The smell of salt water & fish is definitely the first thing that springs to mind to describe the air along the coast of Croatia. It was warm and sunny (almost hot), and so very different to the weather that I had left behind in smelly soggy London. A week spent exploring Croatia and its islands sounded to me like a perfect place for a holiday...and it was! I arrived in Split, a small city, which was originally built around the Diocletian palace (a palace/fort built for the retired Roman emperor Diocletian) where the locals sought refuge centuries ago. Wandering the [View Full Entry]

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Turkish delight...yummmm! I have been wanting to go to Turkey for years...and finally it was time to visit Istanbul. Having flown across the world almost half way back to Australia...I arrived late Friday night in Istanbul, and on leaving the airport, my travel buddy and I were forced to figure out the train/tram system straight away. 12pm on a tram in the middle of Istanbul with my luggage was a precarious situation to be in...but we managed to find the little family run hotel that we were to stay in, fairly easily. It was a rather cute hotel actually...more like a [View Full Entry]

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I actually had no intention of going to Sweden. My housemate and very good travel companion managed to buy tickets for only £15.00. So....off to Stockholm we went, the capital of Sweden. With no high hopes and no expectations of what I would find in this city, I didn't find much.  It was cold and raining for the entire time I was there, which didn't make my experience any more magical. And not to sound too cynical, as far as tourism goes, Stockholm to Sweden is really what Canberra is to Australia. It is a city, with not very much [View Full Entry]

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ok...so i am really sorry that it has taken me this long to write another entry. It has actually been a couple of months since i went to Scotland, and as a result, i have forgotten most of what i wanted to write. This will therefore be a fairly short entry...and then you can all stop procrastinating and get back to your work. I have a couple more entries to write now...so i'll leave you with this one and talk to you soon! **************************************************************************** After a weekend in Ireland and another week at work. Daniel (my cousin) and I deci [View Full Entry]

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My cousin Daniel came to visit me in London and we decided to take a couple of little weekend mini-breaks away. Our first weekend away was to Ireland (Dublin) and we had such a great time!! It may have taken us a good hour and a half of aimlessly walking the streets to try and find our hostel, but it was totally worth it to be able to experience Guinness in Ireland!! And yes, I did spend most of my time wondering where the lepricorns lived and where I could find one (or catch one), but I also got to experience [View Full Entry]

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Another sunny long weekend in London....what to do..... I really wanted to go away somewhere exotic for our May day long weekend, but the trouble is that all the airplane and accommodation prices increase! So I decided to stay home (in the UK) and explore more of the English countryside with one of my housemates. Monday morning, bright and early, I boarded a coach at Victoria Street Tube station armed with our cameras and backpacks and set off for a full day adventure around England. If was fun being a tourist for a day, and other people on the bus on [View Full Entry]

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Saturday was the sunniest day of the year so far. I think it managed to almost reach 30 degrees! Yes thats right! About time that it was my turn to gloat about the sun being on MY side of the world...And being the Harry Potter fan that I am, I thought I would spend the day running around London in the sun, and find all the famous sites from the movie. The first stop was Kings Cross Station. Now for those of you who have never seen Harry Potter, you may find this a bit boring....but for those of you who [View Full Entry]

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So while trying to book a flight to Turkey for ANZAC day, I came accross some cheap tickets to Krakow. I wasn't too sure about what was to be expected of Krakow, but after I Googled it, I realised that perhaps this city won't be too bad to visit after all. Friday night after work I headed straight for the Express train to the Airport. Only a 2 hour flight and I was in Poland. Another Language, another currency and warm weather! When we arrived at the airport in Krakow, we took a shuttle bus and express train into the city [View Full Entry]

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Just a quick entry: I know when people have nothing much to say, that they usually talk about the weather. But, i thought this was worth mentioning... or at least showing you photos! [View Full Entry]

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(I apologise now for the blurry photos i have attached. However, they were all taken with my phone so bad quality should be expected.) So when my Boss said that he needed someone to go and visit some Universities in Australia, I volunteered! Being summer in Oz, I had difficulty finding appropriate clothes to pack. I hadn’t needed a skirt or singlet for about 7 months and now I was 26 hours away from 30-40 degree sun. I couldn’t wait!!!! I hadn’t told mum and dad that I was coming back for a visit. They knew that I would be home [View Full Entry]

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