I was a special gift to my owner, on Valentines Day 1996 from someone very special. We are embarking on a bit of travel, so you will be able to follow our adventures and tales, as I keep this sort of diary for my owner. You could say this is my version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Something to keep you amused while we are on our journey. Please add comments, we like to hear back from you.

22 July 2007

Sunday, July 22, 2007


Its the end of another week, the first week back at work and its a Sunday. Long breakfast at "the office" is the first thing for the day and then we will see what is of interest to do.
The image today is of course me and Stevie, one of the nice people at the Red Tongue. He missed out one being photographed with me before we left on our travels, so we have made up for it today. I am of the belief that Steve is single and available, and he would be a great catch for the right person.

16 July 2007

Back to work today.


Monday July 16, 2007. Melbourne 13C
Well our long holiday has come to an end, my owner will have to go back to work to pay for my trip and to start saving for the next one. Now that I have got a liking for this international travel, we will have to start planning the next 3 month break, Greece, Italy, Russia and some other places.
Todays picture is of me and Michelle, my owner has left me on her desk to keep and eye on her. As you can see, she must be a very busy person, as she has two computers on her desk to assist her.

9 July 2007

Monday, July 9

Monday, July 9, 2007 Melbourne 13C.
Well we have been home for a few days now. And as usual, Sunday was a long breakfast at my owner's favourite cafe, The Red Tongue. As the weather is cold, he has spent a bit of time inside sorting the thousand of images he has taken while on our travels. I have found a few images that I had not included on my daily blog, so might add them over the next week or so. The next few days will be catching up with friends, etc. Some long breakfasts seem to be the order for most of the days. I don't eat much, but I still get to sit up at the table and be a part of things.

Today a parcel arrived from France, via London, it was the photograph storage unit that froze up while in Germany. It was to much relief that the data stored had not been affected, and the 600 images from the Road Trip and LA, were on there. Somehow my owner, had not backed them up on to DVD while in Dallas. So the 6500 images are now complete. The family are really going to love the slide night, they will be forced to sit through all of the images with electrodes placed to keep them awake.

4 July 2007

Reflections

Wednesday, July 4, 2007. Melbourne 12C
Well I am glad that I am a furry bear, as it is chilly back home. Its a bit of a shock to the system to have been enjoying over 32C temperatures in Bangkok, and to be home to an expected top of 12C in Melbourne today.

Today we sat down and did a bit of calculating. I am good at pushing the buttons on the large calculator.

The total number of km's flying = 48,286 km
total number for flights = 17 flights
total number of km's driving = 750 km
total number of km's in trains = impossible to calculate
total number of km's walking = average around 18,000 to 20,000 steps most days
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To all our American friends, Happy Independence Day.

3 July 2007

Travel Day, Sydney - Melbourne

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Well after arriving into Sydney at 6.00 this morning, with no sleep, and 3 movies watched, we got ourselves onto a 8.00 flight to Melbourne.

2 July 2007

Travel Day, Bangkok - Sydney - Melbourne

Monday, July 2, 2007 Bangkok, 34C Sydney 12C
Well our little adventure is fast coming to an end. Today we head out to the airport to catch our flight home.

1 July 2007

Bangkok, Day 3

Sunday July 1, 2007
Well as usual, its a Sunday and this time breakfast was in the hotel, a wide selection of things to choose from, and we tried most. Today is a relax and enjoy day so down beside the swimming pool, sipping on long cold drinks. For tommorrow we pack and start on the final leg of journey home.

Bangkok, Day 2

Saturday, June 30, 2007
Well what else is there to do in Bangkok, besides temples. Shopping. Yes we went out a did a little shopping, some shirts, a belt or two, etc. To relax and unwind a Thai Massage was needed and enjoyed.

29 June 2007

Bangkok, Day 1

Friday, June 29, 2007
Well being the first full day in a new place, we went for a walk around the area of the hotel. I dont think we will need to buy a weekly travel ticket for this place, as there is plenty of transport waiting at the front of the hotel. To relax and cool down, the afternoon was spent at the pool, were I spent a bit of time reading up on the teachings of Buddha.

Travel Day, London - Bangkok


Thursday, June 28, 2007
We landed in Bangkok around 16:30 or 4:30 pm for those that dont know a 24 hour clock. It was overcast and raining, so hope it clears up as I want to spend a bit of time by the pool, relaxing taking in the sun, etc.
Got to our hotel and checked in, and the room has a nice big bed in it. I managed to get the big bed, I wonder where my owner is going to sleep.
After a shower and clean up, we headed out as always to get an idea of the local area.

27 June 2007

Travel Day, Prague - London - Bangkok




Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Prague 22C - London, Raining - Bangkok 32C.
Our plane to London is not until mid afternoon, so there was a bit of time to finish of the must see list. According to our little guide book we had missed the No 1 Best Places to See. Chram svateho Mikulas or for those not up on their Czech, St Nicholas's Church, or as some would say the Church of Santa Claus. Built between 1704 and 1756, it has a very baroque organ, played by Mozart in 1765. It has 2500 pipes and 44 registers, that sounds impressive, well it is. Four years later it was played at a funeral Mass in his memory. Mozart gets a lot of mention around the place here, and most concerts or recitals include some of his music. Like the organ recital that we went to last nite. But music from one of my owner's relatives was the major work on the programme. Regret there is a organ recital at St Nicholas's Church which we will miss tonight, would have been good to hear those all those pipes at work.


Now a few people have sent me messages, and a few have made comment that my owner has yet to appear in any of the photographs. Well I have tried to get one or two images to add to my diary, but he has not got in front of the camera too much during our travels. He has left that part of being the front man to me I guess. But I managed to persuade him to take a self portrait, which I will get resized and added here. (Image is now added, hope you can work out my owner in the photograph)


Well the next entry should be from Bangkok, where we are having a bit of a relax before heading home. Oh I forgot one thing, today I was filmed for Japanese Television, while my owner and I were doing a little photo shoot on the Charles Bridge, so I might have to go back and check what I have said about the Japanese and their photo taking habits. But they are still at it on the bridge today, getting their picture taken touching the statue of St John. I guess some one could sell a program that puts your picture into the fore ground of other standard images, would do well in Japan. They would not have to travel in large groups to fulfil their "must be photographed in front off or beside' list.

Have included a few pictures. One of the alter at St.Nicks Church, the others are while waiting at Heathrow, me and the main backpack that I travel a lot in.

Reflections

If you have been keeping up with my travels, you may want to go back over the past 7-10 days, as I finally got my owner to resize some of his photographs and have added them, also a few extra notes.

26 June 2007

Prague, Day 6



Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Sunny, 24c.
It rain for most of the night, so we spent a bit of time reading up on a few things. I thought that I might fill in a little detail about the statue of St John of Nepomuk, on the Charles Bridge and why every one has to touch the panels for "good luck". He was arrested, tortured on the rack and then thrown - bound and gagged - off the bridge in 1393 on the orders of Vaclav IV, allegedly for refusing to divulge the secrets of the queen's confession. A cluster of stars were said to have appeared over the spot wher he drowned. In order to ensure his canonization, the Jesuits exhumed his corpse and produced what they claim to be his tongue, alive and licking, proving he did not devulge the secrets of the confession.
Well the day started out fine, but clouded over, a few showers and fairly strong winds. Perfect weather for yes, you guessed, an art gallery. But first a bit of time in what was the Jewish Ghetto area.