Admittedly, in the days before I left for Oslo I did not have the feeling of excitement or anticipation that usually preceded a holiday. I had heard that Oslo was expensive, freezing, dark and with not a lot to do - so not only was I lacking enthusiasm before the trip, I was almost filled with dread. Didn't help that I was going to one of the world's most expensive countries just days before payday. However, Norway is part of Scandinavia, of which I have a very high opinion after my visit to Sweden, Denmark and Finland last year. On top of that, it would be another country ticked off the list, Ryanair were offering £2 return airfares, and *apparently* the girls there are stunning, so that was enough to get me on the plane. Getting ... read more

Before I left New Zealand, I had promised my British flatmate Alex that I would pay him a visit in Cambridge while I was over here and his birthday party presented the perfect opportunity to do exactly that. I haven't seen much of England, so this weekend, I was looking forward to seeing what England was like outside London. The train ride was just under an hour from King's Cross, so it was nice and easy to get to, and it was good to see Alex again as I walked out of the train station. After meeting up with his mates and getting a few bits and pieces together from Sainsbury's, we then made our way into town. The first thing I noticed while driving around town was the quietness of the suburban streets - I ... read more

After travelling 35,066km, to 55 cities, across 17 countries, in 129 days - to say that this has been an incredible journey and an amazing experience would obviously be an understatement. Once I had arrived at my cousin's place in London NW6, I have to admit that relief was the overwhelming emotion, as perhaps rather unsurprisingly, I was all travelled out. In saying that though, with the English weather and winter upon us, I'm sure it won't be long before my feet get itchy again. Reflecting on the last 4 1/2 months, I feel that a review and a re-cap of the trip is appropriate, given that it was the best experience of my life. However, rather than merely bore everybody with yet more prose (and there has certainly been plenty of that) I thought that ... read more

...are tiny! Gimme the big juicy New Zealand ones any day. Although if anything, they're slightly more flavoursome - though not enough to justify their size! I always enjoy coming to Belgium, especially for the food - scrumptious chocolate, tasty mussels, crisp fries (with mayonnaise!), delicious waffles and fantastic beer is always readily available. Davies commented on how Belgium is lucky to be famous for it's food - or else all they would have is a couple of good female tennis players and errr....Jean-Claude Van Damme ;-) "The Muscles'" hometown though, is a nice city, and I have fond memories of it from my visit here last year. Being one of the first cities I had been to in Europe, I remember being in awe of all the buildings and how pretty it was. It does ... read more

Everyone we had talked to about Prague all used the same word when describing it - beautiful. So we were to find out for ourselves whether Prague would indeed live up to all the hype. So it was October 6th, 2007 - does everyone remember this date? If your memory needs some jogging, then read on... As a final gesture to Andreas for letting us stay Davies decided to cook up a hot breakfast for everyone. I didn't think it was necessary, and thought that we should confirm our hostel via email before getting to the train station in time for our 10.30am train. Well, we did confirm our stay, but then the beginning of a bad day started when we arrived at the train station to see our train still on the platform but take ... read more