We arrived in Eceabat, a tiny little coastal town filled with monuments and dedications to the New Zealand, Australian and Turkish soldiers in WWI.  We drove out to Anzac cove which had a tiny museum consisting mainly of photographs, letters, weapons and shrapnel.  It was all sort of humbling and sad … right about till [...]

The moment we got to Istanbul I fell in love with it immediately.  It is a beautiful city, lined with cute restaurants and cafes in between ancient mosques and a huge Palace. Unfortunately, I spent my first hour in Istanbul enraged, once again, by HSBC who are actually trying to ruin my life. They had, [...]

It’s funny looking over my notes for Greece.  They start off with careful optimism then deteriorate pretty quickly.  It’s the country we don’t talk about, because it just felt like an unnecessary stop along the way. The truth is Athens is ugly, run down and I thought people were really rude.  I was expecting lovely [...]

Not the Middle East, but I did spend a weekend here with my family before I left.  I had only one reason for wanting to go to Prague and I owe it all to Stumble Upon.  If you don’t has it, gets it. Behold! The incredible Kostnice Ossuary in Kutna Hora, otherwise known as the [...]

Just a few photos from our lovely weekend in Bath, a beautiful old town with old, old Roman architecture. I had no idea Stonehenge was even in England, I thought it was off the islands of Ireland or something. If anyone is going to go, I recommend the Mad Max tours. They’re family owned, fun [...]

Sup cats, The other weekend was Waitangi Day, a national holiday back home where we all get a day off work. In London however, it’s been transformed into New Zealand Day, a day where Kiwis get their colours on and storm the streets of Londontown drunk as all hell. We imported teeshirts from home with [...]

The first thing I was told about Amsterdam, is that it’s really small. And it is. Seriously. I was worried that since we were only there for 2 days we’d miss out on a bit. Nope. You can pretty much cover the city in a day and a night. Our first mission was to find [...]

The snow is all melted :( That was fun for a few days. Now there are sad carcesses of melted snowmen everywhere and the snow has turned into a dirty, icy sludge. I realise this is my 3rd post on snow but it was just SO SPECIAL and it made everyone so HAPPY. I’m willing [...]

Only a month late. I been busy. That’s a lie, I’m just lazy. It took us 24 hours and 55 mintues with a stopover in Hong Kong to reach New Zealand. I didn’t sleep the whole time and we were stuck in the middle of two randoms in our 4 chair row. There was much [...]

What a gorgeous city.  I came away thinking I’d truly made a mistake with my decision to live in London, I would love to live in Edinburgh.  It is just beautiful. I went to meet my Scottish friend who now lives in New Zealand.  He’d found a great place for us to stay, right in [...]