Blogs from Europe - page 10057

Thursday 22nd May - Journal Notes are work in progress - some pics uploaded in the interim.... read more

Recomendations for anyone travelling long distances. Back to back 11 hour flights are not a good idea. Also if you are stopping in Hong Kong then try to get there after ten in the morning. That way you are less likely to be stuck in a transit lounge for hours looking at the shops through a security window. That said having a Friday that lasted 36 hours ment when we did get to Hamburg we slept like logs, despite the fact our hostel was on the loudest street with the most emergency vehicals in all of Hamburg. Get lag was minimal. I still consider our stay in Hamburg part of the travelling to the start of our trip. We slept for about 6 hours, then tired though we were it was dinner time in NZ and ... read more

May 20, 21, 2008 RAGUSA, Sicily / MALTA Today was a short drive from Taormina to Ragusa in the very south of Sicily. This is another very nice drive through some beautiful scenery through the mountains valleys and lots and lots of seascapes from the high freeway. This is an interesting grain farming area with vineyards and fruit growing areas. In Ragusa there is not a lot to do but we took a walk to visit a local botanical garden and of course another large “Duomo” church. Wednesday morning we got an early start to catch the ferry to Malta from Pozzallo. This was a very comfortable 90 min. ferry trip on a new, fast, catamaran. B.C. Ferries could learn a lot from these guys. Malta is pretty small so we organized a day excursion through ... read more

Today is my last night in Vienna and I am sad that I am leaving. I have had such a great time here. I have met so many people and have had such a great time. I met a girl last night that went to high school with lots of people that I hung out with in college. Today I just walked around. I went to the Belvedere Museum and saw Klimt's The Kiss. It was breath-taking. I saw a couple that I had met in the hostel the night before and ended up walking around with them the rest of the day. Vienna is great and I wish that more people would have told me because I could have spent more days here. I have booked all of my hostels and don't want to loose ... read more

We've been here for just over a week, but it feels like much more than that. Our job hunt has begun in earnest - Mon is rocking the web with her business acumen while I stare blankly at a computer. I find searching fo jobs on the web singularly dispiriting due to the lack of interaction - it's you vs the screen. If I see the words 'implement' and 'deliver' in the same sentence again I may give it all up and become a nun... No pressure, though - we are happily ensconced in the Eton Manor, the jet lag has worn off and we are enjoying the weather here (I kid you not!). Our jobhunting is punctuated by walks along the Thames or in Windso Great Park; the latter a public piece of Crown land ... read more