We must clear something up from Paris. Yes we did find S.J. (the girl that went missing). When we returned to the hotel from the cabaret and boat ride she was at the hotel. she said something about a bus taking ages to get to the dinner place and we had already left. She also said later in the trip that she was at a bar with American guys but who really knows. Anyway she turned up back at the hotel to our tour leaders relief.
Paris to Lauterbrunnen (France to Switzerland)
The day started with a 6:30 wake up for a 7:30 breaky and an 8 am leave. Today we are driving a long way, it is one of the biggest drive days we will have. After breakfast trying to get out the door was the first challenge. As we were leaving, a bus load of old German people were coming in. They beat us to the door first, so we had to wait for them to move. The thing is these old people didn’t move and didn’t even attempt to move as they could see us waiting there trying to get out. I had enough of this, chucked my pack on my back and then charged my way through making the rest of our tour group follow. I tried to knock them over unfortunately this was unsuccessful but it would have been satisfying if It had.
We had to hike up a bit of the hill to get to the coach but it was easy with the pack on my back. Most of the bus ride people slept. I had only about 30 mins sleep (this was to be the way for most of the trip) then I was awake for the rest of the trip. I couldn’t see the point to sleeping on the bus as I will never be in this part of the world again so stayed awake for almost the whole ride after having my beauty nap in the morning. As you can imagine Kieran joined the majority and slept on and off for long periods, due to her transport narcolepsy.
After Lunch we had to do introductions on the bus. The questions we had to answer were
Name?
Age?
Where you are from?
Job?
What you were looking forward to on the trip?
Embarrassing moment or Joke
Red light - if you are in a relationship, green light- single, orange light- seeing someone but open to persuasion.
When it came to my turn I told them all but was not going to tell an embarrassing moment as simply I just don’t have any (Yeah right Glen…). So I decided to tell a joke. I can’t take credit for the joke I must thank Darren. It was a good one and almost everyone on the bus being Aussies got it and had a laugh. I guess you now want me to tell the joke. Ok “Did you hear about the two baked beans traveling around Australia? They ended up in Cairns” hahaha get it Cairns-cans funny hey, a classic dad joke.
A lot of people didn’t tell embarrassing stories rather they said they have many and said they will find some out in due course and there will be many on the trip. I was the only one who told a joke though. Kieran didn’t tell an embarrassing story either. And she answered “apparently” to the Red light question which made me become a yellow light on the trip. (Glen get over it! Comments by Kieran)
Most of the people are from Australia. There were 36 people on the trip (including the crew) below are the people so you know who we are talking about
Georgie- 18 from Australia, Sydney
Debbie- 20 Kiwi from nearish Christchurch who is a wool girl in a shear shed
Helen- 24 from South Korea. Tried to teach me an Kieran some Korean hehehe.
David – pronounced Daavid 22 from Colombia A ladies man pashed a couple of girls on the trip
SJ- 19 from Australia, Sydney. The crazy girl who got lost in Paris. She is a sandwich short of a picnic or just plays it that way. We have a million stories about her.
Li- 24-25ish From China
Bec- 22 From Australia, Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Kate- 22 From Australia, Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Vanessa - 21 From Australia Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Jess- 22 From Australia Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Hanna- 23 from New Zealand, Dunedin (Spitting image of Kieran’s niece Eleanor..weird)
Sam- 24 From Australia, Melbourne. Good Value, always a laugh either tripping over or saying something silly. She is a nurse as well who is living in London for a few more months before going to Africa. (Also became Kieran’s Wino partner and one of the ‘Hornbags’)
Tarshi- 24 From Australia Port Licoln (SA). An absolute crack up always has a smart ass or gutter mouth comment. (Aslo one of the ‘Hornbags’)
Tegan- 24 from Australia, Adelaide. Originally from Port Licoln is friends with Tarshi and just as bad as Tarshi if not worse. (Also a ‘Hornbag).
Amanda- 33 From Australia, Sydney but had been living in London for he past 3 yrs
Sue- 25 from South Korea. Good friends with Erica.
Ae Yo – from South Korea. Fashion designer.
Kanami- from Japan Loved to play Indovina Chi? was excited when I pulled it out. (find out what Indovina Chi? is later.)
