John Bills

Mr Bills

My name is John. I just got off a 9 hour train from Brussels to Berlin. I can't feel my feet.



Travel Blog Posts


rrrrrrrrrondo.

Published: May 7th 2009Europe » Montenegro » Budva
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
May 7th 2009

well,if you think im going to do a usual blog about 9 days worth of stuff then you are very much incorrect. so here is the last 9 days, in neat bullet point form. i shall expand on bits and pieces, and leave some tantalizing cliffhangers. im being very antisocial to write this by the way, so appreciate it. - mostar was awesome and i fell in love with it pretty sharpish. on the first night i met a girl called casey and a guy called eric, we went for drinks and it was all good. - we did batta's tour, and it was the most awesome intense day ever. - we played football against a group of kids in podvelez, and absolutely annihilated them. - me and casey saw our first ever gloworm in blagaj. ... read more



holy split.

Published: April 28th 2009Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
April 28th 2009

hello from bosnia! yes, bosnia. currently in mostar, its raining but that shant dent spirits! had a lovely few days since last written, busy but not busy at all, and the weather has been glorious! oh yes. so a general recap! stayed in zadar for another day and spent the evening by the sun disk. the sun disk is a big cylindrical thing on the sea front, pretty unassuming in the day but at night it turns into something particularly awesome. the thing is set on top of a pretty insane light show, its beautiful. if you use windows media player, its like those visualizations you can get on there, only its huge and on the floor. rather mezmerising, or however thats spelt. i spent about an hour just looking at it, it was pretty wonderful. ... read more



ZADARPORT.

Published: April 24th 2009Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Zadar
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
April 24th 2009

welcome to croatia, and welcome to another exciting run of the official most boring blog on the interweb! winner! fun times ahead, as i follow my tradition of having an awesome first week, a difficult second week, a great third week and then probably home early! marvel at my lack of awareness that sarcasm and the internet do not work! be amazed at my confusion at the keyboards! enough of this drivel. i am currently in the lovely little croatian coastal town of zadar, and by gum its raining. lovely! arrived here this past wednesday on another of ryanairs glorious cheap flights. why are airlines always so eager to say that there is yet another on time flight? surely they should be on time. you dont get trains claiming to have another on time train. although ... read more



warsawesome.

Published: November 7th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » Olomouc Region » Olomouc
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
November 7th 2008

holy moly i've been putting this off! first in a week? what are you doing man! well, it serves me right that i come to type this on the most confusing keyboard yet, so we'll see how far we get. not too far i would guess! so yes, as the bit at the side of this entry will inform you, i am currently in olomouc, czech republic. also, as anyone who has been bombarded with texts will also tell you, its pretty dang awesome. i wouldnt say its as good as slovenia, but it's miles above everywhere else. its just so relaxed here, so easy, i wake up and the only thing i think is 'where shall i walk today?'. thats a pretty cool position to be in truth be told. my only worry is what ... read more



despite my mediocre looks...

Published: October 31st 2008Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
October 31st 2008

well, its certainly been a pleasant few days. as im walking around these wide streets i always think of a million and one things to write about, but then sit me in front of a computer and my mind goes blank, only thinking about really menial things. but then all of my blogs are centered around menial things, so maybe that isnt so bad. anyway, if i remember correctly there were 3 things i wanted to go on about, so lets get cracking. first of all, a pretty lovely human interchange that happened on wednesday afternoon. i went to sigulda, which is probably the quietest place i have been on my travels, especially in october. that isnt the good part though, heh. got the bus back to riga, and that was all fine. anyway, the girl ... read more



Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
October 28th 2008

boy is it raining. i'm not going to say jurassic park rain, but it certainly is raining. i'm wet, we'll leave it at that. i almost said to arta before that a bit of rain never hurt anyone, but that is one untrue saying that persists in the world. rain kills millions of people every year! just ask poor old bangladesh. i suppose thats probably something that acquits to social awkwardness, but i cant help but talk about things like that. it's another little part of who i am i guess. phew, introduction out the way. i'm in riga now, but i'm going to talk about my last night in parnu. i went for food, found a nice little restaurant and sat to eat. little did i know this was going to turn into one strange ... read more



my sister is getting married.

Published: October 26th 2008Europe » Estonia » Parnu
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
October 26th 2008

i dont think i have ever been this cold in my life. ok, thats probably not true, but holy diver there be a wind a blowin. i'm currently in a little place called parnu, which i'm told is estonia's favourite summer resort. unfortunately, it's late october. or maybe thats fortunately, im not sure. either way, its mighty cold and mighty windy, and there aint many folk about. which is perfect to be honest! for those who dont use facebook, at the end of the film talked about in the last blog christina ricci's prostitute girlfriend got the death penalty, and so she should. she killed many an innocent man! that aint cool! so yeah, im in parnu. i arrived here yesterday at around 3.30ish, and did the usual staggering around the bus station lark looking for ... read more



Australonia

Published: October 24th 2008Europe » Estonia » Tartu
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
October 24th 2008

i'm so easily amused! first it was kiek in de kok, now it's a supermarket chain in estonia that is called 'konsum'. so yeah, add an E on the end of that and you get me chuckling. so that, plus me eating crisps that have a pirate on the packet, and im getting strange looks for my chuckling. am spending a quiet evening in me couchsurfers apartment, watching some strange film about christina ricci having a lesbian affair with a murderous prostitute, who i have to say is an absolute goit. its a pretty silly. she's getting stressed because she cant get a job. shouldnt have been a whore then! thats like getting a tattoo on your face saying 'CHUMP'. or maybe i've just never had to provide before. HAH! ok, enough prostitute baiting, and back ... read more



Q: Why do Elephants have big ears?

Published: October 22nd 2008Europe » Estonia » Tallinn
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
October 22nd 2008

i keep forgetting what day it is! very lame! well, it's wednesday, yesterday was tuesday and the last time i wrote one of these was monday, so here's the old 'what i've done since last time' entry. it's been a nice couple of days, so strap in for some cheeriness. arrived in tallinn a little earlier than expected monday night, it must have been about 11pm i think. i decided that the wisest move would be to get a taxi to the hostel and then, as i hadnt slept since sunday morning, sleep my little chops off. so yeah, got into the hostel, checked in, and put stuff in the room. there were quite a few people hanging about in the communal area, so i thought i'd go down and say hello and all that jazz. ... read more



can't sleep, beds on fire.

Published: October 20th 2008Europe » Latvia » Riga Region » Riga
Mr Bills icon
Mr Bills
October 20th 2008

well, this mornings was a pretty big waste of an entry, so i shall make up for that with this beast. and beast is most definitely the word to describe the majesty that is about to unravel on this here piece of networky canvas. i suppose i will start off by saying what i know, what everyone knows, and what is generally becoming more and more hard fact as time goes on. i love being here. it's not as if this is the most thrilling place on the planet, far from it. but it's just nice, and i'm a fan of nice. after another boring flight that wasnt even saved by the view (it was a cloudy morning), i arrived at riga airport and was just generally excited. ok, there are other reasons for that, but ... read more






Tot: 0.137s; Tpl: 0.006s; cc: 15; qc: 79; dbt: 0.0391s; 1; s:apollo w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 2; ; mem: 6.5mb