Diaries From Europe
Welcome! As you may or may not know we all embarked upon a trip around Europe last summer.
We thought it would be a fabulous idea to make an instagram account to document our trip. We gained a astonishing 89 followers!
Despite our failed attempt to go viral people told us it was amusing to read. We thought it would be cruel to deny you guys the read, so here is every diary entry/ insta post, we hope you enjoy!
Maybe you will think twice before asking us for advice on your next trip abroad :?
19/07/22
Touch down in Parii
Journey of hell ! We set off at 9:30 am and have only just made it into the apartment
1. We were delayed 5 1/2 hrs at Dover
2. Our bus driver told us the other passengers were complaining we were too obnoxiously loud - shows over girls
3. En route to Pari we were shouted at by an angry passenger : yOu aInT iN eNgLaNd aNyMoRe sO SHUT UP
4. No Ubers at Pari
5. We had to retrieve the key to our Airbnb from a metro corner shop and a strange old man followed us for a while
6. Ubers cancelled from there too
7. We finally make it to the accommodation and lo and behold room 70 (as prescribed on the Airbnb page) doesn’t exist
Half an hour later we work out the owner had typod 78 to 70 - after about 3 of us neared emotional breakdowns
12 + hrs of travelling down we are Starting as we mean to go on hoes
20/07/22
24 hrs in Paris
We woke up at 8:30 and got ready to go out sight seein
We got about an hour bus into the centre , as 5 very English girls we got on the bus and the guy asked where we were going to which g said PARIS PLEASE
(We’ve not been that popular in Paris)
We walked round for a while to find a brekky place - the lady serving was probably the nicest to us the entire trip 🤣
We walked along the river and headed to the Louvre and the Pompidou centre but we of course did not check whether they were even open - which they were not. Had a lovely day just walking round but it was so hot 🥵
We went to the supermarche to buy a picnic for the Eiffel Tower and grace caused a huge queue at the checkout arguing over a £1 drink
We got the metro this time to the Eiffel with picnic stuff and we may have terrified some Dutch girls into joining us on a wild goose chase for a club , to find no clubs are open in Paris on Tuesdays
Highlight was probably the Uber driver after the series of failures who put on a disco light and blasted Akon for us to make up for it 🥺
PS if you bring a Union Jack fan around paris you look like a nob
21/07/22
Hallo Amsterdam!!
We spent most of yesterday travelling - happy to see the backend of Paris
We got to Brussels to catch a train to Amsterdam which was a TREAT!
Despite ‘interrailing’ this was the first train we’ve been on
I fell asleep on the journey and awoke almost asleep on this gorgeous Scandinavian man who the girls were chatting to - he ended up stopping us from getting the wrong train 🤣
Going further into Holland everyone became a) gorgeous and b) bloody friendly
As soon as we arrived in Amsterdam like 5 smiley people helped us to go to the right place without us asking 🥹
We got to our lovely hostel which Jemima has actually stayed in before - and headed to VondelPark next door
It’s raining in dam today so obviously hitting with Sex museum and shops ✌🏼
22/07/22
3rd attempt at posting this
We went to the s*x museum and the photos from that are incompatible with Instagram’s community guidelines 🤣
We did see Mimi moocher in there tho!!!! Decided not to pap her so here are her trainers
We went on this lovely boat tour round the city in the evening , and then we went to this bar the Duke of Tokyo - highly recommend
We collected some Aussies and went to the gay club opposite - the man in the photo with mimi bought her and g 3 rounds of tequilas then asked how much the hoes would cost for the night ☠️🤧
All in all we ❤️ Amsterdam. Esp compared to Paris, it’s friendlier, cleaner and it’s a lot safer.
Berlin tomorrow 🤠
23/07/22
Tall swings, pasta, parks & that’s about it for our last day. Bye Dam!!
