tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460045267781040862024-02-18T21:36:28.124-08:00Alex's Yellow Brick RoadAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-4249185429137075182019-06-30T00:20:00.001-07:002019-06-30T00:20:18.497-07:00Hello old friend..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's been a while since I've used this platform...do people still blog? But I can upload images without resizing them first here so it's easy..<br />
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I had a lovely time in Niue, but as you may have heard I wasn't allowed to complete the diving course because I had ticked I had asthma on the form. To clarify, I sent this form off a month before I arrived on the island, I wanted to be safe than sorry, so there was plenty of time for the dive centre to inform me I needed a Dr. to sign off. They didn't. Well, not until we arrived at the dive center where they mentioned there is no Dr. on the island that can sign me off. Never mind.<br />
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The weather was wild and raining for the first few days, though it was still 26 degrees all day and most of the night. There were amazing snorkeling spots around the island, and I spent my birthday with my travel companion Phil and some other travelers walking through the rain forest to explore some crystal clear pools. Sea snakes ( a lot), starfish, and hundreds of brightly coloured fish.<br />
These are not my underwater photos, I found these on google, but just a very small snippet of what we saw.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sea snakes are very poisonous but cannot bite through human skin, (usually). I kept clear though. Apparently they will lick you but I didn't want to take the chance. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Accommodation for the week.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Niue has a lot of stray dogs, this one ate the left overs. We ate dinner with about 4 dogs surrounding us our first night. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....And a few cocktails</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our hosts provided us with fresh Papaya and Passionfruit from the backyard most mornings (if we didn't pick them ourselves)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Limu Pools where I spent my birthday exploring</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Avatele Beach (one of the only beaches with sand)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil and a stray dog. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil dropped his Iphone into this death trap, we decided the phone wasn't worth our lives. </td></tr>
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I had one night back at home in Christchurch before driving up to Picton the following day. I stayed one night in Picton and caught the early ferry across to Wellington.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very Foggy morning to start.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleared to a nice calm day. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving the Desert Road. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday night the day after arrival it was Tonkin + Taylors 60th Anniversary. I met some of my colleagues and had a delicious dinner. All paid for, even the taxi home. </td></tr>
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First week of the job has been good. Steep learning curve and still lots to learn, colleagues are really nice and down to earth, thankfully it's pretty casual in the office.<br />
I live with 2 people in the flat, Dave who works for a bank and owns the house, and Gingko who is from China and a Preschool teacher (though shes moving to Wellington soon). It's a bit warmer than Chch which is a nice change, looking forward to exploring the surrounding towns as well.<br />
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It was nice having a relaxed morning on the day I left Rome, my train wasn't till 1pm; unlike many other days where it's a 6am start to make sure you arrive at your next destination at a decent hour. I stepped off the train 2 hours later in the afternoon sun and was greeted by Paddy on the platform and a little puppy clutched under his arm; Jack.<br />
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We sped round the hills in his tiny old-school run about, through small villages and fields till finally arriving at a hillside property that looked over the valley. The property is made up of 3 houses close together which originally would have been a few families living and working together on the land. (I can't remember the term for these kinds of properties).</div>
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I was only staying here for a few days before moving to Bruce and Jan's place, as they were still returning from their trip to Spain and had put me in contact with Paddy.<br />
Pictures: The car, my bedroom (the helpers had there own house to share!), Jack the jack russell, the courtyard, one of the old houses, peacock, the living room<br />
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I spent the 4 days painting the side of the house, watering, and helping prepare some pot plants, and then I was given the day off, pretty easy! Paddy is an Englishman and moved to Italy many years ago where he met Tita. After creating his own beer and building a brewery he sold it on and now does the odd plumbing job in the area. </div>
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One of the evenings Jovan (A helper from Serbia) took us up the hill to watch the sunset and taught us about a practice he believed in called Sun gazing or 'Solar Yoga', which just means staring at the sun. It's believed to increase energy levels, help eyesight, and if you're committed enough; the sun will decrease you're appetite and you'll be able to feed off the sun alone. (Not for me though, I'm too fond of my tuna pasta). Don't Wiki it, as it's a bit scientifically bias. A beautiful sunset none the less.<br />
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Phyllis and her daughter Neaghn were fantastic people to be around. They jumped the ditch from Canada to farm hop in Italy for 3 months. They cooked delicious healthy meals, shared recipes with me (written on their own recycled paper!) and had an amazing outlook on life. We made wild fennel tea and ate wild rose hip that grew everywhere. All of us had a similar idea on food and enjoyed an abundance of fruit and vegetables for breakfast lunch and dinner (Kirsty, you would have loved discussing food with these guys). All very conscious about nature, growing organic, eating healthy and living sustainably. It would have been great if I could have stayed longer and learn't some more, but the team would be splitting up in a few days anyway, so I just appreciated the time I did have there. I hope to learn some more about edible wild plants, something very exciting being able to identify edible plants as you walk down the road; or the plants you would usually pull from your vegie garden. </div>
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Soon I had arrived at the Help-x I would spend a month at, Jan and Bruces. Bruce is a landscape Gardner for many properties in the area, so our job was to help him maintain the gardens and fields. (Many of which were owned by very wealthy people who spent only few days/weeks a year at these properties in summer).</div>
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The first couple of days I developed a cold, and unfortunately it was also going to the busiest part of my whole stay. Bruce and Jan were leaving for England at the end of the week so we had only a few days to plant 150 Olive trees. Two 8hour days really took it out of me, but had a few days to relax as I house sat while they were away. </div>
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Whilst busy mowing the long grass, Rory accidentally chopped the head off a snake (He didn't tell me at the time). Later that afternoon when rummaging in my bag for the apartment keys to let us both in, I see a silky, scaly rubbery like tube thing coiled up in the front pocket. As I slowly begin removing it, I realise what is it, and before anything can hit the ground I'm already turning and heading for hills. I never did manage to get Rory back for that, I just helped him skin the animal so he could somehow incorporate it onto his guitar.<br />
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Pictures: Rory, another helper from Aussie who stayed for a few days before going to Paddys (where I'd just been) Poppy flower, a small hilltop village nearby called Montone, having Pizza and wine in Umbertide.<br />
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I was by myself for almost 2 weeks between helpers, in that time I attended many dinner invitations with Bruce. One of which was at Montone village where an American couple lived in an amazing 3 storied apartment right off the main Piazza. It had an amazing view over the valley and looked back across over the town. They offer private cooking classes in the summer in Italy, spend the winter in their downtown New York apartment, and also have a house in the mountains near Salt lake. We had a wonderful dinner; a leek and mushroom pasta, (the mushrooms were a special kind that have a very short season in the region called Prugnoli) followed by glazed quail, salad and vegetables, washed down with Prosecco and red wine from the vineyard down the road. For dessert we wandered into the piazza and had a big glass of grappa (a spirit made from grape skins/leftovers).<br />
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Paddy held a big party to celebrate the the Help-xers, (Even though all his had left) I was the last original remaining so I got to enjoy the festivities.<br />
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<br />Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-33435405150703009082012-07-10T14:41:00.002-07:002012-07-10T14:41:51.038-07:00Folk Dancing In The Pyrenees...<br />
It's been a quiet month.......for all you readers that is. Fast travelling, crazy festivals and tight timetables, have filled that past few weeks for me, but now I'm at my new Helpx in the foothills of the Pyrenees in France. (The mountains that divide Spain and France). If you want to map me, search for La Serpent, France, I'm just round the corner of that village on a 150 acre piece of land on the hillside. <br />
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A bit of a mission to get from my not-so-central-hostel in Barcelona to the bus station where I traveled to Narbonne, followed the by a train, another train, then another bus, and finally I was in the right village. Bit of a concern when I realised my phone was out of credit when I had to phone Jo to come pick me up. Thankfully the Couiza Tourist information office was still open at 6pm, what are the odds in this tiny place.<br />
