Europe

Today was my last day in Europe for this trip. Since it is a Sunday, and it is Christmas Eve I found that most things were closed. There was a museum that I was planning on visiting today, but I failed to consider its closure. Instead, I spent the morning walking...

Due to having a few busy days, today was a quiet day, starting in the early afternoon. Since I had already surpassed the kilometer limit for my car rental and every kilometer, I traveled in the car from now on would cost me around 60c I decided to avoid doing another...

Today’s day trip was to the Black Forest. I planned to visit two towns in the area, which would hopefully allow me to see some of the areas that I had read were very scenic. I left around 10 am, expecting it would only take me around 2.5 hours to reach the first town,...

Since I had already exhausted many of the things to do in Frankfurt, I decided to rent a car to do some day trips to other parts of Germany for the next few days. I found that due to my age, many of the more popular rental companies were quoting me a high premium on...

Today my goal was to tick off many of the main attractions to see in Frankfurt. After researching online, I found I would be able to see most of the attractions in one day. I started the day by walking along the river main. It was quite a nice and peaceful walk, as...

Today I started the day quite early to get to Gatwick airport in time for my flight to Frankfurt. The train I was supposed to catch got canceled so I had to quickly go to a different train station in London to get the train to the airport. This caused me to only get...

Today was my last day in Chester before going back to London to get my flight to Frankfurt the next day. The plan today was to do some more sightseeing around Chester. Laura’s partner Damian kindly made me a sausage and egg sandwich for breakfast which was quite nice....

Breakfast with Laura This morning, Laura organized to take me out for breakfast. We ended up deciding that the best breakfast place would be in Chester, as this would allow us some time to walk around the old city after the meal. Laura arranged for us to go to a café...

Today I said goodbye to my friends as they were going home, then went on the train to go to Liverpool. I had coordinated with Boyd to meet him at the other end in Liverpool. The train was around 30 minutes late due to flooding in a tunnel and some of the crew being...

Today I sadly had to say goodbye to Amanda and Brad as I would be catching the train back to London. Amanda dropped me off at the ferry, and kindly gave me a Christmas card. When I arrived back in London, my friends were still out on their day trip to Oxford. British...

In the morning I woke up and had breakfast with Amanda and Brad in their dining room which I could now see overlooks the sea where the English Channel is located. It was a nice view despite being slightly spoiled by the poor weather.Botanical Gardens After breakfast,...

Today I left London for the day to go meet some of my second cousins from England for the first time. I boarded a double-decker bus from my hostel in the morning to get to Waterloo station to get on the southwestern rail with the first stop being Godalming where I...

Today we had a relatively uneventful day. We started the day by going to visit Trafalgar Square where we took some photos, and then headed to Piccadilly Circus to take some more photos. We looked around at the nearby Christmas markets and shops visiting the large M&M...

British Museum Today we started the day with an English breakfast and then headed to the British Museum. This museum was surprisingly large with many artifacts that the British seem to have collected over time. We followed an audio tour, that led us through the...

Big Ben, The London Eye & Buckingham Palace Today we spent the day ticking off a few of the essential sites around London. We started the morning by catching one of London’s iconic double-decker buses to the area where Big Ben and the London Eye are located on the...

Today nothing note-worthy happened. We had our final chance to eat an Irish breakfast – before heading to the airport to leave Dublin. I quite liked Dublin actually, as it reminded me of home in many ways. The flight to London would take just 50 minutes but of course,...

Today we planned to do a bit of sightseeing around Dublin. Again, we decided we must start the day the right way, with a full Irish for breakfast. This time we had our breakfast at a nearby pub which for some reason was open at 9 am to serve breakfast. I must laugh...

Today we were booked to do the Guiness factory tour in Dublin. To start the morning on the right foot, we went to a café to get an Irish breakfast and some coffee. The breakfast was as good as the previous day, and the coffee was descent… finally!Guinness Factory Our...

Today we got up quite early to make the trip to Ireland on the plane which we thought initially would be just a 50-minute flight, although as it turned out it only appeared this way due to the 1-hour time difference. At the airport and on the flight, I did quite a bit...

Today, the plan was to visit the palace in Versailles. Feeling a bit tired, we dragged ourselves onto the train to begin the train trip to Versailles which would take around one hour from our hotel in Paris. The train trip itself was rather uneventful, I spent most of...