Annual collections that document some of the highlights I've experienced while living in the heart of Western Europe.
Recent additions: Snapshots of winter in the French Alps.

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A quick visit to see Arne on his home turf.

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After a week long training course in Amsterdam we had the chance to spend the weekend tracking down the headstone of my great-grandmother's brother killed in WW1 on the France/Belgium border and wander along the canals of Bruges.

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I promised myself at the end of 2004 I'd get back and give Scotland a more thorough going-over, and so here we are.

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In Scandinavia's most beautiful city with my beautiful wife on our beautiful anniversary. Just beautiful.

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Paul and Alice's second wedding ceremony, with a couple of other brief stops along the way.

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Paul and Alice's first wedding ceremony and attending my first footy game in five years.

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Brief stopovers on my way to Melbourne and return.

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Around Tasmania a little more and the obligatory pitstop to catch up with friends in Sydney.

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With Katie studying in the US over the summer, this was the perfect opportunity for a trip to celebrate our first anniversary.

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Exploring here and there while I have been working in Southampton.

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Honeymooning in Central America.

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Katie and I get hitched.

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Attending six matches of the Super Eights stage of the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, and exploring this Caribbean island on non-match days. It's "the game of love and unity" if the tournament theme song is to be believed.

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I bring the Southern Belle on her first trip to the real Great Southern Land, stopping in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney.

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A weekend for reflection in Buçaco National Park.

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Two weddings in four days, the chance to finally get to the Norfolk village my Grandad was born in and my second fortunate encounter with the Northern Lights.

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Sampling a little of the atmosphere of the 2006 soccer World Cup. A tense draw with Croatia in the their final group game meant the Australian dream continues into the knockout phases.

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Erkki, Katie and I head east for Easter to visit Maria.

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A birthday trip to the Italian coast.

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My first Christmas away from home. I'd never really planned to ever go to Seppo-land, but then this Aussie Yobbo met a Southern Belle and everything changed.

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A childhood dream realised, visiting the fairytale castle immortalised in one of our jigsaw puzzles.

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Andrew and Kathleen's wedding brought me back to Hobart and Sydney for time to recharge the batteries before heading back out to the great unknown.

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Carpets, Roman ruins, carpets, the tanneries of Fes, carpets, camel trekking in the Sahara, carpets and snake charmers in Marrakech. Oh, and did I mention the carpets?

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The next stop on my magic carpet ride. Hello from Troy, from Troy (hee hee hee!).

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My 'chase the warmth' strategy coming into the Northern Hemisphere winter took a slight detour. International Rules in Dublin (Ireland v Australia in a hybrid Gaelic/Australian Football tussle), a Scandi Contiki mini-get-together and a day tour to Belfast (a city I've always had a somewhat morbid fascination about).

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My first real exploration of the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal in particular totally won me over, as it's unpretentious, relatively cheap, run-down in parts without being squalid and complemented by a strange love of bathroom tiling as an exeterior facade for residential apartment terraces.

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My first big overseas trip. A European appetiser of as much as I could possibly cram into a month.

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