Dude where's my... Zoltan!!

We arrived late afternoon in the stunning city of Krakow (pronounced crackov for those of you playing at home) Poland. Our hotel was very nice especdially when it was on the same block as a servo!!

So we changed currencies from Florints (Hungarian, we called them coconuts) to Zlotte (Polish, but we call them Zoltans or Zoolanders)

Saturday morning we travelled by bus into the centre of town and we had a free day to do whatever we wanted.Clints time of wearing boardies finally came to an end today when we went outside and realised it was about 7degrees! Chilly! Clints happy tho coz he was the only dude wearing shorts in Venice lol.

We had some precious clintylie time in a beautiful park just outside the market square and even though it was freezing cold, we loved watching the sun break through and light everything up!

There were lots and lots of christmas markets and kylie bought a felt purse from the felt stall which had some amazing stuff.

Poland, like the rest of Eastern Europe, continued to amaze us by charging us 2 Zoltans to use the toilet! However, we snuck in and out like ninjas as we refuse to pay to pee!! FREE TO PEE!!

Krakow is full of amazing churches and cathedrals so we got to send some quiet time appreciating the architecture and the beauty of these magnificent buildings.

While walking to this gigantic castle which had its own firebreathing dragon statue, we bought new matching hats to go with our matching sunnies. We are abit bummed out we can only wear sunnies for a few hours a day now as it gets dark at 4pm!!

We totally loved Poland, the people were awesome, they have about 100 different types of beer, it's cheap as chips and they have an absurd amount of pigeons in the main square and of course kylie tried to feed and care for every single one of them!!

Our highlight was sitting in our hotel room on the top bunk having a quiet beer and watching the German version of Spongbob Square pants and "Mam Talent" (Poland has talent) hilarious.. can't believe a polish asian opera singer beat a crazy fingers accordian player to get into the final!

Stay tuned
xox

Hungry in Hungary!?

Yay we arrived in Budapest late arvo and it gets dark here at about 4.30pm which really gets your body clock out of whack. So much history in this place and there's actually two parts to the city.. Buda and Pest. They combined both of their super powers to make one big super city. We got to  visit a castle and look out on the entire place which was stunning.

We got a strange vibe here, it felt like a doom and gloom kinda place and you can still feel the soviet (communist) grip on the place. We used subway (metro) to get around which was very easy to use actually.. as long as you could kinda recongnise the names of the stations.

It was our first time in a country which harldy spoke any english and the language was something else!! Very overwhelming as we both stood out as tourists even though our aim was to try and blend in!!

We visited their local fresh food markets and their fruit was awesome and very cheap!!

This is what we had to eat at a restaurant called 'Fatale'

this was MASSIVE! it was Carp fillets with onion potatoes and a few other bits and pieces. this was in my top 3 of food ive eaten. im not sure what the other two are but it doesnt matter!!

 Our highlight was definately visiting the local baths! I wasn't so sure about it but Kylie was very keen to go for a swim. They had 3 pools... one was 34 degrees, with a wave pool in it!! That was fun!! The next, a lap pool. The last was a 37 degrees steamer!! So relaxing!!!!!!

We can't believe how quick the time is going, how much we are learning about different cultures, the different words we are using and how clint has worn shorts so often!! It's not about the things you see or buy but the exchanges between locals, and the experiences and memories we are forming together that we will never forget!

We leave Budapest and head to Krakow (pronounced Crackov), via Slovakia.
Until next time
xox

The hills are alive.. with the sound of music..

Hey!! Sorry for the lack of updates. We are finding it pretty hard to get online while on tour as the net over here is quite slow or very expensive to use!! Thanks again for all your lovely messages!!!

So we made it to Austria! Home of the Sound of Music, Mozart, Apple Struddel and the terminator. We had 2 nights in Salzburg and one night in Vienna. Salzburg was a very beautiful, relaxed and friendly city to visit. It was very easy to get around. So we both had some quality Clintylie time walking around taking in the sights and sounds. The christmas markets are now in full force & we spent a lot of the day looking at them and enjoying the christmas festivities!!

We had heard about GluWein so we thought we'd give it a crack! It's basically warm red wine with cinamon, sounds nice but man that was something else!! One cup was way too much for us!!

Vienna had some great things to see and we were amazed at how much history and the changes the city had been through. We saw the natural museum and relaxed in the imperial palaces gardens which was huge!!

We saw Wes Carr in Salzburg too! What the???

We found a comic book shop that had a spider man crawling on the wall out the front and a life size Yoda inside. The shop was run by a real life Austrian "comic book guy". Kylie got to hang down at Fraggle rock!

For dinner in Vienna, Austria we went to a Taiwanese Vegetarian Restaraunt. Whatever we had it was yummy!! Our waitress was asian and spoke german and served us the pictures we pointed at!!

So this is the halfway point of of our topdeck tour so we had a quiet one in the hostel doing our laundry. I've also managed to wear my boardies more often than my long pants. The weather here is perfect!!

Ciao Italia

Today we drove 5 hours from the lovely Italy to the stunning Salzburg, Austria. After spending the last 6 days in Italy we were just getting used to walking into a shop, speaking italian and leaving with the shop keeper knowing a bit of english. Our first impressions of Austria are great, we think we are going to love it here! But before we move on here´s our experience of Italy in a nutshell....

* Italians LOVE nutella




















* The rumors are true, Italians make the BEST pizza, pasta and gelati!

* The people are beautiful, even their dogs are good looking!!
* They like being paid the exact amount (if its €5.91 they want the one cent!)
* Free water is awesome, but €1.50 to pee sucks!



















* Always look to the left not right before crossing the road.
* An Italian breakfast is an assortment of cakes and bread, with nutella.
* Their seagulls are gigantic.
* There are lots of gift shops
* Kylie loves Gondolas even more now, since being in Italy!

