I confess ... by the third weekend in a row going out and doing stuff, you're excited, but perhaps that excitement is slightly tempered by how damn tired you are! Come Friday of the long weekend I wasn't as buzzed as I'd been the previous 2 weekends as all I wanted to do was sleep the entire weekend away, but instead I was jumping in a mini-bus for a trip to Pembroke in Wales for a weekend of walking, horseriding and quadbiking. Wouldn't have not gone for the world, but 2 weeks down the track ... I'm still tired. Long weekend [View Full Entry]

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Scotland over, time to continue my August tour of the UK and to be even handed decided to stay in Englands this weekend and head up to the Lake District in Cumbria with Dee who I travelled with in Turkey and Paul and Rach/Danny and Eva who we met on our Turkish boat cruise. I love the way a couple of days with people when travelling leads to ongoing friendships and trips elsewhere in the world. Dee and I jumped a train on Friday afternonn to Runcorn where Paul collected us so we could collect Rach in St Helens before doing [View Full Entry]

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Had to run up to Aberdeen for a site visit so thought this was the perfect excuse to see a bit more of Scotland. This is the kick off for UK travel frenzy and in the space of 3 weeks have managed to fit in visits to Scotland, North England (Lake District) and Wales (Pembrokeshire). Scotland is at this stage in my journeys my favourite part of the UK for scenery. I love the drama of the highlands and sweeping moors and as each time I visit I manage to score a wild mix of blue skys and stormy weather the [View Full Entry]

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OK, I admit I've been slack in the blog stakes lately, been a little too busy having a good time in London town. I have decided to turn over a new leaf and get back into the web communication game with the May bank holiday jaunt to the jewel of eastern europe, Prague. Ambar and I booked the trip back in Jan to make the most of bargain book in advance tickets with a real airline for a change (no hidden charges ... wooo hoooo). Arrived at Prague airport Thursday at a reasonable time and thanks to one of my Czech [View Full Entry]

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After last year's travel frenzy, 2009 has started on a slightly quieter note (not quieter in general just in the number of trips planned). The dreaded credit crunch, the plummeting uk pound and the need to be a little bit financially responsible has meant that I'm spending more weekends in the UK and less running around the continent. But me being me, incapable of staying in one place for too long, when a couple of friends mentioned a whirlwind trip to the capital of the Emerald Isle, I had to say yes. After the hassle of an early, early start involving [View Full Entry]

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Northern Ireland ... a place always associated with the Troubles, fear and unrest. Since Bruce moved there it meant it was time to find out what it was like for myself. Nothing like a prechristmas trip to a place colder than London - an island edging the North Sea - awesome! Flew in Friday night to be met by the smiley Bruce who found us food and had the whole weekend planned. Car hire (check), Black Cab Tour (check), pub visiting (check), trip north to find giants (check)! The Saturday morning we got picked up by a black cab which took [View Full Entry]

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One week it's sun and snow from a distance and the next it's in the thick of the swirly white stuff! In a particularly busy travel period of weekend trips it was up early Saturday morning and off to St Pancras for the Eurostar to Lille in France. This has to be the best invention in the world. Catch the tube to Kings Cross St Pancras, be ready 30 mins before departure, through French customs before boarding the train and an hour or so later you are walking out in the middle of town in a completely different world (with much [View Full Entry]

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I finally stepped foot upon the dark continent ... so exciting! OK, it's taken me 2 months to share, but there is nothing like the feeling of stepping foot not only in a new country, but in a new continent. Africa is so far removed from Australia and the stuff of dreams as it feels so remote (and expensive) to visit. A bit of prebooking meant return flights and 4 nights accommodation for the princely sum of £165 ... or about 330 Aussie $$$, try getting across our country for that, let alone to another completely different part of the world. [View Full Entry]

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Leaving Zadar to travel to Zagreb with one little stop over at Plitvice Lakes National Park. This place was the highlight of this trip as it was the most stunningly beautiful place. It's about 1/2 way between the two cities and is well worth a visit. It would be lovely at any time of the year, but in Autumn with the trees changing colour the reds, oranges and yellows against the clear blue green waters is breathtaking. Everyone often talks about clear water, but I have never seen water this clear which was great as I got to spend lots of [View Full Entry]

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Zadar - city with 2 of the coolest things in Europe - the Sea Organ and the Sun Disk. These 2 things lift Zadar from being just another lovely Croatian coastal town to being a special place in my memory. Our first stop was coffee for me, a gallery for the guys then off to centre of happiness - the Sea Organ. Outside the old town on the sea front they have build a series of pipes into the waterfront so that the in and out of the waves create sounds along the waterfront. It's a wonderfully relaxing place to sit [View Full Entry]

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