In order to escape the boredom of Salonika we headed out to Lit’horo to take a walk up Mount Olympus. What we didn’t know was that the train station for … Continue readingMount Olympus (or just a glimpse of immortality)
Our train from Niš finally pulled into Thessaloniki (AKA Salonika, Salonica) about 2 hours late, although the journey was made more bearable by the company of the Greek guy we … Continue readingThessaloniki
This place was a revelation, having been to Serbia last year we know already knew about their hospitality, and again it didn’t disappoint. There is so much to see there, … Continue readingNiš
The journey from Zagreb to Niš warrants an entry on its own; first off we found the train to Belgrade, jumped on and found a nice seat in a not … Continue readingTraveling Zagreb to Niš
Zagreb was really quiet when I got there; the hostel was empty apart from a couple of painters and the staff. Croatia is pretty rich compared to the other Balkan … Continue readingZagreb
Verona is a quite amazing place, just heaped in Roman ruins including an amphitheater; the time we spent there Nigel just wandered around with his jaw hanging around his knees. … Continue readingVerona
Traveling without a reservation isn’t recommended, so I had a 2 hour wait in Worgl to pick up the train to Verona. Worgl is much bigger than Kaprun but there … Continue readingSaturday 4th April
After the relaxing atmosphere in Amsterdam it was off to the high octane one of throwing yourself off the top of a mountain, the mountain on this occasion being the … Continue readingKaprun
So after the possibly the longest trip from London to Amsterdam in history, We had a couple of nice relaxing days in Amsterdam, We visited the Van Gogh museum took … Continue readingAmsterdam
0525 GMT – first alarm goes off 0530 – second alarm goes off 0532 – Jump out of bed 0545 – start taking all the luggage downstairs 0552 – the … Continue readingDay 1, getting to Amsterdam