It was a hectic month full of 3 girls with 3 big bags and moving about every 3 days. And it was great!
BELGIUM
THE NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
I think I briefly wrote about these 3 in my last post. Amsterdam was definitely one of my favourite places!
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague. Was definitely interesting. The Castle was very spectacular and we walked along the river at night to see the castle lit up, which was fantastic! We went on the free 3 hour walking tour and had an Irish tour guide. Whilst on this tour we saw the Clock Tower's hourly show a few times. There were so many people crowded around the here. We were told in the tour that it is the third most disppointing tourist attraction in Europe after the Mona Lisa in Paris and The Glockenspiel in Munich.
AUSTRIA
Vienna. It was definitely a city full of much culture. We experienced two of the main attractions: the opera and apple strudel.
GERMANY (Oktoberfest)
Oktoberfest was held in Munich in the south of Germany, Bavaria. This was seriously amazing. We had such a good time! Starting from the 3 hour parade we watched on the first full day of Oktoberfest. I'm talking horses and people of all ages dressed in their tradtional clothes of drindls (for girls) and laderhosen (for guys). It was great - except our feet hurt for the rest of the day! It was surprisingly hard to find the main beerfield! Eventually we stumbled across it to find it was actually like a massive fair. There were ferris wheels and rides everywhere. Families including the kids were all dressed up in their traditional clothes. It was such a great atmosphere!
We had to have the traditional litre of beer - which took Lily and I 2.5 - 3 hours to finish! Rosie also enjoyed buying half a chicken (yes JUST half a chicken on a plate!)! There were stalls everywhere with Lubkuchen (gingerbread-type-hearts with writing on them) and bratwurst. This was great fun!
ITALY
Venice. After a dodgy trip on a night train we finally arrived in Venice. Our accomodation was camping village with a pool - and after no sleep the night before (because of the train) we accidently got too much sun! Oops! Venice itself was incredible, though. So many tourists everywhere!
Toricella. Was a random little town near Asissi in Umbria.
Cinque Terre. Met Rosie here and we had a great time just chilling out in the 'Five Towns'. These small towns were incredible! Each night we would eat dinner on the rocks and watch the sun set over the water. The colours were just incredible and I felt really blessed to be there with one of my best friends, exploring the world and admiring God's creation!
Rome. Epic. There was so much history here! I was by myself at this stage but I ended up joining forces with 2 girls from Australia - good times!
Ready for the next part of the journey :)
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