A tiny archipelago of 3 islands in the Med not too far from Italy. We stayed in the north of the main island in a place called Buggiba so we'd be close to the ferries that run to Gozo and Comino (the other 2 islands). Not a hell of a lot to do there, there's a few sandy beaches but most are pebbled (some red rock beaches that looked pretty cool, but not exactly comfortable) or just shear rock - very impressive. Other than that there's a bunch of seriously old remains of structures and archaeological sites. Unfortunately they don't take [View Full Entry]

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After being in Europe for 2.5 years Barrie still hadn’t been to Rome. So for Easter 2007 we thought we’d 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 Mamma’s house. A large apartment where Mamma, Pappa, daughter and granddaughters lived in the centre of Roma. It was charming. Contrary to what you might think, everything is open on Good Friday in Roma, except St Peter’s. So [View Full Entry]

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No life in London is complete without at least one trip to the Greyhound Track... [View Full Entry]

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We booked this flight to New York last year in November as there was a really cheap flight deal. Now, you all know that I've never been keen on visiting America, pretty much cos I figured I'd get into a fight 5 mins into the country. But everyone said that I'd love New York and this city really did transform both our opinions. From the time we got there it was like visiting a movie set. We landed in Newark in the state of New Jersey which is just across the river (on the west side) from Manhattan (the main borough [View Full Entry]

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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! [View Full Entry]

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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.... [View Full Entry]

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The Bond Ball For NYE 2006/2007 we all thought a bit of dressing up wouldn’t go astray. And with the New Bond movie out we figured a New Year’s 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 ball…. [View Full Entry]

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Christmas 2006 was the one and only we’d 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 got there with only one minor hiccup, the airline forgot to load all the ski and snowboard gear. Even though we were flying [View Full Entry]

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We’d been banging on about going up to Dublin to visit our mate Trev for at least a year and thanks to Ryan Air’s 0.01p flights we finally got our butts into gear and booked. Getting there was easy, getting from the airport into town was easy - thanks to the super friendly bus drivers and automated voice over on the bus that tells you exactly where you are at each stop. Finding Trev, however, was a little more difficult. The poor guy waited out in the sleet for us for a good hour or so but we made up for [View Full Entry]

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It was November 2006, so what better place to visit that Eastern Europe! We took a week off and decided to make our way through Budapest (Hungary), Bratislava (Slovakia), Krakov & Warsaw (Poland). Unfortunately Baz was Movembering so you'll have to excuse his handlebars. First stop Budapest...a relatively small city with an old town on one side of the river Danube and the new town (industrial town) on the other side of the river. The old town is what interests the tourists and it is quite a pretty place. Lots of pretty, old buildings with not much international significance but plenty [View Full Entry]

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