Geo: 40.7528, -73.9853So where were we? Oh that's right, I was talking about my trip to New York.So to continue the second part of this story...insert flash back moment here...I think it was a few days earlier when we were talking with Ross, a friend of Matt's, who was talking about going to a game, we asked him what game he was going to and it was a NBA Basketball game at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks vs Indiana Pacers. He told us that we might be able to get tickets, and if not there will be scalpers around. We thought it was very interesting opportunity to go and experience, so we did.We took our time in the morning as the game wasn't starting till 1pm. So we did a little research on little ... read more

Geo: -45.0311, 168.663New Zealand for Christmas, not a bad place to be at this time of the year, although in saying that after one day at the parent's place in Christchurh we wanted to get out and about. Naturally Queenstown was the first option.We all flew in to Christchurch at different flights but on the same day, the prevoius week had been spent in Melbourne, catching up with some friends and attending my brothers graduation.It seems to be the way now where I visit Melbourne for 4 or 5 days and then I'm off again, off on another adventure, not to return for another 4 months, then the whole cycle repeats itself.It was the first time we got to see the new house in Christchurch, perched on the hills behind the city, beautufl views to the ... read more

Geo: 51.2094, 3.22523"Ok then, just off to another country for the day, I'll be back in time for dinner". A phrase rarely uttered by an Australian. But in this case just going to Brugge (Or England) for the day is second nature for the Nord pas de Calais people.We left the rolling green hills of France to the flat, farmed countryside of Belgium, with only a small sign to confirm the change of country. No checkpoint, so no stamp on the passport. The language changes from the language of love to the harder toned and spoken Flemish, so we were both out of our depths.It was only a 1.5 hour trip and before we knew it we were standing in front of a statue with no map wondering which direction to take. Just head towards the ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097As I lay here on the grass just below the Eiffel Tower, blue sky with 5 or so jet streams constantly painting the sky, I can't help being so amazed at how beautiful Paris is.Three days was a good time to explore this wonderful city although we still didn't manage to see it all. Where to begin?Well we caught the Eurostar from London to Paris in the morning, it only took 2 hours and we found ourselves standing in front of a confusing map of the Paris Metro at the Gare Du Nord Train station.London and Paris underground metro's are quite similar. Paris metro has 25 different train lines to take you just about anywhere, labelled from A-E, 1-14 and some others chucked in the mix, it really isn't that confusing. Although in saying ... read more

Geo: 54.3568, -3.03676The Lake District is quite beautiful. The grass is so green, the air is fresh and for us the weather was perfect.We arrived to Windermere by train from Manchester. We only just managed to make the train with only a minute to spare due missing our original bus, the replacement bus into Manchester left us no margin for error. We caught a cab to our accommodation, the Compston House American style bed and breakfast. We were greeted kindly with many repeats of our names, probably to helpremember. The funny thing is I wouldn't know their names and it's been two days.Sue and Jerry (I finally remembered their names) make you feel comfortable, until you have breakfast where you walk out with your pants unzipped and barely able to move from the share quantity of ... read more