Living the Dream My travel journal to help keep friends and family up to date with where I am in the world.

My Final Post

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 19 Oct 2006 | Views [885]

I have been back nearly two weeks now and am getting back into the reality of having to get up each morning and go to work rather than to Rome or Paris. It does take a few days though and getting fit again after all the drinking and eating will take a ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Nearly at the end

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 2 Oct 2006 | Views [512]

Only a few days to go now and I'll be on my way home to Brisbane. In the last couple of weeks I have travelled to the North of England and the North of France. I have been to Manchester twice to watch Manchester United play at Old Trafford. I have also ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

A few days of normality at last

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Sep 2006 | Views [525]

Made it to England from Croatia a few days ago. From the airport I had to take a train to Farrington station, then the tube from Farrington to Liverpool Street station, where I got on another train to Colchester Station, where I got a bus into the main ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Just relaxing in the sun

CROATIA | Sunday, 10 Sep 2006 | Views [501]

Arrived in Slit today from the island of Hvar where I had been for the last three nights. Hvar was all about sunbaking on the beaches of the various islands with a swim here and there to cool off. Tough life, I admit. Just in Split for two nights before ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

A Motor Boat or a Sail Boat?

CROATIA | Tuesday, 5 Sep 2006 | Views [1007]

I can't quite decide which one I want to buy to cruise up and down the Adriatic in. The coast of Croatia is on par with the best Australia can offer but can probably go in front as Australia cannot offer the old towns that Croatia can offer or as many ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Italy

ITALY | Friday, 1 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Spain

SPAIN | Friday, 1 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: France and Monaco

FRANCE | Friday, 1 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: England

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 1 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Croatia

CROATIA | Friday, 1 Sep 2006 | Photo Gallery

The Trials and Tribulations of Travel

ITALY | Thursday, 31 Aug 2006 | Views [495]

I am about to leave Positano on a ferry to Salerno where I will catch a bus to Benevuto and then a train to Bari where I will board another ferry for the overnight trip to Dubrovnik in Croatia. That is one hell of a long day. Yesterday I thought I might ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

More stunning views

ITALY | Monday, 28 Aug 2006 | Views [476]

I'm in Positano right now which is one of the towns on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. The views of the coastline - with the towns built into the side of the cliff - are simply stunning. Staying in a hostel with plenty of Aussies but that's not suprising. ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Gallery: Belarus and Poland

POLAND | Saturday, 26 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Russia

RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Saturday, 26 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Scandinavia

SWEDEN | Saturday, 26 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Czech Republic

CZECH REPUBLIC | Saturday, 26 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Germany

GERMANY | Saturday, 26 Aug 2006 | Photo Gallery

Where timetables are a rough guide

ITALY | Thursday, 24 Aug 2006 | Views [428]

Left Nice, on my own, by train to Cinque Terra (five towns) with a change in Genoa. Cinque Terra easily rates up there with some of the best sights I have seen. It is a stretch of the Ligurian Coast (North West) between Levanto and La Spezia which is ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Barcelona - What a nightmare!

FRANCE | Thursday, 17 Aug 2006 | Views [500]

The day we were due to leave Madrid we awoke early (about 9am or so) so we could get to the train station for the 10:00am train. We had heard we had to book a ticket so we were being hopeful. Needless to say we missed that train and the one after (which ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Halo from the Spanish Capital

SPAIN | Wednesday, 9 Aug 2006 | Views [499]

In Madrid at the present and it´s damn hot. Took a bus tour of the city today and saw all the main sites while yesterday we went to the Bernabau which is the stadium Real Madrid play at. We did the stadium tour and museum while we were there. Previously ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel