Entries from 'couchsurfing'

Day 37

Double Biking in Holland! Had another very relaxing day riding around the countryside with our couchsurfing host and some other Aussies. We also went to the local fair where I hit 12 out of 12 targets at the shooting gallery and won a stuffed turtle for our host Mariaka! Also dodgem cars and card games…

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Day 36

Its all about the bikes in Holland. Went for a ride around the countryside in northern Holland today. From Spanbroek, through Opmeer and went to a Traditional Holland farm house/museum out of Hoogwoud with two other couchsurfers (also from Australia) who happen to be Couchsurfing here too. Learnt some interesting facts about early life on a…

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Day 35

Its all about the Cheese in Holland. This is the weekly cheese market, display, routine thingy that happens every week in Hoorn (about 45 mins out of Amsterdam). This is played out every week with a group of retirees acting out how the old cheese market used to work here. I know this, because it was explained…

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Day 31

So after a great night out, Sunday unfortunately kicked us in the face with a hangover. Tascha and I didn’t end up getting mobilised and eating breakfast until about 1.30pm. Afterwards we went to the Brick Lane Sunday market and somehow Tascha continued eating all day long. Breakfast (at lunchtime), Second market breakfast-lunch, lunch-dessert, afternoon…

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Day 30

Day 30 already! Coincidentally my friends Andy and Josh who I met at Miyajima backpackers exactly 2 years ago were having a going away party in London. It was a really great night with great people spent drinking at a bar under a bridge in London fields and then back at Andy and his lovely…

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Day 29

Today I spent a lovely day sitting at a train station waiting for my friend Tascha who is also coming to stay with my couchsurfing host. It was great! I read a bunch of my book. Luckily im really into my book, otherwise I would be angry at loveable Tascha. Before I spent most of my…

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Day 27

This is my current London Couchsurfing host Anthony. He enjoys fixing things, making cocktails, organic farming, creating sculptures, drinking tea, dancing on trees, chilling out, playing music and making films such as we did today in the park. Probably the most Zen guy I have ever met.

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Day 25

Today I check out of hostel life in London and check into couchsurfing again! I’m staying with an awesome guy in hackney who is also hosting another girl from London/NZ and renovating the house we are staying in. This photo was taken in the old Vic tunnels on the way to the train station. I…

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Day 18

BAM! Another Collage. I’m slowly but surely catching up on my Project 365. This is yesterdays post. Most of the day was spent sleeping in, and then driving the 5 or so hours back to Edinburgh so I put this together in the car. We stopped for a few photo opps at various locations along…

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