Hallo everyone,

I'm doing the European Experience leaving London on the 7th of August..
it'll be my first time ever overseas, and I'm goin by myself, and I
want to know who i'll be spending 20 days with, without them being
*complete* strangers, although that would be fun too. Its my birthday
while on tour, I'll be 19 on the 18th of August... which I'm pretty
sure is the following:

Day 12: Venice to Austrian Tyrol: Today
we leave Italy and travel over the spectacular Brenner Pass. Take the
opportunity to go white water rafting in the heart of the Austrian Alps
before a special welcome awaits at Contiki?s own Gasthof. Contiki Special Stopover (B,D)

So who else is going? I cant wait, it's all I can think about!!



Rebecca

Hey Rebecca, I'm also going to be on that tour. My bday is on the 16th Aug, should be good! I think we might be in Venice at that time.

Looking forward to it!

- Rob

Hey Rebecca & Rob!

i'm also doing the european experience tour on Aug 7! im going solo so im really nervous but also extremly excited!

Where abouts in Aus are you guys from? i live in Perth.
Ive never been on contiki before, so let me know if u have any tips.

my email address is jess85aus@hotmail.com

jess

Hey Jess!! I'm a bit nervous too, i was hoping other people had tips for me coz i haven't contiki'd before either. but i can't wait,  it's going to be so fantastic. I'm from brisvegas. (brisbane....lol) have you been overseas before, jess?

--Bec
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Hey Bec,

i have been to Bali before, once with my family and once with my friends.
Are you staying at the Royal National Hotel or the Impreial?
Im staying at the Royal National, i arrive in London on the 6/08.
So not looking forward to the long flight!.

ive been getting tips from other ppls travelogs, i have no idea what to pack or how much money i should bring.

jess  - only 103 days to go!

Awesome :-) I'm not sure where I'm staying yet... it depends... I arrive in London on the 4th (from germany) and if my cousin is living in London at that time i'll be staying with her hehe. Otherwise... Im not sure what the difference is, I might stay at one of the hotels the night before the tour.

Ohhh yeah from perth to london the flight would be even longer than mine, you poor thing!... its about 20hours from Brisbane to Frankfurt. (I'm leaving here on the 28th of June and staying in Germany with my g'ma and my sister at my g'mas relatives houses for about a month)

Who are you flying with? I'm going Singapore airlines...apparently the best in-flight entertainment system there is.

Ive heard to pack what you want... then HALVE that and take whats left...i'm not sure either coz i want to pack everything! I got an ANZ everyday Visa Debit card so i can use the credit account overseas but its still my own money... and i'm going to get a few travellers cheques too... cover all bases. All my money will be in that account so *hopefully* I wont run out hehe.

wow that sounds awesome! wish my holiday was starting in June
i'm flying with Royal Brunei, i got a pretty cheap rate at a travel expo last year. 
ive just signed up for a ANZ Visa Debit Card, i dont think i'm going to bother with traveller's cheques cos ive a credit card for emergencies (as in clothes/shoes etc hehe) which hopefully i wont have to use.

Thanks for your advice

yay! Royal Brunei! Im also flying with them.  Nice cheap airfaire, hope its okay though... im flying out on the 24th of July and spending a week in the Greek Islands before I hit Conitiki. Should be good. look forward to meeting you both!

Rob

oh Wow!! The Greek Islands!!!!!!! That'll be awesome. Are you going by yourself, Rob? Yeh I was going 2 fly with Royal Brunei, it's a lot cheaper :-S

Im doing Greek Islands with three of my mates, and only two of us are doing contiki afterwards.
Im just madly saving as much ca$h as possible so I dont have to worry about money once i am over there! Unfortunately our dollar doesn't really convert well against the euro haha...

Hey, i just noticed that our tour has been taken off the website. Hope this means that its full. have u heard of contiki ever canelling guaranteed departures???

ooh I hope it is because its full, and not because its cancelled... should be okay.  Im sure we would hear something if that was the case.

Waaa it better not be cancelled :-S better not be full, either coz I was trying to convince my cousin to come with!! Haha but i'd rather it full than cancelled i suppose lol.

I started writing a list of things I cant forget to pack, I called it "my uber list of stuff"...no idea why it got that strange title but hey. and I activated international roaming on my mobile! yay.

Wow! Sounds like someones excited....

:-)

Just a little hehe. And yes, our tour is fully booked, my cousin got an email from Contiki today!! so where is everyone :-P you should all be posting on here lol.