http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Kylie-H/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Kylie H en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:51:41 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:51:41 +0000 The Sunday after the wedding see previous blog we went on a bus ride to Mexico City it was excellent we practically had business class aeroplane seats and 2 x movies fantastic After a short taxi ride across town we arrived at yet another lovely hotel Condesa Haus I would highly recommend it which had a four legged bath in the room in the very pretty suburb of Condesa. Sadly we found o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Guerrero/Troncones/blog-450034.html After 14hrs of travel and a transit through the US always painful we arrived in Chihuahua Mexico and we drew the short straw when Scottrsquos bag was lsquochosenrsquo to be searched. After finding nothing of interest we were on our way to a cute little hotel and rather than the usual washing of car windows at the traffic lights we were treated to some fire dancing entertainment grea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Sinaloa/El-Fuerte/blog-450023.html Just back from a weekend down in the New Forrest we set off Friday evening arriving by train into Brockenhurst about 9. Our BB was award winning but probably for service certainly not for space. We were in the smallest room but nice and cosy. I had a bit of a cough thing going on so probably woke up the entire place the following morning. We were treated to a local full English breakfast veg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Hampshire/New-Forest/blog-440568.html Scott and I plus a couple of friends set off for the F1 race in Monza Italy aboard a rather freaky flight. The plane banked left on takeoff then appeared to be flying rather low then banked left again and dropped suddenly. There were a few screams and maybe a yelp from me. But gladly we landed in Milano safely 90mins later. We leap quickly into a cab and said NH hotel as fast as you can the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Milan/blog-436579.html Somehow the theme of this trip ended up being lsquoWhat would Putin dorsquo strange but true. Scott and I plus two good friends Adam and Myles headed for Croatia for 10days of sun island hopping and bottles of Croatianrsquos finest vino read horrid. We set out early Saturday morning with my work laptop backpack full of clothes the night before we had a minor disaster. After our Sri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Dubrovnik/blog-436577.html As part of a work trip I was able to spend a day running around Bucharest to have a look at a few bits and pieces. I was lucky enough to be staying at one of the nicest hotels so started the day with a swim in the stunning bean shaped pool before heading out on a tour it was a very hot day.First we went to the square where it all kicked off back in 1989 revolutionary square. Old Nicolas and his http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Muntenia/Bucharest/blog-436572.html Scott and I had a frantic start to the weekend in Norway as I had just flown back from Krakow after being there all week for work. However we were having better luck than the guy in front of us as we entered security checks at Gatwick who heard the one thing you dread hellip lsquoSir yoursquore at the wrong airportrsquo. Oh dear that guy didnrsquot have a chance in hell making it to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Vestlandet/Stavanger/blog-417942.html Scottrsquos parents were over in Europe for a few weeks and we all went to Zagreb and Sarajevo for the long Bank holiday weekend. Setting out late Friday evening we arrived in to Zagreb just before 11 and then managed to get a bus into the city and then a taxi to our pokey little hotel. It was central so we forgave it for being tiny. The following morning we went out walking to the main square http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-415545.html It was Easter long weekend and Scott Kara Jonson and I had been planning to cycle Hadrianrsquos Wall World Heritage Site for quite some time. However when booking the train up to Carlisle and back from Newcastle I didnrsquot book bike slots for the bikes. Thus our biking holiday turned into a hiking holiday. What is Hadrianrsquos Wall I hear you asking well back in the Roman times th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Tyne-and-Wear/Newcastle-Upon-Tyne/blog-415525.html That is exactly right we went fly fishing and then hawking in Dartmoor on a quick weekend break in the country. Early doors Saturday morning we head down country to Exeter St Davidrsquos then took a bus to Mortonhampstead from there a taxi to Bovey Castle. A beautiful estate with a world class golf course set on the out skirts of Dartmoor National Park. We had lunch on the terrace of the cast http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Dartmoor/blog-415474.html Back in March Scott and I took at long weekend to Malta I was between jobs at BP and Capgemini. We flew out on easyjet not that pleasant to Malta which is just off Italy in the med. We got some good weather for our 4 night stay in St Julian a few bays around from the walled capital of Valletta. One of the days we did a hoponhopoff bus around the south eastern parts of the island of Malta. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Malta/Malta/St-Julians/blog-415468.html Scott and I headed out of London after a busy 2008. We were heading for Jordan on an 8 day whirlwind tour a few days of culture a few hiking a few by the sea and of course a visit to Petra. We arrived late Christmas Eve into Amman we were lucky enough to finish the bottle of red wine on the plane not sure anyone else was really drinking Our lsquohotelrsquo was in down town Amman right http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Jordan/West/Dead-Sea/blog-362331.html Barcelona has always been one of my favourite cities and I never felt like I spent enough time there back in 2005 site seeing solo. So Scott and I went to spend a weekend in the city and suck up the atmosphere i.e. food and a wine. On the Saturday we did the Fat Tire Bike tour which was good fun cruising around the city taking in the main sites including city park Barri Gotic cathedral and t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-340626.html For Scottrsquos birthday I took him away for the weekend to a lovely BB on the boarder of Devon and Somerset Hagley Bridge Farm. The purpose was the learn how to make cheese It was lovely to wake up to the noise of cows mooing in the paddock. Scott had a full English breakfast meat galore. Then we had to don white coats and our newly bought gumboots. We then learnt how to make cheese gouda http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Somerset/Taunton/blog-340619.html Scott and I attended Paige and Victorrsquos Scottrsquos friends from NYC wedding in Tuscany and decided to spend a few days looking around Florence before arriving at the venue. We arrived tired and weary into Pisa to find the next bus to Florence was in 90mins time i.e. midnight So we reached into our pockets and forked out 150euro for a taxi to Florence ouch. Our hotel was lovely high http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-340609.html Scott and I head to Turkey for 2 weeks in the heat of summer. The first week we spent way out east the second week was western Turkey both areas had a very distinct feel. Be warned hellip this blog is rather long eastern Turkey was just so interesting I have gone into a little bit of detail.After a very pleasant experience flying out of T5 we started with a hiss and roar in Istanbul heading http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-322321.html Reykjavik was the base for our 3 day trip to Iceland over the last bank holiday in May. We arrived in late but of course it was still very light we only had 4hrs of darkness very strange experience. On our first day we got up early and headed to the modern huge concert church but unfortunately it was covered with scaffolding. I suppose like most churches in capital cities all round Europe. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-288182.html Scott and I spent a lovely spring Bank Holiday weekend in Berlin it was my second visit to this vibrant city. We had an early morning start from T5 which is a fantastic airport mind you we didnrsquot check in any luggage. On arrival our first stop was the Pergamonmuseum there were queues down to the river so we flagged that idea and headed to a river side caf for a long lunch. It was a theme http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-275471.html I recently took 2 trips back to New Zealand for Ida Markrsquos Robyn Gregrsquos and Nicky Quentinrsquos weddings. The first trip was to attend Ida Markrsquos wedding in February I arrived on Dadrsquos birthday so we went out for a lovely lunch in the sunshine at Aucklandrsquos viaduct. Little did I know I would be back there later that evening.The girls had done a fantastic j http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/North-Shore/blog-275461.html This Easter Jane Adam Myles and I headed to Austria for some snow action. And the snow did not let us down I have never seen so much snow fall the Austrian country side was covered like icing on a wedding cake.Our first stop was Innsbruck however we didnrsquot have much time there due to a small timing calculation that I managed to get wrong however I am still blaming the website. We lef http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Obertauern/blog-261326.html