Invisible hashtags - our last hoorah!

The Netherlands
Over 24 hour bus trip. Steve. Melle. Crazy long dutch words. Herring. Beach. Kite-surfing. The best hot chocolates. Vla. Stroopwafles. Febo. Wind mills. Bikes – everywhere. Local carnival. Delicious Belgium fries. Canals. Anne Frank’s House. Getting lost in all the narrow alleyways. Red lights. Windows. Provocative gestures. Cafes. Coffee houses. The smell of weed (but only in a few streets). Aimless wanderers.

Famous Dutch herring and pickles - yum!

FEBO!

THE BEST FRIES IN EUROPE/THE WORLD!

Germany
Munich. Another long bus trip. Beer halles. Long wooden tables with Germans singing and chanting. Pretzels. Maß (mass) – 1 litre beers. Schnapps post maß. Tent city with dirty blankets. The beginning of scabies (unbeknowst to us). Bavaria. Fairytale castles. Lush, green, rolling hills. Picture-perfect, pristine towns. Berlin. Graffiti. East and West. Brandenburg Gate. Berlin Wall. Checkpoint Charlie. Fake passport control areas. Scrumptious falafel wraps. Museums galore. Brit. Outrageous reggae night club. Grunge.

The super packed beer gardens of Munich - and it's not even Oktoberfest yet!

Just a standard glass of beer in Munich - all 1 litre of it!

Prost!

Minutes later all members of a bucks party stood up on the benches, lifted the heavy wooden table they were sitting at up, and proceeded to chant and sing merry German songs!

Neuschwanstein Castle - as close to a real-life fairy tale castle as you'll ever get!

The stunning Bavarian countryside!

The Holocaust memorial in Berlin

Scotland
26 hours of buses - our longest bus trip EVER. Bleugh. Edinburgh. Magical, gothic buildings. Cobbled stone streets. Siobhan. Arthur’s Seat. Fringe festival. Comedy shows. Comedians having mental breakdowns on stage. Football. Fans throwing gum onto opposition players. Ben Nevis. Hiking to the highest point in the UK. Almost being blown away at the highest point of the UK. Glasgow. Disheveled. 1 pound umbrella. Rain. 1 pound umbrella breaking within seconds of opening it. Getting wet. Laughing.

Edinburgh derby! Cmon you Hibs!

At the top of Arthur's seat with Siobhan

On top of Ben Nevis - the highest point in the UK!

Looking mighty fine at the top of Ben Nevis whilst desperately hoping we don't blow away!

This umbrella lasted literally less than 30 seconds! Hah!

Northern Ireland & Ireland
Belfast. Charming. British Patriotism. Commemorative murals. Giant's Causeway. Dublin. Guinness. Guinness. Guinness. Crowded Irish pubs. Folk songs. Titanic. No the actual Titanic, that sunk. No signs of leprechauns though.

At the Giant's causeway

The stunning Irish coastline

Phone booth!!!

Mario? Luigi? 

England - we have to break this one up because there’s far too much worth mentioning.

Manchester
Manchester United. Old Trafford. Yuck. Whatawasteofmymoney. Scum.

Vom.

Liverpool
FOOTBALL. This is Anfield. The Kop. Football fanatics. Football tattoos everywhere. Life long dream. Tick. The best part of the trip? Maybe. Probably. Beatles. Beatles festival. Beatles tours. Dancing all night in the Cavern Club. Matthew Street Festival. Music galore. Chavs. NHS. Scabies revealed.

On the Beatles tour - the actual best part of the trip!

Bed bugs. NHS. Priceless. 

'You'll never walk alone!'

Oxford
University town. Prestige. Bodleian library. Over 11 million items. Secret, underground tunnels. Gothic buildings used in Harry Potter films. C.S.Lewis. Narnia inspirations. Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland. Literary bliss.

The Bodleian library - absolutely incredible. Established in 1602 - wow!

This is the doorway which gave C.S. Lewis inspiration to write The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - check out the lion in the middle of the door! 

This was the setting of the infirmary in the first Harry Potter movie - awesome!

London
God save the Queen. Famous monuments – everywhere. Double decker buses. Shakespeare. Vanessa. Hayley. Kate. West End. Wicked. Tori. Hip hop Karaoke. Damian Hirst exhibition. Formaldehyde cow. Amy. Charlie. Cable car over the Thames. Sushi train. Dinner party. Surprise guests. Sarah. Dave. Home time!

St Paul's Cathedral

Westminster Abbey

Ben!

Our best dinner date of the trip!

Hey girl, hey - with the lovely Tori

Popping our sushi train virginity - a fitting end to our last night of the trip!

Goodness me! That's it! What an incredibly epic trip that was. Wow. After 190 days of travelling and having visited 21 countries, we just feel so so fortunate to have gone on this journey together and to have seen and done everything we did (except for the being stuck with a druggy in Palermo, that was not great). To everyone who gave us delicious food, a bed to sleep in, or just some old-fashioned good company - grazie mille, merci beaucoup, djenkuje & danke. And to everyone who had a cheeky peek at our blog, thank you too! This trip was truly an experience of a lifetime, and we just cannot wait to see where our next adventures will take us!

The last leg of our trip, pretty much all done on buses (except between Dublin and Manchester). Definitely not in a hurry to do that again!