Missions Abroad
It took me a while to start travelling to interesting places outside of New Zealand, but now that I have, I definitely want to see more of the Big Bad World out there! This blog will recount adventures that happened before this great website was here to use and enjoy... and will be a means of recording my travels as I find more exciting places to explore and have fun in with old friends and new.

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  I left London and bused to Sheffield, home of the Arctic Monkeys and some amazing rock climbing cliffs..... and my old friend Tom. I stayed with Tom and his girlfriend for a weekend...

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I flew from Nice on the French Riviera straight to Paris to meet up with brother Ben. Had a great week being super relaxed, catching up with Ben and some mates, and seeing the sights...

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I had one final time on Dutchess in the French Riviera.... looking after the boat while Tony and Sue went with family to the Rugby world cup.... yes, that's right, I had the boat to...

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Upon recommendation from a friend,I made my way from Florence to La Spezia, and then on to Riomaggorie (may have forgotten the spelling!), the first of the five villages known as the...

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So I made my way south through Switzerland and into the north of Italy on an overnight train and arrived early in the morning into Florence. I stayed for a couple of nights and had...

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I have been back in NZ for 8 months now, which is totally crazy because I have now been home for as long as I was away for, and The last few months have just flown by, but it felt like...

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So I have pretty much got myself up to date on my travels..... internet access has been few and far between or horrendously expensive. Have had a chance to use my brother's computer...

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I caught the fast train from Dijon to Zurich. I met up with Prue at the train station and she scooped me up and took me out for dinner with some workmates of hers.... a very nice French dinner...

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I arranged to meet up with Gards and Penny again, this time in Paris. I flew from Corsica to Paris after an adventurous night that probably deserves its own blog entry!! I met up with...

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When I was back in Romania, I got a call from Tony and Sue from Dutchess, the boat I went on in the Balearics to see what I was up to and what my plans were. They invited me to join...

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Rome is one of those places full of places you have heard about forever.... Vatican City, The Colosseum, The Pantheon, St Peter's Basillica, The Trevi Fountain, the Roman Forum full...

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I couldn't go to Turkey without going to the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was not included in our Intrepid trip so Jen and I went on our own from Istanbul. After talking to a few people...

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We made our way from the coast heading towards Cappadoccia in the heart of Turkey. It was a two day trip so we stopped for a night in KONYA along the way. CAPPADOCCIA - GOREMECappadoccia...

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KOYCEGIZWe headed further down the coast of Turkey and stopped in Koycegiz and stayed on the edge of the lake. The highlight of our stay was defeinitely our boat trip across the lake...

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I travelled for the first two weeks in Turkey with Intrepid Travel on a 15 day trip called Turkish Delights. We were in a group of 8 people plus our Guide. We were so lucky as we were all...

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We had originally planned on spending a few days on the way through Bulgaria, but with a fixed arrival date in Turkey things got a bit tight and as we went along we kept shaving another...

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What to say about Romania....?! When Jen and I were planning our rough route, we decided to go through Romania to get through to Turkey. We had the biggest laughs realising that the...

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 From Bosnia we had to cut back through Zagreb in the north of Croatia to get through to Budapest. It was a pretty long trip but better to do it all in one go. We stayed at a University...

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Bosnia was a bit of an unplanned part of our trip (not that the rest of it was planned, but this was even more of a suprise). We had planned to go straight up through croatia again...

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Jen and I flew from Santander in the north of Spain to Pula in the north of Croatia. Croatia was the country that I had really been wanting to get to and I was interested to see what...

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First time on a decent computer for a long time so here I go picking up where I left off and the pland is to get up to date with all my travel shots in the next few days.After we left...

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So it has been a while since I have been able to load photos.... quicklz putting some up before catching overnight train to Romania (as you can see I am a little behind with my sharemynz...

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So I have written these last few entries on the eve of my departure from Valencia.... I have heaps of other pics from the last couple of weeks since Jen arrived and then Emily.... some pics...

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I was very lucky to make it to Fat Freddys in Palma.... I didn´t have a ticket when I left Tony and Sue in Ibiza, but with a bit of wheeling and dealing Sam and I managed to get in...

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I spent my last night with Tony and Sue at the Marina in Ibiza town. I didn´t hot the clubs and party it up like is stereotypically associated with Ibiza..... Tony, Sue, Chris and I...

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After the first couple of days we found out that the place to be was around the top of the spit from where we had been and down the other side to the most massive and unbelievably beautiful...

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We took a few hours to get south to Formenterra. It is a stunning island... the smallest of the Balearics and very cool becuase it is very non-commercial.... still lots of uninterrupted...

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SO, finally getting a chance to upload the rest of my photos from my Balearics Trip. As those that know me well will know, I like to take tonnes of photos and in somewhere as beautiful...

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I have been a rediculously lucky girl in the last 10 days.... a kiwi couple that I met early on in the Cup asked me if I would like to come on a trip to the Balearic Islands with them ...

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Had a great time with cousin Sarah H when she came to stay.... she was in Valencia for a couple of days and here is what we got up to!Had a great girls day out to the Oceanagrafic Aquarium, ...