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As I got higher, the air cooled considerably, leaving 30 degrees in Barcelona in a t-shirt, shorts and jandles, I was now pulling on jumpers and pants while sitting on the train platform in wind and rain.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxVUMA0BeOhzYau7oGyC61Rfpe6t_SEUvR6HJSmJ3BNwxVG9JLjxV4godyQJNAICGOTE7a16XjhgaIMzSZerIdMkUXoASCZTcJ5Zld-k1ry4QXvMJ27BCkhE3hGt2Jxert_cgt7RpHCo/s1600/DSC04654+(Copy).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxVUMA0BeOhzYau7oGyC61Rfpe6t_SEUvR6HJSmJ3BNwxVG9JLjxV4godyQJNAICGOTE7a16XjhgaIMzSZerIdMkUXoASCZTcJ5Zld-k1ry4QXvMJ27BCkhE3hGt2Jxert_cgt7RpHCo/s640/DSC04654+(Copy).JPG" width="640" /></a>My host is Jo, a man from Belgium who has some holidays houses on his property, so our main job is to keep the areas tidy and do general maintenance. Above is the other helpers, Rebecca and Ludvig from Sweden who are a load of fun and make the working hours fly by.<br />
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I have a very basic room but a beautiful view from my balcony, Rebecca, Ludvig and I open the big doors and put sleeping bags and blankets out on the balcony after a hard days work and take naps, browse the internet and munch on chocolate (and maybe some Nutella with Fromage Blanc).<br /><br />
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I arrived on Thursday evening and did 1 days work on Friday before the weekend which we all have free. That evening Alison (another helper) Rebecca and I were invited by some locals to a folk music evening in a small mountain top town; very small, population: 30 </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a potluck dinner also, good homemade food, and check those various kinds of goats cheese that's made in the village!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The converted work shed. I think the whole town was there!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebecca dancing</td></tr>
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It was very embarrassing dancing when everyone else seems to know the moves but you. A fantastic night though, lots of interesting people (though most only spoke french!) Good food, good company, this is why I Helpx, how many tourists get to go dancing in the mountains?!<br />
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Saturday was dedicated to writing out blogs and hitchhiking to the supermarket to buy snacks, however after only getting a couple of short rides, a quick trip took 3 hours of walking in the glaring sun; little energy was left for blogging. Napping on the balcony was a much better use of time<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Serpent Village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Serpent and it's Sunflower fields, such a beautiful sight!!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The typical french roads, Napolean planted these trees to provide shade for his troops.</td></tr>
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Sunday brought a trip with Alison to Renne-le-chateau which is very popular as it has many conspiracy theories surrounding it; I'm pretty sure it was mentioned in The Da Vinci Code<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having a delicious picnic from groceries we picked up from the Sunday markets in the morning</td></tr>
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That evening we went for dinner at Diago and Marie-Neg's house. Diago was a previous helper at Jo's and now resides in a small town nearby with his girlfriend. The town has a beautiful piece of land across the road, where each house their own plot for growing veges.<br />
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Fantastic start to my new Helpx. Will be here for 1 month so plenty of time to catch you all up on the last few weeks of travel. I booked a flight to Berlin today for the 8th of August out of Toulouse; so sorry Switzerland, maybe another trip, but for now you're too expensive.<br />
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Shortly after breakfast, Bruce and Jan (the hosts) came downstairs and brought me some more goodies. Jan had made a delicious cupcake and stuck "21" candles for me to blow out. </div>
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They also bought me a watermelon because I was always amazed when we went to market how big they were. (This on is a smaller one because the big ones are literally too big to eat!) </div>
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Seeing you're so far from home..</div>
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And now you're turning 21..</div>
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Travelling the world as a young Kiwi</div>
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You've still got plenty of things to see,</div>
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You're here in Umbertide, strimming and planting many a tree..</div>
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Eating cornflakes every morn..</div>
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Keeping edges strimmed and shorn.</div>
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Even though you're a human garbage bin..</div>
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You still remain very thin. </div>
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In your overalls you looks so flash...</div>
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though some might say you look like trash.</div>
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Moving on from Bruce and Jan's</div>
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Happy 21st, Love Laura and Bruce</div>
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After a relaxing day inside away from the thunder and heavy rain, it completely cleared and was nice a warm in the sun. We headed up to the back field and had some Prosecco (Italian sparkling wine) before guests started arriving.</div>
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It was a great evening with many bottles of wine, heaps of food and great company. I had met almost all the guests already so was nice to have familiar faces. I'm very thankful to Jan and Bruce for putting this all together, many hours baking, cooking, and getting things organised, truly appreciative and so glad I wasn't just celebrating by myself at some deserted hostel! <br />
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Thanks to Mum & Scott, Emm & Dee, James & Jess, Kirst, and Liam for making my amazing birthday video with all your well wishes and the party you threw for me, I love that I'll always have that to look back on; Laura and Jan were also very moved by it. And Thanks to Mum for my early 21st present; my Ipod touch which has been an extension of my arm, and has helped me find and book hostels, trains, buses and get me out of some sticky situations. :)<br />
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Very hard to believe it's Dad's 2 year anniversary, thinking of him lots the past few days.<br />
Now that I've been here a month I will be heading off in a few days, not entirely sure which direction I'm heading in; still tossing up between Switzerland/Germany or Spain/French Riviera, but anyway the last minute blog updates shouldn't be far away. :)<br />
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As soon as I open my bedroom door there's a banner directly in front of me spreading over the window.<br />
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Balloons over the table (Laura and Jan spent yesterday blowing these up)</div>
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Bruce and Jan hanging balloons while I'm still fast asleep bout 7am I think.<br />
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The ferry was very basic and dated looking, with a tacky restaurant and cafe, but made the bare steel door frames and corridors a little more cozy. I pulled out my sleeping bag and set up camp for the 8 hour journey. I slept relatively well, it was a smooth crossing, waking up to the announcement that we were arriving. I set out to the decks to wake up with some fresh air.<br />
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There didn't seem to be any information point or tourist help anywhere, I knew I had to catch the #20 bus but from where? Thankfully an English guy Mike was able to pair me up with a girl he'd met, who happened to be also going to the train station. Phew. The #20 bus passed twice without stopping for the around 15 people waiting for it. I can't remember her name but she said "..they sometime do this because they can't be bothered or because they want to give the fare to the taxi drivers". I'm sorry, I thought I caught the ferry to Italy?! What is this place? From what she was telling me, these southern parts of Italy are very relaxed, and she finds it incredibly frustrating during siesta, when Italians close shop from about 1-4pm everyday to have lunch and a nap. Not a bad idea though, how often do you feel sluggish after a big lunch?</div>
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Anyway, I finally got to the train station where I almost hit the roof over the train fares. I think I was just used to the cheap Croatian buses. The timings meant I had to pay more to get there at a reasonable hour on the fast train, or get there close to midnight on a cheap train. I may start flying, a couple weeks in advance I could have flown from Bari to Rome for half the train fare, or almost anywhere in Europe for that matter. </div>
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You can tell by now how much fun I'm having. I ended up at the tourist information with a friendly women who gave me directions to the bus station and helped me re-organise how to get to my hostel in Rome from the new station I would arrive at. After lunch I caught my bus totally chuffed at saving myself 20Euros. </div>
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The roads around Rome are crazy. A few have these patrols that control the traffic and blow there whistles every so often. It took me a while to grasp, but to cross their roads and multi-lanned roundabouts, you simply start walking across the heavy traffic, they'll stop if you're there but they wont if you stand there waiting for a gap (which isn't going to happen). <br />
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1st stop on my mission, the Colosseum! Built a long time ago, completed 80AD. Now forever I was confused as to why the floor was a maze and not a flat surface, but thankfully they'd built a little bit of the floor to give you an idea of what it was like so I assume the other wooden floor just rotted away. The maze was underneath the wooden floor where they housed the animals and the sets the gladiators/prisoners would fight in. Sometimes they even flooded the stadium to re-enact sea battles!</div>
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After the Colosseum I visited Palatine hill and the Roman Forum, which has some of the most ancient parts of the city. I wondered round reading up each location in my Lonely Planet guide. There's a great picture on Wiki with a 3D model of what it did look like back then. Would have been a very grand place!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pantheon, has a huge hole that lets a beam of light stream inside. Very cool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pantheon was so packed, even the square outside, it's free, so as expected. Very noisy, but I like the above photo, captures what it's like perfectly. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Trevi Fountain!! Neptune in the middle, women on either side representing Medicine and abundance, up top the women represent the seasons, an angry horse and a calm horse represent the temper of the sea.</td></tr>
