Today was always destined to be a big day for us as we made our way from Berlin to Munich which is my favourite city in all of Germany, and it sure was a big day in more than one way.

It was another early start with our express train leaving Berlin at just after 8am with a roughly 4 hour trip to get down to Munich.

The good news is that we put the troubles from the previous day behind us and had a big day planned, with plenty to see and do around Berlin, but of course how can any day in Germany not start off with a pretzel, so we each got ourselves loaded up on carbs and headed to “Spittelmarkt”, our new favourite metro stop.

Every holiday has at least one of those days that just doesn’t go to plan and for us that was today.

It started off well enough with us getting up nice and early and making our way to Amsterdam Centraal where we were catching an express train to Berlin with Deutsche Bahn (DB).

We’d had a quick sample of Amsterdam the previous day and so we had a brief idea of what we planned to do with our full day, however I don’t think we ever planned for it to end up being one of the highlights of our trip.

We really didn’t know what to expect from Amsterdam as it was the first time any of us had been there, but we locked it in and decided to make our way there after Brussels. But first we had unfinished business in the morning in Brussels and that came in the way of breakfast and waffles.

Brussels, home of chocolate, beers, waffles and fries, and it definitely didn’t let itself down with its reputation!!

For once we had a bit of a sleep in as we didn’t need to catch the train to Brussels from Paris till around lunch time. It also meant that we got to get ourselves organised for what would be a bit of a transit day and given that it was a Saturday there wouldn’t be as many people out and about.

They say Disneyland is the happiest place on earth, and to be honest I’d probably agree with whoever said that, there is just something about the place that makes you have fun, and even a cranky pants like me found myself enjoying the place; it must have something to do with the water or the music they subtly play in the background. But anyhow Disneyland marked our third and final day in Paris, and it almost didn’t happen..

What immediately struck me about Bastille Day was that is wasn’t a copy of Australia Day but French, and maybe that’s just because I am an outsider looking in, or maybe it was because of the location we were in, but needless to say I was expecting people dressed in French colours, waving French flags, probably not getting on the beers, but I did expect to see a little more nationalism, or maybe French people just go about it a different way.

I know that sometimes I can be a little on the cheap side, but it has its pros and cons. Well today was one of the cons as I’d booked a 7am Eurostar from London to Paris which meant another ridiculously early start and a quick trip in a taxi to London St Pancras Station.

The taxi, or are that cabs? Well whatever they are it was the first time I had ever been in one. I’m not really sure what I was expecting but I think. that I thought they would be old and clunky, but they aren’t.

Massive day, we kicked off early , we came home late and we did so much in between!!

The whole early to bed early to rise thing really did pay off for us with myself and the kids waking up before 5am, so we were ready and out the door before 7am which is great for maximising what you do in the day, not so great for the feet :(

I’m sure others have differing opinions but I love the London underground.

I think the key to having a good time in London when on holidays is familiarising yourself with the underground, because it really does help you get anywhere you need to go quickly.

All holidays begin with great optimism, ours was no different, however after what I would describe as a positive start in the morning (we went out to breakfast as a family) things turned quickly when we received the notification that our flight would be delayed, from 4pm to 8pm.. arghh

Our first major road trip for a match this year and for a while there I thought the outcome was going to be that we travelled all this way to witness our first loss.

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