After some flight delays (circa 8hrs travel time), we made it into Dublin around 23:00. We took a bus ride into the city which was lit up in green for St Patricks Weekend. Was great to catch up with the Amsterdam secondees when we arrived at the accommodatoin. We all went across the road for the first of many (at least for Matty) Guinness' of the weekend. Saturday's activities: - Irish breakfast, strolled around the city, through trinity college and to O'Conne...

Not a lot to report on for the last couple of months. It's been pretty quiet for us due to the busy season which seems to be a bit longer than the NZ busy season. After 10-20 hours of overtime, 4 hours of Norwegian lessons and marathon training, there hasn't been a lot of time to get up to mischief. However we have managed to get squeeze in the following: - two days of skiing at Sauda (by boat then bus) and Sirdal (by bus) - dinner out at Kitchen Table which is g...

We rolled into Berlin at around 3.30 Thursday afternoon. Our activities for the afternoon:- >Popped into our accommodation based in Mitte >Wandered down a shopping street in Mitte, taking a look at the famous Brandenberg Gate and then having our third roast pork variant (standard roast for Van, Pork knuckle for Matty) at Maximillions. Washed down with a tasty øl or two. Friday > Started with a visit to Checkpoint Charlie, and to the section of the B...

We arrived in Munich and were well pleased with Matty's hotel decision being right in the centre of town and only 100 meters from the train station. We headed straight to the closest beer hall which was Augustiner and had a naughty stein before picking up our New Years tickets to Tollwood. We were then off through the hoards of shoppers to Hofbrauhaus to see if their beer could possibly be any better and get some dinner. After a pork knuckle, an epic chess battle...

We rolled into Vienna Westbahnhof at about 18:30 Friday night. Vienna activities can be summed as follows:- FRIDAY NIGHT ----------------- - failed attempt at finding markets #1 - first u-bahn experience, very simple to use. - some pretty bad salads and lentils in a smoke-filled corner pub SATURDAY -------------- - met up for a walking tour at 10:30. Turned out it didn't exist so went to Cafe Central (swanky coffee house) for free wifi and to download a t...