Australia, 2009 – Day #4, Sydney
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – Some people from the hostel mentioned that I should check out Darling Harbour, so I made that my mission for my last full day in Sydney. It was a pretty close walk from the hostel, just on the other side of Chinatown. I was really craving a good breakfast, like [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #3, Coogee to Bondi
Monday, October 12, 2009 – I woke up today at 9am and left the hostel to grab the Breakfast of Champions, a donut and an orange juice from the neighbourhood 7-11, then was back at the hostel gathering up my stuff for a day at the beach. I walked across the street to the train [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #2, Sydney
Sunday, October 11, 2009 – Today was an awesome day in Sydney, all around. I was awake around 11am after the night out for the pub crawl and decided on hitting the Taronga Zoo, on Sydney’s north shore. Suzanne, the girl in the bunk bed next to me, seemed up for the excursion too, so [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #1, Sydney
Saturday, October 10, 2009 – When I got to my hostel room, 11 of the 12 beds (6 bunk beds) were occupied, leaving a top bunk available on the left hand side of the room. I grabbed a change of clothes from my backpack before tossing it up on the top bunk, where I would [...]
Australia, 2009 – YYZ to SYD, via LAX
Back in October 2009, I made the 19-hour flight from #YYZ to #SYD, via #LAX for a three-week trip in Australia. Over the next batch of posts, I’ll be recapping my adventures. Enjoy. ** Thursday, October 8, 2009 – Packing for a trip is always exciting – laundry, initial packing then slimming it down to [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 10
Once we got settled in Florence, we walked around town and took in some of the sights and got acclimated to our surroundings. We made plans with to head to the Joshua Tree Pub to meet up with Ricardo (a guy that worked in the hostel, from California) and Alex & Josie (other travelers staying [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 9
Today we woke up & packed up our stuff, then made our way on foot to the Vatican Museums. This place was like a fortress! We walked around forever, trying to figure out where the entrance was, since it was guarded by 15’ brick walls. We eventually found the entrance, and like the rest of [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 8
Now that we had a solid rest and good shower, we were off to see what Rome had in store for us. Our first stop of the day was the Colosseum, where paid our entrance fee and the additional cost for a ‘tour guide’. What we had originally thought was that we were going to [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 7
When we arrived in Rome mid-afternoon after the 9-hour train ride from Cannes, we spent our first hour looking for a hostel. The place I had originally reserved was completely booked, and they didn’t feel the need to inform me of that. So we walked around, with the help of the guide book, looking for [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 6
As I mentioned earlier, we woke up early this morning and gathered up our swim gear, then headed to the pier to catch the ferry that would take us to St. Marguerite. The island is a little off the coast, and is a nice peaceful retreat from Cannes – no cars, no bikes, no houses [...]
