THE VEGEMITE DIARIES' TRAVEL TIPS

Relish in our insider tips - in no apparent order

*Carry your Vegemite everywhere - preferably the non-breakable tube variety.

*You won't ever have enough money saved - deal with it and start the cash withdrawals on the credit card.

*Make sure you go on the bike tour in Berlin.

*Females should go to Turkey with a male travelling partner.

*You must go to the Amsterdam Sex Museum - 3 Euros well spent.

*Air-con does not always mean air-con in the standard sense of there-will-be-a-cooling-unit-at-your-disposal-in-your-room. It may mean one tiny communal area is air-conditioned or that there is a unit in your room, for which you must pay (alot).

*Be prepared for vast interpretations of the shower.

*Pack lightly and be prepared to throw things away.

*Invest in a Lonley Planet.

*Don't always trust your tour guide/travel agent.

*Americans are likely to piss you off - don't fight it.

*Devote a whole day to The Acroplois and associated sites, when in Athens.

*Absinthe is not your friend/

*Be sure to see the night into morning at Cavo Paradiso in Mykonos.

*Your Spanish DOES NOT improve with each alcoholic beverage.

*Go to both sites to see the sun set in Santorini.

*Avoid "risotto" in Prague.

*Do not stay at Gothic Point Hostel in Barcelone - you will contract something.

*Swim as much time as possible swimming in the beautiful clear water in Dubrovnik.

*Shop in Athens - it is cheap and fabulous.

*Opt for pension/villa/private house accommodation at some point.

*Visit (and laugh) the Baja Beach Club in Barcelona.

*Beware of the commercial element on Ios.

*Don't miss the Aya Sofia in Istanbul.

*Live off delicious and cheap Greek salads (especially if coming back to the mediocrity that is English food...).

*Don't ask complicated or intriguing cultural questions when drunk, especially when you both speak a different language.

*See ALL the Gaudi works in Barcelona.*Beware of the bees, not flies, that swarm the bins in Croatia.

*Avoid a big night out before a day of commuting - it is never going to be pretty, never.

*Be sure to go to a proper Turkish bath when in Turkey.

*You must see the Berlin Wall and associated displays and museums.

*Accept all freebies.

*If missing a friend or relative, forget the police and go straight to Greece, where the number of Aussie's must surely match that of the native Greeks!

*You can smoke anywhere in Europe so accept it or perhaps relish in it.

*Look every which way when crossing the road and be extra cautious in Greece.

*Tappas, tappas, tappas

*Take your camera EVERYWHERE - funny moments arise at strange times.

*Enjoy the free pouring in Europe as opposed to the measured standard drink size of everywhere else in the world.

*Be prepared to feel rather distressed when you have to come home and commence life as normal...