Welcome to the section of Josie Wanders where you can read in diary format the details of my travels. I started this for the gap year I took in 2017-2018, but will continue with future travels too. Here is where you can find all the day to day trials of long term travel and come across the hidden gems that can improve your trips. Enjoy my travel diaries.
Gap Year Days 39 – 43 In Rome, we boarded our Italo fast train for the trip to Naples. The trip was to take just over an hour. As soon as we got out into the countryside the speed slowly climbed, until the train was moving along at 300km/hr! It felt like we sat down, … Read more
Gap Year Days 34 – 39 Our arrival from into Rome Fiumicino Airport was blissfully uneventful. We relied as usual on Google maps to get us to our hotel. Take a train, then a bus! All was going well, until it was time to get on the bus. We couldn’t find the bus stop! Google … Read more
Gap Year Days 31 – 34 Ahhh, Budapest! We arrived early in the morning after our uneventful overnight train trip from Krakow. We knew we would have to waste some time before we could drop our bags off at our accommodation at twelve, and still couldn’t actually access the apartment until 2 pm, the official … Read more
Gap Year Days 27 – 30 Getting to Krakow was proving to be a challenge. Our flight (or at least getting on it) was eventful, to say the least. We arrived at Berlin Tegel Airport and as usual head straight to check in. It had been an easy trip to the airport. Only one bus, … Read more
Gap Year Days 22 – 27 We arrived into Berlin to rain, almost the story of our trip. Google Maps told us it was a bus, a train, and then another train to get to our accommodation in Kurfürstendamm. After our recent brush with inspectors in Paris, we were particularly keen to ensure we got … Read more
Gap Year Days 17 – 21 Paris is one of those iconic cities! I’ve never had a crazy urge just to visit Paris, but there was no way I could do a trip to Europe and bypass it. I had many preconceptions in my head. Paris is the city of romance. Time should be spent … Read more
Gap Year Days 14 – 16 We arrived in Amsterdam mid afternoon and endured the usual battle to orientate ourselves. It’s always challenging to get off an international flight, make our way through the airport, get our bags and find our way to the local transport. We need to buy a ticket and find the … Read more
Gap Year Days 9 – 14 We arrived in Norway after a twelve hour economy flight from Singapore to Copenhagen, then a short hop from there to Oslo. We had very little sleep on the flights and we had a two hour wait at the airport for the kids to arrive on their Emirates flight … Read more
Gap Year Days 6 – 8 Our arrival in Singapore late in the evening meant we went straight to our hostel. Even though we had had a brilliant flight on Singapore Airlines in Suites Class it was close to midnight Sydney time when we left the airport. This article may contain affiliate links. This means that … Read more
Gap Year Days 1 – 5 Finally our long awaited gap year begins! Our first stop is a local one, only a short flight to Sydney and a drive north to Newcastle. We were spending a few days with friends we had not seen for years. With our gap year in front of us, we … Read more