Spring holiday time

To make up for my first two months of the year, I've been on three holidays in the following two! A last minute trip to Morzine, on the border of Switzerland and France, with a few mates was absolutely brilliant. To be able to ski across the border with endless amounts of pistes was great fun. We then had several mad evenings chucked in there too. Best of all, we've got some of the funniest (and maybe a little tipsy) moments captured on film - and I'm currently in the process of (my latest hobby) editing the footage to make a DVD. Soon after that trip, Emma and I went to Venice for a long...

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Mourning Poland

8th April 2005 - Warszawa One early Easyjet flight, three 'bloody' trips to the toilet, one 'Marcello Lippi' look-alike bus driver, about 26 policemen and I'm finally at the Oki Doki Hostel. It's in a nice little square, guarded by a bloke with an enormous machine gun. I can't check in because it's only 11am, so I drop off my bags and go for a wander. The streets are absolutely dead and apart from the odd few tourists and a few elderly couples with John Paul flags, the city is empty. I'm surprised by the number of skyscrapers. They break up the skyline and make it look very cosmopolitan...

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