Through the wonders of the internet, I can see that it is currently:
41C in Las Vegas @ 7pm Fri
11C in Melbourne @ 12pm Sat
After five weeks travelling through the European and US summers, the re-entry into the depths of a Melbourne winter is not going to be enjoyable…
Di is reading over my shoulder and notes [...]
I’m currently sitting in McCarran airport in Las Vegas and thought I’d grab a quick bite to eat before we fly to Los Angeles. Unfortunately some SPOTD in the Burger King management has failed to grasp the concept of the market they’re serving.
At 6pm on a Friday night, they’ve closed for the evening.
WTF?
There is a [...]
If you’ve come to this site looking for a picture of a fellow driving a convertible through Key West whilst wearing an outrageously bright and ugly shirt you can only wear in Florida without risk of being ejected from the country (and even that claim is in dispute in some counties), you are indeed a sicko.
However, [...]
There are moments in life that make you say “yay” and this was one of them. Di organised a convertible for us to hire in Florida so when we drove down to Key West after the conference in Orlando, we’d be doing it in style. Let’s face it - when your knowledge of southern Florida [...]
The Gaylord Palms Hotel Resort and Convention Centre is just a little bit odd when it comes to decor.
When we were last in Rome, we were flat broke. With the Australian dollar at an all time low against the US dollar, and similarly beaten up by the EUR and GBP we were left with unenviable choices to make regarding tourist attractions because we could not afford to go into all of them.
Now, [...]
I had not heard of Polish airline LOT before we started planning our travels. The error was all mine, it seems because the experience was a delight!
Expecting a tin-pot little airline we were pleasantly surprised to find a spacious, comfortable cabin where economy standard was actually better than business class domestic on Qantas. [...]
There are tour companies in Krakow that will deliver you to Auschwitz for ~ 90 PLN for the day, though there is some discrepancy in online reviews as to whether this gives you 6 hours at the site, or 6 hours total tour time (1.5 hours driving in each direction, and only 3 hours on [...]
Today was a very confronting day spent in the museums and sites of Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Like everyone else we were well aware of the atrocities committed in those camps during World War 2 but we had never fully appreciated the scale of the camps nor the numbers of people involved. [...]
Ah, the romance of long distance train travel in a sleeper train.
The gentle thrum of the engine as it fires to life. The lulling action of the train as you sweep through the countryside to your destination. The gentle awakening in the morning to find you’ve arrived at a new destination and are [...]
