Blogs from Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

we travelled down the national road towards barcelona ...near Girona we started to see semi naked prostitutes standing or sitting onchairs by the roadway...we new times were tough here but this is looking really bad.These girls were all about 20 and some had no undies on ..it was extroadinary and suddenly Denis welcomed his arrival in spain and for once it wasnt about food!!!!!Last night went to watch madrid and barcelona play football in a restaurant surrounded by spaniards that hated madrid..an exciting game that was a draw in the end...we were barricking along with the locals..we got to the camp late and were locked out so we had to jump a verrrry big fence pissed...how ridiculous..this morning we are lethargic and just hoping the CCTV was not on!!!The beach here at Blanes is superb and ... read more

The campsite is at Fusina a crummy port that looks over the lagoon to Venice.we got there quite late and it was foggy the next morning we woke up to a most beautiful red sky and the floating town looming in the mist.We hopped on the ferry so excited ...Its hard to unravell the superlatives for this place its like nowhere else on earth.I am currently reading the city of falling angels..john berendt who makes the town and its people come alive.The ferry landed and we raced to the acedemia bridge over the grand canal and stood there gobsmacked for sometime..its an awesome sight ..the gondolas.the churches,the little bridges, the eerie singing of the gondoliers as they row people around the canals..only the asians at present they must be loaded...no one else can afford the gondolas.We ... read more

Travelling from Germany across the Alps into Austria then Italy has to be one of the great drives of the world.The scenery is awesome!!!You cant imagine how they built those roads that carve their way thru those huge mountains.We arrive in Bolzano in the area known as The Tyrol..where everything seems Austrian.It was owned by Austria before he war then after became Italy but someone forgot to tell the residents.Yesterday we had a coffee and a splendid piece of Linzer cake that I must learn how to cook...and stumbled upon a strange sect dressed in knickerbockers,green shirts,red vests and a black hat with a white feather..they all looked jolly enough but apparently they were disliked by Mussolini and banned but since the 60"s they have risen and they are PROUD.I do think their clobber needs a ... read more

Testing the blog before departure...so seems to be working.After London we picked up Ruby,the camper ..she is a bit old needed a paint inside but apart from that has everything we need for a home the next 6 months. Have been here for 2 weeks already and still deep in the west country.I feel like Alice in Wonderland things and me seem to be shrinking.The streets,the houses and the doorways...one has to pull in and move more quietly..everything is so neat. Dartmoor the first stop is beautiful ,the heather in full bloom and the hay harvest smelling so sweet. Denis is searching for a decent expresso...none yet Brithish food is different ..I love the canned food they stuff everything into a can...sausages and bacon ..korma..meat pies ..its amazing..just waiting for the sunday roast.!!! Devonshire ham and ... read more

音乐制作人John 是个非常疯癫的人。我们一起在唐人街吃完晚餐后他便在色情影像店里买了本色情书刊送给我。说，那是见面礼物。 John is a crazy musician guy. He bought me a porno book as my first gift right after we finished dinner at China Town.... read more