I've spent the better part of this year traveling around Europe in order to make the most of my remaining time living in London. It's been oftentimes exhilarating, sometimes frustrating but definitely up there as the year I did the most traveling (or bumming) around.
Here's a short rundown since my Eastern European trip in April:
- My last trip to Paris for a long while...bittersweet but lovely at the same time. The picture in flickr of the boy and his father sitting in the park was taken during a quiet moment walking around Paris and counts among my favourite photos of all time.
- Prague, Cesky Krumlov and Vienna - to be honest apart from Cesky Krumlov, this short trip was a bust, more so due to circumstances I found myself rather than destination
- 9 day road trip around Iceland - absolutely awesome. I drove around the country in my awesome 4wd encountering amazing natural phenomena such as smoking lava fields, beautiful lagoons, waterfalls, volcanoes...and cows with huge udders. Despite driving for an average of 8 hours a day for 9 days, the scenery was worth it.
- 2 weeks in Greece with Fiona and Kate, we ferried ourselves around the Greek islands gaining awesome tans.
- 1 week in Turkey, the highlight definitely Cappadocia, the lowlight definitely the icky men who wouldn't stop harrassing me
- 10 days around Morocco including Marrakech, Fes and Essaouira - ho hum, wish this place lived up to expectations but I just couldn't get over the constant hassling and unfortunate food poisoning.
I think my backpack will be taking a hiatus for some time, I hope for not too long however responsibilities call and I need to answer.
Trying to work out when I can pop over to South America for a spell, will update when that happens.
