A whole new world
Hello everyone. Im like the terminator.....i'll be back! you just cant get rid of me that easily! so we got back into the uk towards the end of october and we hit heathrow at 6am in the morning after 24 hours of travelling(thats not counting the airp...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, November 27, 2006
friday the 13th
well today is friday the 13th! its a beautiful sunny and slightly breezy day in brisbane. we havent really done much since we have been here. wondered in to town a couple of times and thats it really. michael got his hair cut and i had my palm read and...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, October 13, 2006
bus journey
well not much to write about really.after a longday yesterday,we caught our bus at 1.15am to head up to brisbane and arrived here about 11am this morning,we checked in to our hotel which is very nice, then slept for most of the afternoon. got up had a ...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
a few days
this ones a long one, sorry. well we both did the bridge climb, it really was the best thing you could ever do, we had panoramic views of sydney, had a history of the bridge and it was just wonderful really. on friday, we went to have some more acupu...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, October 09, 2006
we're all going to the zoo
well after the dull day of tuesday,we decided to do something fun today so off we went to the zoo! we got there about 10am and had a meander around and saw some wonderful animals and lions and tigers that actually did something rather than just lay th...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, October 04, 2006
busy doin nuthin
well after my last entry, we did go on thhe 2 hour boat trip around the harbour and had a really good time doing that although it was very cold! after we did that,we went in search of the bus station but got side trackked. on monday, we went to the wil...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, October 03, 2006
bye bye nz
well hello, i know i havent written for a few days, well we have been quite busy, we left nz (sob sob)on friday and landed in oz a few hours later. after getting to our hostel, which is quite nice but very nioisy at night, we headed out in search of th...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, October 01, 2006
wellington
so we made our way to wellington this morning with all our bags once again! found our way to the hostel and checked our bags in to our room.after that we went to the post office because we needed to send some stuff home to my sister! then we wondered a...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
sob sob boo hoo
happy anniversary! well today is a sad day folks. woke up this morning to the sound of the 90th train passing in the past 12 hours! got up had a wash and got ready to go back to the north island. whilst miguel was having a clean, i fed the ducks and ...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
i love ducks
today we headed for blenheim,feeling quite sad as its near the end of new zealand and i have to say i have fallen head over heals in love with the place. but before heading for blenheim, we went back into hanmer for a facial and massage as we thought ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, September 25, 2006
feelin hot hot hot x 2
today we headed for hanmer springs, it took ages to get here as it was raining most of the journey and we had to make our way on through the mountains and small roads again. when we arrived, we headed for a thermal spring and sulpher baths, the thermal...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, September 24, 2006
grey greymouth
today we left franz joseph and headed up for greymouth, it was only a short drive so we got here in good time for the rest of the day. we parked up in the town and had a wonder round here for a while(greymouth is the biggest town in the west,its not ev...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 23, 2006
we'll be comin round the mountain
today i woke up at 5.00am as i needed to go to the bathroom! so i woke michael up as well as i am such a caring wife! we left queenstown at a fairly good time and headed north west to franz joseph glacier, i started my stint of driving and we managed t...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 22, 2006
this crazy chick!
oh my god what a day! today we had a luxurious lie in,then we headed up to a mountain called bobs peak(i think thats what its called, it says so on our brochure)anyway, we caught the gondola up the mountain(v.scared) and we had a wonder around the moun...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, September 21, 2006
tattoo's that girl?
well well well! today we had a slight change of plan, we were ready to go to milford sound and went to fill the van up and whilst michael went in to pay, i was chatting to the attendent and he asked where we were off to and i sid milford sound and he s...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
te anau
today we headed for te anau and i drove! at last i was allowed behind the wheel of the van! we saw some truly stunning wildlife and views on our way down here. te anau is beside a huge lake so we took a walk around and wondered into the very small town...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
bonny dunedin
well today we had a lay in which made a nice change. we went in to dunedin and saw streets such as dalgety st,princes st,george st which is really the only thing similar to scotland oh we also saw the robert burns statue. we also went to cadbury world ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, September 18, 2006
are we nearly there yet?????????
well today we made another journey and this time it was a long one! 6 hours in total!!!!! we didnt really do much once we got here as we were pooped and we have 2 days to explore so we made our way to the camp shop and michael had fish and chips and i...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, September 17, 2006
another day,another camper van.
today we headed for christchurch which was an event in our little van! it was very windy and we were blown all over the road! anyway,we got here about lunchtime and we changed our van again,we upgraded and its a lot more comfy now,the other one was so ...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 16, 2006
over the sea and far away
up early(story of my life) to catch the ferry over to picton on the south island. we had quite a pleasant journey over the water and then we got on the road again and drove the 2 hour drive to kiakoura. there seem to be mad drivers all over the place h...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 15, 2006
where are they?
