Our Travels Begin

After back-to-back summers where our ‘lads’ holidays were spent away in Zante and Magaluf, we opted for a change of scene this summer and instead decided on travelling around Europe for 18 days by train.

The current and next four blogs will detail our activities and opinions of the trip, and will also include my special ability of delaying an international train for 20 minutes, our experience of being bouncers in Prague and my stand-off with three German police. I would appreciate your views over the next five blogs and hope to perhaps make you feel as though you travelled with us yourself (saving you £1,500 and the consequences of drinking for 18 days straight).

Starting with the unique city of Amsterdam, where I lost count the amount of times I was millimetres away from death by bike. A ‘cheap’ pint of beer will set you back around six euros albeit very tasty. As it was the beginning of the holiday and all of us fresh, the price of beer didn’t stop us enjoying ourselves. The third night we happened to stumble upon a certain famous district where loads of very (very) nice looking girls flirted with us, being the good looking bunch of lads we are…

Being able to aimlessly walk around and take in the surreal views of canals everywhere meant our ‘tourist’ activities were limited – we visited the Heineken Experience which I definitely recommend if you have an interest in beer, where you learn the history and process of making the famous drink, and has an impressive end where you are able to enjoy your two free drinks in the very cool looking Heineken bar. Being a huge football fan, our last day was spent touring the world-renowned Johan Cruijff Arena, AFC Ajax’s stadium.

Next Blog – our time in Koln and becoming Borussia Dortmund ultras...