Hello world

Its the ryan again, You will be pleased to know that i am as good looking as ever, and kristy is doing ok. We are currently in athens and heading to mykonos (islland) later this arvo.

Since we spoke last we made our way ny train to scotland from london. Al (the donkey lover) walds hooked us up with some super expensive yet super crap seats to glasgow. I paied her back ny giving her the stink foot all night.

We were greeted in glasgow by her aunty loraine who was the best hostess we have ever had. She looked after us for the next few nights and spoit us rotten.

We visited endinboure and stirling caslte. And a weird underground tour.

We changed our flights and flew out of scotland to munich. We had a short yet great time there. A true bavarian meal with a massive snitto and beer. No joke the biggest snitto we have ever seen, literally 40cm long.

I was later kissed by a man with a spiky beard, i still enjoyed it. Went to the beer hall and drank a few litresa of the there finest brew and creashed for the night.

Flew to athens, and stayed in a cool hostel which has a roof top bar over looking the acropolis. Had dinner in the plaka and walked around the old olympic site.

Right now we have justr finished booking our ferry tickets to mykonos. Watched the changing of the guard in front of parliment.

We are going for a look around the acropolis now then jumping on the ferry leter this arvo

Sorry about grammer and spelling

by benno and kristy

London Monopoly Style with Walds

Hey Everyone. We are now in Lonodon, but firstly where we left off.........

After Paris we made our way to Brussells. Brussells probably wasnt the most exciting city in the world and there were lots of people who looked like they would mug you. We spent the afternoon wandering around looking at the architecture, along with sampling some fine Belgian chocolate which was very good! We also saw the Manekin Pis - a fountain statue of a naked little boy weeing. It was the smallest fountain we had ever seen.

The next day we left for Amsterdam. This place is certainly different! Drugs on offer every where you turn, which are totally legal, and of course the infamous red light district. The quality of the girls in the windows was surprisingly very high. Ryan was impressed. You arent supposed to take photos, but sniper Ward was all over it and got some. We went to the Heinekin Museum which was fun and we had some free beers and went to the Anne Frank house - where a young girl and her family hid from the Nazi's back in the 40's.

After Amsterdam, off to London where we met up with Al. Al took us to all the big sights - Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, London Bridge, etc. We met up with some of Al's friends and had dinner.

Today we done the monopoly tour. We walked through the streets of Mayfair, Oxford st, The Strand and heaps more.

Anyway, having an absolute ball, off to Scotland for 2 days. Gotta run. See you very soon!

Love Kristy and Ryanxox

Hey, It Benno doing the entry this time. So i wont let the truth get in the way of a good story.

We completed our trip in swiss with a few nights in Bern, which was expensive but nice. They have a magnificant river that runs thru the centre of town from Apls. Very Clean. While there we grabbed some bikes and did "Le Tour De Bern". Little did i know that kristy was more into freeslty then cruising, she imediatley took of down the road and lodged her front wheel in a tram track, Funny stuff, The bike went completaly vertical, with legs and arm flapping like a bat. A polite man checked that she was ok and handed back her luggage which was propelled several meters while i tryed to stay upright while laughing so hard. The ride was not all a loss for kristy as she got to see 2 blokes skinny dipping in the river, They were very neatly trimmed. Nice work boys.
A quicl 5hour train ride later we ended up in Heildelberg, Germany. Oldschool Germany but was cute.

From there we sailed to Paris which was on a smick train that travelled well over 300kph, It got us their in no time all. 3.5hrs actually.

Paris is Huge, much bigger then any other city we have negotiated to date. The metro and the dunlops got a work out. The Eifle tower is cool, much nicer then i expected. The temperature in Paris was cool so the the time spent at the lookout at the peak was limited. We had a massive blow up with this arrogant French dick, who stuffed up burning our photos to a cd and then overcharged me for a phone call i had made to dad. It took 3 translater 4 hours and 5 Beers to get it sorted out. What a wank.

We took some time out to explore the red light district of paris, where the moulin Rouge is located. I nearly died when a went for a 3 meter slide on a filthy stink patty left by a dog on the foot path, No joke i went flying. Then Kristy nearly coughed up a lung laughing me. Crazy Times. In true Benson Class i initiated Kristy to her first strip club. What a romantic man i am. Those bitches where ugly. Onemay have been a man, But kristy re assures me that there was suffucient proof of female anatomy.

We saw thw Mona Lisa which is located in the Louvre. The was a much better attraction there though, A lady with a moustache!!!! She was awesome, it was groomed as well, neatly trimmed very french.

Off to Brussels Belgium. We were imdiately given some inncorrect informatiom byt the local train info guy, wo sent us and our luggage to the other side of belgium. Lucky i was well aware that the sun was on the wrong side of the train for us to be heading north. After Kriasty made a few enquires we were on our way again.

The Chocolate here is awesome, i have yet to sample the Beer and waffles but i am sure that they will be just as good.

Bent over and taking it like a pro (expensive)

Hi Everyone, cant remember where we left off, so here is an update.

Rome - Amazing architecture, very dirty city, pushy people.
Florence - Saw Michelangelos David statue, werent allowed to take photos, but done the sneaky. Went to Pisa and saw the leaning tower - very amazing.
Venice - Beautiful city overflowing with tourists. Cost us an absolute motza for everything (we are being bent over and we are taking it sweet).
Nice - Still very dirty, beautiful coastline. Went to Monaco - that place rocks! Saw the changing of the gaurd, heaps of Ferraris (Dale you would be jealous) and very big boats!
Zermatt (Swiss Alps) - Absolutely beautiful town. Stunning. Took gondola to the Matterhorn mountain range, went hiking and had some drinks on the side of a glacier.
Bern - Even more expensive than Venice. Pasta meals are about 22 bucks and a big mac meal 11 bucks. Very nice so far, although we only just arrived a few hours ago.
Gotta run - very expensive. Noogs hope you are happy we have updated the site!

