Travel Blog Posts
September 10th 2007
Well Steve has gone back to Oz now which was very sad... Emma & I have just arrived at the hostel in Nice after a VERY big few days. I've had about 8 hours sleep in the last 3 days... I'm waiting for our room to be ready at the moment I just wanna go to bed. Paris was AWESOME! I loved it. When Em & I got there on fri night, we went out to Saint Michel for some dinner & had a bit of a walk around, that was quite full on, all these Parisien men just step in front of you trying to get you to talk to them, seemed sleazy to me but apparently that is the Parisien way... We just had to look straight ahead & not look anyone in the ... read more
September 9th 2007
Hello kiddies. Well, I made it home on Sunday, somewhat bleary-eyed. We had a bloody tops last few days in Morzine with Sooz. On Annie's last day on Tuesday we ventured down to a lake perched high in the mountains and enjoyed yet another superb French culinary experience for lunch. I'm off the frogs legs now. This time it was something more conventional - Salmon. The chicks had Trout. And of course some more yummy French wine to wash it all down with. The following day we tripped out to Chamonix, which is a very well known snow resort town about an hour or so from Morzine. It's perched at the foothills of Mont Blanc - a truly wonderful gift of nature. The panorama photos attached pretty much say it all. Unfortunately, you can't see the ... read more
September 4th 2007
Today was a continuation of our action adventure in Morzine. We went white water rafting on a 7 kilometre stretch of river about 20 minutes from where we are staying. The 4 of us were in one boat along with our guide. Another boatload of Frenchies were also on our expedition. We of course were the party boat, making enough noise to raise the dead while the Frenchies poked along without a sound. It was an absolute blast. We had the opportunity to do a couple of rock leaps into the freezing white water rapids. And check out the pics! I think they say it all. Bloody awesome.... read more
September 4th 2007
Steve says: Alas, it's the last leg of my trip. And what a damn shame too. We hired a car in Geneva and drove to Morzine, which was an experience in itself. Trying to drive a manual with the opposite hand in a foreign, non-English country with a dodgy car rental map is no mean feat, let me tell you. It took us about twice as long as it should have but we made it in one piece. The drive was pretty spectacular. The French Alps are what you'd expect - a living, breathing postcard. Rolling valleys surrounded by massive mountains peppered with gorgeous chalets and rather attractive cows that moo with a French accent. We drove to the Chalet where my friend Susie is living and working, which is also our home for 5 days. ... read more
September 1st 2007
We spent the night last night in Segovia and have just returned to Madrid this afternoon. Segovia, in contrast to Toledo, has an undeniable buzz to it. It doesn´t lack for soul, that´s for sure. Nor does it lack for party spirit! Our hotel was a gorgeous little place on what we discovered is known as party street in Segovia. And yes, they partied and partied and partied. To about 5am in fact. We flaked well before this and all I can say is thank god for ear plugs! They saved our sanity and our sleep. We wondered the streets aimlessly, losing ourselves in the meandering paths and discovering the glorious parks that surround the city where we strolled and admired the truly amazing city above us. The castle was what fairy tales are made of. ... read more
August 30th 2007
Fleury says: In Toledo (half hour train ride from Madrid) we stayed at a lovely little hotel overlooking this beautiful cathedral thanks to recommendation from Kez & Gaz. We went for a walk around Toledo & through the cathedral & although it was really pretty, after a few hours we were wondering what to do with ourselves. So we bought a bottle of vino & went back to our room & proceeded to get drunk while looking at the view from our room & solving the worlds problems. We had a great time. Although it was really pretty, we found it a bit of a tourist trap, the only people that lived there were people that made a living from tourists & they didn´t really seem to like tourists which was a bit of a shame. ... read more
August 29th 2007
In short, we LOVE this town! Madrid rocks. There´s a drinking hole every 15 metres. An endless sea of outdoor terrazas crammed with people day and night. And by night, I mean ALL night. I now understand the point of their siestas. That time of the day - usually about 3 hours starting from midday through 2pm - where the shutters come down and all the workers go to sleep. Awesome! I love it. When I´m Prime Minister of Australia, I´m going to introduce it into legislation. Fleury and I have been a bit crook unfortunately. I came down with the goddamn flu first then passed it onto Fleur. I´m starting to feel better and Fleury´s probably a day behind. But we plug on being uber-tourists. The first night we arrived from London, we went out ... read more
August 24th 2007
Just a quick one, just adding a photo of Boy George whom we went to see DJ at club called Turnmills in London the night before we left for Madrid. He was REALLY good most of the time, although I think he was really drunk or something as he stuffed up quite a few times. But awesome just to see him nonetheless!... read more
Lifestyles of the rich & the famous...
Published: August 23rd 2007Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Kilburn
August 23rd 2007
Well we arrived in London on Tuesday afternoon & everyone was asking 'oh you poor things how was your flight?' My reply was 'not so bad, because WE GOT UPGRADED TO BUSINESS CLASS - WOOHOO!!!'. Oh my god I really should be rich because that is the only way to fly, not only did we get the skybeds & the 3 course meals, they were also serving Billecart Salmon champagne, my favourite champagne in the whole world!! So you can imagine Fleury (mua') got her moneys worth of champagne - hehe! Anyways enough skyting (had to just a little bit..), we had a great day yesterday with my gorgeous cousin Simon who I haven't seen in almost 3 years since I moved to Sydney & he moved to London. We were born a day apart so ... read more
August 20th 2007
Well, the Hong Kong leg of the trip is done and dusted. Off to London tomorrow. Honkers has been kind to us. It's been hot but not too oppressively so. Hong Kong in a word was...HECTIC! It's intense. The city is jammed with people. I guess this impression is borne of the fact that we pretty much didn't leave downtown HK. The one day we did venture out of the city to the south of Hong Kong island, we drove through lush tropical rainforest, which was really cool. That was the day we went to the American Club, of which one of my former bosses (John) who is living in HK, is a member. He and his wife Alison were fantastic. We spent a fair amount of time with them enjoying the fineries of HK. The ... read more
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