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Photos: Berlin

Monday, December 12th, 2005

I’ve put some photos from Berlin up on our Flickr page, which you can see here. But here’s a few more to keep you satisfied.

Ferris. With our new tripod, Bec and I have had heaps of fun mucking around. Here’s a shot that Bec took of the fairground in the middle of Berlin. There’s another, similar shot on Flickr as well. view image

Berlin Cathedral. As seen from across the River Spree.view image

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Berlin: And the Goblet of Fire

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

In Berlin, the taxis are all Mercedes Benz. Just thought I’d throw that our there.

After two weeks in Cesky Krumlov, there was a mass exodus on Monday 28th November, as Bec and me, Casey and Aigin, and Simon and Alex all departed on a 3.17pm bus to Prague. Well, at least it was scheduled for 3.17pm. At about 3.25pm, after ten minutes of waiting in the freezing cold air, Casey asked a young girl also waiting at the bus stop, “Ah, are you going to Prague?”

“Yes, yes. But sometimes the bus is a little late.”

“Ok, there you go folks, the bus is sometimes late,” Casey informed us.

“And sometimes, it does not come at all,” the girl added.

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Photos: Cesky Krumlov, Part 2

Friday, December 9th, 2005
Time for some more photos from Cesky Krumlov, including some from Czech Idol. Ok, settle down there, you don´t get to see the movies we took, just the photos, plus a few other pics to help you put faces to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cesky Krumlov: Czech Idol

Thursday, December 1st, 2005
Wow. I spent two whole weeks in Cesky Krumlov, and all I´ve given you poor folks is one lousy update and a couple of dodgy pictures. My sincerest apologies. Maybe if I´d been busy doing crazy things every day I´d ... [Continue reading this entry]

Photos: Cesky Krumlov

Friday, November 25th, 2005
Photos from Cesky Krumlov. If any of these are bad, then I give up, cause surely it's impossible to take a bad photo in such a place as this. Krumlov. Ok, here's a couple of shots of Krumlov, to give you ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cesky Krumlov: Old Man Winter

Thursday, November 24th, 2005
"Dave, wake up. Wake up." Bec kissed me on the forehead. "Look, it's snowing." "It's what now?" I asked dosily "It's snowing. Look." I sat up in my bed in the 8-bed dorm room and looked to the window. All I could see ... [Continue reading this entry]

Photos: Loket

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Righto, just a couple more from Loket. The Map. This is the photo of the map that we referred to during our wayward hike. Yeah, that green trail you can see, we weren't on that.view image Trees. This is about the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Photos: Poland and Czech

Sunday, November 20th, 2005
Ok, so it's been a while between photos, but you're all probably still recovering from that self portrait shot up in the mountains, yeah this one. Nasty, nasty stuff. So, to get you back in the photo swing, here's a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Loket: The Green Trail

Saturday, November 19th, 2005
Let's pretend for just a minute that you're in charge of marking the hiking trails around the little town of Loket. Oh, c'mon, everyone likes pretending; Michael Jackson pretends he's a white woman, Dubya pretends he knows where Canada is, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Loket: Picker Lonesome and the Lonesome ´Mater Pickers

Sunday, November 13th, 2005
Following the departure of our friends, Bec and I took stock of our situation, and realised we had plenty of time to kill in the Czech Republic. From Czech, our plans were to travel to Germany, onto Holland to meet ... [Continue reading this entry]