After a big day of exploring Slovenia’s lovely Lake Bled, I decided to have a quiet one today. Nah, that’s a load of shit, I walked over 30km and checked out two of the most incredible places a fella could ever hope to visit. Unfortunately, Scarlett Johansson’s vagina wasn’t one of them. Vintgar Gorge is … Continue reading Slovenian Shenanigans
Ljubljana is a bloody hard name to pronounce, and it’s not a destination you'll find in a whole lot of travel guides, but it is a lovely little (and I mean little) city that is worth being drunk and jobless in. I should know, I just spent a night there. There aren’t a lot of … Continue reading Ljubljana – the gorgeous Euro town with a name like a bad Scrabble hand
Before Sunrise is a beaut film about an idealist young American bloke called Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and a spunky French sheila called Celine (Julie Delpy) who meet on a train from Budapest to Vienna, and fall in love during one night exploring the latter city. I've been off on my own romantic crusade in Riga … Continue reading What a Wiener!
I only spent a short amount of time in Budapest, but this wonderful city certainly left me Hungary for more. Haha, that's why I'm one of Australia's best-loved journalists, and have literary groupies hanging off my balls 24 hours a day. It was late when I got in from Bratislava, but I was determined to … Continue reading Putting the ‘pest’ into Budapest
With my fingers and toes at risk of dropping off from frostbite if I spent another day in the frigid-but-beautiful resort town of Vysoke Tatry, this morning it was time to hop on a train to the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. And what a city it is! With old buildings, winding rivers, lots of bridges … Continue reading Beat on the Bratislava
Yesterday's hike through the mountains of Vysoké Tatry was both incredibly incredible and incredibly tiring, so today I took things a bit easier - by drinking a load of beers and walking around a lake. Don't worry, it was still really pretty. I woke up to a blizzard outside my window, and I immediately thought … Continue reading Lake it till you make it
I spent today hiking through Slovakia's Vysoké Tatry mountain range. It was a monumental experience filled with beauty wonder, and words can't possibly do it justice, so I'll drop the hilarious jokes and just give you loads of photos to drool over. I'm off for a beer - catch ya tomorrow!
Poland's been great, but it's time to head off to the Democratic People's Republic of Slovakia. It's not an easy journey between Krakow and my resting place of Starý Smokovec, with three buses and a few hikes along the way, but it wasn't long before I was in the charming village of Zakopane, close to … Continue reading From Krakow to Vysoke Tatry with an idiot in tow
The name alone conjures images of death and despair. Auschwitz is the most infamous of all the Nazi concentration camps, a place where one and a half million innocent people were brought to be gassed, shot or hanged by an insane regime. Today, the site stands a memorial to those who died, as well as … Continue reading Auschwitz
Wanting to get a sense for Krakow's long and tragic history during my time here, today I wandered into the centre of town and joined a free group walking tour. I was looking forward to learning about the ancient buildings, beautiful churches, and Jewish ghettos populated during the Second World War, and was pleasantly surprised … Continue reading The worst way to spend three hours in Krakow
The Drunk and Jobless World Tour 