Andrew Betts

Day	Location	Summary
1	London / Brussels	In transit
2	Brussels / Amsterdam	Bored in belgium, European democracy and how to buy cheap weed in Amsterdam
3	Amsterdam	A day of education in the ways of windmills and wonky houses, loopy lockers and the art of queueing
4	Berlin	”Eventually, every wall falls”
5	Berlin	We visited the Bundestag, and I got conned by a pensioner, but the most important thing about today was ice cream
7	Budapest	Poor directions send me on a wild goose chase, but it was worth it for the escalators
8	Budapest	Took a hot thermal bath to recover from a cheesy labyrinth, and finished the evening with some Hungarian folk dancing. Yee-har it is not
9	Budapest	A jammed locker makes for an unelegant introduction to an interesting fellow traveller on the train to Venice
10	Venice	A stream of immigration officers fails to stop me getting a good nights sleep, and there’s a surprise reunion in store
11	Venice	I watch in amazement as globs of glass turn into horses in seconds, and I’m a little close for comfort when the bells ring two o’clock
12	Venice / Cortina	A ten minute detour costs me almost four hours on the way to Cortina, where the local delicacy looks exactly like a yellow cow pat
13	Cortina	The dolomites prove breathtaking in more ways than one, as I almost kill myself on a hiking trail
14	Cortina	Waking up above the clouds, I spent the day walking back to civilisation and a train to somewhere less expensive
15	Rome	The Vatican Museums didn’t impress, but St Peters Basilica and the Coliseum provided the necessary wow factor
16	Rome	The day was in ruins, but only of the Roman kind
17	Rome	A visit to the catacombs and how not to avoid a nasty encounter with an Italian ticket inspector
18	Brindisi	A new traveller joins us as we wait for a boat in Brindisi, while Chris decides first class is the only way to go
19	Patras / Athens	The benefits of being a student, the delights of the Acropolis, and someone who isn’t me falls off a chair
20	Athens	Some more ancient wonders to see, with a modern touch provided by a crowd of football supporters
21	Santorini	Met an old friend and learnt how to drive a scooter on the wrong side of the road
22	Santorini	Driving scooter on wrong side of road proves more difficult than it initially appeared. No fatalities, nice sunset
23	Santorini	Volcano tour. I get to play the hero and miss the boat in the process
24	Santorini	Having learnt lessons from scooter hire, we got a car. Driving standards appeared to be improving
25	Athens / Patras	Some fast connections and a luxury ferry have us speeding our way back to Italy
26	Ancona / Florence	A last minute decision has Chris and I on a train to Florence
27	Florence	More artwork than I think I’ve ever seen before, but there’s no substitute for getting really seriously lost. And we did
28	Florence	Michaelangelo’s David, the Ponte Vecchio, and a long walk in the rain is required
29	Florence - London	On reflection, flying would have been more sensible