Saturday, July 28, 2012

Sarah's holiday Part 3

After leaving Munich they travelled through the Alps and across the border into Austria and stopped for a while in Innsbruck...  





 Then crossing the border and into Italy (just like that 3 countries in a matter of hours)...

 First stop in Italy was Lake Garda...




 Before arriving in beautiful Venice for 2 nights...


Grand Canal





St Marks Square




Lovely place :-)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Sarah's holiday Part 2

From Amsterdam Sarah's tour group travelled through the Rhine Valley into Germany. They stopped and had a look in Cologne...
Cologne Cathedral

Beautiful scenery as they travelled to St Goar...



Enjoyed a wine tasting evening...
Followed by another night of partying...

Back on the bus to Lucerne in Switzerland. From Lucerne they went up into the Swiss Alps...

Then up to Mount Titilis where it was freezing cold...
And walked through the snow...
Next activity was bungee jumping in the beautiful Swiss Alps...

Sarah was very brave and jumped (loved it!)...
They then went back into Germany and over to Munich...

Bikes for tour around Munich

Bike riding in Munich
Sarah enjoyed a traditional German meal of sauerkraut, pork knuckle and of course beer...


Yes she acquired a taste for beer  (and wine) on her travels! 

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Sarah's Holiday Part 1

Sarah and her friend Georgia spent a few days exploring London before the start of their Contiki tour. They stayed with Georgia's cousins. They had fun shopping taking in the sights...
St Pauls Cathedral

View over the Thames

Millennium Bridge



On the London Eye 


Orangery Kensington Palace
One of the highlights of their time in London was a visit to the Harry Potter studio. The Warner Brothers studio where the Harry Potter films were made has just been opened to the public and offers a walking tour which takes you behind the scenes and shows the sets, costumes and props... 
Gryffindor common room

Sampling Butter beer

Harry Potters house  number 4 Privet Drive

Diagon Alley

Diagon Alley

Model of Hogwarts
They then met up with their tour group and caught the ferry across the English  Channel and travelled onto Brussels in Belgium...
White Cliffs of Dover in the background

Palace of Justice Brussels

Enjoying a strawberry chocolate Belgian waffle...

They then moved onto Amsterdam...

Amsterdam flower market



Beautiful Volendam

Cruising the canals...

Typical Contiki Day sheet

Partying in Amsterdam

Choosing optionals
Good times!