today we were up early again and headed abit further south to a place called lower hutt. after getting here we parked up and made friends with the local ducks and their babies(well i did, michael schooed them away and i told him off again). after that ...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, September 14, 2006
3 little ducks came swimming one day
after a late start this morning(7am!!!!!!!!!!!)we moved our lazy bones and got in to gear and left the nasty campsite in taupo and headed south to wanganui, we thought we would be driving on a proper road but low and behold, we were on a single track r...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
water water everywhere.
today we headed off down the road and made our way to taupo. we arrived here quite early and went to a spa bath and had a couple of hours relaxing in the natural spring water. after lunch we headed up to a place which had geothermal crators whith hot s...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
waitomo caves
today we made our way from auckland to waitomo caves about 198 km drive,which wasnt too bad at all. once we got here we went and booked tickets to go in to the caves and have a little boat trip on the water and see glow worms. it was an amazing,aweso...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, September 11, 2006
I HEART N.Z
Am still tired and poorly! today i woke up very early and couldnt get back to sleep. michael eventually woke up at 6.30am and we got up had showers and breakfast,did some washing and then we headed into auckland city centre again. there isnt too much t...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, September 10, 2006
a new van please
after waking up at 6.30am(god damn daybreak,im trying to get over jet lag here)we got dressed and made our way back to auckland to see if we could swap our campervan for another one as we decided we cant really go 3 weeks without eating! so we drove do...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 09, 2006
new zealands burning(sing to the tune of londons burning)
well well well! after a very quick flight from la to nz,we waited at the airport a couple of hours to be collected and taken to get our camper van. after that we drove about 4.5 hours to a place called piahia and got settled in to our new home. after b...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 08, 2006
got it right not left
so today we went to universal studios in the blistering heat! we had so much fun, we saw a 4d shrek film,met shrek and donkey.saw spiderman and a couple of other superheros. went on a back to the future tour(i didnt like that one)thought we would just ...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 05, 2006
RIP croc hunter
today we were planning to go to universal studios but as we caught the bus and it took over an hour to get to union station which is where you catch the tube to get to universal studios and it was already 12.30/1pm time we decided to do the walk of fam...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, September 04, 2006
still deaf
well up early to catch the 9am bus to LA. the journey was hot and long! we stopped at a service station to get some lunch and were told to be back in exactly 30 mins, so we were, unfortunatly an eldery lady wasnt(late by 4 mins or so)so the lovely bus ...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, September 03, 2006
mamma mia
today we were up early again, we headed in to town to the excaliber hotel and casino then we had our sales pitch and the reasons why we should buy a timeshare! 3 hours later we were free and went off into town and got our tickets for the 6pm show of ma...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 02, 2006
you what??????????
Pinch punch first of the month everyone! well sorry i havent written for a few days,it hs been a bit of a pooper really.got an ear infection, missed home and family etc and had to go to docs for a 5ml bottle of $96. worth of ears drops! not funny. the...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 01, 2006
ear ear i need to see the doc!
well i am sat in my room with my head tilted to the side cos i have a gammy ear!!!! nice. i have an ear infection and i need to see a dr! have to go on thursday in vegas how nice! good job for insurance is all i can say! anyway on to better things now...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
california...the land of the beautiful?
hello. today we were up early again for a tourist day, after a ming breakfast of stale bagel with jam!!!! we got on a bus to take us to our destination of 'the office' where we got our tickets for our tours. first we went to muir woods and had a stroll...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 28, 2006
the award for the most tiredest people in the world goes to
well after waking up at 3am! we got our things together and caught the hotel shuttle bus to the airport at 415am. after arriving at the airport and getting through customs(finger printed again)and being given the 3rd degree by the woman at immigration,...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 27, 2006
about time!
Hello everyone. im back. sorry its been a few days but we really havent been up to anything we have been in nanaimo on vancouver island and i will tell you now, dont bother going there. as im sure you have read in our previous journals about the 1st h...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 26, 2006
PRISONER CELL BLOCK CAMBIE
hello. well where to start?????? yesterday we got the ferry over to vancouver island and that took ages and ages to get here, after we arrived we waited at the bus stop for about 15 mins to ask the bus driver directions(we wanted to get to vicoria cres...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
wrong buses
today we went to the bus station to buy some tickets to get over to vancouver island, after which we came back to the hostel as we both felt a bit poorly. i had a sleep and michael played on the computer. michael woke me up to inform me that we had got...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 21, 2006
do i really look like a ........?
hello everyone. hope all is well with you. well, it is certainly an eye opener here, today i have been asked if i am flossie! whos flossie you may ask, well i think (given that this woman who asked me had just stepped out of a car and was stumbling acr...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 20, 2006
whats that funny smell?
