Dear friends

I know its been ages since I have managed to write a blog. That’s because I have been with Topdeck for the past 19 days and have barely had time to breathe, let alone blog.

Actually I did get a bit of a break when we were in Pag Island in Croatia. We stayed in a lovely hotel and I actually got a double bed to myself and got to have a bubble bath, which might have been the best bath I have ever had in my life just because I needed it so much.  But seriously if you ever make it to the part of the world do not I repeat go any later than September. Seriously that place was dead. And it was actually cold and raining! It’s meant to be a huge party island between June and August but after that everyone packs up and leaves. Seriously all the stores were even shut and there wasn’t one internet cafe on the island.

We took a boat out to another island called Rab Island. Not a particularly pleasant experience. It was pouring rain, chilly and we were stuck on a boat with these loud, drunken Germans who looked like they had just been let out of jail. Rab island was a nice place though, climbed up another bell tower and got an amazing view of Croatia. Shame about the rain though.

It was also raining when I was in Florence.  Climbed another church tower (I’ve lost count of the amount of bascillas/churches/bell towers I have visited since I have  been in Europe LOL) That one was quite a trip. About 500 stairs. Got to the top and decided to call home because I felt especially lonely that day so I was standing at the top of this tower in the rain. It was as depressing as it sounds.

So I am finally free of the Topdeck bus. I cannot say how happy I am. That sounds terrible but I hated that bus. I have never seen so many amazing sites. (I just loved Italy and can’t wait to go back there for a month sometime in the future!) But being on a bus for 8 to 10 hrs hours a day sometimes with these people was really starting to do my head in. Don’t get me wrong there were some really nice people on the bus but generally the majority of them were idiots and that’s all I am going to say about that.

So I have had many experiences; good and bad, which was wanted to get out of this trip so I am not regretful at all. So far the places I have been to:

Dubai

London/Oxford/Scotland (UK)

Greece (Athens, Mykonos, Paros, Santorini and Ios)

Paris (still my favourite place)

Barcelona (hmm was okay, 4 days was a bit much there)

Nice and Monaco (pretty but extremely expensive and beaches were mediocre in my honest opinion)

Italy (Florence, Orvieto, Rome and Venice) – Fucking amazing, even with the rain in Florence.

Austria (some cave town I can’t remember the name of at the top of my head and Tyrol). Looking forward to hopefully seeing more of Austria in December

Slovenia (Lake Bled and Ljubjana) – really nice part of the world

Prague, Czech republic, which is where I am now.

So I am totally out of money and need to start working asap!! I am back to the UK on Saturday. I think I will spend a week there in London to see if I can find any temp work and a place to live. If not I will have to take the pub job which only pays less than 6 pounds an hour but has very cheap accomodation and provides one meal a day. Hmmm weighing it up.

I have so many stories to tell but not enough time. Thinking of you all

~Vanessa

xxx