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Welcome to my Travel Blog. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia and never had much of an interest in travelling until very recently. I saved my annual leave hours at work for over 2 years and saved as much money as I possibly could. I recieved my first passport when I was 23 and began to plan the trip of a lifetime.

I had done loads of research and decided to tour around America for 3 months with a company called Trek America, it was the longest tour they offered (64 days) and it totally changed my life. I met my English girlfriend on tour and made loads of lifetime friends, the trip was something I will never forget and it started my love for travelling.

Since then I have travelled to many other places around the world and have plans for much more travelling ahead. Currently I'm and living and working in London as a base to visit different places around Europe and am planning returning home for 2 months to visit Australia. This travel blog is a detailed story of my adventures so far and I will continue to add to it as I have time.

AMERICA 2007
August 13th 2007 -» November 2nd 2007 ASIA 2008
May 11th 2008 -» June 6th 2008 EUROPE 2008/2009
June 7th 2008 -» ongoing AUSTRALIA 2009/2010
November 7th 2009 -» January 7th 2010

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Last Login: November 16th 2009

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November 7th 2009

Countdown to Australia! Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

Heathrow
Boarding my flight at Heathrow, on my way back to Australia

This countdown clock started on 26th Janurary - Australia Day - at: 276 Days 16:02:00 Wow, I started the timer above in the beginning of the year, 26th January in fact, Australia Day, I have waited all year but finally, finally I’m heading home. The timer which began with 276 days remaining is now down to 3 days as I frantically pack and get everything ready for 2 months travelling down under. I have thrown in the job, am completely free and ready for excitement and adventure. It’s this feeling I have at the moment which makes me love travelling [View Full Entry]

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August 21st 2009

Short break in Budapest Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest

Budapest
The breathtaking gothic inspired Hungarian Houses of Parliment in Budapest

21/08/2009 - Since I hadn’t visited any new countries so far this year Hannah and I decided to take a short break to Budapest, Hungry. Hannah and I flew out together however since Hannah would spend the Monday working in Budapest it was planned that I fly back on my own on Sunday night. We landed in Hungry in the late morning after a two and a half hour flight with W!zz Air and looked for the best way to get to our hotel in the city. We decided even though public transport was much cheaper we had no idea where [View Full Entry]

By CMSchism
August 14th 2009

U2 at Wembley Stadium Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

U2 360
The incredible stage U2 used for their amazing 360 tour

I tried to purchase U2 tickets to their Wembley gig back in March however after spending much of the morning on the Ticketmaster website while at work I had absolutely no luck. I was devastated. But there was no way I was missing this, I jumped on eBay and started bidding away to secure some tickets and it wasn’t long before I had won myself an auction, even though I paid over double the cost price for them. It was a long wait but eventually a week before the concert I received the tickets and finally the big day was here. [View Full Entry]

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July 12th 2009

7 Days Holiday in Bergerac Europe » France » Aquitaine » Dordogne

Carcassonne
Spectacular views across the medieval city of Carcassonne

12/07/2009 - It had been ages since Hannah and I last had a decent break from work so we decided to go with some friends to Hannah’s parents in Bergerac, southwest France. I was so excited because I love coming here and especially this time of year for Bastille Day. There were 7 of us altogether and we all arrived roughly at the same time so Hannah and I gave a tour of the converted barn. For the first few days we spent most of our time sitting by the pool enjoying the relaxing atmosphere in the beautiful weather. We cooked [View Full Entry]

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June 28th 2009

Birthday in London Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City

London
Trafalgar Square during our lunch stop on the bike tour around London

Since I wasn’t really doing too much for my birthday this year, Hannah and I decided to do a London sightseeing tour which I had wanted to do for a while, the Fat Tire London bike tour. Hannah’s brother, Matthew also came along as he was staying with us for a few weeks. We headed into the city and made our way to the meeting point where already there were quite a few people waiting around for the 11AM tour. It turned out that quite a lot people had pre-booked which meant it was more than likely we wouldn’t be able [View Full Entry]

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April 9th 2009

Four days in Southern Italy Europe » Italy » Campania » Sorrento

Capri
The breathtaking island of Capri as we approach in the ferry

09/04/2009 - For the Easter long weekend Hannah and I decided to take the opportunity of a few days off work and head across to Southern Italy. We had booked flights way in advance and decided it was worth the expensive holiday flights to go somewhere we both had not been before. Both Hannah and I brought our luggage to work as we would leave early and catch the flight over that night. Our flight was at 18:00 and I left work for the airport around 15:30 however I massively underestimated the long weekend traffic. We drove separately and we were [View Full Entry]

By CMSchism
February 2nd 2009

Winter in England Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City

London
View down our snow covered street in North London

Over the last few weeks the English winter was beginning to get colder and colder. We woke this morning to find our backyard totally covered in snow and it was falling very heavily. I was stunned, I had never seen fresh snow so thick and it was throwing it down with more. I jumped out of bed and ran outside to check out the street, absolutely everything was white, totally covered in snow. I was starting work late this morning but it wasn’t long before I received a message on my phone from the boss, saying don’t bother coming in to [View Full Entry]

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January 23rd 2009

Roadtrip to Wales and back Europe » United Kingdom

Stonehenge
The mysterious circle at Stonehenge

23/01/2009 - Since Hannah and I were now living and working in London, we decided to take the Friday off work and go for a little road trip. Today our plan was to stay the night in Bristol, and have a few sightseeing stops on the way. After an hour or so drive we stopped in Salisbury to have a look around the city. The main attraction here was the spectacular Cathedral which was one of England’s largest. It was amazing, an extremely impressive building however still shadowed by York Minster Cathedral in York. We continued to explore the small city [View Full Entry]

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December 29th 2008

New Years Eve in Paris! Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Paris
Beautiful Eiffel Tower at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve!

29/12/2008 - Since Hannah and I both had quite some time off work over Christmas and New Years Eve we decided to head across to Paris for the New Year Celebrations. We made our way to St. Pancreas train station in London and caught the Eurostar train straight into the centre of Paris. The trip took almost two and a half hours, most of which was spent sleeping. We arrived in Paris in the early afternoon and once there we queued for metro tickets to get to our hotel. Suddenly I heard my name being called, I turned around to find [View Full Entry]

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December 14th 2008

Racing in Silverstone Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northamptonshire » Silverstone

Silverstone
My Single Seater racing experiance at Silverstone racetrack

For my 25th birthday Hannah had bought me a racing package with a choice of various driving sessions to choose from. I had to choose from driving a Ferrari, Lotus, Rally Car, Stock Car or single seater and of course since I was so into Formula One I just had to choose the single seater experience. I had booked myself in quite some time ago and it was unfortunate when I woke up to see a miserable rainy winter’s day. My session was very early beginning at 8AM so after an hour and a half driving to get there I was [View Full Entry]

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