Guten tag Deutchsland 😏
24/07/22
Arrived in Berlin at about 8pm last night on a long train
The train station was hectic AF but we realised it was pride weekend here 🏳️🌈 so it was buzzing
We got to our hostel and got ready and tried to look the part as much as poss 🤣 we’d been told if you didn’t look sexy or grungey enough your chances of getting in places as tourists was low
We met some Irish hoes in our hostel who recommended this club Aeden which we headed to - however we were shouted at AGAIN by an angry local in our hostel for being loud at 11pm (were not so sure that one was our fault)
The event at this club went on for THIRTY FOUR hours !!!! As I type our tickets are still valid
Massive downside was the queue -it took us 2 and a half hours to get in but we made some friends (just about)
We got to the front of the queue and we were almost not let in (despite having bought 16 pound tickets) because we were English 🤣😫 I blame brits abroad
Inside it was way nicer than warehouse raves at home because they were so exclusive with numbers and made the outdoor areas so nice - it was like a mix between a lovely London outdoor bar and crofters 😂
When we left at about 6am people wErE qUeUiNg tO gEt iNsIdE ! It was broad daylight
Berlin :1
Us : 🤡
25/07/22
Day 1 in Berlin:
Woke up at 12pm as we were all severely tired from our long night out getting back at 7am!!! We were woken up by a cleaner who everybody thought was ME in a cleaning outfit for some reason !
First we hit up the biggest flea market in Europe where E joined the Birkenstock gang finding a pair for 10 euros !! We are still on the hunt for Matild!
We then went out in Berlin and did some wholesome sightseeing. We saw the Reichstag Building, the brandenburg gate and a memorial for the Jewish people in Europe which was represented by a display of concrete slabs. We then attempted to find part of the Berlin Wall, however, failed. We will try and do that tomorrow.
We then finished a lovely day getting some street food at the market !
Day 2 in Berlin!
Today we finessed a free breakfast from our hostel and stuffed our bags with ham and cheese baguettes do we didn’t have to buy lunch out (no longer living as lavish a lifestyle as in Paris)
We then went to beautiful lake Krummbe which was a lovely little escape from the city into the countryside! No burns today luckily.
We then came back and en route pab decided to buy a ginger hair dye .. result pending … and we bumped into Mimi moocher AGAIN. Convinced she is following us!!!
Out again in Berlin tonight - stay posted !!!
27/07/22
Sooo last night, after pabs new hair style was complete, her and I strolled in the pissing rain to Aldi to buy 3 large bottles of vodka for our night out. Along with a lovely bottle of FANTA SYRUP ! (This all seemed like a fabulous idea at the time)
Having downed all 3 bottles between us within the space of 3 hours or so, we stumbled our way onto the underground singing at top of our lungs and headed to club called Kitkat (4th best club in Berlin). Unbelievablely, Tilly and E successfully made it in to the club however me pab Lily and Matilda were left on the street in the rain. We had no contact which turned out to be because the club confiscates your phone when you enter as E and Tilly reported back to us that there were people having s*x in the club!!!??
Us losers who failed to get in headed to the iffy, We then proceeded to board the underground to the Berlin equivalent of la rocca and we got some lovely pics on the bridge en route! We queue for the club and me and matild sneak in for free avoiding the entry of €10 whereas pab and lil suffered that expense.
The night is coming to an end and I’ve decided to go home because the music was AWFUL (we are talking party in the USA vibes all night long). Somehow made it home after stumbling across numerous paths and pavements and woke up with a terribly sore leg and ankle (matild also woke up with a mysterious sprained wrist). Lily matild and pab did make it home SOMEHOW considering pab was on directions.
All in all we all woke up feeling absolutely terrible, however, went to a PENG Asian restaurant for lunch which cured us all. We did also manage to make it to the Berlin Wall for a little bit of sightseeing!
Watch out Prague ….
