Further adventures

Very busy, I'm not even up to date on my trip diary, let alone this blog.

Today is the last full day in europe. In Berlin, and flying out tomorrow.
I take off tue afternoon, but don't land in Sydney until thurs morning!

Where I've been since the last post (nights stayed):
Nice, France (2)
Turin, Italy (2)
Freiburg, Germany (1)
Munich, Germany (3)
Brussels, Belgium (2)
Bruges, Belgium (1)
Antwerp, Belgium (1)
Aachen, Germany (1)
Berlin, Germany (3)

See ya

Update

Have been spending too much time eating, drinking, sightseeing to update this blog. Sorry!

Quick update:

In Paris until Tue 3rd. Hectic, trying to fit in all the sights.
Train to Lyon. Was here two nights relaxing. Hostel on hill overlooking the city. Drinking bottles of 4 euro wine on the balcony. Beautiful!
Travel to Carcassonne yesterday. Hostel within the citadel. Taken gigs of photos.
Current plan is heading tomorrow to Nice, then Turin in northern Italy.

London

I flew into london on tuesday morning and John arrived in the evening.
I'll be catching the tunnel train to paris in a couple of hours.

London was how I expected it to be:
Pubs with character on every second corner.
Room temperature beer.
Red double decker buses and black taxis.
Amazing old buildings.
The sky is overcast.

Some unexpected things:
Beer really cheep.
Police constables everywhere.
Seeing the queen drive into Buckingham Palace.
It hasn't rained much.

I'm love the history.
We're staying in a backpackers that used to be a courthouse where Charles Dickens once worked.
Visited a war museum which had the ship gun that fired the first allied salvo in World War One.

Blogging update

I haven't blogged in a while and my main blog page is currently bust, but since I'm currently travelling europe I will resurrect this one to share my adventures.

Enjoy

Permanent blog now ready

My permanent blog has finally been set up!
Find it at www.sachqua.com/blog

Viking, um, ship?

Sounds like fun?

A viking ship made out of 15 million ice cream sticks, stuck together with 6 tons of glue, is seeking crew members to sail across the Atlantic from Holland to Canada (via Greenland).

Touted on the web page as the world's only "Full Size Recycled Ship".

Snow report

More snow last night!
Covering the hills on the way to work, and very icy roads. No accidents, though, everyone driving at 60-80kph. Took lots of photos.
No snow in town, but long icicles on everything and our sloped driveway was slick with ice. Just about went arse up getting into the car.

Edit: There were accidents. The local paper reported 10 crashes in an hour. And everyone I talked to had a few fun fishtails while getting to work.