Category: World Trip 2006
An epic 153-day world trip visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006.
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Wednesday 24 May 2006 Highlights: Saying goodbye to some travel buddies Today was mostly travelling with the most notable thing saying a final goodbye to a few fellow BusAbout traveller, namely the trio of Jess, Emily & Rebecca (Bec) + Danny (from England). On the plus side I caught up with Belinda for one…
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Tuesday 23 May 2006 Highlights: Enjoying the performances at the Vienna State Opera, Habsburg’s Winter and Summer Palaces I just got back from the ‘Vienna State Opera’ and wow, it was just brilliant. I got standing room tickets and over 3 hours watched two operas, Osud and Le Villi. It seems like I might…
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Monday 22 May 2006 Highlights: A brilliant wine and bike tour of Wachau Valley Wow what an enjoyable day. Getting up early I joined a ‘wine/bike tour’ of the Wachau Valley (9 hour tour). This region claims to be the first place that wine was created in by some monks. The country…
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Sunday 21 May 2006 Highlights: The beautiful countryside This was a simple travel day enjoying the countryside as the bus took us to Vienna. The only interesting thing at my destination was that a bag was left in my hostel room which I had to report (and hoping no drugs etc in it). It looked…
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Friday 19 May and Saturday 20 May 2006 Highlights: Cesky Krumlov Castle, Castle Gardens, historic buildings A very short drive to Cesky Krumlov and I was enjoying this fairytale like small city (around 15,000 people). This city survived WW2 without really any damage.
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Thursday 18 May 2006 Highlights: Exploring the Moravsky Kras Caves Some of my fellow travellers were sore this morning (not very surprising given last night’s fun games), we headed out to Moravsky Kras Caves which feature some great formations. We even had an underground boat ride. On both days we stopped in a local small…
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Wednesday 17 May 2006 Highlights: Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church), hiking a mountain To mark the 50th day on the road I decided to undertake a 2 day road trip into the country area. I was the only person to get into the trip from my hostel, so taking off with 7 strangers we headed out…
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Monday 15 May and Tuesday 16 May 2006 Highlights: Prague Palace, St Nicks Cathedral Over the 2 full days in Prague I undertook a walking tour that included visits to Prague Palace and through the city to their historic sites.
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Sunday 14 May 2006 Highlights: Border crossing into the Czech Republic, Terezin Small Fortress Leaving Berlin early I had a long day in the bus but luckily got a seat to myself to more easily relax and enjoy watching the countryside. Crossing the border I was reminded this was the old Central, communist Europe. …
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Saturday 13 May 2006 Highlights: Learning the history of Checkpoint Charlie I visited Checkpoint Charlie and learned about all the escape attempts and the 100+ people who died. You have to remember that West Berlin was surrounded by East Berlin. East Berlin trains went through the West, but didn’t stop. During the…
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