Europe, Sweden, Travel & Adventure

Weekend in Stockholm

High prices, ordinary weather, reasonable sights.. wouldn’t recommend anyone rush to Stockholm anytime soon.  Nice enough place but not really enough to keep you there too long.  Vasa museum was cool enough and the ice bar was a novelty.  The guys from H&M saved the day though!!!

Europe, Germany, Travel & Adventure

Oktoberfest!!!

The greatest festival ever!! (excepting Carnival perhaps..?) Non-stop beer, meat and silly folk music! We survived Munich relatively unscathed.  Met a bunch of friendly Austrians who kindly gave up two seats at their table – thinking Jess’s friend was another girl.  No matter – lot’s of dancing on tables, falling…

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Iceberg beach
Chile, South America, Travel & Adventure

W – Day 4

Another night spent listening to the groans and creaks of a glacier, although this time we also had the gentle lapping of the lakeside to mix in.  Sure beats listening to traffic driving past and construction workers in a battle with your alarm clock to see who can annoy you…

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Chile, South America, Travel & Adventure

W – Day 3

Emerging from the cocoon into the early morning frost, I step outside and get the water boiling for breakfast.  Looking about I see that the strategically placed rubbish bag from last night – cleverly hung 2m from the ground to avoid any possibility of bears, foxes or wolves getting at…

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Torres Del Paine
Chile, South America, Travel & Adventure

W – Day 2

Damn generator was thumping away all night about 4 metres from our tent!  While supposedly to heat the regugio for the few fortunate souls able to afford the extortionate rent from the bitter cold and wind raging outside, we were promised that it would be powered down at 11pm.  By…

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