http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/kimmy-girl/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from kimmy girl en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:14:45 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:14:45 +0000 Its been so so long since I was in Florence even though I haven't found a post holiday job yet and should have loads of time bumming around with a maxed out credit card its really hard to concentrate long enough to do this. Florence was ok just my personal opinion. It has this lovely river the Arno that flows though the city and the historic Ponte Vecchio bridge is the only bridge that Hi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-27524.html I didn't know much about Rome before going there. I had not even seen Gladiator or Troy. No idea about classical history and the gods or anything. I knew small parts about the history of religion but not being catholic but a protestant I missed a lot of things i think. It was an early morning start on transit from florence to Rome. We were made to get on the bust at about 6am. The biggest time http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-27550.html So behind my blogs that it seems to be a bit of a lost cause however maybe if I make a little effort and spend bank holiday Sunday night on the computer you might slightly forgive me. Apologies also if your email is one of the 112 unread messages in my inbox I am not kidding. Just chilling back in Essex had a bit too much to drink last night even got kicked out of a bar for being too drunk http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Newport/blog-45991.html Yeah we went to Monaco for the night. There are Casinos. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Monaco/blog-24532.html Italy was beautiful. Not suprising that inspiration seeps from this mecca of art music and food. They say that you don't apperciate Italy until your older but it doesn't take a zimmer frame to get goosebumps all over when entering the tomb of saint marco a fantastically huge and elaborate building. The top cathedrals i visited and in the top 5 places to get admission to better than the sisten http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-25181.html Your not in France anymore when prositutes line the main highways under sun umbrellas looking to make someone a lucky man whilst that man is on transit to the nearby airport. It hits you in suprise and it is damn classy. Particulary the we don't even need to stop to take off my clothes aspect of their atire. Wonder if those on arrivals or departures get more buisnesI LOVED Barcelona not be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-25165.html I suffered a better fate than marie antionette leaving france alive Even managing to negoitiang 'The Louvre' without getting too lost leaving beaujoulais without too much toxicity and I could afford to eat in the riveria well.... just. I was part of a 45 day contiki coach tour that left london to drive through 16 of europe's countries. France was better than anticipated. Way better. I loved pa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-24523.html After finishing my locum job and having no work organised I decided to book a ticket and jump on a plane the following day. I ended up in Germany being met by Phil and Basti at the Stuttgart airport. They met me with a NZ flag So cool to see them We drove to their home town of tubingen. It interesting driving on german motorways at night on the right hand side with no speed limits Was m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/T-bingen/blog-14605.html Many many weekends I ascended on the city of bristol. Met at the train station by Chris who I met whilst working at Thames Hospital and became our temporary flatmate. Now living in Manchester we stayed with Chris' parents. Bristol has a possibly extensive history that I know nothing about. It looks pretty and stuff. The town centre is built on a hill you get fantastic views of large stone http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Bristol-County/Bristol/blog-14604.html Hey guys a long time since my last entry. I have been slack slack slack. Apologies. A lot has been happening in Kimmy land. We have had 2 bank holidays they don't seem to have names which has meant I have had time away with friends. Firstly for May bank holiday weekend the first one I went away with my cousin Rachie and her friend from Melbourne Ruth. We hired a car and explored the south e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-10094.html Managed to source some very sort after tickets to see a football and its NOT called soccer apparently match in the premiere league through Peter. Went with my cousin Rach who was slightly more clueless than I was about the whole football occasion. Fantastic tickets we were in the middle of the Arsenal goal 6 rows back. Nothing can explain the magic of the night football means so much to thes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-8075.html Arrived in Worcester on the 21 April and I have been so slack that I haven't updated this until now. Went to stay for an extended weekend with my friend Chris R. Left Colchester about 10 o'clock with a bit of a stop on the way through London Picadilly Circus before catching the tube to Paddington Station to make my way accross the midlands to Worcester. Arriving in Worcester I settled down i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/blog-8050.html Yes alas it is true. My reason for living has been severly dented as my favourite beverage cannot be ordered here bar Allan Scott Savingon Blanc. I was gutted walked into a coffee shop in Guilford where i was staying with my cousin stated my request all I got was blank looks. me you know... like a cappacino without frothy milk on top him a latteme ahh no.... less milk than a lat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/blog-7331.html We took a night train from Youngshou at 8pm on the 5th of April. We arrived in Guangzhou to wait for the Hydrofoil all day in a hotel room Catching the boat we arrived in Hong Kong about 7.30. Explored the Temple Street night markets. In the Morning caught the star fairy across to hong kong island took the tram peak to the top of the island. Quite a misty day so the photos aren't the best. Lef http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-7328.html Got a plane from Xian and flew to Guilin before being transferred by bus to Youngshou. We met up with another Gecko's tour who had seen a little more of the north of the country and Shanghai. Were in Younshou from 3 April until the 5th. As you can see Youngshou is beautiful and rural. Exactly as you would imagine China to be. The rock formations were fantastic. If I were to return to China I w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Guilin/blog-7326.html On 1st April we travelled by night train to Xian a fun time. Arrived in Xian to see all the sights may favourite being the White Goose Pagola which is the founding centre of budhism to China. A serene place I LOVED IT. Saw the terracotta warriors which were amazing. Xian a great city a million times better than Beijing. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-7324.html I was a tourist in Beijjing from the 27th march sunday until 1st April Fridaymost of you have recieved the emails but the tourist attractions visited 1 Tianamen Square gates and The Forbidden City2 The Great Wall at Badaling3 The Ming Tombs 4 The Summer Palace http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-7019.html