I’m now in Krakow and enjoying it so far. Everyone we spoke to said most of the action in Poland is in and around Krakow, so we made a bee-line for the city after we left Bratislava behind. Krakow really is a delightful little city. A bit too touristy for my liking, but it, Read More
We left Budapest early this morning and headed north-west to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. This wasn’t really on our "to do" list, however it conveniently broke up our journey to Krakow in Poland. Who knows, maybe I’m already city-d out, but I didn’t think much of Bratislava. Sure there were some lovely renaissance, Read More
No ladies, I’m not talking about the Hungarian boys strutting their stuff at the thermal baths – and sorry but no photos of that either! But I am talking about the small city of Pecs (pron. "Paich") in southern Hungary. I felt like getting out of Budapest for the day and took a liking, Read More
I’ve spent the past few days exploring more of the city, and I like what I’ve seen. Budapest has done a great job of keeping with the old while embracing change. Greg and I caught a ferry up the Danube one day to the small village of Szentendre, to see what life is like, Read More
Neal, Greg and I spent the day exploring the Buda side of Budapest, which is on the western bank of the Danube. Atop Castle Hill, an imposing citadel covering a decent sized hill, we explored the old Royal Palace, walked past many government buildings along the cobbled streets, saw a few impressive churches and, Read More
After a long night farewelling my friends in Baden I caught a 6:30am train to Munich. I decided to add on the side trip (originally I planned to go direct from Zurich to Budapest) to take up an offer from a Brazilian mate Marcelo to join him and a bunch of his friends from, Read More
It’s been great fun being back in Switzerland for the past week… Last weekend I joined some of my rugby mates at one of our traditional summer tournaments – the St. Gallen "Bishop’s Cup" 10’s tournament in eastern Switzerland. Sure enough I couldn’t avoid pulling on the boots again and I played a handful, Read More
The Grand Tour began at 4:30am on 6 June at the corner of Greenwich and Grant St in San Francisco. My taxi didn’t show and I was therefore rushed to make my flight on time. It all worked out OK and I had an uneventful flight and seamless transfer in Toronto. It was a, Read More
This blog is still under construction and I’m slowly bringing my entries up-to-date. Please come back again soon, when I should have the following pages up and running: More Swiss Alps: mountaineering, hiking, snowboarding Rugby: Rugby Club Zurich, Swiss Rugby, Berkeley RFC Trip summaries (text with a few select photos) from my travels around, Read More
For my last weekend in Europe I met up with my Swedish friend Carolin Olsson in Italy. She had been holidaying down on Lago Maggiore with her family around the Swiss town of Locarno, so I flew into Milano and we met up in Verbania on the Italian side of the lake. On Saturday, Read More