Our Topdeck Mega European Tour continues on this morning as we depart the Hungarian capital of Budapest and make our way through three countries today to our ultimate destination of Vienna in Austria. Along the way we will also be making a stop to the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava for a quick walk around the old city. 07 June, 2012 – Budapest to Vienna [wpgmza id=”53″]...
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Today we leave one of my favourite countries so far on the Topdeck Mega European Tour and the beautiful Plitvice Lakes National Park region of Croatia as we head to our next country Hungary and its capital city of Budapest and its distinctive Parliament building known the world over. 05 June, 2012 – Plitvice Lakes to Budapest [wpgmza id=”41″] Our journey continues on this morning as we are all up...
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Today we continue our Topdeck Mega European Tour heading further north into Croatia by leaving Dubrovnik and stopping first at the 3000 year old city of Zadar on the Croatian coast, we then continue further north to the UNESCO World Heritage Listed Plitvice Lakes National Park where we will spend a further two nights. 04 June, 2012 – Dubrovnik to Plitvice Lakes [wpgmza id=”39″] This morning we were able...
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This morning we leave the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and continue the Topdeck Mega European Tour by heading to our next and final country in the former Yugoslav states Croatia and the costal city of Dubrovnik. Before crossing the border we make one stop in the historic town of Mostar, a focal point of the Bosnian war due the the destruction of an ancient...
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The Topdeck Mega European Tour continues on this morning as we leave behind the events of last night and exchange stories on how we all got back to the hostel in Belgrade. Today we are heading to our next country, Bosnia and Herzegovina and its capital city Sarajevo. Before we make it to Sarajevo we have one important stop to make and that is in a small...
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This morning we continue the Topdeck Mega European Tour and make our way across another border from Bulgaria to the capital of the former Yugoslavia and now the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. This area has seen its fair share of conflict and many communist regimes, most recently being the war during the 90s that saw the break up of Yugoslavia. 31 May, 2012 – Sofia to...
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This morning we leave the stunning city of Istanbul and start our journey heading back west into Eastern Europe while experiencing yet another side of this continent on the Topdeck Mega European Tour. Today we cross the border into Bulgaria and head for the capital Sofia, the first stop in a series of one night stops through former communist states and over the coming days...
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This morning we were able to have a little bit of a sleep in before we headed off to our next destination on the Topdeck Mega European Tour, glorious Istanbul. We will get to spend three nights in the city that spans two continents, the longest we will stay in any city on this tour. Without a doubt visiting this city was one of my...
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That familiar catch cry again this morning... Another early start as we pack for the 20th or so time with our destination being the battlefields of Gallipoli. Today we have a major border crossing leaving the European Union from Greece and heading to Turkey, a painful process that would go away if Turkey were just accepted into the European Union.
This morning we were up early once again ready to continue on with the Topdeck Mega European Tour, this time we are travelling further north for our last night in Greece to the seaport town of Kavala. There isn’t a terrible lot to see or do here this is more of an overnight stop before we enter Turkey the following day so we can break...
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Today we are back on the coach for the trip up north from Athens to the central Greek region of Meteora continuing the Topdeck Mega European Tour, in the context of the amount of travel we have done so far today will be a short trip of a couple of hours which was a relief. 24 May, 2012 – Athens to Meteora [wpgmza id=”28″] This morning...
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The Topdeck Mega European Tour adventure continues this morning as we prepare for our early departure from the party island of Mykonos back to the Greek capital of Athens. It’s a long ferry trip back to the mainland but this time we will be back early enough to check out the famous sights around this ancient city. 23 MAY, 2012 – Mykonos to Athens [wpgmza...
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This morning we continue on our Topdeck Mega European Tour as we get up to leave the Greek capital of Athens and make our way down to the port to meet our ferry to take us to the party island of Mykonos. The ferry journey takes about four and a half to five hours to complete depending on the conditions, the journey isn’t the most comfortable on this...
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