rain so I headed back to the hostel after some dinner and had an early night which turned out to be a very good idea.178Today the weather http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ireland/blog-322878.html 98Today I moved hostels to The Clink which should have been very easy on the Underground but no the line I needed was closed for works today oh well. Would have been better if it wasn't raining again. I went shopping on Regent and Oxford Street after dropping my bag at the Clink hostel had a good day aside from getting absolutely soaked in the rain. Oxford and Regent Streeets are crazily bu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-322856.html 48Today I leave for a 5 day tour of England and Wales my first organised tour. I can't wait really looking forward to someone else making the decisions and plans for a while. As soon as we got on the bus we found out our tour guide Gary is just a little crazy throwing a bad cd out the window of the bus making us all stand at the front of the bus and tell everyone who we are where we are from http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-322653.html 307TRAVEL DAY TO MUNICHLeft Munich at 8.30am and arrived in Paris at 9pm the longest bus trip yet.317I am loving being back in Paris I feel so comfortable and relaxed here now. Today I went up to the Cacre Coure at Monmarte it was a beautiful basilique on top of Monmarte Hill the views over Paris from it are beautiful. I then wandered around Monmarte and went down to the Moulin Rouge. Today wa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-321606.html 287I woke up very tired and hungover this morning but decided to go on the 12pm walking tour of the city but after about an hour of standing in the sun listening to a very boring tour guy me and 2 of the girls I met last night bailed and went and had some lunch then went to the English Garten. Which is a massive parkland with a river running through it it has a beer garden surf wave and nudist http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-316517.html