We woke up in the peace and quite of Wadi Rum this morning, and enjoyed a light breakfast before all hopping back onto the back of a truck to get back to our bus in the nearest village. The bus ride to the Dead Sea was four hours and 30 minutes long, with a short break in the middle. We…
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Day 5 in Jordan, Petra!
We made it! We finished our approximately 85 km trek from Dana to Petra, and started our exploration of Petra itself. We slept well at the 7 Wonder Camp last night. It was nice having a permanent cabin to sleep in, so we didn’t have to worry about the wind or sand coming in. After breakfast we did a slightly…
Day 3 in Jordan
Our third day of hiking, and a much easier one than yesterday. Last night was again windy, but I think everyone is used to it now, as it didn’t bother people as much. We also switched from the tour group’s foam pillows to our inflatable ones, which I find much more comfortable. We started early again, so that we could…
Day 1 in Jordan
We got up early this morning to pack all of our things and get into the bus at 0700. We had a two and a half hour drive to Dana to get to the start of our hike. With us we have Brittany from the US, Étienne from France, Scott from the UK, Juli from Germany (but living in Amman…
In Jordan, sort of near Petra
Hello, just thought I would do a quick post saying we have made it through the most of our hike, and are staying at a “higher end” campsite tonight that has WiFi. Tomorrow we hike the last bit to Petra. It has been great so far. We will follow up with some detailed posts to cover the last few days.…
Day 3 – Eisenstadt, Day 1 – Hungary
Today we went to explore the countryside with Chantal’s friend Elsbeth and her partner Richard. We started out by driving to Forchtenstein Castle, owned by the same family as owns the Esterhazy Palace that we visited yesterday. The castle was built in the 13th century, and later bought by the family, is a true medieval castle built for war. From…
Wind, Rain, a Train, a Bus, Eisenstadt!
The wind from yesterday evening continued on through the night, and hasn’t really let up at all today, but it was joined with some rain. Our first order of business was checking out of the apartment and getting to the main train station (Vienna Hauptbahnhof) to drop out duffle bag in a locker. We lucked on this run because it…
Onwards to Vienna
Today started with a cool 2°C Prague, we could see our breath! Before packing everything up we went over to the copy shop to print our train tickets (surprisingly complicated to do), and then a quick breakfast. We got to the train station super early, and discovered that you don’t need to be at the train station super early. Unlike…
Day 3 in Prague
We decided to switch things up a little bit today and headed out of the city, or at least to the edge of it. After breakfast, we took the subway out to Šárka – Lysolaje nature park, which is in the North West corner of Prague. The park is in a valley, so once you are down in the valley,…
Goodbye Berlin, Hello Prague
Today was a fairly relaxing day, the majority of which was spent on the train from Berlin to Prague. We started out early to get to the train station on time, our train was leaving at 0917. We had enough time to grab a croissant for breakfast at the station, and wait around for a bit for the train. The…