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You'd think with this number of people, that the fountain would do some spectacular, like come to life or put on some light show, but no. This is just another day at the Trevi fountain.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clutching my Lonely Planet papers on the Spanish steps, and some nice flowers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piazza del Popolo, a place for many public executions back in the day</td></tr>
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After walking for what felt aaages, I went back to the hostel about 6pm and collapsed on my bed for just over an hour. I woke up, and was tossing up whether to do the free walking night tour of some spots in the city that the hostel was arranging. I would decide after eating, I grabbed a bite to eat at the pizza shop on the corner and thought. "It's free, just do the tour!" so I speedily headed to the meeting point about 10 minutes from the hostel.<br />
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We basically did most of what I had already seen but with a commentary and interesting stories, and lots of other people at the hostel. Great fun, glad I did it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Me at the Trevi fountain again about to throw my coin into the fountain. It's Supposed to mean a safe return to Rome. 2 coins means you'll fall in love, and 3 means you'll get married. I hear its about 3000 Euro a week gets chucked in or something ridiculous like that.</td></tr>
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The girl taking the tour had interesting stories you'd never know about. The guy holding up his hand to the church in disgust was purposely done because the architect of the church and the sculptor hated each other. So the architect added the woman on top of the church (the only statue on the church) and made her face away from the fountain as if to say "what an ugly fountain I'm not looking at it". There's a few hidden messages in the sculptures around Rome like this, some even aimed at the Pope. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So very roughly, the story goes; </span><span style="text-align: left;">Romulus and Remus were brothers in line to the throne, the kings brother seized power and ordered them to be abandoned in the Tiber river. The two were found by a wolf who suckled them until they were fostered by a family. When they were older the found out who they actually were, restored the original king and both started cities in </span><span style="text-align: left;">separate</span><span style="text-align: left;"> locations (Romulus started his on Palatine hill, now one of the most oldest ruins). They got into a fight and Romulus killed Remus, something something, Romulus named the city after himself, and Rome was born. </span>
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I mapped out where I walked today, it went as you see it (from L I took the metro to A), then that evening it went, A,G,H, F, Red cross then bussed back to the train station and home at midnight. My feet hurt.<br />
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Another 7am start. I was out the door eating my apple as I headed to the metro station. I arrived in the Vatican city at 8.30am after having to wait for 2 metros as I physically could not fit myself in to the already full sardine cans on wheels.<br />
The line for the Vatican museum wasn't very long (to my surprise) and everyone went straight in as the doors opened at 9am.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how sculptors can make something look like it's billowing out of stone. You'd swear it's almost silk. </td></tr>
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And of course the Sistine Chapel, which I found terribly underwhelming; not sure whether it was because it was noisy, packed and dark (the picture I stole from Google because you're not allowed to take pictures captures it quite well, but maybe a little darker). The whole museum houses an enormous amount of art that I just could not appreciate, especially as the tour groups would sweep through like a tsunami charging down the narrow hallways engulfing the couples and solo viewers and surrounding the art work out of view. Of course it wouldn't have been a bad idea to take a tour, but for 15 Euros entry fee + 20-30Euro for the tour, it really wasn't worth it (you didn't even get a free audio guide!) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I actually enjoyed this spiral staircase as I exited, more than I did the Sistine Chapel </td></tr>
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Anyway I made a mad dash to St. Peters Piazza because the Pope makes an appearance on Wednesdays to give blessings etc. Just made it in to the square and up to the barrier to see him drive past on a little buggy (not the pope mobile with the glass covering).<br />
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I left halfway through to get some Lunch. I returned as they were packing up and St. Peters Basilica had reopened, but with a line that snaked it's way across the Piazza. I stood in line and got chatting with a girl from London which made the wait more tolerable.<br />
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Kat and I wandered around reading up in our guides as we went, strolling through the Crypt underneath seeing the past Pope's tombs. We paid 5Euro to climb up to the top of the church..<br />
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This was followed by a series of narrow walkways and the tightest spiral staircase I've ever seen. As I stood in the cramped que to climb this tiny staircase, sweat dripping over my brow, all I could think about was the heat, earthquakes, and the need for fresh air. Panic attacks were quickly beginning to boil over, but a few deep breaths sorted that. </div>
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After I left Kat, I walked across town to a more wealthy residential area called Trastevere which was recommended by my hostel. Lots of nice restaurants, and a more relaxed atmosphere without the crowds. Accordions playing in the squares was a bit cheesy, but nice to listen to.<br />
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I had a few beers in the Hostel bar that evening with some of the people in my dorm, but completely worn out, I crashed about 11. So that's my whirlwind tour of Rome, 3 nights, 2 full days, but I saw what I wanted to. Like everyone I've met they've all said "Rome's terrible, but you have to see it, Get in, Get out" I wouldn't say it was terrible, but definitely has it's share of downsides.<br />
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P.s It takes me so long to write these, I never can be bothered to proof read, excuses the mistakes.=)<br />
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My last night in Kotor and I joined the small group of travelers and local Montenegrians in the common area downstairs. Everyone was trying some homemade Rakia (Rah-key-ya) which is a spirit made from fermented fruit and is considered the national drink (very popular in the Balkan countries). It's not very pleasant to drink because it's 55% alcohol, not far off to be able to sterilize your hands. They brought out various 'flavours' apple, quince, plum; I couldn't tell the difference, each just had various lengths of burning sensations. </div>
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I plodded off down the road past the bus stations and continue on 5 minutes out onto the main road where I stuck out my thumb. Don't worry, hitchhiking over these parts of Europe is quite safe, it's <u>really</u> popular between Split and Dubrovnik (along the Croatian coast which is about 6 hours) and Montenegrians are even more relaxed people and hitching in Montenegro is even easier. I was picked up by a guy after about 10 minutes. He stopped in the middle of the road, holding up traffic, and didn't move till my seat belt was on, so he seemed like a good sort. He spoke <strike>little</strike> no English so it was a very quiet, but a short journey (about 45 minutes); a good entry level hitch. </div>
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When I arrived in Budva, I started thinking how quickly I could get out of this place and to somewhere else. But of course this was after I had already paid for my hostel. Never mind. Budva is a very populr destination for rich Russians and young people looking for parties and beaches. I'm sure it's great for that in the summer, but the place has little charm and is quite 'tacky'<br />
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Thankfully Budva has an old town which I could explore a bit, and a great walkway along the cliffs to some quieter beaches.<br />
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The ferry didn't leave till 10pm that evening so I caught a bus to Sveti Stefan which is just around the bay.<br />
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Budva would have been a total flop had I not met some really nice people at the hostel. They had traveled extensively and I was able to pick their brain about some locations and hear some great stories. You've got to have some bad places to appreciate the good ones as well.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-69633298697189422702012-05-06T13:33:00.001-07:002012-05-06T13:33:39.437-07:00Goodbye Montenegro..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just about to cross the Adriatic sea from Bar, Montenegro to Bari in Italy. While you're busy during the day, think of me as a prepare to sleep on the floor in the seated area of this overnight ship. I'm so cheap I just bought a deck ticket, but thankfully there are free seats everywhere (but with the arm rests locked firmlly down). Unfortunately there is no wi-fi on this boat (I'm stealing one around the port) so will write about my time in Budva and post it tomorrow when/if I make it to Rome. =D</div>
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I left the hostel just before 7 and hopped on the bus that would take me to Kotor which is in Montenegro. Of course I had to go back through Dubrovnik which is annoying, but I don't think there is any other way. </div>
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Kotor is located in a very secluded part of a huge Fjord so it was a spectacular drive along the coastline with towering mountainous hills and all the spring growth just seems to glow so vibrantly.<br />
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The next day I decided I'd walk the amazing walls that extend around the old town and over the hill and up to the fortress. The reception guy kept telling everyone, "Don't do it in the middle of the day, it's too hot and you'll get burnt' So I set off at 11.45am and met up with a couple of NZ girls who were also doing the walk. The guy was right, it was too hot, and my shirt was saturated in sweat within a few minutes. But on we went.<br />
