Amanda Moo

WOW Ireland. It was Claires choice to come here but boy I'm sure glad she did! It is beautiful. Im still amazed that after all the traveling i've done, the scenery i've seen and architecture i've gawked at, i can still be amazed by a new country. The countries across europe are so completly different from each other. All separte worlds of history. Ive so far experienced Dublin city and Galway. Dublin is wonderful! The Irish people so friendly and helpful, quiet a contrast to the Spanish. We took some timeout the first day to catch Harry Potter at the movies. And then like everywhere in Europe, discovered that Ireland too is having a massive retail sale, so we all went shopping. I had to get another bag to pack all my new stuff and ... read more

Leaving Corfu.... NOOOOO!!! i didnt want to leave corfu! i always said, to me a holiday aint a holiday without the beach! im lucky that we got to experience such such a wonderful place. The ferry to Venice was so boring! there was no casino, no games room, no english tv/movie channels!!! we occupied ourselves by playing cards and someone made up 'categories'. It was an early night for all which left us all feeling really good for the arrival in Venice (i was scared to go back to Italy...ewe!). Venice was gorgeous, built of all little islands, no cars alllowed in the city centre. We drove to Verona for lunch, the home of Romeo and Juliette. We saw the famous balcony and Juilettes house with numerous tributes of love from everyone who visits (yes jabe, ... read more

Fierenze or Florence We arrived in Florance Sunday arvo. The drive was spectacular to Italy, along the mediteranean coast and the villages all nestled into the cliffs and the pebbled beaches. Gorgeous. We stopped off at a french perfumery first which was really good! (yes Jabe i did spend a lil!!) First stop in Italy was Florence. We did a night drive around the city, had dinner (the lasange was adverage, much better in Oz :-) ) and Janelle (tour manager) took us out into a oub called the RED GARTER. Sounds like a strip joint but it was just a pub with massive Heinekin Kegs that held 3.5L for like 20€. Left by 10pm. The next day was spent with a leather making demonstration and free time to shop and explore. I didn't buy anything. ... read more

Contiki Begins Monday First and foremost the internet isnt as accessable as I thought it would be and Contiki gives u no free time at all!!!! The Royal National Hotel was a nice change from the hostel! Two to a room and our own bathroom!! My luggage was only 18kg for the tour so i was laughing! Wheels rolled at 7am and we were on our way to France on Monday. I,m going to say right now, that this keyboard is really different to our normal ones, so spelling and somethings will prob be werid. We drove to Dover to board the ferry to France. It took 1 1/2 hours and the ferry had 7 decks!! shopping, bars, restaurants ect!! was cool, i,ve never been on anything so big. We stayed at in a campsite in ... read more

oops shopping!! friday was washing day. had to be done and i aint gonna write anymore about it excpet dont put everythin in one load. i had a few white, now grey, casualties! naughty kylie bought a uk magazine for all of us girls to have a squizzy at...but that made us realise that some of the big department stores are really cheap! so we had a look in the afternoon. two places worthy of a mention are PRIMARK and TOP SHOP. both have huge stores and huge register lines to match! i bought a few cute undies, only for a £1 ea!! and bought a top for £5 pounds..bargins!! def if i have some money when i get back to london in 7wks i'll be goin a bit nuts!! later that night we met ... read more

!!!LONDON!!!! It is true noone can prepare themselves sufficently for that horrible flight! Qantas are brilliant. they fed me up so much on the flight to singapore i was ready to sleep like a baby! i held out, played mini golf n a few other games on my tv (Jabe u would of loved it!!), couldnt be focused on watching any movies and listened to a lot of music. they have recent cds on the flight so it was awesom, caught up on al the new tunes! we didnt see singapore airport much. the loos were shocking! and we only had an hour to fill. looked at a few shops but we just mainly queued at the security point. british airways were crap. they only fed us twice on a bloody 13hr journey!! mind u my ... read more

Well Hello All! This is the site i will be publishing my expereinces and adventures on when i go away! im just getting orgainsed now so i can keep in contact with all of u while im away. if u know anyone else who would be interested in reading my travels or misses me while im away :-D then pass on my web address (top of the page, mum and ross!) ONLY 6 WEEKS=40 DAYS to GO! ... read more