http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure Follow our wanderings as we head off on our year-long adventure Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:36:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can't believe today is the final day of our adventure. In some ways it seeems as if we've just left NZ but then when I think of all the things we've done they seem so long ago. We've just spent 3 nights back around LA. On the 31st we were in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/its-nearly-over.html Fit, strong , intellegent and hard working male looking for work. Will do anything as long as it doesnt involve being put in confined spaces with children! Well, everyone keeps askimg me what I am going to do and at this stage I have a few ideas but nothing fixed! In ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/job-wanted.html href='http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/files/2009/10/pa270348.JPG' title='pa270348.JPG'><a <a We spent a night in LA at an airport hotel before picking up our camper the next day. We were so excited to see how BIG it was. It even has a pop-out side that makes it even bigger when you're not driving. We left LA and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/los-angeles-and-onwards.html I'm sure some of you have watched this reality TV show(Leigh I know you want to apply to enter it). Anyway, after our last 2 days in Europe/London I think we could win the family version! Let's start with our last day in Germany. Because we were flying with Ryan-Air and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/the-amazing-race.html href='http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/files/2009/10/031.JPG' title='031.JPG'>As we drove intp Switzerland Tim and I both commented on how it looked just as we imagined it, just like books and tv have portrayed it. You could just imagine Heidi and Peter running along in the mountains. The beautiful Swiss houses with window boxes full of brightly ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/switzerland.html We drove from France to Italy through yet another amazing European tunnel. I think it was about 4kms long. It's amazing to emerge from the tunnel and find yourself in a different country. Quite soon we could see a difference between France and Italy. The gardens aren't so manicured and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/italy.html We left Chamonix and headed for Annecy another beautiful French town on the edge of Lake Annecy. The lake was clear, clear blue and pretty chilly, especially after months of swimming in tropical water. Actually I didn't swim, putting my feet in was enough and watching how the girls jumped ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/annecy-marseille-cannes-nice-monaco-and-into-italy.html Well, I have a new woman in my life. She has a sexy English voice, never talks back, doesn't argue, goes whereever she is told and best of all I can turn her off when I've had enough. Kim has now been relegated to only doing cooking, cleaning and dishes(and a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/jane.html Big news is that our computer has died. Well maybe not actually dead yet but very sick, so we are feeling very lost. You soon realise how much you rely on it when you don't have it. We can probably get it fixed over here but are having trouble finding ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/a-very-quick-update.html Well, yes we did make it to Malaysia but only for about half an hour! We took the overnight train from Bangkok to Pedang Pesar, the closest border town in Malaysia. Actually the train station arrives in a kind of no man’s land with Thai and Malaysian immigration at either ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/adventure/to-malaysia-and-back.html