11/10 - 12/10 Hamburg, Germany.

Being in Hamburg isn't much different to being in the cross, hookers litter the street, there are more nightclubs and bars then shops, drinks are cheap and they even have a coke sign hanging above the city life.

Day 1 - Check into our hotel, kiez bude which until recently use to be a brothel. The inside still looks like a whore house, with overly decorative coloured wallpaper, glittered carpet, leopard print couches, snaps of nude girls all over the walls and paddles not so subtly hanging in reception, which also doubles for a bar. We get ready for a night out, have a feed, drink too much and run a muck around the city until the wee hours.

Day 2 - Waking up to a knock at the door and a screaming German man telling us to check out. Feeling weathered we dragged ourselves out half dressed and to breakfast, Copenhagen here we come!

06/10 - 11/10 Berlin, Germany.

Few things about berlin; it's like Newtown on steroids, the city never sleeps, the people are colourful freaks to say the least, the history of the place is endless and bribes go along way when you find yourself in trouble.

Day 1 - Welcomed at the train station by a girl in full battle getup and a sword, crazies and nutters litter the place. After being rejected by every cab because our bags are too big we finally find ourselves at our hostel and I'm feeling sick so I call it a night and rested easy, the others hit the town.

Day 2 - Wake up early and grabbed a feed with Benji, from here we hit up Berlin's vintage flea markets and indulged in lollies and curry wurst while we spent our dollars on fur and vintage jewelry. Feeling exhausted we had an afternoon nap, woke up late and had an Italian dinner.

Day 3 - Early wake up, bagels and a walking sight seeing tour. We explore museum island, walk along side the Berlin wall, mazed through Jewish/holocaust memorials and were given an on the run history lesson of Berlin! On our way home we catch a feed and some drinks!

Day 4 - Our daily mission is to break into Berlin's infamous abandoned theme park. 3 trains, a walk in a haunted forrest and a DIY break in job and we find ourselves on the other side. We explore the broken down rides, hide from security and walk a rickety train track through darkened tunnels and around ferris wheels. It wasn't until we decided to climb a rollercoaster track that security finally caught on, Saxby bribes them €20 to avoid the German police and we get escorted to a bucket next to a 7ft fence and are asked to jump over and leave. To have a fitting end to the day we hop on a pub crawl, sink too many shots and dance to Ramstein in berlins underground.

Day 5 - Feeling weathered, shopped around the city, felt classy in the national gallery and found the other pieces of the Berlin wall that still remain standing.

Day 6 - Check out and travel to Berlin HBF to catch a train to Hamburg - a simple task that has quickly turned into a 4 hr wait, a missed train, 2 delays, 2 tickets and we've learnt the hard way the cheapest option is never the easiest one. Get me to Hamburg!!!

02/10 - 06/10 Prague, Czech Republic.

Prague is one of the most interesting cities we've visited yet, the crazy night life sits pretty amongst the neo-gothic and elaborate baroque architecture that floods the town squares, the food is perfect and the locals are welcoming.

Day 1 - Checked in after a daunting 7hr train trip, we were hardly settled in our hostel for 10 minutes before a small czech girl dragged us all on a pub crawl with unlimited free drinks for 2.5hrs, first stop - vodka bar!

Day 2 - Feeling weathered we make our way to the old square and had a decent feed surrounded by castles. We then ventured to the clock tower and climbed the spiral staircase to the top for a 360 degree view of Prague! After we caught our breath we visited the torture museum and had an Indian dinner together!


Day 3 - Early wake up, went to lunch together and visited the Salvador Dali expo for some alone time with some of my favourite artworks. We explored castles, shopped around the square and visited the Hilton to pay a good deed for one of the boys back home. Back to the hostel to begin another crazy pub crawl night, too much vodka, 90's classics and Czech dance floors - good night!

Day 4 - Decent sleep in and us girls all get together for a day trip to the church of bones, an hour out of the city. The 12th century church is surrounded by huge old school looking headstones and weeping widows, the inside is decorated in skull sculptures, human bones from 40, 000 people and lit candles. Getting creeped out we travel back to our hostel and have a feed in our room with some Sydney boys we met here on our travels.

Day 5 - Feeling exhausted and not keen for a 5 hour train trip, we're coming Berlin!

28/09 - 02/10 Budapest, Hungary

Small facts I discovered about Budapest - everywhere you turn there is an elaborate castle, temple, bath or bridge to gaze at, the locals are friendly, the food is decent, there is a lot of poverty and their money makes you feel like a high roller!

Day 1 - 2.5 hour train ride from Vienna and we arrive at our Hostel - Big Fish, a small homely place with a big kitchen and loft style bedrooms. We freshen up, dump our bags and we're off to find dinner. We find an oldies pub and after a 50 min wait on mains the food arrives, I chose the national dish called Goulash - a tomato soup served with meat and veggies, so good!! Off to bed early for some sight seeing tomorrow!

Day 2 - Early wake up, home made breakfast in our kitchen and it's time to start our adventures. First stop is the Terror Museum - which focuses on the crimes and atrocities committed by Hungary's fascist and Stalinist regimes - can't put into words how you feel after taking it all in, vacant would probably be most accurate. From here we walked to heroes square - a sprawling monument constructed to honor the millennial anniversary of the magyar conquest of the Carpathian Basin! It's height, structure and magnificence is something to be very impressed about. We then explored City Park, found exciting looking castles and ate giant fairy floss!!

Day 3 - Not so decent sleep, hop on hop off bus tour booked for today and tomorrow and we feel ready for some exploring. We ventured around and learnt about the Jewish Synagogue, Parliament House, Hungarian state Opera House, Gallert Baths, Memento Park, Citadella, Siklo Royal Palace, Fishermen's Sastion, Castle Hill and Matthias Church! First day down and back to our hostel to get ready for a crazy night out with old school mates! We reluctantly hop on the jaeger train, literally - a train made of 285 jaeger bombs, 10 bombs each and we set off to the next bar but our night was short lived, with a side of vomit and maccas, good night!

Day 4 - Back on the hop on hop off bus we explored the city markets, eat fresh fruit and veggies and make our way to Gallert Baths for hot spring bathing and saunas!
After a big day we had a Mexican dinner to farewell our budapest adventures and an early night in for a 7hr train ride to Prague tomorrow!

27/09 - 28/09 Vienna

The train to Vienna is like watching the beautiful scenery of back country Germany on repeat - for 5 hours. Vienna is beautifully historic; the home of Mozart, Sigmund Freud, The Walzt and the oldest zoo in the world. People commute on bikes, the locals are friendly and the schnitzel is bountiful.

Day 1 - Early wake up, free breakfast, check out and we're ready to explore. We accidentally stumbled across a music theatre on our quest to find Hofburg and spent the morning looking at castles. From here we climbed 343 steps up and 343 steps down to view Vienna at the top of the Stephansdom Church. Feeling exhausted we had a decent pub feed and it was off to explore Schönbrunn - the oldest zoo in the world where the old cages and atmosphere still takes its 17th century form. A speedy adventure through the animal kingdom and it's off to Budapest!

Vienna in a day was blissful, amazing and flawlessly beautiful.