Happy Easter everyone, hope you all over indulged on chocolates! Well I had an awesome time in Brussels. Wasn’t really expecting much having heard that the city is pretty boring, but ended up really enjoying the place. Brussels is of course basically the European ‘capital’ being home to the European Parliament (not a very visually interesting building), and, despite what Jeremy Clarkson might say (and if you don’t know who Clarkson is, well watch SBS on Monday nights), the EU is pretty cool in my opinion. The city itself is not overly interesting, sure there are a few cool buildings but no standouts like Paris or London. Some parts of the city are really nice, there are the usual tourist haunts plus there are the dives (as well as dog poop galore on the sidewalks) but ... read more

Firstly, hello to all the newbies I’ve added to my blog mailout - hope you don’t mind me adding you, if you want to be removed just let me know (honest, I won’t be offended …). So its been a few weeks since my last update (sorry Tam) and not a great deal has happened. The other week I moved into a new flat - still with my flat mate Laura, long story but when I moved in with Laura the place we were in was just temporary whilst the old building was repaired for flood damage. We’ve now moved into the flat proper. Things are going well, still got my ensuite, a good sized room and a cool little ledge which I can sit on and look out over the street and read. Birthday the ... read more

Sunny Marrakech You can tell I'm slowly becoming a Pom when the thought of a few days of blue skies and 20'c maximum temps is like heaven on earth! Absolutely loved the sun in Marrakech and spent as much time in the sun as I could and even got a little sun burnt (yes bad I know but oh so good!). Marrakech as a holiday destination is definitely on the up and up with a fancy new airport soon to open, heaps of development going on and more cheap flights from UK/Europe bringing hundreds of tourists to the city - give it a few years and I think it will be one of the more popular sunny weekend breaks. The flight over was pretty spectacular with views of Portugal, Spain, the Rock of Gibraltar etc. Once ... read more

Well, welcome to the new year everyone! Hope you all had a great time no matter what you got up to. Myself, I had a relatively quiet NYE. Vaughan, Lucy and I headed to the Thames for the fireworks but we must have been in the wrong spot (despite the huge number of people around us that would indicate it was the right spot …) as from our vantage spot the fireworks were pretty crap and not a scratch on the Perth Skyshow let alone Sydney’s NYE celebrations. Still we had a fun night and didn’t drink too much (shocking and totally out of character I know!). I didn’t even wake with a hangover which made the train ride home more tolerable than it could have been. I did manage to have a party on my ... read more

Christmas is nearly upon us so I thought I’d send an update before everyone takes their Chrissie holidays. Well first up - I was meant to be in Faro in south Portugal today but clearly I’m not! Had my work Christmas party Friday night, had planned a quiet night but then I stumbled upon the Anyone that knows of my form at past Mallies Xmas parties would think it crazy that I would even consider flying at 8am on the morning after an Xmas party and I was definitely in my usual form at the Horwich Farrelly Xmas party - the open bar and the corresponding double jacks n coke and beers that flowed a little too freely resulted in me dancing away in fine form and partying late in the night (despite workmates reminding me ... read more