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Vienna is such a lively city, there was something on every day we were there:

First night we arrived, our wonderful host Phil took us to a demonstration at Parliament house. It was in opposition to conservative right-wing politics and begun as a couple of students on facebook starting a group and suggesting people take collective action in protest to political developments in Austria.

Sure enough, thousands of people joined and the result was a peaceful march around Parliament, where everyone was holding fire sticks and moving to beat of bongo drums.

Second day Pia and I stumbled upon a nudist bike ride… posting pictures of that may get me in trouble.. from the guy who felt it was necessary to flash us his scrotum!

Sorry. Just saying.. It took us by surprise..

And the third day was a trance/electronic music festival along the main street which circles the city centre, which meant dozens of semi trailer trucks hosting scantily clad party goers; oiled up and sporting angel wings, wigs and hot pants..

I don’t know how to post videos, my puter skills aren’t that L337 just yet.. so here’s some stills from a video I took of these groovy guys…

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Berlin to Prague

Germany to the Czech Republic

Prague looked like a fairytale

Cobble stones and castles

Shops dedicated to selling Absinthe

One thing we couldn’t figure out though;

why does everyone crowd around the clock tower on the hour?

It doesn’t do anything….

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*denotes my favourite city.

I’m back in Melbourne, but am missing Europe terribly.

Instead of studying I thought I’d fuel my nostalgia by posting some photos from the end of my trip.

After Morocco we spent one night in London before heading to Germany to begin our (somewhat) Eastern escapade.

Berlin was an absolute favourite; it’s hip, hospitable and the people are hot. (I think they might know it, there are photo booths all over the city).

It’s arguably the city of our generation; in the middle of its post-industrial post-communist phase, it’s experiencing a colourful explosion of innovation and creativity.

Yet while the place is achingly cool, the people remain grounded, and appreciative of life; a characteristic that distinguishes these urban Germans from their Western counterparts.

We only spent 3 nights here, but should have stayed longer; we also couchsurfed for the first time, at an experimental co op called ‘Project Volunteering’ (an adventure all in its own).

We walked the East Side Gallery along the remnants of the Berlin Wall, drank Gin Fizzes (my new favourite drink, besides Pimms and Lemonade) at Yam bar, socialised with squatters in their overgrown garden (unfortunately they were having a yard sale to raise money because they were getting ‘evicted’), and shopped at a Sunday flea market.

Although our stay was short, 3 days was long enough to decide that soon i’ll move there, buy an airy light filled apartment and be the happiest person dans le monde.

Bis Bald Berlin!

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