http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/GreenGuy/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from GreenGuy en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:13:25 +0000 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:13:25 +0000 Went for a weekend away to Brighton with Mary nice town good weather great food excellent company Definitely check out the Pavilion if you're there very intense colours and architecture built for a crazy prince. Bit priceyLovely pubs and restaurants tooPS I also won a cuddly toy on the racing dolphins. High five alright http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Brighton/blog-219073.html Wednesday night 0025. Ring Ring. SURPRISEWe're going to France on Friday can you come Its FreeHeck yes I willFriday morning after much fussing and hunting for lost and forgetten passports we jumped into a strangers jeep for the long drive and ferry ride to France. We're greeted by a huge converted french cottage mansion loads of red wine great food good company and good times.Northern http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-215919.html As agreedWe enjoyed a cider fuelled train ride up playing cards then wandered tour hostel via swamp games and bollard jumping before bedtime chocolate nightmares.Saturday started with a sleep in and a very lazy brunch at HaHaTs port waterfront cafe. Followed up with a quick wander through town before heading out to Warrington for the special All Golds Centenary Rugby League match. This match is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-215918.html I just about didnt go to this weekend and rushed out the door with Jamie and Craig to arrive to freezing cold and wet Munich conditions.Our first night we didnt let our spirits get dampened and partied hardy at our expensive and out of town campsite just to keep warmI had forgotten my sleeping bag but managed to beg and borrow a thin summer one off another friendly festival goer which combined http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-215870.html The F1 development tour was amazing at the time. Like stepping into the future very slick...But I'm still very bitter about the thrown opportunity to win the championship this season so I'm not going to write much.Just posting a few nice photos I managed to sneak inside.Many thanks again to Beth and her family for the rare opportunity to take this tour http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-215861.html With a day in Malaga.Partied too hard first night and paid for it the next few days.Perfect hot sunny weather in Spain as agreed.Perfect wind in Tarifa as agreed.One good buddy as amped as I was to be learning kite surfing Pistol Pete.One awesome very relaxed kite instructor and his wicked dog.One very chilled out hostel and a bunch of very cool people.The recipe for an excellent weekKite surf http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Tarifa/blog-200469.html We started our Formula One weekend with a delightful 5hr car ride to Silverstone the journey should take 1.5hrs so we were only able to make it with the assistance of our good friend Strongbro and a few select power ballads.Upon arrival Jim and I selected a nice marsh in which to pitch our tents and got to work. Craig is afraid of sleeping outdoors and had a few things to sort out that weekend so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Northamptonshire/Silverstone/blog-183570.html Well not much needs to be said reallyThere were peopleThere were drinksThere were pubsThere was partyingThere was drunkenessThere was debaucharyPretty much in that orderHere is a random sample of my many photos if you have some you'd like to share please email them throughMany thanks to those that came wouldnt have been a party without you Look forward to seeing you at the next flat party http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-169281.html So I planned a long weekend away to Amsterdam to see the city side of the Netherlands. I had a flight straight after work on Thursday night as usual I just snuck in to check in with 5mins to spare plenty of time but then had to wait an hour while my flight was delayed. I was watching the board to see which gate to go to when my flight disappeared completely I asked at the desk and the girl to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-165677.html Finally the weekend had arrived where my family had travelled to Europe for a holiday and I had the privlidge of buying myself a ticket to Rotterdam to meet them so we could visit some of our distant dutch relatives. It was quite strange after travelling alone for so long to be met at an airport and even stranger to be met by my family Was great to see them all again and for my first night we s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Gendringen/blog-154834.html Easter weekend and the boys planned a road trip of Epic proportionsLondon to Edinburgh and back in a hire car who could resistThis was a while ago now so i'm going to keep this brief in an attempt to catch back up on my blog sighTrip to Edinburgh eventful. Tarek rolls in late who would have guessed after a big pretrip party night sleeps most the way there. We are cruising along the A1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-154830.html I was invited by a friend I met travelling to check out Bristol a good chance to see another smaller english city. I was reminded again that travel in England isn't cheap the train cost 40 each way We went out to a pub on the Friday night with her friends and it was just like any other pub On Saturday we took a day trip to Bath which is a very quaint little town all in white stone from the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Bristol-County/Bristol/blog-154826.html Toasted and BoxednbspEurope raquonbspUnited Kingdom raquonbspEngland raquonbspLondon By GreenGuyJuly 22nd 2007Josh Helmink Toast a gathering of kiwis to drink expensive kiwi wine and foods and listen to music. The weather was hit and miss but the wine was good the food was great and Black Seeds were playing Followed up with an all drinking all singing all dancing after party at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-184708.html On my bus ride to Novi Sad I met a lovely girl Jelana who told me all about living in Serbia they dont make much money there but the cost of living is low so actually they are generally quite well off. We met up with her boyfriend Nemanja for a beer and a chat they really are a friendly people and very hospitible and enjoy having guests. We ended up going out for dinner then having more beers http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/North/Novi-Sad/blog-184685.html Flying old skooly I had a cheap flight with JAT airlines I had manually printed tickets that I had to collect the plane was old and rickety but with tonnes of leg room and free food As soon as I hopped off the plane it was like a heat wave beautiful Just what I needed to escape the most abysmal summer in London that anyone can remember. Headed straight to my hostel for a cool beer and a ch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/West/Belgrade/blog-184618.html What can I say I had such a good time last time when Pete suggested we go back how could I refuse London hasnt been very generous in providing good weather so it was a good opportunity to escape for some sun. Me and Pete had a ridiculously early Friday morning flight but maximised our party time by having breakfast champagne. Immediately upon arrival we started our general daily ritual Sunni http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Ionian-Islands/Corfu/blog-182766.html It was another beautiful train ride through the coutryside to Zurich where I met Markus another Swiss english student that stayed with us in NZ. We went back to his brand new flat to meet Annina his girlfriend and to eat a traditional swiss meal of potatoes and melted cheese. Well there was a little more to it than that special grilling cheese spices and specialist equipment mini cheese grilli http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-124399.html We had a long train ride from Geneva to Sarnen I beat Advanced Wars Dual Strike on my Nintendo yessss and we soaked up some Swiss scenery along the way. It was a long travel day and we were glad to meet Alban at the station in Sarnen we grabbed some food and he took us back to his place for a few welcome drinks and an action packed game of Risk which he won told you the Ukraine is weak I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Sarnen/blog-124095.html Having crawled off the train in Prague we took the underground to our Hotel where I was seriously considering staying in bed and skipping New Years celebrations altogether. By this stage Craig had gotten sick too so the plagued were quarantined to our own room both thankful to escape the power ballad brothers. But when our mate Laurence made his grand entry I felt obliged to go out even if just http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-124076.html Being sick sucks.We had a single full day here which i spent in bed. I ventured out once at night to get food it was quite scary. Speedy and Captain CB tell me the locals here are nice real nice.The next morning New Years eve we boarded a train to Prague to party. I was reminded why I like train journeys so much as we glided peacefully through the snowtouched countryside to our destination. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/blog-124074.html