Trip: France 2011
There are [19] stories from my trip: France 2011
IRELAND | Sunday, 14 Aug 2011 | Views [1177]
OK so the title says the Ring of Kerry but really it is more about the Skellig Ring as that, apart from driving along with the caterpillars (this is Tara and Paul speak for tour buses), we pretty much stayed on the Ring of Skellig. This was mainly ... Read more >
IRELAND | Saturday, 6 Aug 2011 | Views [577]
OK a mate of ours has been banging on for years about just how great the Burren was and his name is Kim Bamblett and Kim guess what you are right. The Burren is awesome and our stay in Lisdoonvarna showed us just how good it was. Yep good old ... Read more >
IRELAND | Wednesday, 3 Aug 2011 | Views [746]
Hello from cloudy but fine Kenmare quite possibly the culinary capital of the world and in real time a few weeks further along than the places that we are writing about today. Yes we have been enjoying ourselves too much to sit on the computer and type ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 28 Jul 2011 | Views [1050]
Odd title huh well not as odd as the tale of a chased Giant who dressed up as a baby to scare off the Scottish Giants. Yep drugs have been around for a very long time. The story goes that the Scottish Giants were so scared that a baby could be this ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 24 Jul 2011 | Views [446]
Yep we are falling behind a bit but this is not due to us being lazy but more because of that fact that it is light until freaking 10pm. By the time we stop doing stuff it is just about time for bed. Anyhow we will try and get stuff back on track from ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 | Views [585]
Righto, as Paul mentions, we've been burning the candle from both ends rather a lot. This has only been sustainable at times with strategically placed nana naps in the late afternoon (but don't tell anyone!!!). Caught the Eurostar from Paris to London, ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 10 Jul 2011 | Views [785]
Right now there is no need to get the wrong idea about all of this as I actually enjoyed it even if the majority of people were the academic types. So of course I am talking about the Cartographic conference in Paris that I attended at the beginning ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 10 Jul 2011 | Views [625] | Comments [1]
Okay the Sagrada is amazing, and if you ever get the opportunity it is an awesome experience visually, architecturally and spiritually. It is also a great way to tone up your abdominal muscles, practice avoidance of other people looking up at the vaulted ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 5 Jul 2011 | Views [481]
Not quite sure where we got up to but I think that we might have had 2 days in this great city which means that it was time for the SAGRADA!! Oh yeah all of those people at Worley mark this day as soon Paul Rolfe will be archiving the 1999 photo that ... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 2 Jul 2011 | Views [591]
OK so it is nearly 6pm on our last day in Barcelona and even though we thought that we would be able to get a few comments in before now it just has not happened. If some of you out there are unaware there is actually one or two things to do in this ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 28 Jun 2011 | Views [514]
Hey everyone! Well, I've been on hols for a bit longer than Paul and have already forgotten how to type! I was lucky enough to have a row of seats to myself on both legs of my flight to Paris, which was fantastic as I got some great sleep. Got into ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 | Views [617]
Did I mention that I'm not big on travelling by myself? There's no-one to say 'hey, look at that!' or 'remember when...' Anyway, less whining, more typing! My trip to Nantes on the train was uneventful, except that getting to Gare Montparnasse on ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 25 Jun 2011 | Views [310]
OK so I think that I got up to Friday where I was sad sitting in an empty house with no wife, dog or cat and not enough time to watch football or drink nearly enough beer. Well that continued on Saturday with the hours disappearing away under the vacuum, ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 24 Jun 2011 | Views [390]
OK I stuffed up last night and forgot to write I am very sorry but it was a night where I really did not want to do anything but sit on my bum and do nothing and that is what I did. It was the end of a heavy week but now it is over and I can start to ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011 | Views [233]
Yep only tomorrow and I will be on the downhill run to Paris, via some cleaning, and daughter dropping off in Mandurah with the parents. No we do not actually have a daughter but to us something just as good a dog named Rooby and she is very dear us.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 21 Jun 2011 | Views [214]
But unfortunately I am not, getting sick of work, want to be out of there and not winding down as I should be. Right that is enough of the moaning time to be positive. It's Tuesday which means I only have two days left and I rearranged my hair cut to ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 20 Jun 2011 | Views [237]
Firstly Dad congrats you have turned 71 which of course is 17 backwards....magical hey? Well anyhow there was a dinner at my sister Allisons place but after getting out of work at 6.10 I was in no mood to do anything other than come home and sit my arse ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 19 Jun 2011 | Views [213]
Gee it really sucks when one of you is travelling and the other is at home regardless of what hat you wear. This time around Tara is wearing the pastry eating hat and I am wearing the stay at home hat which for the most part is OK but I am missing Tara ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 17 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
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