NEW: NICE/MONACO, FRANCE: 19TH-21ST JULY 2008
We had wanted to go to Nice for a good while, and courtesy of Sleazey Jet and some good hotel digging by Diana, we managed to do this on a reasonable budget. We spent Saturday in Nice, Sunday in Monaco, and Monday in Saint-Paul de Vence, a nice little walled hilltop town which was a lot like Motovun in Croatia. I had bought a new 70-200mm lens for my camera, so spent a good bit of the weekend trying it out (hence quite a few zoomed in style photos). The sun was out, we went to the Beach, we watched the rich people live on their big yachts and drive their Ferrari's, and I even lost some money at the Casino Monte Carlo for good measure. A well rounded Cote d'Azur experience! Pictures ...

DISNEYLAND PARIS, FRANCE: 20TH-22ND JUNE 2008
Piglet, Pooh and Tigger... Oops I mean Simon, Diana and I went to Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios in Paris. Why? Why not, these things are fun! Some good rollercoasters, sunburn waiting in line for Diana to hug Pooh, the Teacups; these were a few of the highlights. (with the Stunt car show and the Armaggedon ride the low lights. Actually is Armageddon a ride or just a 30 min borefest with some flame and a lot of standing about? But I digress...) We all had fun, so it was well worth it. Pictures ...

LAKES DISTRICT, ENGLAND: 23RD-26TH MAY 2008
On the bank holiday long weekend we decided to try something different, we stayed in England! We drove up to the Lakes District on the Friday and stayed in Keswick, where the only real problem was finding a park at 11pm at night as it seemed like the whole of London had had the same idea as us. We were all justified the next day, as the south was lashed by rain, and we had some nice weather and headed on a relaxing walk from Glenriddle to Helvellyn. Six hours and utter exhaustion later, we found a nice pub and had a fantastic beer. Funnily enough the next day we spent driving around in the car. A great weekend away from London, yet again! Pictures ...

ADELAIDE: 26TH APRIL-10TH MAY 2008
I'm heading back to Adelaide twice this year (after an absence of 2 and a half years) and this trip was primarily for Jayne and Chris's wedding in which Diana was a bridesmaid. The first week was fairly quiet for me, and I took the opportunity to drive around Adelaide and take a few photos. Once the wedding took place everything felt like it was going far too quickly and I didn't really get a chance to catch up with everyone as much as I should have, but I'll be back again in August! Pictures ...

ICELAND: 19TH-24TH MARCH 2008
Last year at Easter it was Rome, this year Iceland! After landing late and staying near the airport, our first experience was to drive through the odd volcanic landscape to the Blue Lagoon. A good lazy way to start lounging around in a 35C geothermal spa. Over the next 4 days we drove along the southern coast of Iceland and were constantly taken aback by how beautiful and different it was compared with anything else we have seen. We saw frozen lakes, stunning waterfalls, geysirs, glaciers and even a glacial lagoon complete with its own seals. The last night was spent in Reykjavik, and another dip in the Blue Lagoon on the way to the airport. If you are thinking about going to Iceland, I have one recommendation: Go! Pictures ...

VAL D'ISERE, FRANCE: 9TH-16TH MARCH 2008
Soon after last year's Meribel trip, Rachel and Adam organised another ski trip, this time for Val d'Isere. On the first day we went up to the glacier directly from the La Fornet lift right outside our Chalet and for the first couple of runs it was if we had the place to ourselves and it was absolutely amazing. The next two days produced a large amount of snow which resulted in extremely bad visibility, many closed runs, and some comical and numerous falls (nominating myself for most of those!). This large snow fall really set up the last few days though, and the final day of skiing which involved some of the easier black runs, less people on the slopes, lunch in Tignes, sledding and snowball fights was superb. Can I go back? Now? Please!! Pictures ...

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