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tayser
Dec 26, 2006, 8:05 AM
The year I finally got to get out of the sticks.

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ponying it up a bit in South Yarra.

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my new cam sucked when in motion.

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January 24th, Melbourne, ambient temperature 36 degrees.

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January 25th, London, ambient temperature -2 degrees.

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Edinburgh.

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First time I'd ever seen snow with my own eyes

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Get some Glasgow into your diet.

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Flat 1F3, 2 Rossie Place, EH7 5SG, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Sol, Milky Way.

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No, I'm not back in Australia:

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P.A.R.I.S.

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Back to Edin-bog.

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Good town nevertheless though:

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Scousers love it

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England's biggest tourist trap outside London, York - the original.

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In Scotland, when you live in a tenement (see pic after this) - you actually live 'up a stair' - note lack of plural.

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Tays Manor - bay window, 1st above the chemist, 26 stairs to get to it.

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Big blighty

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I waved to betty, yes I did.

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a week between the above and this, thanks to Royal Bank of Scotland for the business class in economy seat (who said the scots weren't tight?) flights:

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Dubrovnika... on 15 minutes sleep.

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Bravo Bravo

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Good pivo.

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Rijeka.

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Grüß aus Berlin.

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It's no Champs-Élysées but, it's still sehr schön ;)

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Back to the city of cities.

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Oooh, French skyscrapers.

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Ponying it up a bit in Chelsea.

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The land of guiness, shamrocks and the shittest PT in europe.

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I'll be completely honest now, I only went to Dublin, because this view only cost me 99p:

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Edinburgh, getting there.

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Spot the Canadian from cowtown via Montreal, Glen Coe.

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Crazy Glaswegian.

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Isle of Skye

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Nessy Spotting

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You know when the Edinburgh festival starts, the prices go up - rip off (remember, that's in Sterling - approx $24)

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Last look at blighty

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Home.

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Swish new plasmas that still don't work.

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Home Sweet Home - for the moment.

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But it's like I haven't left Europe?

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Record breaker. 50,333 Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC - largest domestic soccer match attendance ever in Aus.

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Drought.

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END.

Fabb
Dec 26, 2006, 10:57 AM
What an amazing mileage !
I'm jealous.

Ex-Ithacan
Dec 27, 2006, 5:03 PM
WOW, did you get around or what? Looks like a great trip. How long were you on the road (or should I say in the air)? Good stuff Tays, I'm jealous. Thanks for sharing these with us.

arbeiter
Dec 27, 2006, 9:09 PM
these are truly brilliant pictures. reminds me of why i'm always so fond of my blighty.

can i stay with you in south yarra?