Pauly Paul

In the middle of the ocean floor Welcome to my final Americana blog for 2011! I arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday night after a 5 hour flight from Los Angeles and even though it was relatively short I still was quite tired. After waiting around for my shuttle I eventually made it to my hotel around 10pm and the weather that greeted me was actually pretty nice – not too hot but not cold either. I had an early night and got up early Wednesday to do the pre-requisite Laundry duties (down to my last few items of unworn clothes) and after that headed to Denny’s conveniently located below my hotel for some breaky. It’s all runofthemill fastfood diner meals, but they had weird concoctions for bacon which seemed to be their food of choice. Bacon ... read more

The Sound of San Francisco Greetings and salutations from the Bay City Area. Upon arrival it was cold cold cold here. But the last 2 days have been glorious so - so far so good. After New York I've been most looking forward to my visit to San Fran and as yet it hasn't disappointed. It is very similar to Sydney e.g. city surrounded by Water, same weather at the moment (from what I've heard - it's averaging around 14-16 degrees at most a day here since I have arrived) and people have the same temperament as my beloved city I call home (sometimes pretty good, sometimes....not). After a 9 or so hour day of travelling from hotel to hotel from Vegas to San Fran on Monday with connecting flights via LAX, I arrived at my ... read more

A city so nice I blogged it twice Right! Sick of me? you will be after this. I have had a jam packed couple of days here in NYC. No intro's; so let's get to it. So firstly, yesterday I went on the SATC tour at the behest of my eldest sister. It started from the Midtown end of Central Park and as I was one of the few people schlepping it solo, I was partnered with a girl that was also doing the tour alone. She happened to be from Frankfurt (15 mins outside of Idstein specifically!!!) where I had just came from. She was alone as her boyfriend was working in the city for the day and she wanted to look at a few things before they toured the city together for the weekend. ... read more

Wie geht's dir? (how are you *peeps*?) I'm here in Germany now (just about to leave for the USA) and I've had a great couple of days here in Deutschland. I arrived on Friday afternoon to Frankfurt after schlepping it to Heathrow airport on the longest tube ride I've ever caught, ready for my friend Rachelle's wedding. As soon as I arrived we hopped in a car and headed to Idstein about 60 mins South of Frankfurt. It is one of the cutest towns I've ever been too- with traditional German architecture and buildings. Rachelle likened the place to a tiny toy town or a movie set. It's quite surreal being there. So first night there we went for dinner and then I helped set up the reception for the wedding on Saturday night. I had ... read more

It has begun Welcome kiddies! my 2011 travelbloggin starts now! hooray (you say)! so this entry will be short cause I'm just off the plane and jetlagged. I left Sydney yesterday afternoon around 3pm and arrived at 4pm today (7am London time). It's all quite surreal that I'm travelling again as it's been 4 long years since my last trip outside Oz and I don't think it's sunk in yet. Sooooooo I flew Etihad to London via Abu Dhabi which was good but still arduous. Before I even sat down in my chair on the plane on the SYD-AUH leg, the fatheaded jerkoff sitting in front of me had reclined his chair to the max and kept it that way the entire flight. Etihad economy chairs aren't that large (see pic) so I had little space ... read more