Contiki

To begin our European adventure we decided to undertake a 21 day European Vista contiki tour. We thought this would be the best possible way to get a feel for being in another country by being in a group. We met our contiki crew three weeks ago in London at the Royal National Hotel. Everyone seemed pretty friendly so it was a great start.

We met the next day to board the coach. Still nervous but eager to make a few friends. The first day I sat next to a girl named Nicole. Funny as hell and a real vibrant character. We headed to the Port of Douvre to the Ferry where we went across to France. Here we met another two girls called Janelle and Rosie (or Rosina). These meetings marked the very beginning of the formation we called the ´wolf-pack´.

After a day in Paris, it was clear that the five of us (including my travel friend Alana) were becoming closer. The event of Janelle getting stuck in the metro tram doors definitely made us better friends. 

On our tour we were lucky enough to fit in many places. These included Paris, Lucerne (Switzerland), French Riviera, Florence, Rome, Venice, Austrian Tyrol, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Rhine Valley and Amsterdam.

Over this time we made many more friends beyond our family wolf-pack. We even added an extra four to our wolf-pack including always witty Bobby (who we called Roberto), Ethan (who was forever playing his music) and Rachel and Ben (a loveable and funny husband and wife). The time went unbelievably quickly and there was just not enough time or energy for me to keep up my blog. Each of these places were unique in their own way and memories were made in every place. 

Twenty-one days was a perfect amount of time to see a lot of things in every stop. My favourite places would have to be Paris, Nice and Venice. The bike ride in Munich and the white water rafting in Tyrol were my most favourite of the activities we did. Although it was difficult to say goodbye to our contiki crew, we are excited to meet up with our good friends Janelle and Rosie in the greek islands. We made two new Australian friends in Madrid yesterday called Amy and Justin who will also be in te greek islands at the same time! Coincidence I think so!

At this moment we are chilling out in our hotel room in Barcelona on La Rambla. This is the place (apart from Molfetta) that I have been looking forward to the most. Can't wait! Even better we just found out our good friends Janelle and Rosie are in town tomorrow as well as our new friends we met in Madrid yesterday Amy and Justin! I see good things ahead for Barcelona!

Via Porzia

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