Erica- 25 from South Korea
Lloydy- 25 from Australia Dubbo. Is a Pharmacist who is living in the UK on a working visa as well.
Daniel- 22 from Australia Adelaide. Been in U.k for a few months now just traveling around, has an ancestry visa… damm him. Reminded me of Ian personality wise.
Aaron- 24 from Australia Bribane, Is a radiographer who is traveling through and around the U.K before going onto Canada to meet his Girlfriends parents.
Tiff- 24 from New Zealand Auckland. Has been living and working in the UK for about a year. This is her final trip before going onto to America.
Ashoor- 18 from Australia Mooree. Too much to write about Ashoor (pronounced ‘a shoe’) country boy who grew up in Mooree, is a Fijian Indian and is doing a Europe trip on his way back home from teaching English in a school in Peru from the last year. He doesn’t own jeans.
Marina- 37 from Australia but had been living in England for the past 15 yrs and was going home. A nurse who married and English man but divorced and is now going back to Australia but not sure if she will stay there for good yet.
Megan- 27 from Australia, Sydney. Was out on the prowl for men and had a few dates while in other countries worked for the competition QBE. Loves a man in a kilt.Mia- From Australia
Lilani- From South Africa, Cape Town. Finishiing her year of living in the UK by traveling around Europe before going to Thailand and then back home.
Duane- From South Africa, Cape Town. Finishing his 2 year of living in the UK by traveling around Europe before going to Thailand and then back home. He Met Lilani while working in the UK.
Yo- 25 from Australia Sydney, Traveling around the world seeing as much as possible before returning home to complete a doctorate in Architecture.
Cathy- 25 from Australia, Brisbane. Doing the work visa thing like us but is only planning on staying in the UK for 6 months. Her catch phrase was the dry reach. She would do it to anything she saw that was gross. Especially coco pops in the washing up water.
Gavo- Camp cook from Australia Brisvagas
Jaz – Tour Leader 25 from Australia Brisvagas
Mav- Bus driver 25 from Australia WA somewhere
Unfortunately I cannot fit in Pics of everyone, until I work something out.
As you can see from the list of people we are very diverse from Australia! If there are people who don’t have much detail that is because unfortunately we didn’t get to know them enough.
As we crossed the boarder from Italy into Switzerland we had to stop at the check point as the Swiss are not part of the EU we had to get searched. At the checkpoint a sniffer dog came on board and checked us all out but was not that interested in us instead he ate some chocolates which were on the ground and then ran outside to do a wee. Before coming on the bus the dog had to check the luggage and decided to drewl on Tarshi’s sleeping bag (probably cause it had Bacardi spilt on it). Glad I wasn’t sleep on that.
We all passed the check point and made it safely into Switzerland. It was awesome country side making our way to Lauterbrunnen, we passed picturesque country side. The mountains and the water were so clear you could see it sitting so still in the lakes. It was so still that some of it had frost on the top and other parts acted like mirrors reflecting the mountain scenery around it.
We entered Lauterbrunnen, which was a very small one horse town. As gavo would say “ it is a one horse town where even the horse packed up and left”. But it was a nice little village. We
stayed in cabins that night, which did not have locks on the doors as it was so safe there. Hmm we will see how safe it is... As this was only a little town and we arrived on a Saturday night there was not much to do. Lucky for us the camping ground had a Bar where we could sit up till late. The rule was the bar closed when there was no one left other wise Carlo the bartender would keep it open. We had roasted chicken and onion soup for dinner that night which was delicious (Thanx Gav). After dinner we made out way to the bar where we drank to the wee hours of the night.
In the bar we played a game called the nail game. The point of this game is to hit a nail into the
tree stump but you can’t line up the shot. You have to have the hammer peg thing on the outer rim of the stump and then take one whack at it, then pass it to the next player. See the photo to see what you had to hit it with. The hitting implement was not straight which made it harder to aim. How you play is the first person who nails theirs in completely wins but it doesn’t stop until the last person has got theirs in. So the winner gets a shot or alcohol but the person who lost buys it for them and can be of the loosers choice as to what the winner will drink. Doesn’t sound much like winning if you ask me.
