http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/B-C-vs-The-World/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from B C vs The World en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:29:12 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:29:12 +0000 This was probably the most relaxing holiday we have ever been on. I remember working with a Croatian lady in Sydney and when she found out I was coming over to Europe she said ldquoYou have to visit Croatia it has the most beautiful beaches. The water is incredible much better than here.rdquo And I smiled politely and said yes of course it is still under the closed minded opinion that Aust http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/blog-394875.html The boy's b'days 2008 and Bazza's big 3 0. Alton Towers. The photos speak for themselves... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-394940.html We spent the August Bank Holiday in Madrid with Benno as he was there with his lovely lady Christina and it was his birthday what better reasons to head to Spain Highlight of the weekend was the house party we went to on Saturday night at Christinarsquos flatmatersquos parents place. Her grand dad was the Swedish Ambassador to Spain and he built this great holiday house just outside of Madr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-394933.html Whoever said that Greenland was Ice and Iceland was Green was wrong. There is plenty of ice in Iceland. Therersquos a reason why they offer cheap flight and accommodation deals to Reykjavik in March itrsquos bloody freezing Reykjavik itself is pretty small and therersquos not a huge amount to see. But we were told that in the summer time when they have virtually 24hr sunlight the city com http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/blog-394926.html A week before visiting Reykjavik we decided to get some sun time in and hop over the Med to Cyprus for the Easter long weekend. Cyprus was pretty cool ldquohalfrdquo Greek ldquohalfrdquo Turkish the world only actually recognises the Greek occupation of Cyprus. The Turkish occupation is considered illegal by the UN and they still have military patrolled boarders between the two sides.Th http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Cyprus/blog-394924.html Snowboarding D Not a place for people who are any good at this it was perfect for us as wersquore still beginners and the slopes are fairly easy so you can start to play around and get your confidence up so you can show off a bit. We were definitely glad we had a car so we could travel between the 3 different mountains. We were only there for a long weekend and we managed to cover the lot. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/blog-394923.html Benny boyrsquos birthday is always on the bank holiday weekend at the end of August. So this year he organised a trip to Lisbon where a friend of his is from. She was lovely enough to put up all 8 of us in her Mumrsquos flat and not only that come and pick us up at the airport What a championI should forewarn you this entry is mostly about food. So we took a couple of extra days off arou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-199835.html We already decided that there was only one festival we would go to this year and that would be Glastonbury. If we couldnrsquot get tickets we werenrsquot doing any. Luckily for us Bazrsquos work has super speedy internet access and he managed to secure our tickets and 16 of our mates. So we were off again And this time much better prepared. All the camping gear plus baby wipes plus San http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Somerset/Glastonbury/blog-193281.html Glastonbury music festival has been going since 1970 the day after Jimmy Hendrix died. It started as a small music festival and over the years has grown into the biggest music festival in England this year over 150000 attended and we were two of them. We had a decent little crew going but nothing could have prepared us for the sheer size of the place and the fact that if we ever lost anyone we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Somerset/Glastonbury/blog-192793.html We could only go to one festival in 2006 and with Glasto taking a year off we chose Global Gathering. The biggest weekend dance festival in the UK. Matt Faith Andy Rena Janelle Macca Benny plus all the friends of friends all came along for the ride. And we celebrated Andy Janelle Matt Bazrsquos brsquodays there too. The weather was gorgeous all weekend we couldnrsquot have hoped http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-191952.html Photos from a Hen Weekend in Wales...we hired out 3 log cabins in the Forest of Dean just inside the Welsh boarder. The big bonding activity was Go Ape 5 activity circuits that you have to make your way around 40 feet above the ground in trees The rest of the weekend is pretty self explanatory P http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/blog-191945.html No life in London is complete without at least one trip to the Greyhound Track... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Wimbledon/blog-191943.html For the 3rd year in a row we subjected ourselves to the Circle Line Pub Crawl to celebrate Waitangi Day. It doubled as Andy Rena's farwell and well the photos say it all...just remember it's COLD here in February http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-191939.html On one of Andy Rena's last weekends in London we took a trip to see one of London's most iconic landmarks. Where countless people were imprisioned including Princess Elizabeth before she was Queen Elizabeth I and beheaded including the infamous Queen Anne Boylen the most talked about wife of Henry VIII. The Tower of London.... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-191937.html The Bond BallFor NYE 20062007 we all thought a bit of dressing up wouldnrsquot go astray. And with the New Bond movie out we figured a New Yearrsquos Eve James Bond themed ball complete with casino tables would be perfect. We booked 4 hotel rooms in the hotel that it was being held in frocked up and had a ballhellip. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Bayswater/blog-191934.html Christmas 2006 was the one and only wersquod get to spend with our flatmates Rena Andy before they waltzed out of our lives as quickly as they waltzed in. And since we were all champing at the bit to get back to the slopes we decided to plan a boarding trip for Christmas to Meribel and the 3 Valleys the largest ski field in Europe. Juicy Jessie and Marty all came along for the ride too. We g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-191930.html After being in Europe for 2.5 years Barrie still hadnrsquot been to Rome. So for Easter 2007 we thought wersquod spend this Christian holiday in the most Christian of Christian cities Rome. We arrived on Good Thursday night and shared a cab into town with a nice French couple who could thankfully speak a little Italian. Our hostel turned out to be Mammarsquos house. A large apartment where http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-191923.html For our first anniversary we decided to celebrate by taking a couple of days off work and visiting the city of luuurve. We arrived quite late on a Wednesday night and found our hostel pretty easily. We were staying quite close to Sacre Coeur so that was naturally the first stop. Next up the Tour Eiffel yes we climbed to the top. But everything is quite tiny from up there. Just ldquocoincidenta http://www.travelblog.org//blog-121016.html Irsquom not a motor sports fan. I really donrsquot understand what compels people to watch a bunch of cars that all look the same drive round a track 300 times. If you want to see the crashes watch the highlights. But nevertheless Baz loves it so at my suggestion we booked the Monaco Grand Prix for the end of May bank holiday 2007. I figured it would be quite a prestigious event and we coul http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Monaco/Monte-Carlo/blog-191914.html The summer of 2006 was nothing but fun fun fun. And what better way to end the summer than at the closing parties in Ibiza. Bex Bindy Juicy Adrian Anna Matt Baz and I made our way there at the end of September. We were staying in the Jet Apartments in Playa drsquoen Bossa on East Coast so called because we were right under the flight path. The planes left some pretty funky sounding jet http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-191909.html