LA

In LA! Probably won't actually leave Hollywood for the two days I'm staying here.

Took 2 1/2 hours to get out the friggin LAX airport! At the very first traffic lights saw a McDonalds and a Hummer.

Went out last night to Sunset Blvd, listened to live rock/country (well, it was just rock but the accent made it sound countryish). It was awesome. Made me feel like I really was in the US of A!

Other observations:
Hollywood - touristy but fun
Madame Tussauds - creepy
Star spotting - Justin Timberlake

View out the hostel window as I'm posting this:











The Kodak theatre is where the Academy Awards are hosted.

(Something failed with the photo upload. Will put up a better one when I can)

I'm alive!

Going to resurrect this blog to tell everyone how good being in Canada is :) Leaving on the 26th August - two weeks to go!

Hopefully I will have time to post. As you can see below, I wasn't very successful when I went to Europe two years ago. I'll try though.

If you happen to be looking through the older posts below and get to the one about a new blog .... don't bother. It is dead, very dead.

After Europe

Arrived back home this afternoon and the post holiday let down hasn't hit yet, probably tomorrow.

I'll provide a lot more info as I transfer some of my journal notes here, but here are some stats:

29 days
6 countries
13 cities slept overnight
5600 photos
I'm not yet considering the final monetary cost :)

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