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The path was very clear and well marked, (you can see it if you scroll up to the picture with me in the window and the cloudy mountains in the background) There wasn't anyone on the track so I began following it and a few hundred meters I came across these donkeys. I started climbing around them, tearing up my legs and hands on some dry gorsy bush, and then carefully wading through some long grass watching out for snakes. I climbed down onto the track again bleeding a little and pulling the thorns out of my skin.<br />
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50 meters onward I come across this crazy-eyed animal which I thought was sick but seemed to get a bit annoyed at my presents. I soon fell over and then was bombarded by a swarm of flies trying to eat my cuts and scratches. I think this was a sign not to do this track, not to mention I hadn't brought any food and was almost out of water. A no-brainer I headed down the hill back to the hostel slipping over a few more times on the gravel patches.<br />
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Well I think you are all up to date now!!! Wohoo! but I'd still like to post about the week leading up to Hvar. After my walk I had planned to spend the whole afternoon from 3pm onwards on my blog. It is now 9.30pm (6.5Hrs of blogging, that can't be right?!) and I have been sustaining myself with a pottle of cheap Nutella like spread using a spoon and sitting on my bed. I was trying to be subtle about my guilty pleasure when a Brazilian guy checked into the bed next to me. I saw him eating chocolate spread and bread with the ratio leaning towards the chocolate. We both agreed, it is a delicious snack. But I'm almost finished my 450g pot...time for some real dinner. Tuna pasta!!</div>
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Tomorrow I'm off to Budva which is on the coast, before catching and overnight ferry to Italy and tackling Rome. I'll then head into central area to work on a farm (I think the works going to be a bit more intense than the hostel). I would really like to explore more of eastern Europe including Albania, Macedonia and Serbia, it's much cheaper and has a great edgy-ness to it. If western Europe isn't any good or too costly I'll come back, and I'm toying with the idea of Israel, Egypt and Thailand. But we'll see how things go. </div>
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Jozo and Marinko got up to wave me off as I left the hostel at 6.45am to catch the 7.30am ferry back to Split. (This was Wednesday morning, so Wednesday afternoon for you back home) After hearing really great things about Mostar I decided to check it out myself. I took the bus back down the coast and then inland towards the Bosnia and Herzegovina border.<br />
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I arrived round lunchtime to high temperatures and a hot dry wind like the nor-wester back home.<br />
I had directions to a good hostel I had read about, but was greeted as I stepped off the bus by a young woman asking if anyone needed a hostel (like everywhere in Croatia as well). I asked her how much, she said 10 Euro, so was the same price. I went with her to check the place out. She had a tiny dark room with the curtains shut with about 4 empty beds, 1 with her elderly mother tucked up in. The woman was really nice and friendly and I said I'd go to get some cash out, but really I was going to check if the other hostel I had directions to had availability. It was just around the corner and was greeted by Miran, a really nice local guy that offered to drive me round to pick my pack up. I declined and quickly rushed round to pick my bag up as the owner had gone back to the station to see if she could rustle up any more guests from the buses. I left a quick note and explained to the old woman in the bed that I had met some friends from Croatia and that'd I'd be staying with them. Miran quickly checked me in and gave me a map and off I went to explore. <br />
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After Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Peoples Army bombed the town, the siege went on for 18months from 1992 to 1993.<br />
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During the war, the Croats (Croatians) held the west bank of the river, while the Bosnians held the East bank, for a while they operated as two separate towns; different schools, postal systems, electricity supplies etc. Today it is more integrated but as the Catholic bells ring on the west bank, the call to prayer crys on the east bank and it is easy to see the division.<br />
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It's a refreshing change in the old town. As the Dalmatian coast (Split, Hvar, Dubrovnik and down to Montengro) was originally part of Venice (Italy) you have the balconies, shutters, tight alleyways and squares, here however it is slightly different. Low rise buildings with stone or slate roofs and river stone pathways. <br />
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Mostar's famous Stari Most (Old Bridge) built in the 16th century. It was destroyed during the war by the Croats and rebuilt in 2004. I still can't wrap my head around the war, Bosnians and the Croats fought together against the Serbians and then turned on each other. o_O!?<br />
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The locals jump from the bridge into the cold waters below. It's pretty high, and the water is about 12 degrees. In the heat of summer when it's 40 degrees they use cold water to reduce their body temperature, otherwise the temperature shock could give them a heart attack. <br />
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Mostar is quite popular with tourists, with many people day tripping from Dubrovnik from their cruise ships.<br />
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Tea pots and bells, beautiful designs. I bought a very small one similar. Note the 'Don't Forget' written various locations around Mostar to remember the war.<br />
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I went out to dinner that evening with a guy from London and a guy from Tokyo. We had local dishes with beer and some free spirit that tasted and looked like we were drinking from perfume bottles.<br />
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I have no idea what I ordered, I think it was veal mixed with rice and then wrapped in a grapevine leaf and stewed. With potatoes and some yogurty sauce.</div>
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I was trying to decide whether to stay another night and go to Sarajevo the capital city because I loved Mostar. When I was siting with the some other guests and Miran having some red wine (bottomless Mostar wine included in the accommodation, sweeeet) I decided I'd stick to my plan and go to Montenegro as Sarajevo was another 2hours inland. Another 6am wake-up to catch the only bus to Montenegro that day. Give me a break please!!Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-75774332388445033422012-05-04T08:55:00.002-07:002012-05-04T08:55:54.702-07:00Hvar<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Dobar Dan! A thousand apologies for the slow posts, time seems to be flying past at a frightening rate. Here is the blog about my time so far on Hvar:</span></div>
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- Croatia was formally part of Yugoslavia, but declared independence in June 1991, the war broke out shortly after. </div>
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- Croatia is set to join the European Union 2013</div>
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- Currency, Croatian Kuna</div>
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- Language, Croatian (Mix of Hungarian and Italian, but has various dialects) to me it just sounds angry. </div>
- Hvar is the sunniest place in Croatia and is a VERY popular tourist destination in summer. Specially for celebrities; Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sean Connery, Kevin Spacey and even Prince Harry got into a bit of trouble at one of the famous night clubs here. The list goes on..<br />
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I decided to leave from Dubrovnik and head to Hvar a day earlier than originally planned as I had already seen what I wanted. I took one of the hourly buses leaving for Split along the Dalmatian coast (like the dog, the name originated here). </div>
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Dubrovnik is in Croatia, but it's cut off from the rest of the country by the Neum pocket which is part of Bosnia. Wasn't a particularly nice in Neum day but still nice views.<br />
I timed my bus perfectly with the ferries to Hvar, so I left the bus and basically walked straight onto the ferry.<br />
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Doris didn't speak English so we had interesting hand conversations. Marinko is from the northern part of Croatia near Zagreb, while Jozo is from just outside Split but has worked on Hvar for a few years. </div>
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Marinko and Jozo have quite different dialects and Jozo has trouble understanding Doris as she has a very strong accent. I can't tell the difference of course, It always just sounds like they are arguing or talking very seriously. I was sitting outside having lunch under the balcony one afternoon when a guy down on the road starts asking me something in Croatian. I quickly run inside and grab Jozo who starts talking to the guy. To me the conversation sounded serious as there was no smiles and little change in tone. It made me a bit nervous listening. They continued frantically talking making pointing gestures and my mind had drawn a conclusion that a deranged gunman was down the street. Jozo turns to walk inside but I'm a little freaked out;</div>
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Over Easter we had a few guests (still a very quiet time of year) so we had a pancake party. As you can see I'm busy chatting while my pancakes burn. But the guy I'm talking to is telling me about how he had just hitchhiked from London to Croatia in 4 days with his girlfriend. Good effort I thought. </div>
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Also note how we have an outdoor kitchen and dining area, then also note how rugged up I am. </div>
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My Jobs at the hostel vary. Before Doris arrived I was doing some really basic cleaning. Once she had arrived I was just making sure the kitchen area was clean and tending to the gardens. I planted a lawn and fresh herbs and cleared the weeds away from around the hostel. When it was raining I wouldn't do anything, just lie around or walk into town. </div>
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This was one of the few beaches in Hvar, it's all pebbles but only a few minutes walk from the hostel. Later on during my stay we went out with a bunch of guests to a bar for Saturday night. 2am on the way home we decide to just strip down into our underwear and go swimming, okay so less swimming, more like jump in jump out, the water wasn't quite up to swimming temperature. </div>
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On the stormy nights I would come down to this spot and watch the waves smash over the waterfront and crash up against the restaurants and bars. Strangely entertaining watching tourists get stranded or flooded shoes. <br />