See you guys in about 2 weeks! Love K & R

Adios Spain, Buongiorno Italy

Hi Everyone, just a quick hello and update on what we are up to over here. We are having a great time, and seeing so much, although we are also walking A LOT too - we think we have walked over 50km in 5 days! Our poor little legs are so tired, and it is very warm over here. By the end of the trip we will have calves of steel and tight bum muscles! :)

We spent our first 2 days in Madrid, which is a really nice city. Very small narrow streets and tiny cars too. Day 1 we went to the Kings Palace and went through 50 of the 2800 rooms. This place was incredible! We also went to an art museum and saw some works by Picasso. The rest of the day we just wandered the streets of the city.

Day 2 we saw the Real Madrid stadium, but didnt go in as it cost 15 Euro each. We saw the Crystal Palace in a park, went to some markets and later that afternoon a bull fight. Kristy didnt realised the bulls were actually killed at a bull fight until Ryan mentioned it just before we went. It was actually quite horrifying as they spear the bulls so many times. We watched 4.5 bulls die and seen enough.

Day 3 we caught the morning train to Valencia on the coast of Spain. Very nice little town. We walked the entire town in a couple of hours (and our legs feel like they are literally going to fall off!). Valencia is home to the Holy Grail, which we saw, as well as some pretty awesome buildings. The best way to see the city is to wander through the tiny alleys and admire the buildings which are just incredible. We spent the afternoon at the beach, which was littered with cigarette butts (everyone over here seems to smoke and they smoke anywhere and everywhere). It was good to see water though cause it is quite warm over here. After an afternoon siesta, we went and saw some really funky buildings down town that are home to an Imax theatre and an art museum.

Day 4 we caught the train to Barcelona, which is totally different to the previous 2 cities - a lot more touristy, busy and larger streets. We walked down Las Ramblas street where there are buskers everywhere and pet stalls selling everything from pigeons to turtles. There were some awesome markets there too and we had some yummy fresh prawns (which we havent eaten for over 6 months!). We walked down to the water, then through the old gothic allyways. After another siesta, we went walking looking at buildings by the famous architect Gaudi. His designs were quite advanced for his time and the buildings quite interesting. One is still in the process of being contructed. Gaudi is now dead and a lot of his designs were burnt and destroyed when he died, so the continuation of the building is based on another architects impressions of Gaudi. The photos we took dont really do the buildings justice. We spent the evening wandering the gothic quarter of Barcelona and down the fishing area for the traditional Spanish dish Paella.
We have had a real hit and miss with the food over here. A lot of places dont convert to English and the people dont speak English either. For example we ordered something called (along the lines of) turned around wheat of prawn, which happened to be a prawn and bean omlette and very delicious. Another thing we ordered looked like a chicken dish, we both tried it, then realised it was tripe! We didnt eat any more! I guess thats half the fun though!

Day 5 we flew from Barcelona to Rome (via Zurich Switzerland which looks absolutely beatiful from the air. We flew over the Swiss Alps and the highest mountain in Europe, and there was still snow!). Rome is quite dirty and littered with cigarette buts and the buildings with grafiti, they dont seem to take as much pride in the appearance of the city like Madrid or Valencia. Still, the buildings here are incredible, some built BC! Its hard to belive that they are so old. We went to the Colloseum, Trevi fountain (the fountain with Neptune and the sea horses), Spanish Stairs and other ruins.

Day 6 we woke up fairly early and headed up to the Vatican, which is located in the worlds smallest country - Vatican City. Kristy got knocked back to enter cause her shoulders werent covered, but a really nice Canadian couple lent her a shawl and we managed to get in (very lucky). Vatican City, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel were all closed because the day before was a public holiday, so we could only enter St Peters Basilica, which was absolutely incredible. The detail in the place is unimagineable. This is also home to the famous dome created by none other than Michelangelo. We walked around the Cathedral with the Canadian people, then we walked around the entire country (which is 1sq KM) with them too. We said goodbye to them (and returned the shawl) and continued walking the streets past a castle, another place called something Argentina which was where Caeser was stabbed to death, to the Pantheon and through some markets. We had this awesome lunch - it was an egglpant and tomato pizza and probably the best pizza we have ever eaten and a roast pork sandwhich which was also one of the best sangas we had ever eaten - so so good! We spent the rest of the day wandering the streets (and having another siesta!), eating and drinking!

Real Madrid

Hey all. Just hanging uot in down town Madrid and having a blast. 33c here, but doesnt feel that hot. We barely had any sleep and have been awake for almost 2 days and are buggered, but charging on. The buildings here are awsome - mostly lowrise and narrow streets.
Today we walked the streets and saw some cool buildings, the Kings Royal Palace and down town.
Going to a bull fight - hopefully - will update this soon.

The End

Well, the end of our USA trip anyway. Our Euro trip is about to begin. We will try and put a couple of posts on while we are in Europe, although not sure how we will go with posting photos. Here is a summary of our time in the USA.

Number of days spent in USA:188

Number of Countries visited whilst in USA: 2 (America and Canada)

Number of states visited: 22 (including 2 Canadian states)

Total car miles travelled: 30,000 miles (or 48,000 km)

Flight miles (within the USA): 5,800 approx (or 9,300 km)

Our best memories: Although it is hard to look past our 3 stays in the delightful NY hotel, our favourite memories are:

1. Donuts on the Salt Lake in Utah

2. Vegas. Enough said.

3. Miami - wow!

4. Niagara Falls - that place is awesome

5. There are so many more to list, its impossible to write them all down.....

We hope everyone has enjoyed reading about our trip - stay tuned for Euro!