Thursday, October 19, 2006
Singapore.
Tired. Grumpy (more so than usual before anyone dares comment). Eleven-and-half hours stuck in a bloody middle seat in economy class makes for a less than joyous me.
There’s not much that inspires me to work hard and climb the ladders of promotion, but frankly, the sooner I am earning enough to afford a business class [...]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Sad Sad Sad.
My last night in London….Went out looking for pubbage with Andrew, an Aussie from Perth.
Alas the only pub open when we went out at at 11pm on a Tuesday night was….
A fucking “we’re pretending to be Australian” pub called the Walkabout pub.
Not happy Jan! For a start, the Walkabout creek pub (aka McKinlay [...]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The end of my trip has come too fast.
Here I sit in London the day before I return to Oz and the shackles of employment.
I have to admit this hostel (Palmer’s lodge – bit of a wanky name I reckon if you will pardon the pun) is probably the best I have stayed in when [...]
Greetings from the sleepy town of Basel in the fence-sitting country of Switzerland.
A quaint little town on the Rhine. Somewhat bizarre given that it spreads over three countries. France and Germany are about ten minutes walk from ‘The Abode of Dobe’ – the delightful guest house on the ‘wrong side of the river’ [...]
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
I hate to say it but I’m a tad over looking at pretty cathedrals, mausoleums, museums, statues, monuments and other flotsam and jetsam from the past.
Sum total of my experiences in Dublin consist of….
Guinness factory (but only cause it had a free pint at the end and was next door to the hostel)
A funky jazz [...]
Saturday, October 7, 2006
No, not depressed.
Far from it.
In Dublin…time 0200….just returned from a fabulous evening at a local Jazz and Blues bar. Was much fun with the live entertainment.
Dublin has provided both sun and rain on day one of my time in Ireland (Republic thereof).
Spent day doing not much. Dozed briefly in a cafe after reading and sipping [...]
Having settled into nice easy comfortable surroundings of a decent hostel, the remainder of the day was spent doing ….stuff.
Took two goes at finding a SIM card….first one didn’t have international roaming.
Wandered.
Walked.
Looked at all the pretty things in Harrods. (and yes that is a double entendre)
Got back to hostel to allow what I thought was [...]
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Travelling is fun.
Most of the time.
First night in London was suboptimal.
My original bed was occupied – so they changed me to another room.
My ‘Non-Smoking’ Room was right above the smoker’s garden…..so I had cigarette smoke to contend with all night.
I woke in the morning and climbed out of bed to discover I had stepped in [...]
Well London is a piece of piss to get around
- because I’ve been here before.
- because it’s not covered in Cyrillic.
Can’t believe I’ve just done Eastern Europe and Russia…. seems so distant.
Now I just need time to write it down.
Well….tonight’s my last night in Moscow. What a trip.
Am in a bit of a funk. Was out till 5am this morning at a nightclub. Was bizarre walking through Red Square at 5am – deserted. Caught the first metro of the morning back to the hotel.
Slept till lunchtime. Went [...]