NickMoore

Good news, i had a trip without much drama We flew into Geneva on the friday night and had accommodation organised (and honoured). We got up early the next morning and explored the city and the area around Lake Geneva. The lake is frinken huge and has a fountain which shoots water upwards with a speed of up to 200km/hr. Its amazing to think that a 'lake' can be 310m in depth. Geneva has numerous international organisations, including the European headquarters of the United Nations. Like true tourists, we visited it and took the tour. I was surprised when the tour guide said that we should stay close together because security doesn't work on the weekends. That made me feel so much safer. The UN was founded after World War 2 by the victorious allied powers ... read more

'Morning Richie, Morning All, Sorry i'm late...' Not good enough, i know its been a while but there has been to much soccer on tv... Not a great deal of travel has been done over the past couple of months but we spent Spring Bank Holiday in the beautiful city of Prague. Having left on the Friday night and arriving by 10pm, this left us with some solid drinking hours, and that is exactly what we did. Alcohol is extremely cheap in the Czech Republic especially when you are earning the pound. It seemed that many others had the same idea for the long weekend as the streets were flooded with Stag Groups and very few Hens Nights (boo hoo). I've heard great things about the Eastern European chicks but unfortunately there were not many out, ... read more

Hi all... Well i have now settled down in London and what a dramatic few weeks it has been... We moved into our new apartment and as a result of not having any heating for the first 4 days we all got sick. I had to take a day off work coz i was in such a bad way. The worst thing about being sick (as a contractor) is that you don't get paid! And being my first week in the job (and the apartment) really needed the money to flow in. In addition to the flu, my wisdom tooth had made its move. It hurt sooo much! I looked like Professor Klump from the Nutty Professor. As for the job itself, well, i think i mentioned in my last email that i was offered a ... read more

"Hi everybody", I hope all is well. I'll pick up where i left off... Having left off in Chicago we flew back to LA for a stopover on our way to the beautiful islands of Hawaii. As we diembarked the plane we were instantly hit by the humidity. This was a welcomed change in climate having had the past 5 or so weeks in near freezing tempretures. We settled in to our room at Waikiki and popped down to supermarket for a six pack. The weather was just right for drinking. I suppose Waikiki to Hawaii is the equivalent of Surfers Paradise to Australia. Tourism is the economic mainstay. It is renowned for its (crowded) beach, longboard surfers, high rise buildings, tourist attractions, shopping malls and bright lights. We thought it would only be right to ... read more

I think the last time I emailed we had arrived in San Fran... Well, we hired some mountain bikes at Fishermans Wharf and trekked over the Golden Gate and up to the lookout, that was a decent view looking over the bridge, city and alcatraz. After 4 solid hours of riding, we rode back to town and after chaining our bikes up to a parking meter, we went into a camera shop. Five minutes later we walked out and there were 3 'homeboys' dismantling our bikes... One of them already had the seat off my bike and wasn't far from taking the front wheel. I screamed oi! What the heck (i actually used a more uncouth word) are you doing? I think his reply was 'we were just looking at your bike seat.' They dropped everything ... read more