Holiday in Barcelona

Spent alot of time near Las Ramblas. Visited the Olympic Stadium, ate paella and ice cream waffles, went to the Sagrada Familia (amazing!) and Parc Guell (also brilliant). Picasso museum and a day by the 'beach' and lots of shopping! ...

 

Spain

Paul and I just spent a week in Spain. We flew into Barcelona but only stayed there for a couple of nights before getting the train up to Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls. Barcelona is definately somewhere I would want to go back to eventually. It...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

London 1995

After a night in the upstairs room of a pub with an Australian girl called Corrina and a bottle of tequila I am smitten. She leaves a few days later to work in a pub in the Gambia. I book a ticket and fly back to Africa for the first time since leaving...

 

Eurotrip 05/06

Sweden with Mark and Ben...

 

european escapade

Really was just a stopover! ...one night in Tokyo ..spent the night reading a book in my hotel room, then attempted to see Tokyo the next day ...quite a failed attempt. ..spent 2 hours on a train (very expensive train, I might add!) ....got lost in a...

 

Contiki: European Escapade

01/06/2005 Started off on our Australian rite of passage today, a 25 day Contiki tour. The hotel that they put us up in was pretty grotty but it was central and everyone else from our tour was staying there as well so we got a chance to get to k...

 

The Longest Holiday i've ever had.............

Really, it can. For starters - their signage which I know i've already mentioned, and i'm going to mention again. Written at Wimbledon Tennis - "Taps not for drinking". Well! o great revelation there. If you drank a tap you'd choke! ...

 

Europe 2005

Mozart and Strauss and Sachertorte - and a surprise reunion!!!...

 

European Trips - 2004-2006

Before my trip to Barca, I had heard so much about it. About how it one of the best cities in the world to visit, and how beautiful it is etc. So my expectations were very high for my first visit to the place, which is rarely a good thing. But I have ...

 

Spain Trip 2006

Spain is awesome!!! I loved it!!! definately will visit again. ...

 

Study Abroad: Summer 2007

Most of the good Avignon pictures were sadly too big to upload on this website...but the Pope's Palace and the Pont d'Avignon were both really cool....

 

Viena & Lisboa

Sorti'm doreta del Aeroport del Prat direcció Viena...

 

Europe Gap Year 2005-2006

Have really enjoyed our time in London. Still feel like we're on holiday even though we have to work. London Weather: Not that bad! Even winter was bearable and the summer days are long and (mostly) sunny. Maybe we struck a good year? Londo...

 

Spain

Out of all of the places I wanted to see in Europe Barcelona was one of the ones I wanted to see the most. This is because a lot of people have told me how great the place is. And it lived up to the expectations I had. We flew in from London on Frid...

 

European countries and cities 2001-2006

I have visited the following countries and cities in Europe since I started traveling. Once again, so many memories and photo's hopefully I will be able to upload everything one day soon with descriptions and advice....

 

Contiki June 2006

25 days on a Contiki Coach... I meant some really great people and made some fantastic friends along the way.. Finally... with a blocked nose and a sore throat is what it takes for me to write about my first trip throughout Europe, a Saturday nig...

 

Week in Barcelona 2006

Pff grandioso partido el de los Sixers, que lástima que los catalanes no dejasen haber hecho un partido de ese nivel aunque ganaron pero de aquel modo....realmente no fui a ver una competición sino más bien una exhibición pero bueno...

 

Our big trip

Gavin’s bit: The Hilton put on a great breakfast spread, and after Sam polished off about three courses we eventually made our way back out onto the M3, shooting down to Portsmouth. Today we visited the Royal Navy’s base down on the Solvent. Abou...

 

Summer in Europe '07

didn't arrive until 2:30am (our flight was delayed) and then had to sleep in the airport until 6 when the metro opened....long day/night!...

 

The Tortured Compass

The loose ends are almost complete. The dog looks to be well looked after, my house renter should be moving in any day now, quit my job and most supplies are purchased. Now I just have to purchase a plan ticket and find a country to start my adventure ...

 

Ola Spain 2006

Day 1 (Thursday Night) We arrived at Girona Airport at 10PM and took the airport bus to Barcelona. Once we arrived at Barcelona we needed to taxi to our hotel. One taxi driver quoted 40 Euros to be driven about 4 minutes away! Lucky we could smell...

 

Europe Photo Album 2005 -2007

Various shots of tourist sites around London taken in the year and a bit I lived there. I really got to know London well after I bought my bike. London is surprisingly bicycle friendly (better than Auckland) and I would ride from home to work basic...

 

Europe

I'll return to complete text soon....

 

Barcelona with the girls

Flew down to Barcelona where Mel, Kim, Leah, Rach and I reunited for a week to drink a crap lot of sangria, dance in the streets, sing at the top of our lungs to Ben Lee while the Spaniards looked at us as though we were crazy, watched Mel spew in a gu...

 

Proposed Spain/Portugal Trip in 2007

This is to show the proposed itinerary for my next European trip. This time we're planning on spending three weeks in Spain and Portugal. We also hope to take a day trip into Morocco....

 

Western Eurotrippin 2006

Coming soon...

 

Barcelona- Berlin Connection

All evolves and all will pass. I've spent two months on meeting this girl secretly ever time her boyfriend was away. When one of my best friends here decides to go back to Spain and leave, she decides I can't go home alone that night. She comes with...

 

Sonar/Barcelona

Best festival in the world made better by Mikes friend the gay sailor!...

 

Spain 2006

Ron, Orly and I began our trip in Barcelona. We stayed in a motel on the main street - La Rambla and had a great first dinner in the excellent restaurant - Los Corocolos (or something like that) which means - the snails. I personally didn't like the s...