28/07/22
Day 1 in pragooey
We got the train yesterday morning and we were all so tired and fell asleep - g snuggled up nicely to the passenger to her right the poor bloke literally had no room
We arrived in Prague to some sun! AND we collected one more broke bitch if you didn’t already know @george.lee
We ambled around the old town it is so so pretty. Sat down for a drink and mimi claimed it was her first pint 🤥 which she hated and didn’t finish x #davided
We got back to the hosty and got ready to head out - our room is an 8 man but split in half and myself and Ayesha are sharing with 2 random men 🤣 one was a king from Philadelphia and came and pre drank with us
At these pres we met some MORE Irish boys who were interrailing and we were all making such a racket a *literal* *czech* *policeman* was called by reception to come and tell us to shut up
that’s 4 cities and we have been yelled at in each . Oops?
We were augmented again by @ayesha.mitchell
The Irish boys told us to go to this club called distrikt 7 instead of the one we had planned to go to because it was less of a tourist trap, but when we arrived …. Everyone was 15 and g witnessed two minors having ‘relations’ in the toilet and we decided to yeet straight off
Then we waiting in the street for a tram to another club and this CREEPY bloke came up to me Tilly Matilda mimi and g and asked us how old we were - after replying 21 he literally goes: oh really we had a bet you were underaged ☠️
As Bristol uni student British strong independent women we pointed out he was either saying we were too loud for women = sexist prick or was betting their chances on minors = nonce
sO wHiCh oNe oF tHeSe lOsErS dO yOu wAnT tO bE
He pissed off so we got on the tram to the club which was much better except for the fact girls got free drinks and boys don’t … sexism seems a lot worse over here
We partayed for a while until we all got a bit separated and Matilda and Tilly ended up in a 5* hotel rooftop ? I’m not too clear about how that came about
The night descended further and it’s all a bit blurry but we feel quite at home in praha🥰
29/07/22
I am very sadly writing this from deathly London! But to catch you up - Prague day 2 saw another addition to our tour, thank you and happy birthday to @_kaitlinxx 🥳🥳🥳Day 2 mainly included recovering from the 15+ event we attended the night before, the trigger for leaving the event had to be grace seeing a couple of 16 year olds acting perversely in the loo’s👎We did most of our Prague sightseeing on day 2 including seeing a palace which made a perfect setting for pab’s tiktoks *see @_badgalmimi__*, as well as visiting the John Lennon wall!
In the evening Georgey took us to a bar in the middle of a park, after a very steep incline we got there and loved it! For a long time Pab and I were the only dancers but that suited our main character syndrome tbf 😘
We picked up Kaitlin from the hostel and went back into the city centre for drinks and pizzaaaaa before heading home to prep for the bar crawl the next day… Enjoy Buda and split hoes, lots of love, lily xxx
30/07/22
Prague day 3
After treating ourselves to a lie-in, we got ready and headed out for some lunch. We ate outdoor at a cafe in the Jewish quarter where we were finally allowed to move tables and sit together! We then strolled around the Jewish quarter and admired the old synagogues, boujee shops and lovely architecture.
We then by chance passed an outdoor woman’s basketball game between Czechia and Portugal which had a crowd and loud music so stayed to watch but sadly we only caught the last 5 minutes. Next we trammed to a big metal head of Franz Kakfka, a writer. Once an hour, the head rotates for 15 minutes and after all placing bets on how that was going to happen it surpassed all our creative expectations.
We headed back to the hostel to cook dinner and get ready for our bar crawl. The bar crawl consisted of 2 hours in an underground bar with unlimited free drinks and shots. As expected, we all got a stupid amount of drinks and thus, drunk. The bar crawl then continued to a few more pubs. En route, G decided to buy an ICONIC I ❤️ Prague t shirt which got her many free drinks. The club was on a rooftop- although my memory of it is hazy. The club was carnage: some leaving early, some refusing to leave the DJ booth and others finding romantic interests. It’s fair to say we all had lots of fun and we’d definitely recommend this bar crawl to anyone visiting Prague!!
