Beautiful rhine valley in germany. A sensational spot to chill and cruise the rhine and get tanked on the sweet and fruity wines dished from the vineyards and wineries dotting the banks of the rhine. Lots of castles, rolling hills, beer, bratwurst, ghulash soup and sour-krout (dont know how u spell that exactly). had a great time in the best weather i have seen over here all year (nothing on Perth). gave us a chance to turn our pasty complexions olive at last!!! this is elisha, lapo and myself wine tasting in bacharach!

the night after the storm. a seriously big ass storm. woke me up and kept me up. the weather got a little chilly on the monday. we had balance problems with this photo. we are atop of a castle thingy watchout in bacharach. the castle behind is actually a hostel

lonely lappo minding the bags, and recuperating from an attack of the hayfever at burg rheinfels castle in st goar along the rhine.

nicola thought she was beating me in a chess game on the banks of the rhine in boppard. little did she know of my 3 move check mate routine. i promptly sent her packing, and she had to carry the backpack for the rest of the day in 30 degree heat! ;). just joking.

lappo and i as bouncers in front of some old stone structure thing in boppard, where we stayed overnight. beatiful sunny weather. ahhh....love it.

lappo checking the footy scores and nathan browns leg in bacharach in the tourist office.

Germany and the Rhine valley...one of the many castles perched atop the rollwing green hills of the rhine, on a 30 degree day with clear blue skies!!!! wooohooo!

new york city!!!! wooo hooooo! simply awesome. below are some pics and commentary on this city of action, cheap clothes, expensive oily food and fun fun fun. first of all, nicki holding onto her audio tour device thingy as well as her life on top fo the empire state....

trumpy awaits the arrival of luco to grovel for a job. nyc!

damn this blogger thing. cant send these through all at once. dave letterman awaits the entrance of luco....

see blurb below. new york city was awesome. we stayed on manhatton, saw some break dancing, shopped around the clock, hit greenwich village and ate bagles and sausages at the local diner. great!

Below are a selection pictures from NYC. A viw from the hudson, me and my shopping (its all nicola's shoes actually), about to present myself to mr. trump and get a job, nicki holding onto her life (and the expensive audio tour thing) on top fo the empire state, and thumbs up for davee letterman.

Manhattan from the empire state on the windiest night ever. we needed to be strapped to the walls to prevent a midnight flight uptown