I didn’t win and I didn’t loose, but Kieran did and had to buy Lloydy a drink. I think she ordered him a gin, absinthe and something else. Apparently it was gross.
A good night was had by all.
Glen
Paris to Lauterbrunnen (France to Switzerland)
The day started with a 6:30 wake up for a 7:30 breaky and an 8 am leave. Today we are driving a long way, it is one of the biggest drive days we will have. After breakfast trying to get out the door was the first challenge. As we were leaving, a bus load of old German people were coming in. They beat us to the door first, so we had to wait for them to move. The thing is these old people didn’t move and didn’t even attempt to move as they could see us waiting there trying to get out. I had enough of this, chucked my pack on my back and then charged my way through making the rest of our tour group follow. I tried to knock them over unfortunately this was unsuccessful but it would have been satisfying if It had.
We had to hike up a bit of the hill to get to the coach but it was easy with the pack on my back. Most of the bus ride people slept. I had only about 30 mins sleep (this was to be the way for most of the trip) then I was awake for the rest of the trip. I couldn’t see the point to sleeping on the bus as I will never be in this part of the world again so stayed awake for almost the whole ride after having my beauty nap in the morning. As you can imagine Kieran joined the majority and slept on and off for long periods, due to her transport narcolepsy.After Lunch we had to do introductions on the bus. The questions we had to answer were
Name?
Age?
Where you are from?
Job?
What you were looking forward to on the trip?
Embarrassing moment or Joke
Red light - if you are in a relationship, green light- single, orange light- seeing someone but open to persuasion.
When it came to my turn I told them all but was not going to tell an embarrassing moment as simply I just don’t have any (Yeah right Glen…). So I decided to tell a joke. I can’t take credit for the joke I must thank Darren. It was a good one and almost everyone on the bus being Aussies got it and had a laugh. I guess you now want me to tell the joke. Ok “Did you hear about the two baked beans traveling around Australia? They ended up in Cairns” hahaha get it Cairns-cans funny hey, a classic dad joke.
A lot of people didn’t tell embarrassing stories rather they said they have many and said they will find some out in due course and there will be many on the trip. I was the only one who told a joke though. Kieran didn’t tell an embarrassing story either. And she answered “apparently” to the Red light question which made me become a yellow light on the trip. (Glen get over it! Comments by Kieran)
Most of the people are from Australia. There were 36 people on the trip (including the crew) below are the people so you know who we are talking about
Georgie- 18 from Australia, Sydney
Debbie- 20 Kiwi from nearish Christchurch who is a wool girl in a shear shed
Helen- 24 from South Korea. Tried to teach me an Kieran some Korean hehehe.
David – pronounced Daavid 22 from Colombia A ladies man pashed a couple of girls on the trip
SJ- 19 from Australia, Sydney. The crazy girl who got lost in Paris. She is a sandwich short of a picnic or just plays it that way. We have a million stories about her.
Li- 24-25ish From China
Bec- 22 From Australia, Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Kate- 22 From Australia, Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Vanessa - 21 From Australia Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Jess- 22 From Australia Melbourne ( one of the group known as the Melbourne Girls)
Hanna- 23 from New Zealand, Dunedin (Spitting image of Kieran’s niece Eleanor..weird)
Sam- 24 From Australia, Melbourne. Good Value, always a laugh either tripping over or saying something silly. She is a nurse as well who is living in London for a few more months before going to Africa. (Also became Kieran’s Wino partner and one of the ‘Hornbags’)
Tarshi- 24 From Australia Port Licoln (SA). An absolute crack up always has a smart ass or gutter mouth comment. (Aslo one of the ‘Hornbags’)
Tegan- 24 from Australia, Adelaide. Originally from Port Licoln is friends with Tarshi and just as bad as Tarshi if not worse. (Also a ‘Hornbag).
Amanda- 33 From Australia, Sydney but had been living in London for he past 3 yrs
Sue- 25 from South Korea. Good friends with Erica.
Ae Yo – from South Korea. Fashion designer.
Kanami- from Japan Loved to play Indovina Chi? was excited when I pulled it out. (find out what Indovina Chi? is later.)
Erica- 25 from South Korea
Lloydy- 25 from Australia Dubbo. Is a Pharmacist who is living in the UK on a working visa as well.
