FINLAND: No more expensive than Australia
27 September – 08 OctoberAfter extending my stay twice, it was time to leave Oktoberfest. The unlimited beer for €5 a day at the campsite was taking it’s toll. While I was chatting with 2 Canadian...
View ArticleGERMANY: Munich, Oktoberfest 2012…
21-27 September 2012 Friday September 21, 2012 “Hi, welcome to Stoke Travel” he said, as he handed me a half litre cup of ice-cold local beer. It’s 8:17 in the morning, I have a 25kg bag on my back,...
View ArticleESTONIA: A day exploring Tallinn.
3 October 2012 From Helsinki it cost €19 for a return day trip to Tallinn, Estonia on a cruise ship! I left Henna’s place around 7am to arrive at the ship before our 8am departure. It took around 2...
View ArticleSWEDEN: A weekend in Uppsala, the student city
12-15 October 2012 Uppsala is a small city of around 200,000 people, 40 minutes from Stockholm, with a student population of around 40,000. It’s located on a river and is really pretty. I...
View ArticleSWEDEN: Stockholm, expensive but excellent.
9-12 & 15-17 october 2012 Ahhh Stockholm… I spent 5 nights in Stockholm and took just over 300 photos, which is the lowest photo per day ratio I’ve had since being on my trip. I didn’t see one...
View ArticleITALY: Patches for Friends, Venice.
17 – 19 October 2012 I was really looking forward to coming back to Venice, because I was meeting up with friends I’d met in Munich and was picking up my cameras, which had finally arrived from...
View ArticleENGLAND: Crisis at Christmas 2012, London
Mid – Late December 2012, while chatting to Nicole on Skype: Nic: “… so what are you doing for Christmas then?” Me: “Well if I haven’t found a job, I spose I’ll be hanging around at the hostel. I don’t...
View ArticleSPAIN: My first football game, Barcelona.
19 – 24 October. It was dark by the time the plane landed into Barcelona. I found my hostel and crashed for the night. I must have needed it, because at 10:30am the receptionist came into my room,...
View ArticlePORTUGAL: A Coastal break, Lagos.
24 October - 6 November The endless nights of alcohol fuelled partying, barely sleeping enough and eating take away for most meals was taking its toll. I’d put on close to 10 kilo’s since I left Oz and...
View ArticleENGLAND: A day exploring London
A day exploring London Without the alarm going off, I’d awoken at 6am bursting with energy. The previous night’s early bedtime had paid off. Heading for Willesden Green’s high street, I walked out into...
View ArticleFINLAND: No more expensive than Australia
27 September – 08 OctoberAfter extending my stay twice, it was time to leave Oktoberfest. The unlimited beer for €5 a day at the campsite was taking it’s toll. While I was chatting with 2 Canadian...
View ArticleGERMANY: Munich, Oktoberfest 2012…
21-27 September 2012 Friday September 21, 2012 “Hi, welcome to Stoke Travel” he said, as he handed me a half litre cup of ice-cold local beer. It’s 8:17 in the morning, I have a 25kg bag on my back,...
View ArticleESTONIA: A day exploring Tallinn.
3 October 2012 From Helsinki it cost €19 for a return day trip to Tallinn, Estonia on a cruise ship! I left Henna’s place around 7am to arrive at the ship before our 8am departure. It took around 2...
View ArticleSWEDEN: A weekend in Uppsala, the student city
12-15 October 2012 Uppsala is a small city of around 200,000 people, 40 minutes from Stockholm, with a student population of around 40,000. It’s located on a river and is really pretty. I...
View ArticleSWEDEN: Stockholm, expensive but excellent.
9-12 & 15-17 october 2012 Ahhh Stockholm… I spent 5 nights in Stockholm and took just over 300 photos, which is the lowest photo per day ratio I’ve had since being on my trip. I didn’t see one...
View ArticleITALY: Patches for Friends, Venice.
17 – 19 October 2012 I was really looking forward to coming back to Venice, because I was meeting up with friends I’d met in Munich and was picking up my cameras, which had finally arrived from...
View ArticleENGLAND: Crisis at Christmas 2012, London
Mid – Late December 2012, while chatting to Nicole on Skype: Nic: “… so what are you doing for Christmas then?” Me: “Well if I haven’t found a job, I spose I’ll be hanging around at the hostel. I don’t...
View ArticleSPAIN: My first football game, Barcelona.
19 – 24 October. It was dark by the time the plane landed into Barcelona. I found my hostel and crashed for the night. I must have needed it, because at 10:30am the receptionist came into my room,...
View ArticlePORTUGAL: A Coastal break, Lagos.
24 October - 6 November The endless nights of alcohol fuelled partying, barely sleeping enough and eating take away for most meals was taking its toll. I’d put on close to 10 kilo’s since I left Oz and...
View ArticleENGLAND: A day exploring London
A day exploring London Without the alarm going off, I’d awoken at 6am bursting with energy. The previous night’s early bedtime had paid off. Heading for Willesden Green’s high street, I walked out into...
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