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As I mentioned Hvar is a huge party destination in summer with huge clubs. One of which involves a taxi trip to the surrounding island for more partying and drinking, called Carpe Diem. The one above is Hula Hula bar which is right on the water front, boasts the best sunsets and you can jump straight into the sea from the bar. Unfortunately they all shut down until late June/July. </div>
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Jozo knows many people on the island, a close friend of his, Maria, had us round for dinner one night and cooked us pasta carbonara and flooded us with her family's homemade wine which is grown on the island. Maria always brought round her red wine, for 15 Kuna (3NZD) we could buy a 1L bottle. Such a delicious and light wine. She would regularly bring round also her homegrown olives, oranges, lemons and olive oil as well.<br />
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I caught the ferry across to Split one day so I could have a quick look and do some clothes shopping. Maria was also one the same boat and she showed me where to buy the best chocolate covered donuts for breakfast before she had to go and get her wisdom teeth pulled.<br />
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I spent most of the day on the outskirts of the city in a shopping mall mainly in H&M (a massive clothing brand throughout Europe and America, that is very cheap) trying to find some nice clothes as my wardrobe was looking pretty worn. My cardigan also shrunk in the wash so I needed another one desperately<br />
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About halfway through my stay the weather started to clear and the thermometer was reaching mid 20<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I felt really bad for this Donkey because it looked so sad tied up in the scorching sun. But I'm not really sure whether it was actually sad or whether A.A Milne has brainwashed me in to thinking all donkeys are sad and depressed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The oldest Communal theater in Europe built 1612</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I gave myself a haircut while I was on the island. I don't think it looks to bad. </td></tr>
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I walked over to the other side of the island to a closed motor camp. I didn't realise it was closed till I was asked to leave. Spent a great couple hours just chilling out on their private beach though.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HEAPS of olive trees. They are such beautiful plants with their twisting umbrella like branches. </td></tr>
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Me Marinko and Katy having dinner. Katy was supposed to stay for 1 or 2 nights and ended up staying 6. We had quite a few guests through that week but Katy went out of her way and cooked for everyone for several nights and was teaching me as she went. Before she left she spent most of a morning writing out all of the delicious recipes she had cooked in my journal, Chicken, various salads, and Risottos. What a legend!<br />
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The last 1.5 weeks of my stay I think I did virtually nothing. I would make beds for arriving guests (3 minute job) hang the washing out occasionally, pull some weeds when I felt like it, or run to the supermarket. I'd do the odd job here and there throughout the day but if I added it all up I don't think it would be more than an hour a day! Most of my time was sitting around in the sun or walking around the town. It's been such a great stay in Hvar, but it's always really sad to say goodbye to guests and even sadder when you have to say goodbye to your friends after a month living and working with them for almost every hour of everyday. I'll miss Jozo and Marinko, but who knows, may have to trip back in the summer to see the busy season.<br />
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<br />Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-44829725692317743912012-04-07T12:41:00.000-07:002012-04-07T12:41:55.732-07:00VeniceSo I have arrived here in my hostel in Hvar where I will stay here working for my accommodation for just over a month or more. I'll write a blog about the hostel later, but for now it's time to catch you up on the past...2 weeks of travel? So here goes...<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">I left my hostel in Salzburg early to catch my train, so missed out on breakfast, but a small price to pay to have a few more hours in Venice. Feeling quite homesick for some reason, I started my walk to the train station on a clear calm morning with the sun still rising behind the hills. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The train wound its way through the Austrian Alps alongside the river, climbing slowly till we were at the base of several ski fields with snow alongside the tracks. It was a spectacular train ride, I was so sleepy but forced myself to stay awake as I didn’t want to miss a single view. I wasn’t expecting such great views!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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The train peaked and began it’s descent down to Villach where I transferred to a double decker bus. I walked up the bus stairs and stood straight up into the roof. Not as high as the last double decker I was on. I followed along the aisle staring down to find my seat number, before walking straight into a plastic beam on the ceiling, many of the other passengers let out an “oooo” as it made quite a thud. I just started laughing with embarrassment and they all joined in to.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The rest of the journey was very flat, and I managed to grab a few hours sleep before arriving in Venice. The station I had arrived at wasn’t listed in the directions the hostel had given me, but it wasn’t long till I found the overhead train that would take me to the main transport hub in Venice.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the water taxi going up the grand canal. Those small house things floating on the edge are the stations/stops</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The grand canal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice small quiet canals as I walk to my hostel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hostel....looks a bit scary. My room is on the top row, the two windows underneath (either side) of the left chimney are mine</td></tr>
</tbody></table>These were my first shutters and I was strangely amazed by them. When I woke up in the morning I would remember I didn't have curtains, just shutters, and would eagerly roll out of bed just to fling them open and breathe in the fresh morning air and watch the people below. I always felt like it was the start of some sort of musical, where you would do just that then burst into song. The baker, the butcher and the beggars would all stop and look up at you, and before long, the whole street would be singing in chorus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dorm all to myself for both nights...</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>I'm incredibly excited at this point about Venice. I wasn't really that content about going but I thought I had better because it's so famous. And I am super glad I did.<br />
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I walked back to the hostel as I was extremely hungry, hungry enough to cook and eat one of my most loathed meals; Tuna Pasta. It wasn’t as bad as I thought. People laugh when I tell them I carry cans of food around in my backpack. I just can’t bring myself to throw food out, so I take it with me and cook it up when I get access to a kitchen. I didn’t have access to a Kitchen in Salzburg, and one night I decided I would eat Tuna on bread and then open a can of kidney beans (which I bought in Paris) and proceeded to eat them straight from the can with a plastic knife. Yes a knife. 2-3 beans per scoop. It was pretty disgusting, but I still managed half the can.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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Alex, who was the hostel manager, was an artist. So when I questioned him why there was a giant peg in the living area he explained it. His English was a bit choppy but it was along the lines of, when you paint yourself you usually paint your face, but your face is not who you are; it's just how you look on the surface. So he made a peg the same height as himself which has two halves. One side "the face side" and the other side "his true self" and it's not until you find your true self can you accomplish anything; like a peg can only hang clothes with both sides. I hope I explained this well enough, but I wont look at a peg the same way again.<br />
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There's some stuff to see in Venice, but what you really should do is just walk, find quiet little streets and squares, eat some food, enjoy the sites and just soak it up. So walk I did...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huge fresh fish market everyday just down the street from my hostel</td></tr>
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If the thought of trudging around the Canterbury A&P Show, on Show day, with a scorching hot Nor-Wester blowing through brings you to the verge of tears, we are in the same boat. Crowds + Heat = Grumpy Alex<br />
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I walked for about 10 minutes out of the main area and found some perfectly quiet streets along the outer edges of the main island..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the things I wanted to overcome was that awkward feeling when you dine by yourself. I originally wanted to have a tomato spaghetti dish with a glass of red wine but all they had was pizza and I thought a glass of cold white would cut through the grease better. One of the things I learn't in Paris from Nick was to eat slowly and enjoy every bite; I'd never eaten so slowly in my life when I stayed with him but everything was so much better! I savored each mouthful and watched people go by in the bustling square on a calm balmy evening. Perfection. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I come back through Italy it's going to be Spaghetti with a glass of red and it's going to be as perfect and amazing as this.....</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Tips for Venice..</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Don’t bring your children; you will be relieved when you lose them</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Don’t plan to much walking during the middle of the day, it is too hot (unless it's winter). The best time to see Venice is early morning or early evening when it is cooler and many other tourists are back home.<br />
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</span></span></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-2068097923478025422012-03-29T07:30:00.000-07:002012-03-29T07:30:55.315-07:00Sounds of Salzburg<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was my last night at Erik’s apartment in Amsterdam, I had been moaning to him earlier about having to get up at 5am to catch a train to Salzburg. It was now 11pm on the eve of my departure when I get a text from him saying “Important, Just found out the clocks go forward one hour tonight”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">5am came round, when it was really 4am, and I quickly got ready and said a quick goodbye to Erik who had kindly got up to make sure everything was alright. I wondered down the quiet dart streets to my stop, and wasn’t long before the night bus took me to Amsterdam Central station. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Salzburg Quick facts:<br />
