Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Norwegian Hospitality

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

A festival in Trondheim Norway, 2005. That’s a teaching aid I dreamed of using a few times on disruptive kids.

Kings Beach

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

The view from the appartment we visited at Kings Beach Caloundra, January 2007.
A nice part of the world, and only a one hour drive from North Brisbane.

Honkers

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Well I didn’t take any pictures when I was in HK two months ago, so I’m glad Ashleigh did
I think I will be back though as I found Cathay Pacific a very agreeable airline to fly with.

Kernave

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Recently we visited Kernave for a look.
It’s difficult to do a better job describing the place than the Wikapedia link above, and it has some nice photos as well.
Basically Kernave has some historic churches and large (for Lithuanian standards) hills. The history of the place goes back to the Paleolithic era. At various times it [...]

Airline Food

Friday, June 9th, 2006

This time when booking a flight to Europe I made a choice to seek out those airlines with the best reputation for customer service. With the internet and blogging these days this is a relatively simple experience, bad news travels quickly and far. My search was narrowed down to Emirates or Cathay Pacific who have [...]

Back In The U.S.S.R

Friday, June 9th, 2006

… With a nod to the ‘Beatles’ for the lyrics.
Man I had I dreadful flight.
I’m back in the USSR.
You don’t know how lucky you lucky you are boy
Back in the USSR.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place.
Gee it’s good to be back home.
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case.
Honey disconnect the [...]