31/07/22
******1 disclaimer before reading: I am severely dyslexic and this was my first draft that I was forced to upload for comedic value*****
Day 4 of Prague
We all woke up severely hungover, I woke up in the spare bed of Kaitlin, lil and George’s room, (I got locked out of my room) it took us about 10 hours to get out of the hostel, then we headed to the illusion museum and had a CRAZY time, as you can see from the photos and the TikTok’s (were famous on tik btw) half of us went on a headless goose chase to find the pizza with the pesto and garlic butter sauce but ended up getting a dry piece of pizza, then the others got the famous Prague ice cream, 10/10 reviews!
We then went on a boat tour on the river, it was very fun, a bit cold and we saw a floating condom in the river but nevertheless it was very fun- we then went to find an iced coffee but instead got a semi- cold ish coffee and a lot of abuse from a chech man.
We headed back to the hostel via the Prague bridge and the supermarket.
And headed to an opened air club where we met up with liv and trees! The music was sick and wine was only 95 euros so was a success, my only complaint was the foul loo’s!
We then headed to the 5 story club in Prague via the tram. George’s dancing and our noice caused the tram lady to stop the tram and shout at us mid journey (no surprises there)
A highlight of the club was the robots making a drink and Matilde doing a Ed sheeran impression. After several hours of dancing and embarrassing ourselves
we left on a hunt for more pizza which ended up to be very unsuccessful, after running around what felt like the whole of Prague looking for our Uber driver we went home and with our alarms set for 2 hours time.
1&2/08/22
VIENNA
Day 1: Vienna was one of the most beautiful places we visited. When we first arrived we were pleasantly welcomed with a super modern and spacious apartment (defo the best accommodation as of yet). We headed to a river where we sunbathed for the afternoon and Lily got shouted out by an angry Austrian woman for wishing her brother a happy birthday on the phone .. god forbid .. are we surprised we got shouted out again? No 😂. Exhausted by our travels, we headed to the supermarket to buy supper and have an early night. This turned out to be carnage. The only supermarket open in Austria on a Sunday seemed to be this small one in the train station and it was literal carnage, dog eat dog situ. Having finally grabbed the goods we cooked fajitas and had an early night :)
Day 2: sightseeing! I won’t bore you but we basically saw some beautiful palaces, some of us went to sigmund freud’s museum where he used to live and practice as a psychoanalyst and then went to a memorial for the Austrian victims of the holocaust. Another early night as we were pooped from a full day of sightseeing 🤣
3/08/22
BUDAPEST
Day 1: of course, our arrival wasn’t as smooth sailing as we had hope, at the hostel we were greeted and unexpectedly told that we were not in fact all in the same room, but split into a 3 and a 2. Tilly and I were shared a room with a lovely Ukrainian, who we think was a dentist, but we couldn’t quite understand because his English was rather minimal. There we two other girls in our room but didn’t really meet them at any point. Pab, Matilda and E were put in a room with 2 men. Matild checked in before, and had given pab and E hope that they were staying with a sexy blonde haired tanned surfer man. When a chubby full grown Welsh man with a beard walked into their room, Matilda may have got that slightly wrong 🤣.
We went out in Buda to an AMAZING and CHEAP rooftop bar (probably the first good thing pab had recommended we did on the trip!;)) and had the most delicious food and drinks. The girls headed to the club but I was exhausted so headed home.
Day 2:
In the day time, whilst Tilly E and I headed to the thermal baths for a day of relaxation, Matilda and Mimi went to some squares and museums and enjoyed some sightseeing.
We went out that evening to see the shoes on the Danube river bank, a very moving memorial of the Hungarian holocaust victims.
