http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Miss-Chief/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Miss Chief en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:55:54 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:55:54 +0000 A warning to the reader At times the contentnbspof my enteriesnbspmay contain more than 'checkthebox' travel stories. To your dismay it is entirely possible that you will be exposed to the thoughts and emotions and general streams of consciousness I experience on my little journey. Whilst I hope that younbspwill often find it to be entertaining uplifting inspiring witting funny h http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-556.html 31st May 2004. A watershed date. My very first day of being officially unemployed The rain of the past several days has subsided and the sunnbsphas shone brightlynbspas I enjoyed my very first day of freedom by the very genteel shores of Sorrento. I like to think at the moment Mother Nature and the very heavens are appropriately marking each of these major occassions Naive but a fun though http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-618.html Brilliant first encounter with os internet at hotel is absolute nightmare Was well on the way to great first blog on the road only to have it destroyed by pop ups Ahhhh alas I must try once againWell if independant travellingbackpacking is a religion and Lonely Planet is the bible right now I am about the equivalent of the antichrist of travel Right now am living the life of a prima do http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Batu-Ferringhi/blog-719.html SOnbspmuch to updatenbspand struggling with a keyboard where all the letters are in the wrong placeOn Thursday last week I bid a fond farewell to my lifestyle of sun and drinks in malaysia to make the long slog to Europe.nbsp3 planes and 15 hours later I landed in Basel Switerland. After a short bus ride into the city I was gleefully met by my friend Rosie atthe train station I stay http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/blog-772.html Word of warning this is another quite long blog but wanted to get down all the fun details of the ast few days so that I too wont forget them. If you havent got a great deal of time maybe just skim it but then again you never know what fun details you may miss by doing thatWellnbspwell I am now settled into Vienna Austria. Infact have been here for a few days now and with some spare http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-788.html This is is gonna be a quick one suspect that will have to go back at some time tonbspfillnbspit all out a little more for mysef but sceduled washing of clothes is uup son and this is critical as am starting to get a little ripe I assure youSo I am nbspon the tour de force I like to think of it as my heritage trail at the momentStarted out Sunday evening in Viennanbsp 13 of us crowded a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-820.html Hello all once againLast time we met I was still in Prague on a wettish afternoon. Well that night after some well needed washing we went out for a very glam dinner at this wonderful small glitzzy restaurant that we had found. Can you imagine back home spending only 18 on a cocktail glass of wine bread and a chicken caeser salad I love Prague baby After some late night disco action and friv http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-845.html Hi all this may end up being a bit quick but am more intersted in trying to get some pictures available to you. They sometimes say so much more So last time we metnbspI was in Krawkow in a rather reflective mood. After that we left onto the slovakia Tatras mountains for some serious hiking. Very glad to find that I have a reasonable level of fitness because this was some hard work. 4 hour http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/blog-901.html Ok well as typical of my blogs too much to say and too little time to do anything true justice. Have been so slack trying to get to a computer. But hey wouldnt you be too when the Adriatic coast calls your name longingly You betchyaSo our last chat took place in Dubrovnik. The follwoing day saw us take in our first day of true indulgence. An hour ferry ride from Dubrovnik took us to a c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-961.html Well itrsquos been awhile hasnrsquot it Itrsquos fair to say that in 3 weeks it feels like I have had the experiences of a lifetime or at very least those worthy of a couple of months. Life has happened all very quickly and in the blink of an eye I have found myself living and working in Brighton well technically Hove on the UK southern coast But there is soooo much to tell so let m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-1089.html So it8217s time for a weekly instalmentnbspSettling into Brighton has been pretty easy. It really is reminiscent of Melbourne in many many ways. My house is great and so too are my housemates 8211 which comes as a great relief. But I tell you it is amazing that 7 people live in one house but you are lucky to interact with any given two each nightMy first Saturday here I was I woman o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-1141.html So itrsquos time to chat about being lsquoAmsterdamnedrsquoOoh doesnrsquot that just give the wrong impression of what I thought about this really great city and the rollicking great time that I had But at the end of the weekend I was well and truly a certified train wreck.The weekend away started ominously. It has been thunder wet bleak Friday in England again Ever so quickly I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-1210.html Gosh so now it's time for my weekly rant. The week has gone ever so quickly or slowly. It depends on what day it is and how I'm feeling.So last Friday night with great trepidation I jumped on the train to meet up with people from Amsterdam. 'I will meet new people I will try new things this is not a silly idea just because I met them only last weekend in the city of sins.................' Oh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-1280.html It seems when your travelling or living os on the working holiday visa everything in your life seemingly happens on this bad 1970's scifi style film warp speed. Jobs livings arrangements holiday plans friendships and romances. I have been taken aback by this sudden pace and discussing this curious phenomenon with some of my housemates and other travellers.I think it extends on a fact I was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-1372.html Righty then I havenrsquot put a decent memory in here for a while I suppose itrsquos because life is becoming lsquonormalrsquo in the sense that there is not a travel adventure every day or some glamorous location being visited each weekendhellip.. Although I should take the opportunity to let you know that I am not failing on this point. This weekend we have organised a long weekend http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-1682.html What is there not to like about a city that is happy to have a laugh a drink or two or many and are just looking for mirth in the bottom of the next glass of GuinnessDublin Ireland typically maligned for itrsquos miserable weather an over abundance of English Hen and Stag weekends and a fairly expensive pint in the tourist Mecca Temple Bar.I have been before. I ventured through these pa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/blog-1771.html Ok I have chatted about places I have been where I work things I am discovering about the world and me and a many other myriad of topics. But there is something currently missing from my diary that I want to record for future memories. The people. Obviously I couldnrsquot live my life as a separate entity circulating in this busy world without establishing connections with people. helliph http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-2069.html It really has been far too long since I last wrote hasnrsquot it To avoid one monolithic journal I am going to try break recent events down into two more relatively huge rants. I figure if I didnrsquot write now I would soon lose some of the memories emotions thoughts and findings of recent times. Now we canrsquot have that The most logical place to pick up since where I last left off http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-3529.html