- Forth largest city in Austria<br />
- Population 150,000<br />
- Setting for the movie, The Sound of Music<br />
- Birthplace of Mozart<br />
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The entire hill is covered in trees and parks, with a few historical buildings and walls. I made it up the hill to a lifeless building that stood against what looked like a fortress wall with towers dotted along it. I had to ring the owner as no one was at the hostel (was only like 8pm) who gave me an access code. I met a guy called Zami (Zah-mee) who had just finished his studies in London and was touring Europe before heading home to Kuala Lumpur, we had a laugh at how desserted the hostel was. It was just us 2, in our own dormitories up on this dark hill with Salzburg down below, no hostel staff, no one. We headed into town to find some dinner, but being Sunday little was open, and we ended up with some delicious Kebab burger things<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from my bedroom </td></tr>
</tbody></table>I got up reasonably early, but not as early as Zami who had rushed off to catch his Sound of Music bus tour.<br />
I popped downstairs and met the young girl running the cafe, she told me to just take a seat and she'd bring my tea and breakfast to me. I sat right on the edge overlooking Salzburg on a lovely warm morning.<br />
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Breakfast was...interesting...<br />
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Meat, meat, and cheese, extremely hot chillis. Tea (a drink with jam and bread) butter and more cheese.<br />
I'm not sure what the meat was, some stuff I hadn't tried before, but I ate it all, and kept me full for ages.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hostel on the left, it's mainly a cafe during the day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an old fortress wall, my hostel is just behind me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hohensalzburg Fortress</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main shopping street in Old Town, you can see my hostel on the hill</td></tr>
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It's great having the hostel in a high location, it's so easy to find. In the evenings I would look up to see if any lights were on because going back to a completely empty dark hostel wasn't fun. The left light mean't Lin was home, middle light was Zami, and if the right light was on, someone was in my room.<br />
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I decided to walk up the other big hill opposite the hill I was staying on for a different view..<br />
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It's so nice, especially when I'm back at the hostel, when the churches all ring their bells at the same time. It sounds like a big battle to see who can ring the loudest and the sound bounces between the hills. It's very cool!<br />
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Every night I come home, no matter how freaked out I am walking through the dimly lit desserted park, I can't help but stop and look over the edge..<br />
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Salzburg was teasing me with the views of the mountains, I just wanted to go right into the middle of the alps...<br />
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I walked down the other side of the hill to a nearby lake that I saw on the map. It was so peaceful and quiet this side, less tourists.<br />
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I really enjoyed my visit to Salzburg, I was meant to stay more than 3 nights but previous arrangements didn't work out, but that's okay, I covered what I wanted to.<br />
Hopefully you have all got some Sound of Music song stuck in your head like I have had the past 2 days!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Anyway I've booked myself another 8am train to Venice (why do I keep inflicting these on myself, the train goes every hour!) which is a 6 hour journey, not bad! Should be fun! </div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-24845157333069146112012-03-28T10:29:00.001-07:002012-03-28T10:29:24.719-07:00Venice<div class='posterous_autopost'>Salzburg was wonderful, I'll try get a blog on it up tonight, but it is also my first night in Venice and I'm in love!<p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/alexsyellowbrickroad/K62gFAPeZCeIzaCizuXtzlwcZtfYSYCXUwPIb1LsziAxCpZAsGmuXmNpffs7/photo.jpg"><img alt="Photo" height="465.0" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/alexsyellowbrickroad/K62gFAPeZCeIzaCizuXtzlwcZtfYSYCXUwPIb1LsziAxCpZAsGmuXmNpffs7/photo.jpg" width="620" /></a> </div> </p><p>Sent from my iPod</p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-15415650397224390752012-03-24T14:05:00.000-07:002012-03-24T14:05:32.916-07:00Amsterdam...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> I've spend the past couple days here now, it's been interesting. I can't say I overly like Amsterdam, or maybe just that my mood has reflected how I've viewed the city. First day I had to be out with my host when he went to work, so I was right in the heart of the city at 8am and couldn't get back in to the apartment till 7 when he finished work, which is fine, but it's quite a long day of walking around.<br />
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I spent a chunk of the morning sitting in the sun reading a guidebook I had been lent.<br />
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</tbody></table> Then I visited the Amsterdam museum, which was pretty impressive. Had a great interactive exhibition on the history of Amsterdam city.<br />
Fun facts:<br />
Named after a Dam that was built on the river Amstel. Amsteldam became Amsterdam<br />
The city is a few meters below sea level (4 meters at the airport)<br />
Buildings are made of brick, which are built on piles that sit in marshy soils.......comforting!<br />
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</tbody></table> This was the original town hall, used in 1655 when Netherlands was one of the richest countries. It was a public building back then and now is reserved for dignitaries.<br />
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That evening we had Indian takeaways for dinner and headed out with a few of his friends to a couple of local bars. Hmmm probably should have packed something slightly dressy. Never mind!<br />
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Next day I was going to do the Van Gogh museum but I had lost the museum pass my host had given me. Woops, felt really bad and spent a chunk of the morning hunting for it. No such luck. I think he can get another one for free but still felt bad.<br />
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Don't think I'm going to go see the famous red light district that is here. I've already seen enough walking down the street during lunchtime. You'll just be casually wondering along a shop window front looking at the closely at the displays, then on your next step you're standing less than a foot away from a half dressed woman posing in a curtain booth behind a window. You casually look away to see whats on the other side of the alleyway, and oh dear more prostitutes. Quicken pace and look skywards.<br />
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But yes overall, I do like how the city operates and the generally relaxed atmosphere, I think Christchurch could take a leaf or two. I think I'd be more happier here if I was into the soft drugs, picking up prostitutes and partying every night but It's safe to say I'm ready to leave and looking forward to moving on and getting to Salzburg tomorrow morning.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-68275356815932115572012-03-24T10:43:00.001-07:002012-03-24T12:29:45.028-07:00Leaving to Amsterdam..Had a lovely quiet day round the apartment, until it was time to go to the station to catch my bus to Amsterdam.<br />
Albert dropped my off at the station just after lunch. Big thanks to him for such a comfortable and relaxing stay!<br />
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Della was also taking the same bus to Amsterdam so was awesome to have someone to talk to the whole way. Certainly doesn't feel like 6 hours when you've got good company.<br />
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If felt like we stopped in every Belgium city before even getting to Amsterdam! We had a 30 minute stop in Brussells so we jumped off the bus and ran into a bar to grab a pint of Belgium beer which Della realised she forgot to try while she was here. We chugged them back ( I had a wit beer actually made in Bruge called Brugs, even though I'm not a huge beer drinker, this was probably my favorite beer ever) , grabbed some snacks and hopped back on the bus.<br />
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We arrived about 9pm and took our separate ways on the tram. I stayed up just catching up with my couchsurfing host, who is also very nice. He is a psycho............therapist ;), and travels pretty extensively himself, so he gave me some more good tips about travelling, and also gave me a museum card which gets me into pretty much any museum in Amsterdam for free. Sweet!! Will have to use that up while I'm here...Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-28183755051392352722012-03-24T10:24:00.000-07:002012-03-24T10:24:41.745-07:00In Bruge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another fantastic day in Bruge....not much to report, did a couple museums, lots of walking, chilling in the park, eating copious amounts of chocolate etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Earlier we bought some desserts from a bakery, this is meringue with some sort of soft gooey toffee inside, slathered in cream and chocolate flakes. All for me. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> After dinner we watched the movie "In Bruge" (while in Bruge!!! isn't that funny) if you haven't heard or seen the movie it's pretty good, you can watch the trailer...might have some coarse language. It's not a comedy kinda sad actually, but worth watching. </div><br />
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</div> We got home late-ish, but still enough time to devour my chocolates I bought earlier...<br />
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</div>Can't remember what each filling each has but something like....Raspberry sugar coated, vanilla cream, peppermingt, marzipan, Baileys, hazelnut, and strawberry cream. Albert also has a 2kg pack of little chocolate Easter eggs which I have not stopped eating...soon they will be all goneAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-16035780736742930712012-03-24T09:27:00.000-07:002012-03-24T09:27:33.984-07:00Biking With Betty In Bruge..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Note: Sorry, couple days behind again so will just quickly post this I wrote the other day and then do a a quick summary of Amsterdam which is where I am at the moment. <br />