We are about to spend our first night in Austria. Salzburg is probably one of the smallest cities we are visiting and they have lots of Christmas markets full of interesting food and drink and christmassy gifts and gadgets.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words, emails and messages so far, we really appreciate it! Thanks for being so happy for us, it means a lot to us that so many share our joy.

Ciao for now...... Gutentaggen.

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!

We are very happy to announce that we are engaged to be married!! Clint proposed on a Gondola in Venice, Italy!! Here are a few pictures of our perfect day!!!!!

Venice was full of all different shops especially cafes, little bars, glass blowing art, lace and mask shops. There was also the random Louis Vitton and Chanel shops but these little arty type shops were the best!

Kylie being razza mattaz in one of the many masks we saw.

This dude wanted to steal my gelati but i said i dont think so gypsy.

Tomorrow we are off to Salzburg, Austria where we are hoping for more snow as the weather here has been amazing (ive worn my boardies more than pants!) From here we head to the Eastern Part of Europe!

Arrivedeci Italia....!!!!

When in Rome....

We headed off early from Florence and made our way to Roma. We Stopped at Orvietto which is a small medieval town ontop of a hill. We got there by cable car which was cool but we didnt get to stay there long.

We arrived in Rome mid afternoon and did a walking tour. First thing we saw were the Spanish Steps...where we filled our drink bottles up with the free, fresh drinking water from one of the many fountains scattered throughout the city. It was free for all to drink but it cost 60 cents to pee!!!!

We even had to pay to have our photo taken with this clown....

We saw heaps of roman monuments including the Pantheon and the Colliseum.

The next day we went on a tour of Vatican City.....WOW!!!! That place was absolutely beautiful, room after room of amazing art and statues. They even had a statue of Clint....

Ive always wondered what i would look like immortalised and now i know!!

So this was all before wed even reached the Sistenne Chapel....man Michaelangleo was a genious!!!! We werent  allowed to take any pictures inside due to the flash of your camera damaging the artwork. We were both totally speechless and it almost brought us to tears when we witnessed how much of a superhuman effort went into this!!! We bought lots of things from the gift shop just to capture what we experienced. Its one of those things that you have to see to believe....

Then we headed to the Colliseum in daylight...

We tried to imagine being there and watching the gladiators and this was another breathtaking place to be!

Late in the arvo we got to experience the arty side of rome by heading to the Piazza Novona where there were huge fountains and lots of street art. We both had some quality Clint and Kylie time when we got to share a longnecker of Italian beer and a Nutella/Banana Gelati amongst the fountains and the local artists. Rome is full of beauty and the locals know how to show it.

So we ended the day together at the spanish steps sharing a quiet kiss amongst the romantic vibe in the heart of Rome!

Italia! Italia!

We left the lovely swiss alps, and had a long day travel to Italy. Bonjiorno!!
First proper stop was in Pisa. We saw the leaning tower of Pisa.

We are staying at a really nice hostel in Florence. Its very modern, only been open a few weeks. Lastnight we had a really fun night, with everyone on the tour. This morning we went on a walking tour of Florence and saw a Leather making demonstration.. then we had the day to ourselves.

Clint and I wandered around and had a great day!

Our favourite place so far!

 

Not that i wanna toot my own horn but damn do i look good in leather!! Ky agrees too  :)

We were supposed to be listening to the tour guide but we got distracted by the biggest waffles we had ever seen. We had nutella and berries with cream. They were so good that even the pigeons wanted some too. The best part was that they were 10 € each! ( $20 aus...doh!)

Our awesome new sunnies :)

We had the BEST Gelati and the BEST Pizza today!! It was super cool being served by Italians who didnt speak much english! We bought a few really nice things today including... Pearl Jams album, Backspacer, on vinyl!!!!! stoked!

CIAO for now!

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

We arrived in switzerland lastnight. Today we went up to Jungfrau, which is the highest point in Europe. It took two trains to get up there, but it was worth it because we got to see the best snow ever!! Clint was like a little school girl, he was so excited!! Running around everywhere, throwing snow, pretending to ski and skate lol. The Swiss Alps are even more amazing than we imagined!! The snow is so white! It was minus 16 degrees!! We tried to make snow angels, which resulted in us getting caught in a blizzard and we got really wet. There is an ice palace, we will post photos soon. It's been hard getting access to the net.

This was what we woke up to!!

This is what happends when you enter an Ice Palace!

We reached the highest point in Europe together! (Jungfrau in the background!!)

Exploring the random town of Lauternbrunnen Switzerland,how awesome are the signs???

We're on tour!

We started our top deck tour on thursday the 12th at 6am. Left London for Paris, caught the ferry to Calais. The ferry was like a floating airport it had everything on it!!

A few things that stood out in Paris (photos coming!!!!)

* Nutella (&banana) Crepes are the best thing since Iced coffee. YUM!

* Gypsies are EVERYWHERE, especially at the Eiffel tower! They look like ninjas wearing clogs, trying to con us into buying their dodgy crap. When they say "Do you speak English?" the best way to confuse clog wearing ninjas is to respond with "No I don't speak english sorry"
* Escargo (snails) are right up there with m&ms.

* Riding bikes in the streets of paris was amazing! We totally took over the streets (strength in numbers!) We had lots of fun yelling out "Excusie Moi" and "Bonjour" to the locals!!

* The Arc De Triumphe is the most entertaining thing ever! A famous French Monument sitting in the middle of a ten lane unmarked round-a-bout where there's pure chaos. No-one remembers give way to ur right!

our awesone topdeck friends Jason and Sheree

* European beer rules!
* Everyone has really, really small 'smart' cars & park about 5mm apart from the car in front.