The good thing about living and working in a city that is based around the river is that it’s always easy to get there for some fresh air. That’s pretty rare in many cities. Brisbane has a number of walking paths (and cycling paths) that hug the river, so it’s really just a case of […]
Book Review – Drive Thru America
I hesitated to buy this book at first, as it didn’t seem to have a clear theme or focus, apart from the obvious driving around America. I was right and wrong. My first impression was that the book is very slow to start. Nearly 100 pages in & they haven’t even gotten a car, they’re […]
Hotel vs Hostel
It’s been a long time since I’ve stayed in a hotel. Partly because I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like, partly through choice. I’ve called this hostel vs hotel but in reality, it’s expensive/traditional accommodation vs alternate accommodation. Of course, there are other options, such as couch surfing and serviced apartments among others, but […]
Bucket Lists
I’ve read quite a few “must-do” blog posts recently. What happens is that they look interesting, I open them, read (or skim) them, generally feel an agreeable sense wash over me. Then something feels wrong, and I go “What/why?” Here’s my “must-do”: You MUST DO what you like. So why am I […]
Contiki Review
Contiki – 6 years after The decision to go Contiki: The choice to take a tour was made for me, in reality. I was 19 and living around London with my parents. I hadn’t moved out of home yet. And when you haven’t moved out of home yet, even if you’re legally an […]
Contiki – European Discovery 2005 – Day 10
Day 10 – Thursday 30th June, 2005 Lucerne – Paris, France Once again I think we had an early wake-up, around 6am. I don’t remember a lot of this day, we just did a rather large amount of driving, and it was one of those days where most people just caught up on sleep, […]
Contiki – European Discovery 2005 – Day 11
Day 11 – Friday 1st July, 2005 Paris So, after what still felt like another early wake up call, although it was probably only 7am (instead of the usual 6) we headed downstairs to the semi-free-for-all that was breakfast. At this point there was at least one other Contiki group staying in the hotel, […]
Contiki – European Discovery 2005 – Day 12
Day 12 – Saturday 2nd July, 2005 Paris, France – London, UK After a way too early wake up call (probably wasn’t any earlier than the rest of the tour, but less sleep equals early feeling really early), we all packed up very quickly and loaded our stuff onto the bus for the last […]
Contiki – European Discovery 2005 – Day 9
Day 9 – Wednesday 29th June, 2005 Florence – Lucerne, Switzerland I woke up that morning still not remembering at all how Kate had gotten in the night before. As usual, I had a quick shower while she woke up, and when she was awake enough, I asked her how she’d gotten in. She […]
Contiki – European Discovery 2005 – Day 8
Day 8 – Tuesday 28th June, 2005 Rome – Florence Usual wake up call of around 6 am, brekkie, then drove to Florence, back up the same roads we’d taken to get to Rome. I think we got there around 2 or 3pm, so the drive wasn’t too bad I guess. Most people were […]