http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/57eev/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from 57eev en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:03:06 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:03:06 BST Howdy allBeen a while since my last entry but the travelling continues So back before I went overseas in May a family invited me to join a Ski Team with the Queensland Police at the Annual Police Winter Games APWG which were to be held months later at Mt Hotham in Victoria. Yep sounds good no probs count me in. It had been over a year since I'd been to the snow and because I'm a suc http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Mt-Hotham/blog-325475.html Shukram Ahhh the glitz glamour and sand that is Dubai Well is it all it's talked up to be Is our everincreasing fuel price actually creating anything spectacular over there or is it all going straight into the bank accounts of the needy multibillionaire Sheikh's of Arabia Do 50c cones actually cost 1c in the UAE And if so how long does it take for such ice cream to melt run down yo http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-295887.html Well I've finally found half an hour with nothing better to do so here's the next instalment of the holiday that was.24508 Amsterdam to London End of the Tour After a HUGE night out in Amsterdam It was nothing less than pure cruelty that on our last morning of the tour we were to be up ready and bags to coach by 7am. Another frantic morning of last minute jamming of the clothes into t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Hammersmith/blog-295853.html Wow. It's only been 2 weeks since I was there and I can remember it like yesterday. The hype the glitz the unknown that is the Amsterdam Experience. The whole group had been looking forward to the Netherlands for many reasons but it was unfortunately our last city of the tour. 22508 St Goar to AmsterdamFirst up was a 3 hour drive to services and our first taste of traffic in Europe http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-286441.html Back on the party bus and we head north from Switzerland to the Wine Valley of St Goar in Germany.21508 Lauterbrunnen to St GoarToday was a big day on the coach. I had a 6am wake up for my last morning of cookiesdishies and it was an 8am departure from the picturesque Lauterbrunnen back into Deutschland. We had a 3hr drive to an Autogrill back into Germany where the Burger King burgers ar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Sankt-Goar/blog-286417.html First and foremost Switzerland is beautiful. If there is 1 country you ever visit make it Switzerland. Don't go without a camera and don't leave without visiting a chocolate shop they are everywhere and they are to die for.19508 Munich to Lauterbrunnen via Liechtenstein.Stumbling out of bed feeling bloody fantastic at 7am and quickly packing the bags we made it just in time for our 73 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Lauterbrunnen/blog-285310.html Hallo for the next little story about Germany.We visited Germany 2 times on the trip Munich was the first stop and we returned to the Northern Wine Valley called St Goar a few days later.18508 Hopfgarten to Munich MnchenAfter our much needed early night in Hopfgarten we awoke to a slightly rainy day for our departure to Munich. Our first stop was back in towards Innsbruck where we visite http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-285281.html SeavasThis time we look at Austria. After leaving the tropical sealevels of northern Italy it was nice to have a change of scenery as we moved forwards towards the Germanic regions of central Europe. Possibly the most scenic of the countries we visited Austria is 60 mountains so we were bound to get some decent photos and sights. 16508 Venice to Austrian TyrolWe left early again fro http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Hopfgarten-im-Brixental/blog-282383.html Bonjourno from Thornlands. But this one is all about Italy. You thought France was big.First of all Italy was probably my least favorite countries of the trip. Second of all I loved the buildings ruins food people and history. If it wasn't for the smell the dirtiness and the craziness it would have been great. That said I still had a great time there Italy was amazing but don't thi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-282058.html BonjourWell here we go again a few more photos and stories from the first few days of Contiki. Grab a coffee and a bikki this one's huge.I don't think I mentioned that on our last day of London we went to the British Museum where we saw the Rosetta Stone the actual one. It was amazing to see it in person the rosetta stone was a block of stone archaeologists used to figure out heiroglyp http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-281669.html Well finally back home and as promised some pics.Had an unbelievable time on the trip will write about the pics individually due to being awake for 36 hours straight.According to my trusty travel diary which I'm glad I took due to so much happening in the last month and quite possibly a few million braincells killed along the way we arrived in London at 12pm on 2508. I'm led to believe we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-281256.html Hellooo from London but just arrived back here now.Finally in an english speaking country with a mostlynormal keyboard. Hooray.Since the last entry back in Germany we've travelled to Netherlands the most craziest country on earth. We had a dutch bike ride on a real dutch bike they look like granny bikes and they have no brakes which makes it an interesting ride around a city full of river http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-279966.html Guten Tag from GermanyWOW so much has happened since last timeI have been taking a travel journal cheers mitch and megs for that one and I will rewrite everzthing when i get back home.German kezboards have a y where the z is so this might be interesting.Todaz we left swityerland an amaying countrz where we went right to the top of Europe on the Jungfrau train. This morning we went to Heide http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Sankt-Goar/blog-278707.html Bonjourno from ItalyGotta be quick and I can hardly use this keyboard.Having a blast sorry no pics again cant work it out. France was AMAZING and Monaco was incredible. Saw the F1 track set up and ready to go for next months race and had a bet or 2 in the grand casino. Paris was fantastic the old buildings were really awesome to see and the atmosphere was crazy.Shane and I are both sick du http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-274829.html Hi all so hard to find 5 mins to add an update. Flight over was awesome Emirates were fantastic. Singapore was intresting even though it was only a half an hour stopover but in that time i was walking around and got approached by customs who asked to see my passport I went along with their request due to the fella behind holding what looked to be a fully loaded AK47 which i'm sure he had http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-272622.html Morning.1 week to go Hopefully most of you will have received my calendar of our trip by email.Here's a list of exactly where we are staying.London Royal National Hotel Bedford Way London WC1H 0DG United Kingdom Paris du Tremblay ChampignysurMane Boulevard Des Allis 94507 Paris France Lyon Chateau de Cruix Theize 69620 Lyon France Antibes Hotelpark De Plein Air lsquoLe http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cleveland/blog-269784.html Thought I'd have another crack of this considering my 2 subscribed viewers who I have no idea are might be getting a little bit bored with only the one pathetic entry considering I've had over 600 hits already and it's only been 3 days. Scary No. Not at all.Anyway September 2007 my mates Mitch and Megs and I decided last year to head over to NZ for a bit of skiing. Skiing in Australia has http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Canterbury/Christchurch/blog-259112.html Greetings.This will hopefully be the page I will dedicate to making everyone else jealous of my travel adventures in the upcoming few months internet connection time and ability to coordinate my hands with the keyboard permitting. Since I haven't left yet there's nothing to talk about except for what I'll be up to as I try and work this website out... May 1 Fly from Brisbane to Singapore t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-258458.html