Daniel- 22 from Australia Adelaide. Been in U.k for a few months now just traveling around, has an ancestry visa… damm him. Reminded me of Ian personality wise.
Aaron- 24 from Australia Bribane, Is a radiographer who is traveling through and around the U.K before going onto Canada to meet his Girlfriends parents.
Tiff- 24 from New Zealand Auckland. Has been living and working in the UK for about a year. This is her final trip before going onto to America.
Ashoor- 18 from Australia Mooree. Too much to write about Ashoor (pronounced ‘a shoe’) country boy who grew up in Mooree, is a Fijian Indian and is doing a Europe trip on his way back home from teaching English in a school in Peru from the last year. He doesn’t own jeans.
Marina- 37 from Australia but had been living in England for the past 15 yrs and was going home. A nurse who married and English man but divorced and is now going back to Australia but not sure if she will stay there for good yet.
Megan- 27 from Australia, Sydney. Was out on the prowl for men and had a few dates while in other countries worked for the competition QBE. Loves a man in a kilt.Mia- From Australia
Lilani- From South Africa, Cape Town. Finishiing her year of living in the UK by traveling around Europe before going to Thailand and then back home.
Duane- From South Africa, Cape Town. Finishing his 2 year of living in the UK by traveling around Europe before going to Thailand and then back home. He Met Lilani while working in the UK.
Yo- 25 from Australia Sydney, Traveling around the world seeing as much as possible before returning home to complete a doctorate in Architecture.
Cathy- 25 from Australia, Brisbane. Doing the work visa thing like us but is only planning on staying in the UK for 6 months. Her catch phrase was the dry reach. She would do it to anything she saw that was gross. Especially coco pops in the washing up water.
Gavo- Camp cook from Australia Brisvagas
Jaz – Tour Leader 25 from Australia Brisvagas
Mav- Bus driver 25 from Australia WA somewhere
Unfortunately I cannot fit in Pics of everyone, until I work something out.
As you can see from the list of people we are very diverse from Australia! If there are people who don’t have much detail that is because unfortunately we didn’t get to know them enough.
As we crossed the boarder from Italy into Switzerland we had to stop at the check point as the Swiss are not part of the EU we had to get searched. At the checkpoint a sniffer dog came on board and checked us all out but was not that interested in us instead he ate some chocolates which were on the ground and then ran outside to do a wee. Before coming on the bus the dog had to check the luggage and decided to drewl on Tarshi’s sleeping bag (probably cause it had Bacardi spilt on it). Glad I wasn’t sleep on that.We all passed the check point and made it safely into Switzerland. It was awesome country side making our way to Lauterbrunnen, we passed picturesque country side. The mountains and the water were so clear you could see it sitting so still in the lakes. It was so still that some of it had frost on the top and other parts acted like mirrors reflecting the mountain scenery around it.
We entered Lauterbrunnen, which was a very small one horse town. As gavo would say “ it is a one horse town where even the horse packed up and left”. But it was a nice little village. We
stayed in cabins that night, which did not have locks on the doors as it was so safe there. Hmm we will see how safe it is... As this was only a little town and we arrived on a Saturday night there was not much to do. Lucky for us the camping ground had a Bar where we could sit up till late. The rule was the bar closed when there was no one left other wise Carlo the bartender would keep it open. We had roasted chicken and onion soup for dinner that night which was delicious (Thanx Gav). After dinner we made out way to the bar where we drank to the wee hours of the night.In the bar we played a game called the nail game. The point of this game is to hit a nail into the
tree stump but you can’t line up the shot. You have to have the hammer peg thing on the outer rim of the stump and then take one whack at it, then pass it to the next player. See the photo to see what you had to hit it with. The hitting implement was not straight which made it harder to aim. How you play is the first person who nails theirs in completely wins but it doesn’t stop until the last person has got theirs in. So the winner gets a shot or alcohol but the person who lost buys it for them and can be of the loosers choice as to what the winner will drink. Doesn’t sound much like winning if you ask me.I didn’t win and I didn’t loose, but Kieran did and had to buy Lloydy a drink. I think she ordered him a gin, absinthe and something else. Apparently it was gross.
A good night was had by all.
Glen
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