Saturday After a long, but easy, journey to Luton airport, and a pain free EasyJet experience...who knows what those people on the TV are complaining about....whinging POMs I arrived in Istanbul. In a flight shorter than that between Perth and Melbourne I have crossed an entire continent and landed in Asia (Sabiha Gokcen Airport-named after Turkey's first female pilot- is on the Asian side of the city.) A shuttle bus into the city centre allows my first impressi...

Once again it was raining as we departed Ostend and headed to Antwerp...however today the rain was accompained by freezing wind as well!! Antwerp is a small city (Population of about 500 000) and is about 2 hours from Ostend. It is known as Belgium's fashion capital and is also known for it's diamonds. Unfortunately I could not afford to indulge in the latter and owing to what seemed a fairly unusual practice many of the shops did not open until 1 pm on Mondays,...

We departed Ostend at about 9am for the hour and a half drive to Brussels, after our guide had to track down several members of the tour group who decided to fully experience what the night life had to offer. Once again it poured with rain the entire drive and we were greeted with soggy skies as we arrived in Belgium's capital. Brussels has a population of about 2 million and despite being located in Flanders is largely French speaking. However signs, menus and ...

A 6 am start, after spending the night in a London Hostel close to our pick up point, was a tough start to a weekend in Belguim. Especially as the warmish spring weather we had been experiencing for the previous week had deserted us just in time for the Bank Holiday weekend (Of course!). We made our way, by coach to Dover, where we were able to see the famous white cliffs, and boarded a ferry to Calais in France. Thankfully to crossing was fairly smooth. Upon a...

After another early start I along with Carolyn, Tiana and about 20 others departed Earl's Court headed for some of the most important and famous historical sites in England. About 90 minutes later we reached the Salisbury Plains and Stonehenge. Believed t have begun as a ring of wooden posts about 5000 years ago Stonehenge has been fascinating people for thousands of years owing to it's unkown use and mysterious construction. The first stone were erected in appr...