Frozen Dishes : life after the ice
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Well, I have been free of the frozen land of ice for a little over a month now and am loving life. I awoke my first morning in New Zealand to the sounds of birds. That was fabulous. Christchurch is truly a great spot to get readjusted to the real world again. I enjoyed the botanic gardens and was happy to see some moives in a theater again. Spent a week there and then shot over to Australia to visit some friends. Then I returned for another week in New Zealand. This time I spent a week in Karamea, which is on the west coast of the south island at the tip. A lovely spot indeed. A definite must visit if you find yourself in NZ. Then it was off to Samoa for a few days in the stifling heat. A nice place with plenty of tasty fruit, but a bit hot for me. London was our next stop. Spent a few days there. Saw some cool sights, but overall not that exciting. I'll have to come back and see more of that country another trip. From there we made it to Amsterdam. What can you say about Amsterdam? A fun spot. We stayed at a cool hotel located in the heart of the red light district, so there was entertainment everywhere. We had great people watching from our room windows & our hotel bar, which was open 24hrs. We then took the train to Frankfurt Germany. That is where I am today. It's snowing today, not really what I needed to see. Unfortunately we are forced to cut our trip short. This is due to total lack of planning on our part, which makes it much worse I think. The flights are limited more so than we had thought they would be this time of year. We knew they would be busy, but not totally booked up as they are. Oh well, it just gives me more incentive to save up this coming summer for a trip to Spain. Well, time to continue the search for a pub to get out of the snow and perhaps catch another soccer match.