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Today I had arranged to meet up with Della, who is a Canadian girl I met at the hostel I stayed in yesterday. We had planned to do a bit of a bike trip out to the beach. So I met her in the morning just after breakfast and we hired the bikes from the hostel..<br />
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</tbody></table>Albert was saying how unseasonably warm it has been compared to last week, so I've been lucky and timed it right..(it's not really warm,, around 13 degrees, just clear and not rainy)<br />
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We followed the bike paths out of old town. Helmets aren't compulsory in Bruge, most don't wear them, but they are recommended. All around Bruge, bikes and small motorcycles have their own separate pathways so not like you are biking among heavy traffic. (Also good for me because I keep biking on the wrong side of the road!)<br />
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We followed our map (soon getting lost) but we new which direction to go and we were soon out in Blankenberg on the beach..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Almost looks summery.....really wasn't though. Bitter sea wind, cold enough to see my breath. My face and hands are quite numb in this photo. </div><br />
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Passing through a small town called Lissewege, so small but a lovely atmosphere. Biking on cobblestones isn't very comfortable though...<br />
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</div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-69913259079060047072012-03-21T16:14:00.000-07:002012-03-21T16:14:27.469-07:00Venice Of The North..<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today was my first full day in Bruges, I'm completely captivated by this place, it's so tiny and so perfectly preserved. The Bruges town has been around since about 850. Originally a very commercial town with it's large canals leading out to the sea meant ships could come right into Bruges to unload it's shipment. However the canals became inaccessible over a period of time due to an increase in soil in the canals, and the town ground to a halt and almost abandoned. It wasn't till tourism started did it become protected by UNESCO and become the city it is today.The city has a population of around 116,000 with 20,000 living in the old town. The old town is the original part of Bruges where all the heritage buildings and houses are, old town is surrounded by a large canal (kinda like a moat) and a wall (more like a grassy hill) and has the original gates that would have been the only access into the town. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I think I can confirm a sneaky suspicion I had about myself. I'm a complete small town person, I like the simplicity, the peacefulness, the charm and history of smaller towns. Okay so Bruges is a total tourist town; with tourists (in summer) exceeding the number of Flemish people in old town, but it's still incredible. </span> </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Being In such a magnificent place I started questioning it’s authenticity. I thought, maybe it’s like Disneyland where you are fooled into this illusion buy the fact that the staff<u> never </u>break character when they are walking around; you don’t see how the rides work and you don’t see behind the shop facades. But no matter how hard I looked around Bruges, I still couldn’t find the headless Minny and Mickey mouse hiding in a dark alleyway; sitting on beer crates sharing a cigarette and gulping their triple shot espressos. Bruges was in fact, a real Belgium city!<br />
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After wondering around in the morning in Bruges main squares, I headed across town (You can walk everywhere in Bruge, it's so tiny) with my backpacks to my couchsurfers place.<br />
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We stopped off at one of the few breweries that are located within the old town part of Bruge, and had a nice cold beer. This one has one several awards throughout Australia and Canada. Now that's a beer glass!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Canals with the afternoon sun.</td></tr>
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<div>That evening Albert prepared a delicious meal which was slow cooked beef with an iceburg lettuce salad, grated carrots, and fries, washed down with another locally brewed beer. There was so much food I just had to stuff myself till I couldn't walk, otherwise it would just be thrown out! A good day I must say. </div><div><br />
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</div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-73677021976319409952012-03-20T11:50:00.000-07:002012-03-20T11:50:38.717-07:00No more Baguettes...Today I was departing Paris, very sad to be going. So I'll start this off with a big THANKYOU to Nick - for having me to stay, showing me the sights, sharing advice, cooking delicious food, and being great company. Definitely nice to have someone to talk to in the morning and evenings!. Very grateful for his hospitality, hope to see him again soon, in NZ perhaps?<br />
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I caught the metro to the main station, I was so excited about travelling on my first High speed train through Europe. I love trains, I think they are fantastic, maybe because they're not pressurized at 30,000 feet but I think they are the ultimate way to travel. Good views, fast, and luxurious.<br />
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I'd be travelling to Bruge on the Thalys train.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely big chairs with fold down trays, power plugs for laptops, you can buy wifi as well. </td></tr>
</tbody></table> For the first part I was sitting on the aisle with an older lady from Paris. We didn't speak for a while, but then she pulled out a massive baguette with ham, cheese and salad, and stuttered out, "Would you like half?" I didn't really have an option as she was already pulling it apart, delicious. I spoke to her for the rest of the trip about her and my travels, before she departed at the Brussels station. (She also gave me her half drank can of coke which I thanked her for but just threw it out later, that's a bit to much sharing)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I had the window seat for myself, with my laptop (Couldn't take my eyes off the countryside to write blogs!!)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>These trains are incredibly fast, faster than I previously thought. I got a little scared at one point because I looked over the chairs in front and could see out both sides of the train, it felt like warp speed!!! But soo much fun, I can't wait for my next train from Amsterdam to Salzburg, which is about 9 hours, so wohoo!!<br />
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I arrived in Bruge about 1pm and caught a bus to my hostel where I would stay for 1 night. I've actually already fallen in love with Bruge, it's incredibly beautiful. I'll post more pictures on my next post of the town. But here is one when I went for a walk in the afternoon of the windmills around Bruge.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I was planning on going to see more museums and more buildings today but part of me really wanted to relax and enjoy the beautiful day Paris had provided..yet again. Nick recommended some outside sightseeing, which I completely agreed with. We made some lunch together, gnocchi with a creamy blue cheese sauce, and took it down to the courtyard to enjoy in the sun with a baguette and a splash of Rose. Absolute bliss I tell you! (Anne if you’re reading- cheese and wine in a French courtyard!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomb of Oscar Wilde..</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> Jim Morrison is also burried here but didn't realise that till I got home..<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">That evening, we decided we’d go out for Dinner, Nick had a couple ideas in mind and we checked out both, but we settled for one that was a little off the busy main street. The big doors into the restaurant opened out onto the street letting the warm evening air circulate.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I'm pretty grumpy and tired at this point, and I'm feeling the cold whip through my layers. I stand in the line for about 30 minutes, and when I get to the front, it's not the ticket line, just security. So I go across the square to buy my ticket and the man says, "Oh everything is free for you (British passport), just show your passport at security" I then picked up the brochure dispenser and threw it at the man. Just kidding. But certainly felt that frustrated. Another 30 minutes and I was inside the Chateau </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I wasn't expecting a lot from Versaille. But I'm very glad I went. The free audio guides made it very interesting to analyse almost every aspect of the Palace. The gardens were definitely the highlight, would love to see them in the summer when everything is green. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlqLyAQ9oWHz1SKU3uynhUpHf5iu_OlDOGZ_G1kqRuCU0dBvHJWDVBdFQJH6fMWToRtOzT8IlP4ECpTcngB4zw6c_NvxvB5h4EwPbIzYOZaIby-mfGwlr77prfoPJPpBptKH2EukoWfg/s1600/DSC00928+(Copy).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlqLyAQ9oWHz1SKU3uynhUpHf5iu_OlDOGZ_G1kqRuCU0dBvHJWDVBdFQJH6fMWToRtOzT8IlP4ECpTcngB4zw6c_NvxvB5h4EwPbIzYOZaIby-mfGwlr77prfoPJPpBptKH2EukoWfg/s640/DSC00928+(Copy).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I stopped at D'Orsay Museum to see if it was open but just missed closing, so walked around the outside to enjoy the building. Excellent day, even if it was freezing with the occasional shower. </div></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-59110086326386767742012-03-17T14:19:00.000-07:002012-03-17T14:19:03.086-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Note: This is Thursdays blog entry, so still have yesterdays and today's to post. But I'm not sure if I'll have time to get them up tonight as it's already 10pm. Tonight is my last night in Paris before I head to Bruge, Belgium, at 11am tomorrow. So I'll probably write up the rest while on the train. You'll have to bear with me the next week, posts may be slow or non-existent as my travel pace quickens a bit. =) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">..and it's about here I realise I had forgotten to charge my camera and was on 1/4 battery...faaaantastic, couldn't have picked a better day..<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back at the front of the Notre Dame (where that picture I took of the souls being weighed on the front of the church, 2 posts ago) Rick joked about the bad souls being chained up and led away on a 6 hour tour of the Louvre on a hot day. Now I understood his joke, it is incredibly hot in the foyer under the glass. Today was a very warm day (probably the hottest so far) but in the peak of summer it must be pretty awful. Tour groups were all standing around fanning themselves with their museum maps, as was I. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was wonderful to find out that the Louvre is free if you're under 26 and apart of the European Union. Wohoo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Massive pieces of art work</td></tr>
