Monthly Archives: October 2011

On a wave in Munich

Posted on October 31, 2011 by becandjamie

Jamie – 29 October 2011 Munich’s not exactly known as a surfing Mecca.  By my reckoning it’s about 450 km to the nearest coast and even then we are not talking surf beach. Nevertheless people do surf here, and it … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Gift You’ll Ever Know… Is To Love And To Be Loved In Return

Posted on October 31, 2011 by becandjamie

Bec – 30 October 2011 Today was the 15th Anniversary of my mum’s death. It’s hard to believe that so many years have passed by since we lost her from our lives…… it still feels like just yesterday I was … Continue reading →

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Not The Sound of Music

Posted on October 28, 2011 by becandjamie

Jamie – 26 October 2011 I like The Sound of Music in a once-a-year kind of way.  Interestingly the Austrian’s themselves are almost unaware of this well known musical, despite it being a major tourist draw card to their country.  In … Continue reading →

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Never Again

Posted on October 27, 2011 by becandjamie

Bec – 27 October 2011 Today was the day I had been looking forward to and dreading, all in the very same heart beat. I’ve always felt very strongly about the fact that we as humans travel around the world … Continue reading →

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All things Edelweiss

Posted on October 23, 2011 by becandjamie

Bec – 24 October 2011 When travelling through cities and towns you can often feel overwhelmed by the amount of ‘touristy’ souvenirs that are on sale. Wooden mini pinnochios in Italy, mini Eiffel towers in Paris and mini Parthenons in … Continue reading →

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The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Fussen

Posted on October 19, 2011 by becandjamie

Bec – 19th October 2011 …….” my heart wants to sing every sight it sees”…… For those of you who haven’t guessed it yet… I am a Sound Of Music fanatic from way back …..and although we are in Southern … Continue reading →

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Fat pigeons

Posted on October 17, 2011 by becandjamie

Jamie – 17 October 2011 We finished up our five days in Venice today. Bec and I were in Venice ten years ago (to the day) for our honeymoon and this visit served up constant lovely reminders of that wonderful … Continue reading →

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Bleeding ears and shiny boobs

Posted on October 11, 2011 by becandjamie

Jamie – 11 October 2011 Yesterday we finished up five lovely days in Florence. It gave us a very different take on the Florence we saw on our day trip from Belforte a few weeks back. This time around we … Continue reading →

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Lost in translation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by becandjamie

Bec – 4 October 2011 Sometimes you don’t feel like blogging….you just have nothing to say or nothing that you think would interest anybody…..and then you see something……..and bang …you feel a blog coming on.  So you have two blogs … Continue reading →

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Segways and swords

Posted on October 4, 2011 by becandjamie

Jamie – 4 October 2011 I had my second haircut for the trip today. No need to worry about barber conversation this time as the nice old fellow didn’t speak a word of English. This was a clear frustration to … Continue reading →

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