hello!

my friend and i are booked on the same tour! yay starting to get excited!

Hooray!!! I'm going too!! I'm so excited! There's four of us going. We'll be arriving in London on the 31st of December It's my first time travelling so it's all very exciting.

sorry... i've had to change the dates. We're all going on the 29th of dec. Hope you all have fun

You can count me in!!!

30 second profile: 21 year old aussie girl ready to tak on the world

getting so excited now - I arrive in London on the 28th of December

must admit getting slightly worried about what to pack etc etc

woo hoo! someone else doing the tour. was starting to worry that we picked a bad date! doing the new year hangover on a bus hmmmm, bad idea. i was starting to think others had the same idea when *ChRi$t@* pulled out.
but yay someone else, welcome aussie sunshine!

i, like you, am starting to worry about what to pack cause of the cold weather! everyones tips seem to revolve around summer travel!

j rock

well here's what I've heard in regards to packing (from asking annoying questions and reading other thread on the euro advice) in regards to the winter essentials everyone says layers and layers and more layers, and I found that to be tru travelling thrut he USA a few winters back. EVERYWHERE you go indoors is heated so make sure u wear things that come off/go on easy

other than that, definatly bring a warm jacket, some ppl say 2 (one for day one for night) im not that picky im only bringing one - ur gonna c me in it everyday, im not that interested in making fashion statememts. definalt bring a couple pair of trousers jeans/rtackies/cargos etc warm wooly socks, waterproof shoes/boots and some scarves and beanies. other suggestions ive heard include soem thermals, black and white that can layer under things and thermal long-johns if u can stand them, personally they drive me nuts, so they are one thing i wont be packing
i think that should pretty much do it
and gloves - make sure you dont forget those!

and that should do it i think

hooray to the 3 of us on tour so far!!!

Hi,
It's been a while since i managed to check in, and i was getting slighlty worried that no one else seemed to be on the tour leaving 1/1/07. Luckily, it's looking much better now.

Is anyone else travelling on their own?

Anyways, I can't believe that it's now less than 4 months to go. It should be memorable at least.

Croucher

I'e found a few other posts out there where ppl are talkin gabout the vista leaving ont he first - so it sounds like there are a few m ore pp out there - all we need them to do is get on here!!!

Hey everyone - thank goodness I'm not the only travelling alone!!! I'm a 21 year old chick from Launceston TAS and i'm moving to London on the 27th December and decided I wanted to see a bit of Europe before I got too settled!!

I'm starting to get really nervous about the whole thing really - especially because I wont know anyone on the trip! I'm up for having a really good time and cant wait to meet everyone. Will anyone be in London from the 28th of Dec onwards?? As I will not know anyone when I arrive! I'm staying at the Royal National for the few nights leading up to the tour starting.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Hi Aleisha,
You're not alone in not knowing anyone.
I will be in London from the 28th, and am also travelling on my own.
Oh, and I'm a 20 yr old from Sydney.

guys
I arrive in London on the 28th as well, staying at the Royal National as well. I'm sure we'l manage to find eash other in the hotel bar at some point - if not new years eve. Such an early start on new years day I cant see myself venturing too far from the hotel, especially when there's alcohol and a foreign city involved

Hey guys

Well it sounds as if we'll be able to all hook up before the contiki tour starts! I'm sure i'll be exhausted after the flight over that i'll just want to sleep for a day straight - but after that i'll be ready to get started! Not sure if i'll have a big one New Years eve either because travelling with a bus load of people after a big night out will probably not go down too well!

Hey Croucher - are you male or female??

Only 14 weeks tomorrow until I leave Aus - but whos counting!!!

hello Aleisha

Welcome to the tour! Great to see some numbers, was starting to get worried. I am waiting for the tour to be guaranteed departure so i can book my domestic flights.

My friend and i arrive london on the 29th and will also be staying at the National. Party central by the sounds of it.

Jrock

Oops, i knew there was something i forgot to mention...

Take two: i'm a 20 year old girl from sydney...

Its almost three months to go , but like you said, who's counting. :P