Answering Machine: Hello mother....Hello Father....Here I am at.....Camp Granada.... Homer: Marge, is Lisa at Camp Granada?? Buenos Dias All, thanks for all your responses and I promise I will get back to you....eventually. I promise I´m not spending most of my holiday in internet cafes, though I´m wondering now if anyone has started a guide for all the cafes in europe. It would probably come in handy for someone that is suffering from PC withdrawals whilst traversing the continent. It´s actually siesta time in most of the cities I´m visiting which means most shops are closed and it´s generally too hot to be wandering the streets anyway. Granada is a lovely 32 degrees today :) More of the postcard thing here. Now that I´m in Granada, I´ll tell you about Portugal. Our trek from Salamanca and ... read more

Evening all, Just a quick note to let family (Hao, Hung & San) you know that I am alive and well and have reached Madrid in Spain. To the rest of you, I´m alive and have stumbled into an internet cafe despite my lack of spanish. You´ll be surprised/disgusted to hear that Delta Goodrem has reached Spanish radio. Those of you not in Australia won´t have any idea what that means, but anyway. I´ll keep this brief because it´s almost time for dinner. As mentioned, I´ve begun my tour and we started in Paris and worked our way down the west side of france and into spain and have finally reached Madrid. For me, the highlight has been the different food that´s been available for sampling. The duck gizzards in Bordeaux were a highlight, as well ... read more

Conversation I had with a englishman(18-26?) over the weekend who was waiting at a pedestrian crossing with his friends: Englishman (in that classic tone of someone in primary school) : ching chong chungaaaa, chong ching chooooo, chee choo queeeee.... Me: I'm sorry, I don't speak Chinese. What are you trying to tell me? (blank stare for 5 seconds before he regains his composure and decides to shout derogatory names in english at me as I jaywalk across the road and disappear down to the tube to escape. I'm a lover, not a fighter....) Good afternoon all and sundry, As you can see, I've been accepted by the locals as one of their own and they don't see me as any different at all. In all seriousness though, it hasn't really been an issue and I ... read more

Morning everyone, how's it going? I've arrived in London and must say I'm enjoying it so far (well, all 36 hours of it anyway). I think London is a very nice but very soft introduction to travelling in europe. Everyone still speaks your language, they're relatively polite, and it's quite reminiscent of home. (And now those who have been to London and know about the little quirks can stop reading now). London is quite fast paced, everyone walks quickly in comparison to my lazy ambling, partly exacerbated by my new pair of all-stars (Eug, these shoes are REALLY narrow!). The tube is a breeze and the gap is not that big, which makes me wonder why they bother talking about it at all (gaps between train and platforms in Melbourne are cavernous in comparison). It's ... read more