Arrived!! Well after a very long journey from Melbourne to London I am tired and ready for bed. The flight left Melbourne without any hassels and I was seated in row 71 on the lovely Boeing 747. The rows only go to 73, so I was right at the back. However I had an aisle seat with only one seat between myself and the window. In that seat was a lovely Melbourne guy on his way back to London after spending Christmas with his family. Ricky was a fantastic guy to si...

Six days to go!!! With just six days to go, I have booked my place on a tour in Norway for a Northern Lights Cruise and Ice Hotel Tour. It will be a brilliant experience! But before I get there I fly into Heathrow, and fingers crossed they get the backlog of flights sorted by the time I am arriving. Next to pay for is my Aurora Borealis photography tour. Here's hoping I get the payment details before I fly out.

A momentous occasion of moving house, starting my new teaching position and working night shift at the Australian Open, proved to be an gigantic week for me. No travel as yet, just wanted to keep my website functioning. I will put up photos of my housewarming when I can.

Belgium - Brussels and Brugge, 21st to 24th October Sophie and I caught a cheap flight over to Brussels, late on the Friday afternoon, arriving in darkness and finding out way to the 'Sleepwell' Hostel. Unfortunately mostly we didn't sleep very well at all :( Quite a noisy area, nevermind. The Saturday we explored Brussels, tasted chocolates and hopped on a half day tour of Brussels. Sunday we caught a train to Brugge, a beautiful picturesque city...

Paris - 8th to 10th October We took the Eurostar across England, under the English Channel and across France directly into the heart of Paris, late on Friday afternoon. Despite ducking and dodging the rain drops, Melanie and I easily found our hotel. Up nice and early on Saturday we ate our fill at the buffet breakfast of crossaints, then headed out to explore Paris. As we were in the North part of the city we headed up to the Sacre Coeur, were hassele...