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James Potter - 2001</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I have to be honest, after seeing so many pieces of art the past couple weeks, it's been quite hard to really appreciate the paintings. With some of the lesser known paintings that didn't have English translations, I had fun just making up the details...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mordor - Frodo Baggins - Circa 1957</td></tr>
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The sculptures are definitely impressive..</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venus de Milo - The original sculpture of Aphrodite </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marly Horses (Kirst, I always think of you when I see a horse) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Napolean III apartments </td></tr>
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After several, several hours in the Louvre I started making my way to the Eiffel tower. It was a bit further than I had thought.<br />
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I sat down at the park and had a bite to eat and rested my eyes. I was disrupted by a young girl asking if I spoke English. But as I lifted my head I couldn't see momentarily as my eyes adjusted so I just said yes. Then a young gypsy girl came into focus...oh for goodness sake. She holds out a piece of paper trying to get me to hold it, but I just sat there reading. It was along the lines of "Dear ladies and gentleman, my name is (I can't remember) and I am from Bosnia, I live here with my brother and my father is Dead.." I just stopped reading and said 'No' then she made some sort of eating gesture but I shook my head and away she went.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's me, in a shirt. Yes it was still very very warm up there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it looks nicer at night.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">It was hard to pull myself away from such a sight, but my camera died shortly after this photo so I couldn't record the light show that happens, but never mind, I'm glad the battery lasted as long as it did.<br />
Quite a way to finish off a great day. </div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-16807383975527683062012-03-16T03:04:00.000-07:002012-03-16T03:04:18.097-07:00Yesterday I had tried to go to the Pantheon and when I arrived it said people under 26 that are residents of the European Union could get in for free as long as they had I.D, which I didn't have on me. So I decided to try again today with my British Passport.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pantheon - Dedicated to St. Genevieve </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Pantheon</td></tr>
</tbody></table>A very grand interior, with the help of Rick, I could read up on the surrounding paintings and the sculptures. Most of the information is in French with some English translations dotted around.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foucault pendulum</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Leon Foucault, a french physicist designed this pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the earth. As the pendulum swings, the earth rotates beneath it, and the one pictured tells the time (I think, well it was correct when I was there)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dome where the Foucault pendulum hangs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Crypt </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victor Hugo's Tomb - Writer of Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cant remember the name of this Church but had the organ playing and choir practicing so I sat and listened for a bit </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grand Palace with it's glass ceiling</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I'm not sure if you can get into the Grand Palace, I know there is a science museum at the back but I just wanted to see the ceiling. Anyway I walked around and gave up, ended up on the other side of the road at Petite Palace<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petite Palace </td></tr>
</tbody></table> Which is an art gallery, also had a great French band recording/shooting/practicing in the main entrance<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Petite Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice Courtyards</td></tr>
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I tried to run over to the Orsay Museum, as Rick said you could get in for free at exactly 5pm, but no such luck. So I just ate my sandwich and listen to this great pianist on the main steps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abbey of St Germain-Des-Pres</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This is one of Paris' oldest churches, built in the 6th Century. Had a look around, again little/no English to read so felt a bit disconnected.<br />
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I wandered round the St. Germain area, coming across more Churches and hundreds of boutique clothing shops. I didn't realise it was quite an upmarket area, I was busy looking for bargain bin clothing shops! No such luck. The scam artists are becoming quite ridiculous. For the 3rd time I was approached to give to disabled babies again by a young gypsy girl. And on my way back up there must have been over a dozen men trying the bracelet trick, I had to almost run to get through a swarm of them as they asked, ''S'cuse me Sir!"<br />
They're harmless, just annoying, so if you just don't acknowledge them they'll move on.<br />
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Tomorrow I think the Louvre!Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-64879167414745365162012-03-14T15:20:00.000-07:002012-03-14T15:20:48.678-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div>Decided after breakfast that I'd head over to see the Notre Dame. Nick has a Rick Steves guide book (which is actually probably your one Heather) for France which includes Paris so I was going to follow a walking path recommended by Rick. It started off..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Notre Dame</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Rick had heaps of information about the history of Notre Dame, especially about the front facade of the church, where stories are played out in the sculptures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of the world, Demons and Angels weighing souls</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The was also another one depicting the banishing of Adam and Eve from the garden wrapped around a pillar. Such minor details you'd usually overlook. Next stop was the deportation memorial...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found the Love locks on the Pont de l'Archeveche bridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame is on an Island on the Siene (this was shortly after being asked to donate to disabled babies..again!!)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Now I've got myself lost off the exact path but I still find a few sights Rick recommends..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palais de Justice - former prison where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned before being executed </td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Luxembourg Gardens are so nice and relaxing, but very busy. There are metal chairs just dotted everywhere (including under the trees to the right and left where it extends quite a bit) that you could just carry round and place where you'd want it. Most people were just sitting relaxing, reading, painting, listening to music, or having a nap. It was like one giant resting garden. I sat on a bench amongst the other Parisians and ate my lunch before reclining and reading my map and guidebook in the sun.<br />
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After walking in the complete wrong direction for 20 minutes, I hopped on the nearest metro to the Holocaust Museum near Bastille.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holocaust Museum - The crypt where ashes from the concentration camps are buried</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I almost walked out of this place after about 10 minutes because I thought it was really small, but I had missed the main exhibition! 2 hours later the museum shut and I had to leave, fascinating stuff, but also very horrifying, quite graphic images.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's for dinner?! I don't know but I'm starting with Blue cheese and baguette! </td></tr>
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</div></div></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446004526778104086.post-83100291671497039472012-03-13T15:49:00.000-07:002012-03-13T15:49:08.515-07:00Afternoon Stroll(Mondays Entry)<br />
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Just a quick update, spent the majority of the morning in a small bagel bar in Montmatre using their internet as my computer wouldn't connect up to Nick's (works now though, yay!) I went down to Carrefour, the local supermarket and bought my weeks groceries. I spent about 15 minutes looking at apples and asking people if they spoke English because I couldn't work out the price; this was a similar story when trying to decide on tuna, not on price, but whether it was actually Tuna I was buying!<br />
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I quickly got changed into something lighter, as you'll see from the pics, another gorgeous sunny day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quick stroll up to the Sacre Coeur again</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was stopped by a young girl, (must have been a few years younger than myself) as I walked up the Champs Elysees who asked if I spoke English. I said I did and she proceeded to tell me about this cause to do with disabled babies and if I'd sign what looked like a petition. I got to the column that asked for a donation and I questioned her about it and said I didn't have any money except for maybe 1 Euro in my pocket (but of course I had probably 5 Euros in change in my pocket + a few notes in my money belt) I gave it to her and walked off. In hindsight I don't know why the alarm bells weren't ringing right from 'Hello' but yes, I had been scammed out of my 1 Euro. I told Nick about it when I got home and he confirmed it was, and told me about a time he got scammed when he arrived in Paris, where men grab your arm, tie a bracelet then demand money. Lesson learn't, not that you shouldn't give to charities but just ask for I.D and make sure they are a legitimate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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P.s I've made a couple pictures larger than usual, do you prefer them larger? or like I usually have them? or a mix of the two? let me know..Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805902025142062124noreply@blogger.com4