Everything seems to be quick on the blog lately but these internet cafes are too expensive for anything more! pics tell more stories than I have time to write. These are of Firenze and Pisa. enjoy...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
End of our first week on 1st farm
Ciao tutti,
Just a quick post to say we have not been kidnapped or sold as slaves, although it feels like we work like slaves ;)
We only have a dial up connection here in Tuscany so have to keep this quick. Having heaps of fun and staying with a really cool family (five kids!). Days consist of four hours work from 8-12 each morning then afternoons doing whatever we like - swimming in the river, mushroom picking, playing with baby chickens, eating as much honey as we like and learning how to be beekeepers!
The family live on completely organic food - pretty cool. For tea in the morning, instead of grabbing a tea bag they go to the garden and pick fresh leaves to boil!
Will try to add pics in the next few days and update all the Greece pics.
Baci (Jo is making me write in Italian!)
Alex and Jo
Just a quick post to say we have not been kidnapped or sold as slaves, although it feels like we work like slaves ;)
We only have a dial up connection here in Tuscany so have to keep this quick. Having heaps of fun and staying with a really cool family (five kids!). Days consist of four hours work from 8-12 each morning then afternoons doing whatever we like - swimming in the river, mushroom picking, playing with baby chickens, eating as much honey as we like and learning how to be beekeepers!
The family live on completely organic food - pretty cool. For tea in the morning, instead of grabbing a tea bag they go to the garden and pick fresh leaves to boil!
Will try to add pics in the next few days and update all the Greece pics.
Baci (Jo is making me write in Italian!)
Alex and Jo
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Greece
We are staying in Greece at the moment (ten days total here). A friend of Jo´s has very kindly let us stay with her in her beautiful house. She has rented a car for us and is giving us a tour of the Igoumenitsa region of Greece. Great to be in a comfortable bed and shown around a country by a local.
Just a few pics for now, running out of internet time. These pics are mainly of the house we are staying in and the beautiful views of the surrounding ocean and mountains. Will update soon with pics from our day trips.
Just a few pics for now, running out of internet time. These pics are mainly of the house we are staying in and the beautiful views of the surrounding ocean and mountains. Will update soon with pics from our day trips.
London
Some thoughts about London to accompany these pics:
- Our first two days were awesome weather (24 deg) the rest was typical London weather in the mid teens.
- Hiking boots aren´t the greatest things for exploring a massive city like London! I´m glad I took some runners aswell, but Jo only had thongs and hiking boots.
- We got an awesome exchange rate of around 2.1 but it was still amazingly expensive. One coffee shop we went to (admittedly under the Tower Bridge) wanted 4 euro per crappy coffee.
- All of London smells like curry
- There are a huge amount of Polish people in London. Jo felt very strange. Not many Aussies at all.
- Lots of homeless people and gangs. We walked passed a forensic team in central london that had taped off half a block. We saw on the news that night there had been a gang murder over spilt coke.
- Tube is very expensive, crap and busy. Cost us around $25 aussie dollars a day to get around central london.
- Our first two days were awesome weather (24 deg) the rest was typical London weather in the mid teens.
- Hiking boots aren´t the greatest things for exploring a massive city like London! I´m glad I took some runners aswell, but Jo only had thongs and hiking boots.
- We got an awesome exchange rate of around 2.1 but it was still amazingly expensive. One coffee shop we went to (admittedly under the Tower Bridge) wanted 4 euro per crappy coffee.
- All of London smells like curry
- There are a huge amount of Polish people in London. Jo felt very strange. Not many Aussies at all.
- Lots of homeless people and gangs. We walked passed a forensic team in central london that had taped off half a block. We saw on the news that night there had been a gang murder over spilt coke.
- Tube is very expensive, crap and busy. Cost us around $25 aussie dollars a day to get around central london.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Plane Pics
Some amazing views over China, Russia and Europe. As we were flying over the Sichuan province there was an earthquake that killed 80% of the population. Of course we only found out when the plane landed and we saw the newspapers, but it is a very strange feeling that I was photographing a disaster zone without knowing.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Our going away party...
Thanks to everyone who made it along! We had a great night and enjoyed everyones company for one last night in Melbourne.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tasmania Trip, December 2007 - Jo, Alex, Jim and Trudy
Some photos taken from our trip to Tasmania in December 2007. Location descriptions can be found in the white bar at the top of each photo (click to expand). Basically we went anti-clockwise around Tasmania for two weeks - we could have quite easily spent months there if work didnt have us on a leash!
We found the West coast to be much more enjoyable than the East coast. There were far fewer tourists (like us), better ocean views (bigger waves) and the locals were all friendly and eager to give directions.
We found the West coast to be much more enjoyable than the East coast. There were far fewer tourists (like us), better ocean views (bigger waves) and the locals were all friendly and eager to give directions.
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