Ok picture this: It's cold and raining, you're sitting uncomfortably on the side of a muddy cliff and if you slip you will most likely die, you've had to get up at 5am to get to this cliff, you are also starving. You try and sleep but it's uncomfortable and rain is dripping on your face, plus the noise is just deafening. Now picture this: You are in a helicopter it lands on the back of a super yacht, you are greeted by Quentin Tarantino who passes you a glass of champagne, you wander over and nibble on caviar whilst talking [View Full Entry]

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The staff at the hostel were great and every morning would come around with maps telling you good places to visit and how to get there. On this day we decided we'd go to Eze, a small medieval town perched atop a hill with great views out over the ocean. On the way Jez continued his shocking form with his camera. He would see a good view, scramble to get his camera out, click and ... lamp post. He sometimes mixed it up with trees, powerlines and the side of buildings. I think he should produce a 2009 calendar of Europes [View Full Entry]

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We decided that we'd get up early and try and pack in a full day of sightseeing. We almost got run over about three or four times on our way to the train station in town. The drivers aren't to be trusted, even at zebra crossings and red lights you've got to look twice and it doesn't help that the cars are on the wrong side of the road. Left is right, right is not right. France were having train strikes while we were there which meant angry people and delays. We didn't have it too bad, but it was a [View Full Entry]

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After a nice long sleep in we went down for breakfast. We were faced with a tough choice - 12 different cereals, each one more sugary than the next. Once fed we gathered a day pack each and caught a tram into the city. They have the most sensual tunes on the trams when you reach a destination. Jez recorded one of them on video, but there were better ones. Anyway when in town we strolled around the docks, main beach and a central area with parks and a sh*tload of fountains. We had lunch in one of the parks and [View Full Entry]

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After two days of packing, moving out of my flat, saying goodbye to friends and organising accommodation around Europe, Jez and I were ready for Eurotrip 08. I said my goodbyes to Nicola who was going up north to spend time with her family and friends for a few weeks before our trip to Canada. I suppose I should give you a little background on my travelling companion Jeremy 'Jez' King. I met him while playing football in Christchurch for Avon united (we lost every game for a whole year). We flatted together too before I headed off to the UK. [View Full Entry]

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A few days before leaving London Todd, Rach, Jaimee and I did a Thames boat tour. I Probably should have done it two years prior but better late than never. We started by Temple and passed all sorts before arriving into Greenwich. The commentary was interesting I just wish I remembered what he talked about. I do remember him pointing out a pub that had been on the Thames since the 1500s but not much else. In Greenwich we walked around the Royal Navy College before I decided we had to visit my old favourite chinese haunt one last time. So [View Full Entry]

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My first day of being unemployed I had a nice sleep in before heading off to Lords to watch the Blackcaps take on the English. It's a hard life but someone has to do it. I had received four tickets in the ballot so Todd, Rachel and Jaimee came too. The weather sadly was a bit miserable. When it finally started NZ batted first and struggled with the wet conditions. It didn't seem to bother Brendon McCullum though he adopted his usual attacking style and looked like he was heading for a well earned century only to be bowled for 97. [View Full Entry]

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Before my Europe adventure I still had three days of work left. They flew by. On the Monday after work I was surprised to find my mate Jez sitting in my lounge. Somehow I had mistaken the dates and thought he was arriving the following night. Thankfully my flatmates were trusting and let him in. For my last day of work my team went out to lunch. I really enjoyed my time with RBS. I had a great team who were both hard working yet easy to get along with. Plus most of them were Arsenal supporters, only one fancied those [View Full Entry]

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Just hours after arriving back from Croatia I had gathered my football gear and headed to Battersea park where a cup semi final awaited. Unfortunately we had drawn the top team from the division above us, so we were going to be in for a tough match. The weather was scorching, hotter than anything I experienced in Croatia. Nerves were high too, well as high as you could expect for a team that usually turns up 10 minutes before the match. We donned our striking (and for most of us rather tight) purple kit and headed out for a warm up. [View Full Entry]

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Some of the crew had signed up to do rafting early in the morning. Nic and I were quite glad that we had made the decision not to as we were a tad seedy. We had a bit of a sleep in and strolled down to the beach and munched on crisps for breakfast. Shawn and Ami were there too and had opted for an ice-cream breakfast. When everyone was back we set off for Split our final destination. We stopped off for a swim and jumped off the roof a fair bit seeing as it was to be our last [View Full Entry]

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