Warsaw day 2. Hey guys .... continuing on from the awesome card game, the next day we head to the Warsaw Uprising museum. This museum is a must see for any one who comes to Warsaw or anyone who has an interest in WWII. The Museum takes you from onset of WWII with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on the 1st of September 1939. From which the Allies declared war on Germany. On the 2nd of September Russia invaded from the East and basically split Poland in two. Germany and Russian had got together several months earlier to agree on the line of seperation and sign a non-agression pact. It the goes into detail about life in Germany, the commencement of deportations, the creation of ghetto's and persecution of anyone and everyone. In then talks about ... read more

hey guys, currently killling time in the hostel awaiting my overnight bus to Warsaw, Poland. But the last 36 hours have been spent in lil old Vilnius. First arrived and with my dutch mate we explored the city, which (by my reconning) has 1 church for every 5 people. The most numerous by far considering the population is only a mere 400,000. So slightly bigger than Adelaide, but with less churchs. But these are the most animated by far - anyway enough on churches. The rest of the old town is larger than talinn and Riga that I have been to recently and it also seem to have a good combination of modern and old. Lots of bars, lots of cafes also. Made the mistake of ordering a hot chocolate and got a melt bar of ... read more

Hey hey, well slept most of the flight from Stansted to Tallinn. But coming into land I got an idea of how cold it was going to be due all the snow still on the ground. Tallinn is some 54 degress north of the equator. Going through the whole passport control which is pretty easy with an Australian passport - they nearly roll their eyes thinking - another bloody aussie. We're everywhere. This got proved when I got to the Old Town Hostel (which looks like your nan's house) and meet three aussie's in two hours all from perth. Seriously what are the odds? First night crashed a medieval bar with one of the Perth dudes. They serve no coke, or anything else made after the 14th century. But the food was good and beer even ... read more

Well this is my first blog for the new year and hopefully I will keep them regular and current when something happens. 20 Dec 08 to 3 Jan 08 Flew from Gatwick to Grenoble, France. Note Gatwick is absoulte chaos and I am convinced that a 14 yr old came up with the chaotic logistics plan they saw the line snake around on it self and saw us waiting for 2 hrs before being called out of the line rushed to the shambles of the flight desk. After packing our own luggage in the crates, we bascially ran all the way to the flight, which left only 2 hrs late. After a 4 hr bus ride to Val Thorens we finally arrive at 4 pm. To the lovely club med experiance. ... read more