Return to Europe

Departing from Brisbane @ Brisbane Airport M. O, Australia

2007-12-25T10:15:00.000Z

Taking some time out from work, saw a few people and places I wouldnt get to see again, had some food I wouldnt have again too!

Transit @ Taipei, Taiwan

2007-12-25T17:32:00.000Z

*** Transitting in Taipei for 6 hours, hopefully get to see Taipei 101 ***

That was the original plan, turns out there is a 2 hour traffic into the city and I will be having 6 hours of quality time in the terminal!!

Ps. that jumper I made Dad drive back to home for, I think its found a new home at the Brisbane Terminal (where I think I left it)

Arrival to Deutschland @ Frankfurt, Germany

2007-12-26T06:40:00.000Z

Landing in Frankfurt to find my way to Munster

Munster @ Münster, Germany

2007-12-26T13:48:00.000Z

I arrived to Muenster quite easily from Frankfurt with the ICE train, I would recommend prepurchasing tickets (something I didnt do) as you can save quite abit which in my case would have been 50 euro's

theres coffee, fresh sandwiches and wireless internet to keep you busy. people were kind and helpful where I needed directions and most staff spoke english

Pit stop at Rohrdorf @ Rohrdorf, Germany

2007-12-26T21:00:00.000Z

We made a short pitstop at a small town called Rohdorf, as far as I remember it was quite close to the autobahn. They had excellent food and local wiesbier.

Onto Klagenfurt @ Klagenfurt, Austria

2007-12-27T16:00:00.000Z

Left Muenster for Klagenfurt, David needed to find an apartment there and then we would visit some neighbouring countries.

Hello Venice @ Venice, Italy

2007-12-29T13:00:00.000Z

After a few nice days and beers in Klagenfurt and finding a liveable apartment it was time to go exploring, after driving southwards we decided to head towards Italy and then Venice. The other choice was Slovenia.

Venice was quite impressive but the masses of tourists even in winter and the fact that you keep walking past 4 to 5 of the same things the whole time (a shop selling masks/costumes, a pizzeria, fashion shop or a church) made me think this place really was as touristy as people described. The architecture and art sure is amazing though. It could even be a romantic place but that wasnt our mission ...

A place to stay is quite hard to find in the middle of the historic part of Venice, depending on your pockets of course. I settled for a 3 star hotel which was quite nice at 70 euros and wasnt too far from whatever we wanted to see.

I found that around the busier places Italians werent so pleasant, but if you get off the beaten track they can be very nice.

New Years Eve in Muenster @ Muenster (Münster), Germany

2007-12-31T23:48:00.000Z

Somewhere in the Netherlands @ Aalten, Netherlands

2008-01-02T18:00:00.000Z

Somewhere in the Netherlands ...

Not too sure if it was Aalten but it was in some border town

Back to Klagenfurt @ Klagenfurt, Austria

2008-01-04T20:00:00.000Z

David hired a van and we moved his stuff from Germany to Austria, then we had a party

On the way to Poland @ Katowice, Poland

2008-01-08T19:00:00.000Z

My train left Klagenfurt for Poland, not sure why I took the train ... it would have been a lot cheaper to get that flight from Vienna :( Katowice ended up being expensive but still a good experience I guess

Final Destination in Poland @ Lodz' (Łódź), Poland

2008-01-09T17:00:00.000Z

Final destination in Poland to visit my grandparents