Travel blogs and travel photos

So I'm away and the Tour de France de Ben (TdFdB) has started! Happily I'm currently the leader of the race! First a few little boring definitions, just to help you understand, kinda like a legend: roads are divided into 3 categories (based on the Michelin map colour scheme!) - white/blanche (the smallest, quietest but least likely to be signposted), yellow/jaune (the medium, slightly bigger and b...

It's amazing how quickly time can fly past: it really does feel like it was just yesterday that I arrived and now I only have a handful of days left in Vieux-Condé. Before I get all sentimental I'll give you a rundown on my final (hectic!) weeks here. The weather has been so better since the last holidays: warmer (the only time in my life that i've described 10°C as warm!) with the sun making a ...

This was basically a trip to the Netherlands but given I spent the first weekend in Liège and the last one in Luxembourg I've upgraded the title to Benelux! An interesting train ride across southern Belgium to Liège: its a really rough and unkept countryside, complete with untamed forests, massive (and mostly abandoned) factories and rugged hills. I loved Liège, its a fantastic place with a unique...

Having not done any travelling since the first week of Jan (life's tough i know!!) this entry'll be more a case of la vie quotidienne (everyday life) than a tale of exciting overseas adventures! Being a Melbournian, I'll start with the weather: the amazing has happened and I'm now reasonably used to the cold! Plus on the bright side it's now mid-Feb so I can finally see the light/spring at the end...

Guden Tag, Dobry den, Dzien dobry, Ahoj, Prosit Nytar et Buongiorno!    Well here I am, about three weeks and six countries after my last blog entry! For those (such as Sooty) who were/are unaware there are actually pictures after the text (sorry but I don't know how to move them!). This entry is a longie but a good 'un! I caught the overnight train from Paris to Berlin (the first on t...