Travelling in Greece

    What about spending summer in Greece ?    

      

I went home in France for the Christmas holidays to see my friends and family. As I was talking about Erasmus and how much I enjoyed travelling there, I asked my friend if they wanted to go abroad during the summer. We usually already spend holidays together but just stay in our beautiful region or go to the sea. Still they were really excited ! I suggested Greece and everyone seemed really happy about this destination. A friend of mine wanted to go to Croatia as well because her sisters had praised this country to her. I was in Croatia in September and I must say I did not have time to see everything, but if I must choose between Greece and Croatia I would rather go to Greece !

I have to admit I hope it is going to be cheap as Greece is still going through a deep economic crisis. We did not plan anything really precise as we are still not sure if we are going to do it. Everybody is currently more focused on exams, seeking an internship or a job. Still, I already know I want to enjoy the Mediterranean coastline and beaches and visit sleepy littles towns like Santorini. I also want to walk around the famous ancient city of Athens. I know someone in Graz who lives there and can give me advice about all the good places! It would be really interesting to visit the inside of the country from Delphi to Pelion for example. Maybe if we still have some time left after this busy plan, my friends and I could go hitch-hiking in the hinterland but not too long because it is going to be really hot.





But most of all, I want to visit the ancient Greek as I have always been a big fan of Greek mythology !


I really hope that this project will come true !

My trip to Ireland !

Here is my plan for a trip to Ireland if I had 2000 euros to spend !

I would choose to go to Ireland because that would save lots of money in flight tickets. Anyway why would I go far away when I am not even done with visiting Europe. Moreover I have some friends who went there on road trips and told me how beautiful the landscapes are and how friendly and interesting the people are. I would also not have terrible jetlag and would be able to visit and party right away !


I would go in April during the semester break when, I hope, it is a little bit warmer. First I would take a flight from Graz to Dublin. Either some people from Graz would be going with me or some friends from France would join me directly in Ireland. There I would book a cheap hostel for three nights and spend four days in the capital. I would go on Sandemans' free tour of the city (http://www.newdublintours.com/daily-tours/new-dublin-free-tour.html) to get a good overview. At night they also organize pub crawl, that would be a good way to get familiar with the good Irish beer. According to the tourism websites, I should go to the The Old Jameson Distillery and visit the National Museum of Ireland among lots of other things. There is also a very cheap 6 hour tour in Howth which sounds amazing. If my friends and I don't know where to go out anymore or what do visit, I will just ask for tips from the people working at the reception of the hostel and get inspiration from the numerous leaflets at the entrance. I would just go to the best places and eat typical foods.

I would spend the rest of my journey backpacking in the beautiful hinterland and on the coast. Along the way I could stop either in sprawling cities or in remote part of the mountains. I would be sometimes sleeping in small remote country inn or just pitch a tent ! I would go to the Wicklow Mountains. Indeed I found a useful website with a very precise path through those mountains and along the coast. All details needed are to be found on the website.(http://walkinghikingireland.com/walking-holidays/self-guided-walking-tours/?gclid=CPPK2J2g6LsCFaXItAodp3EAbA). 

That would be the perfect holidays for me : tourism, party and hiking with friends !

My Erasmus Trip

Hi everyone ! 

I am a French Erasmus student from the University of Lyon 2. I came in Austria to spend an amazing year in Graz. I have never been to the Eastern part of Europe. Therefore I intend to make the most of my time here and travel to these eastern countries around Austria that seemed so far away when I was in France and so close now that I am here ! I love travelling and I am definitely not the only one.

Most Erasmus students are also trip-lovers as coming to Graz was already a journey we all went on very gladly. If you are en Erasmus student and you want to go abroad, you can be sure you will find some friends to come along ! Moreover as I came by car here, it is very cheap to go on a road trip when the car is full. And of course the more the funnier ! Let me present you some of the trips I took since I arrived in Austria.

With some of my friends we have already been to Maribor and Ljubljana (I think it is the right spelling!) in Slovenia. We were about 15 and we had a lot of fun. The Capital is a lovely city (even if the center is in fact very small) and the hills around were also worth seeing. Maribor on the other hand was too quiet and some places were badly-kept. We also went to Croatia. We drove along the coast and even had a lovely swim ! Even if we were in a small city we found one of the best night club ever in the marina. On Sunday, on our way back we stopped in Zagreb. It was drowning under the rain and quite empty so we did not linger there but we went home with nice memories of our Croatian trip.

I really enjoyed these trips to Croatia and Slovenia. That is why, once more, I will be leaving Graz and Austria this weekend. This time, we are going to Prague in the Czech Republic. I can not wait to get there and live some new adventures.

Thanks for reading me :)

Marianne