That was about it for buda and we LOVED it! 10/10 💓
5/08/22
SPLIT - PART 1
12 hours after travelling from buda we could finally say hello to some luxury. The journey was eventful to say the least.. what was meant to be a straightforward 6 hour train to Zagreb turned into a train to a bus to a train to a bus situation (for what reason we do not know).On the first train we were in a cabin with the cutest old man who said ‘you are all very beautiful’ to which E google translated a response of ‘you are very handsome’ 😂. We were then escorted by some very lovely policemen, “listen very carefully ladies, I have some very important information for you”, he said, and proceeded to escort us off the train to our bus 😂.
Welcomed by our air b n b host, Marin, a lovely Croatian man who carried pabs bag all the way up 3 flights of stairs.
Then, we hit up split nightlife ! We went to pre in Matilda and robbie’s hostel, to find out their hostel was in fact a 8 room complex, probably the most dodgy hostel we had set foot in. In short, our night was a failure for some because we couldn’t find any nightclubs that weren’t playing pop music or 20 euro entry. (Til ans Matilde still managed to have a crazy night !)
Day 2: we hit up the beach and drank pina coladas and mojitos all day. It was peng.
Day 3: Robbie arrived and it was boat trip time ! We had an option for free booze but politley declined due to the temperature of the wine and beer and the potential sun stroke it may of induced.
We beached that afternoon and again.. more cocktails on the beach.. hehe. We went home and Tilly cooked us all a lovely carbonara which was very much needed after a long day 😍. This was an emotional night as it was time to say goodbye to E whose flight was early the next morning and Tilly who was to board a ferry to Italy the same afternoon :(
Day 4: we woke up without E 😢 who had probably landed in England at this point, and we checked out of our accommodation.. pab and I were staying for an extra 4 nights for what we thought would be an extension of the luxury we had just had … oh boy we were wrong…… (next post for those shenanigans)
8/08/22
11/08/22 - heading home!
It’s 07:27 and pab and I are sat in split airport waiting for our flight to Luton (yes we are 3 hours early for our flight, but you never know with us so we had to be early). Luckily pabs bag was under 23kg and made it into the hold!
Anyway, a quick last update of our last few destinations since i have nothing better to do for 3 hours lol (sadness kicking in as I write this 😭).
SPLIT - PART 2
So, we were welcomed to ghastly bright yellow bedsheets, a non air-conditioned room and one singular plug socket for the whole room.
We got out ASAP and went for supper with Matilda and Robbie. An extortionate bill later because we did not realise we were being charged for the ice we were ordering, we headed to a club called vanilla. In the que we made numerous friends! The club was awful, the music was cheesy and the people were rude! But we managed to have a good time!
Day 1 waking up in the hostel:
It was horrific. Pab and I both woke up around 4am sweating buckets and resulted in opening our door wide open so we could breath. We left the hostel for the beach that day as soon as we possibly could and managed to secure some luxury loungers on the raddison blu private beach.. we went home and made an average salad from what we could find in Lidl and ate off of crisp packets in our room.
As we went to brush our teeth that evening, a swarm of 15 year olds began to arrive and caused a never ending racket in the hostel.
Day 2: sneaked into the raddison blu hotel pool today and treated ourselves to some pizza and took advantage of the waiter service as much as we could. We went out for supper that night to a place called zlatna ribicia which was cheap and amazing food !
Day 3: another day in the raddison blu private beach, we were personally escorted to our loungers and provided with towels and wristbands to show we were guests 😏. We longed out the day as much as possible to avoid returning to our hostel, and enjoyed our last pina coladas on the beach 😭😭. We went back that evening and saw what we thought was a school trip instead were numerous volleyball teams, practising for their matches 😂 again they would NOT be quiet.
2 hours later and the updates are complete!! We have LOVED interrailing and it comes with great sadness that this is the last post from our wonderful travels. So many memories have been made. Big love and see you soon London Luton, ready to return to home soil ❤️
There it is guys! If you enjoyed the read, Please check out our podcast! Also if anyone is planning on going interrailing we 10/10 recommend it! We hope our podcast can help you not make the same mistakes we did haha!
By Mimi
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