well, today has been lovely, we went up to north vancouver which was a bus and seabus journey away and we went to grouse mountain. we got this big cable car(which was scary enough) then we made our was up 3000 feet of mountain(even more scary) car judd...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 19, 2006
im back
well all im back. after 2 pretty strange days of travelling on the train(it took forever to get here) we are sat in the lobby of our hostel waiting to check in you cant check in till 2pm and its 145pm here. i just went out for a chuff and it seems tha...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, August 18, 2006
toilet street?
today we had another late start! after breakfast of bagels and donut! we went into town and walked around a shopping centre then around town, after that we walked to a place called the forks which is on a river and we had a boat trip for about 40 mins ...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
this town in comin like a ghost town
today we left toronto and caught the most turbulant flight ever to winnipeg. once here we caught the bus to our hostel,its ok, once settled and washing done in proper washing machine(luxury) we took a stroll out in to winnipeg(when i say stroll i mean...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 14, 2006
should have stayed in bed
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM. yesterday we got up a bit late. had breakfast, went in to town and caught the ferry over to Toronto island. (if you ever come to toronto, dont go there) had a quick wonder round and scratched my bites cos they were irritating,then ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 14, 2006
two weeks count down
dear oh dear!!! am getting very nervous now! michael as usual is cool calm and collected!grrr...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 12, 2006
better day
just a quick one tonight folks as i am standing in a door way writing this! today we checked out of our hostel and made our way to the next one a bit further out of town. once we had done that we went to town and went to the cn tower which showed panor...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, August 11, 2006
shopping trip
hi all, today we had a bit of a shock when we came downstairs for breakfast, i phoned my sis for a chat and she told us what had been happening in the uk, which wasnt very good news, felt a bit depressed after hearing that. then we went for breakfast a...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, August 10, 2006
noy much
to day we had a lie in as we were tired, i slept on the top bunk last night as the bed felt like it was going to collapse with both of us in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we went and had a continental english breakfast. then we set off in to town an...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
toronto
hi. today we caught the bus up to toronto, it only took a couple of hours so was quite nice to sit and relax after yesterdays little jaunt. our hostel is nice aand clean, think i have flea bites from our 'hotel' from the last couple of nights. seems...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 08, 2006
niagara
hi all, today we crossed the bridge over to canada and went to see the falls, we went on maid of mist boat trip to see all of the falls, it was stunning. after that we went uo the skylon tower and had a panoramic view of niagara. after that we went to ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 07, 2006
long day
Today we had a very early start......3:45am to be precise. we caught a cab to the port authority bus station and hopped on a bus to niagara falls and arrived at about 3pm. after a short but hot walk to our 'lovely' hotel, we settled in had a shower and...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 06, 2006
subway day
Today we caught the subway to park place and walked over the brooklyn bridge which was nice, it took about 30 mins and then we were in brooklyn, which we made a quick escape from. we then went to wall street again and had another look around there and ...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 05, 2006
your names what?
hola peeps!!! yes kylie i did have to wear that gay hat!!!!! well today we were up early again although we could have slept later but we had a tour to go on! we went on a 3 hour tour with (please say this name in a thick american accent please)MAR...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, August 03, 2006
still hot but getting cooler
hey ya!!!!! before i start, if you want to look at the pics we have taken, go to home, then browse journals,put in michael berry et voila! you should be able to see them there! today we were awake very early again, so we watched nbc news for a while....
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 02, 2006
photos
hi just a quick one, if you wanted to have a look at the pictures we have taken so far, go to browse journals and put michael berry in. look under central park. the odd looking picture of the building is actually rockerfeller building but soooooooo...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 01, 2006
michaels not funny
would just like to add, michael berry you are a horrible man after what you wrote about king kong! go to browse journal and put in michael berry then look at hot hot hot! DIVORCE!...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 01, 2006
hot weather
am back again. today it has been so darn hot here that all we have done is quite literally go to the empire state building and macy's then back to grotty hostel. and here we are now.its about 7.55pm. reports on the news are that we may have a blackout...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 01, 2006
monday
well here we are again. today we went to the rockerfeller centre and walked around it about 12 times!! we went out on to the main plaza and saw an nbc news reporter (who i had just seen on tv)doing an interview with a guy about the new sept 11th movie ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, July 31, 2006
we are here
well, after nearly 20 hours travelling, we finally made it to the hostel.want to hear a story, are you sitting comfortably? then i shall begin. after getting off the plane and trying to get out of jfk, we got the airbus in 1 direction and then back, th...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 30, 2006
oh my god
its the final countdown!!!!! less that 24 hrs to go now! c u all in november. ...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, July 28, 2006
feeling better now
well not much longer to go now and i have to say that i am feeling much better about the whole thing! did tell michael the other day that i didnt want to go and he threatened to kill me so what else could i do! lots of love lucy. ...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
