http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Shane--and-Evonne/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Shane and Evonne en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:14:00 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:14:00 +0000 We made an early morning exit from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris once we worked out how and drove through the French countryside and spent our first night in the beautiful old town of Semur en Auxios.Now we expected this trip to be a tour of food but I don't think we appreciated the extent of how much this tour of gastronomique was to become... The French are well known for their cuisine and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Burgundy/blog-393312.html So here you go finally some photos we are so lucky to have these thanks ZAR http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Maldives/Male-Atoll/blog-393305.html Sorry folks no photos for this blog. Something has gone ary with our memory card and the camera won't show us the photos. Hopefully part 2. Also put up with spelling mistakes i'm not using an english keyboard.OKNear the end of our first full day at the resort the biggest decision we had to make was which cocktail to order from our private plunge pool and be brought to us by our butler while w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Maldives/Male-Atoll/blog-386439.html Itinerary Good Friday 6th April Fly out from Melbourne Easter Saturday 7th April Easter Monday 9th April KL Malaysia Tuesday 10th Saturday 14th April London England Saturday 14th Wednesday 18th April Scotland Wednesday 18th Monday 23rd April Amsterdam Netherlands Monday 23rd around the 9th May Stockholm Sweden Finland Around the 9th May end of May Russia End of M http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-143939.html We have started our journey We arrived safely in KL Malayisa early Saturday morning. Typical South East Asia it was hot full of crazy drivers and advertising but we were lucky enough to be staying in lovely 5 star hotel where we made the most of the pool and all you can eat breakfast. Our room was on the 13th floor so we had a great view. We even watch the fireworks for the F1 while lying on t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-147717.html After a long flight from Malaysia we finally arrived at Heathrow Airport. Armed with a bottle of champers we scored from the flight attendants neither of our inflight entertainment units worked we caught the tube to Amber's thanks for putting us up in Fulham. Our first day was spent with Amber who showed us the sights of Notting Hill and Portobello Rd. We brought our LP Beijing guide from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-148294.html Tallinn Estonia the city of all things old trendy tourists. We arrived in Tallinn Estonia after travelling across the Baltic Sea from Finland Evonne I didn't see any whales . Our first feeling of Tallinn was that we were moving further away from home. Once we moved away from the docks into the old town we were pleasently surprised by how well preserved the medieval city is even if http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tallinn/blog-158601.html It's appalling that it's taken so long to publish this blog but for our amusement and for those who still care here we go...After an early AM departure thankfully we were on time both Moscow and local as the trains all run on Moscow time which is 5 hours different from Moscow we were on the train again. The 004 Trans Mongolian train is a shorter journey only 30 hours to Ulaan Baator UB wh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/blog-167950.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-169346.html TransSiberianShane Evonne As we set off from heatwave Moscow low thirties very unusual even at the height of Summer we were both excited and apprehensive. Three days on a train is a long time but we were looking forward to idle days resting and staring out the window watching Siberia pass by. We awoke to a loud smash only 6 hours into the Trans Siberian trip at 3am. A hooligan had thro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/blog-165764.html Russia Part 1Shane Evonne Russia the land of extremes At the border crossing between Estonia and Russia our first thought of Russia was What have we got ourselves into as we tried to fill in our customs cards which were only in Russian at 2am. This thought once again came to mind as we stepped off the bus and walked into the metro station in commy St Petersburg when an animated wo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/blog-160583.html Finland TourShane EvonneHelsinki Finland Before we dive into another travel update Shane I would like to thank all those who have been leaving messages comments. It's really good to hear from home they mean so much to us. Thank you Finland the land of hip fashion coolness ... shopping. After leaving Sweden the bus from Haparanda took 20 seconds to cross the bridge to Finland we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/blog-158450.html Sweden TourShane EvonneJokkmokk Sweden Sweden the country of warm hospitality wilderness expense you even have to pay for public toilets. After a long day of travel from Amsterdam to the south of Brussels Belgium to catch our flight we arrived in Stockholm very late. The first day was spent feeling a bit anxious wandering around the central part of Stockholm. Our first swedish mea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/blog-157760.html Amsterdam the city of bicycles tourists and well we all know what. Aside from the sex drugs and rocknroll Amsterdam is a beautiful city in its own right. Interesting Amsterdam Fact no 1 52 bodies are pulled out of Amsterdams canals each year mostly drunken guys who trip over into the water while weeing Interesting Amsterdam Fact no 2 50 bikes a week are pulled out of the canals http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-151773.html Ah bonnie Scotland The land of fresh air open spaces sheep phone boxes in the in middle of nowhere really loud military fighter jets that appear when you least expect them When the fog cleared from the horizon and our heads we arrived at Edinburgh airport in better condition than we arrived at Luton airport London. We picked up our hire car and headed towards Glasgow to meet up with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-150556.html