CZECH REPUBLIC | Monday, 6 Apr 2009 | Views [951] | Comments [1]
Waking up early this morning we felt something abuzz: 'there's something happening around the corner and we should go an check it out', we thought. So we walked down the road and bumped into Barack and Michelle Obama... Not exactly how it happened, ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Monday, 6 Apr 2009 | Photo Gallery
Obama visits Prague on a european tour. Lucky for us it was just around the corner at Prague Castle, so the early morning start wasn't entirely painful...
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CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009 | Views [1470]
So we accepted Ales' invite to trundle down the D1 from Prague to Brno and head to his wee town of 2000 people for the once annual winter ball. Held inside because... well work it out for yourself... too bloody cold in the snow and ice outside, the ... Read more >
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CZECH REPUBLIC | Monday, 16 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
Invited by Ales, whom we met at Cejkovice during the Brno MotoGP, we headed off to his home town for a night of dance, traditional costumes and one or two drinks. Ouch, my head hurts.
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FINLAND | Monday, 19 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
-35 degrees celsius, a log cabin in the middle of nowhere, an endless supply of Finlandia vodka (which was, unfortunately, taken advantage of on my part), ski-dooing, reindeer sleighs, huski sledging and bare-arsed workmates…now this is a work junket ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | Views [1612]
Spent our time dodging flying scales and bloody innards from freshly
decapitated and debowelled carp on every other street corner; fathers
with their kiddies picking out the best Christmas tree to take home to
mum, who's no doubt enslaved by the ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
Need we say more??!! ** WARNING: if you're offended by freshly slaughtered fish, don't look at this gallery (sorry, morbid, we know - but it's on the streets!)
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FRANCE | Wednesday, 26 Nov 2008 | Views [1164]
With the global economy doing what it is, we jumped on a cheapy SkyEurope flight to Paris to see what mischief we could get up to before budget airlines start packing it in. Of course that meant being at the airport for a 05:45am check-in followed ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 | Views [1694]
What better way to show off the wonderful city of Prague and its
beautiful, nice-smelling people (especially at gyms, squash courts and
on any public transport vehicle) than by comparing it all with their
brethren up the road in Deutschland who.... Read more >
Tags: berlin, thai
FRANCE | Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
A long weekend in Paris was just what the doctor ordered - well, we thought it was a good idea anyway.
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GERMANY | Saturday, 20 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
A long weekend with the infamous and adorable Dan & Rob in Berlin saw us leaving Prague after a working week on Friday and arriving in Berlin 5 hrs later by a rickety train and accompanied by a lot of laughs. Join us as we put a modern spin on this already ...
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SAN MARINO | Wednesday, 10 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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SAN MARINO | Wednesday, 10 Sep 2008 | Views [2111]
How quickly does a year go! We returned to Italy at the end of August for the 2nd San Marino MotoGP - which happened to fall on the same day as my b'day (could celebrate it in worse ways!). True to form, Italy again served up delicious meal after ... Read more >
CROATIA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
Wanting to escape a poor Prague summer, Brett and I headed for the pristine waters of Zadar, Croatia for 10 days. It felt like 2006 all over again only better.
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CROATIA | Wednesday, 30 Jul 2008 | Views [804]
Wanting to escape a poor Prague
summer, Brett and I headed for the pristine waters of Zadar, Croatia
for 10 days. Zadar is my home away from
home but this time it was even better as my parents and cousin Klaudia were
going to be there ... Read more >
CYPRUS | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [1739]
(See our photos here: http://journals.worldnomads.com/maria_brett/gallery/11201.aspx ) What to do with a week of your life and a visit from your good mate from Oz? You activate your Out of Office reply on your work emails and head off to sunny, dusty ... Read more >
CYPRUS | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
One week on a tiny island? Not much to see and do? You've gotta be kidding!! It's impossible to see every inch of this island: Greek on the south and occupied by Turkey in the north since 1974, this place has been settled, colonised, occupied, built on, ...
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IRELAND | Friday, 9 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
Back in November last year we had the pleasure of meeting Aidan and Noel from Ireland at the Valencia MotoGP. Not only did the guys (a) get me drunk before having to meet Brett for dinner (b) raise a lot of money for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and ...
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IRELAND | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [2525]
Maria: Back in November last year we had the pleasure of meeting Aidan and Noel from Ireland at the Valencia MotoGP. Not only did the guys (a) get me drunk before having to meet Brett for dinner, (b) raise a lot of money for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI), ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Saturday, 12 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Following Mum and David's recent engagement (yeeee haaaa!!!!) my sisters and David's daughters combined forces and threw a surprise engagement party (at Mum & David's house!!), gathering most of Mum and David's friends and family together at a moment's ...
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DENMARK | Wednesday, 9 Apr 2008 | Views [1675]
Is it their high cheekbones or obsession with a funky, modern monarchy? Or is it the dry salted fish that improves their diet and overall wellbeing? Or perhaps their penchant for clean, tidy, modern orderliness, as embodied by little-known lifestyle ... Read more >
DENMARK | Tuesday, 8 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
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HUNGARY | Saturday, 1 Mar 2008 | Views [1989]
If Prague is popular for women (and possibly men?) wanting a cheap boob job, why is it that Budapest is the Prague of dental jobs? Any googler looking to have their crowns tipped or canals rooted might find comfort in such places as the Fortuna Hotel ... Read more >
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HUNGARY | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery
Overnight train to the capital of dental makeovers, the home of goulasch and did we mention the friendliest people?!
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CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [1148] | Comments [3]
"Waaaaa... waaaahhhhh...", not the screaming of a newborn but the perfect harmonic of a fine-tuned rally car as it came straight THROUGH OUR WINDOW - well that's what it felt like as we tried to prise our eyes from a deep Sunday morning sleep.... Read more >
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