Europe

French Food After a rather unproductive morning, we decided for lunch to try again to buy some escargots from a restaurant. We went to another restaurant for lunch that one of my friends found online and ordered some meals with a side of escargots. The food at this...

This morning I went to a local gym for a few hours to catch up on my workout routines. Shakespeare and Company Bookstore After finishing up at the gym, I went and met up with my friends at the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore. We had to line up for a little...

Today, we did not have a set schedule, other than to tick off many of the main attractions in the center of Paris. Eiffel Tower We started first by catching the train to the Eiffel Tower. After getting off the train we stopped at a street store to purchase some...

Today we would be leaving Amsterdam on the train to go to Paris. The train trip took just 3.5 hours travelling around 250 Km/h. Once we arrived in Paris, we walked to our hotel with the plan to get organized and then head to the Louvre. Given that today was the first...

Van Gogh Museum Today we had tickets to visit the Van Gogh Museum. These tickets were quite hard for us to get as it is quite a popular museum with tickets selling out sometimes months in advance. Thankfully I read somewhere that more tickets are released for the next...

Anne Frank House Today we had a booking to visit the Anne Frank house at 10 am. The museum was located in the actual old warehouse and allows you to visit the hidden annex above the old spice warehouse. Many of the belongings of the families hiding in the annex were...

Canal Tour Today in the morning we went on a tour of the canals. The boat that would take us through the canals was surprisingly large, and it was quite nerve-racking as the driver navigated the tight turns of the canals sometimes having to make 3-point turns and...

Today we spent most of the day walking around Amsterdam admiring the unique Dutch architecture. In the morning for breakfast I had Dutch pancakes, which was quite delicious and filling. I learnt that the reason the houses have rather thin facades is an old tax-evasion...

Today we were scheduled to leave Berlin, traveling around 6 hours on the train to Amsterdam. Waiting at the train station was freezing as it was -2 degrees Celsius, and the platform was outside. Nothing noteworthy happened, I spent most of the train trip catching up...

Today, everyone slept in until around 10:30, while I read one of my books for a few hours in the morning. After finally starting the day, we went for brunch at a Five Guys where I had a burger and a Becks. Museum Island We then walked to Museum Island, where we walked...

Today our main goal was to finish off a few more of the essential Berlin highlights, including the Berlin Wall Memorial and the Spy Museum. I think at this point, we were all starting to feel slightly tired. We started the day a bit late and decided to have burgers...

Today we started the day, by catching up on some washing at a nearby laundromat and eating some breakfast at a café, as well as walking around for a bit waiting for the washing to complete. After doing the washing, we went to the Reichstag building (German parliament)...

Today, we sadly left Switzerland to go to our next destination. We had a flight around 8PM from Zurich to Berlin, so we started the morning by taking a train out of Interlaken to Zurich. It was quite a scenic train trip as we went through the mountains and past one of...

Today was our one free day to try tick off some activities in and around the city of Interlaken. In the morning I spent around 2 hours at a local gym trying to catch up on my workout routine to maintain my progress. This gym was quite nice, costing me around 20 CHF...

Today we were planning to go to Jungfraujoch. This was one of the activities that we were most excited about. It would involve a 3-part train journey starting in Interlaken going to Grindelwald and then a two-part train journey to the top of Europe. Before the journey...

Today we left Italy to travel to the next country of our trip, Switzerland. We started the day early packing up our belongings heading back to the Venice train station on the ferry. While waiting at the train station, we realized that our tickets were for a different...

Today was our main day for sightseeing in Venice. In the morning, we went to a café for breakfast where I had bruschetta. During breakfast, we were quick to realize that it was no longer shorts and t-shirt weather, so we were quick to change into warmer clothes before...

Today we were scheduled to leave Florence. Nothing noteworthy happened in the morning, however due to a strike the busses were cancelled so we had to walk around 45 minutes with out bags to get to the train station. The train from Florence to Venice took around 2...

Today we were scheduled to visit Pisa. We left in the morning on the train from Florence to Pisa that took around 1 hour. It was again interesting to see the different landscapes we were travelling past. Leaning Tower of Pisa Arriving in Pisa we walked around 30...

Climbing the Duomo Today was our main full day to complete many of the main activities in Florence. First on the agenda was to visit the Florence Duomo. We started by walking around 30 minutes to the main area where the Duomo is as well as surrounding attractions....