Kingfisher Lol

Never has a skyline provoked so much intrigue and fear in the same breath. This was the thought as I disembarked a little mountain train in Southern Germany. Before I elaborate further, we have a couple of days prior to this that require getting you up to speed with. After seven months of employment and the coldest winter on record in Amsterdam, Kat and I decided on a much needed holiday. South of France, Mediterranean, blue waters, white sands and cocktails I hear you say. No….Germany. Kat came up with a family meeting adventure and I was, in some cases, reluctantly in agreement. This decision was made five weeks before leaving. Over these weeks we planned and planned and from somewhere came up with the great idea of climbing Germany’s highest mountain, Zuigspitze, and meeting her ... read more

So a long time has elapsed since my last entry. We've had Christmas, New Year and lots of snow. Way back in mid December it snowed and not just a thin covering, the whole city was a wash with white snow. I pulled the curtains back and within seconds had woken the whole flat up. They too were like me, we threw our clothes on, jumped on our bikes and headed straight for the park. On arrival it was evident that not only we, in Amsterdam, had thought to come to this location, in fact it seemed the whole of Amsterdams inhabitants had decided to congregate here at this time. We must have seen 20 Snowmen withing the first 10 minutes of being there. We couldn't really cycle too far for two reasons; One - the ... read more

So back on the road again but not to far from sunny England, Amsterdam this time. Not all fun and games though, I'm here to try and find a job and use Amsterdam as a base to see the nearby countries when I can. I arrived late on a wednesday night and had to try and find my hostel. After a short train journey and a quick tram I was wandering around a busy Amsterdam city centre. As I said it was only a Wednesday night but still all the bars, pubs and resturants we packed. No Economic crisis here by the looks of things. I have now been here for two months, I cannot beleive how fast it has gone. I have a job in a Market Research company, calling up Volvo truck owners and ... read more

As you read in the last entry, we were a little unsure of where we were actually heading. All we had was a road name and that was it, also it was late in the night by now. Luckily we found a taxi driver at the bus station who at least knew where the road was so we got dropped off there and just sort of wandered around for a little bit. There was a small complex of nice new apartments so we took a stab in the dark and headed in there. We asked a woman there if she knew our friends or at least knew if they lived there or not. Like the title states Cabo Frio is really not a tourist place and although she didn't know our friends she figured we weren't ... read more

In my last blog I made the brave statement that Brazil could well rival Colombia as my favorite country in South America. At this point I have not even been to the Carnival yet and I am sure this statement is true. I am having such a good time. After reluctantly leaving Florianopolis (now traveling with an Irish guy, Conor and an English guy, Harrison) We made our way to a little old colonial town on the coast called Paraty. Basically really old cobble streets, old buildings and a big holiday destination for everybody. We found a lovely little hostel just out of the centre but right on the beach. There are two sides to this town; the beautiful picture perfect old town during the day and then by night the streets just come alive with ... read more