London, Amsterdam, Germany and the beautiful Switzerland

LONDON
Loved it here wish we had more time here so much to see. We went through Buckingham Palace which was awesome the detail and art work in this place is amazing definitely worth a look. We had scons and tea in the cafe at the back of the palace, Craig said they were not as good as his nan's though (I don't think anyone will beat Maggies scons as he says it quiet frequently). Went on the London Eye bit boring but one of those things you must do and also went through the London Dungeon which was cool. Checked out Harrods WOW shame we weren't trillionaires married wrongly...kidding babe xx

Buckingham Palace

London Eye

'STONERVILLE' aka AMSTERDAM

this is such a fun place to visit and no I did not eat space cake or purchase any doobies, however I did see a live sex show actually got quiet boring regular porn is better...hehe!!! Had an absolute ball in Amsterdam this was our first stop on the Conitiki tour.

at the cheese and clogs shop

bike ride in Edam - so much fun so want a bike now just like these ones

Craig relieving himself in the Red Light District

Rhine Valley, Germany - loved Germany really want to come back here

Switzerland...BEAUTIFUL this place is definitely a MUST SEE...once again :-)

all the cows have bells as the the land is so steep and big, like having a BIG cat....

beep, beep, beep.......NEW YORK

This is one crazy place I think Craig and I were a bit gob smacked for 2 days. There are approximately 14,000 taxi`s in New York, they are driving all over the place and constantly honking their horns. We fell in love with New York this is an amazing city and definitely a MUST SEE!!! We stayed in a great location right amongst it all (thanks Sharon) we were close to Time Square, 5th Avenue, Broadway, Central Park which unfortunately we did not get a chance to go through due to our bus tour from hell to Washington DC "NEVER AGAIN"!!!! It was a scorching 43 degree day with 90% humidity and our last full day in New York, air-con on the bus was broken which they tried to fix while we had a 2hr stop at some Nasa Museum (as you can sense I was real enthused about the Museum....not), we were supposed to depart at 5pm which then became 8-8.30pm, several stops along the way and finally we arrived back in New York at 2.30am "NOT HAPPY JAN". Apart from that we had a great time so much to see we only saw a tiny bit. Did a bit of shopping in Soho (Bloomingdales), walked through Wall Street, boat ride around Statue of Liberty, visited the site of ground zero (very sad), strolled down 5th Avenue (my favourite store of course was Tiffany & Co, we didn`t purchase anything :-( however we still have Paris to go.....), went up the Empire State building and also looked through Macy`s. Food was fantastic we dined at the Rokerfella Centre Craig said it was the BEST steak and peppered sauce EVER even I thought it tasted pretty good. We got to be in the audience of the David Letterman Show the guest stars were Steve Carell, Selma Gomez and Sheryl Crowe it was great!!!!

We have heaps more pics of New York but we brought the wrong cord for the little camera so I have posted some pics from the big camera. I have also included some pics of Switzerland but I have missed London, Amsterdam and Germany will post when I get to the next internet cafe. The keyboard I am using at the moment is foreign so excuse if there are some errors or weird symbols. The Contiki is SO MUCH FUN (Aussies Galore we are everywhere) although we have been having a few too many drinkies at night. Met some awesome people and again saw more amazing places. Switzerland is probably my favourite so far but I think I have said that about all the places we have visited apart from LA.

view of Time Square from our hotel room



Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan

Statue of Liberty

Washington DC, this is where Forest Gump ran though the water calling out to Jenn-ay

think these were statues of soldiers from the Korean War???

The White House

Switzerland, Mt Pilatus 7,000ft (I could not look down when we were going up in the Gondola)

Craig on the Luge

and I just posted these cos I found them on the camera and they just so cute (from memory these photo^s were taken at Christmas time, we baked some cookies in the arvo and then later we drove around looking at the Christmas lights)

VEGAS BABY...yeah

Las Vegas was absolutely awesome!!!! All nice and new, clean from what we could see and very hot. Most days were 40 degrees +, very dry heat not sticky like Bris-vegas. The strip was a happening place people everywhere walking from casino to casino, Craig and I only went through half of the casino's. The Bellagio was by far the elite casino and so many people stopping by to see the botanical gardens and watching the fountain show which was brilliant. We went and watched Holly Madison Peepshow (inappropriate I know) but it actually was a really good show, however we saw very little of Holly Madison... bit disappointing. We went through the Grand Canyon by helicopter great experience apart from the motion sickness not sure if the hangover contributed...luckily I wasn't the only one sick there were another couple also. I got to do a bit of shopping YAY was very excited picked up some great bargains and even talked myself out of a Burberry wallet not sure what is wrong with me maybe all those months of savings has made me realise I don't need everything... :-), Craig might not agree with that!!! Well we have arrived in New York 'WOW' bit over whelmed it is so BIG not sure where to start....

The Helicopter we went on

The Grand Canyon

Craig and I when I was feeling all excited

The Bellagio fountain show

Botanical Gardens

New York New York (even has it's own roller coaster)

New York New York on the the left and MGM Grand on the right (the MGM Grand has 5,005 rooms)

The Bellagio

This is the ceiling in the Bellagio foyer

chocolate fountain, I had to walk past this every time going to and from our room looks delicious!

Craig and my signature pose....however

this is a result of what happens when you try to be a ballerina in the Bellagio foyer, think we might just leave the signature pose where there is a soft place to land. My chin looks a lot worse than this very black...would have been hilarious for the spectators

We made it...

just....the taxi driver who delivered us to our hotel would not speak, closed his eyes whilst driving and looked like a killer...'seriously', I had my doubts about getting here safe. Los Angeles has been great to see, however a bit of a hole...we are staying in Downtown LA which is not so scenic but hotel is extremely nice. If I were to come again Beverly Hills would be on top of my list then Hollywood. First full day here we saw where the Academy Awards are held, the star strip (took a pic of Alan Jackson's star for Uncle Mick) the homes of the stars (i.e. Orlando Bloom, Chalize Theron)(they live in the area where Sharon Tate was killed by Marilin Manson, the movie of this murder was one of the most horrifying movies I have ever seen), then we went into Beverley Hills and saw the homes of Dr Phil, The Beckhams, Tom Cruise and Katie Homes, Michael Jackson and blah blah blah got quiet boring after a while cos all you could see were lots of high fences and awesome gates. We drove down Rodeo Drive 'THE BEST DRIVE IN THE WORLD' and also past the Beverley Hills Whilshire 'PRETTY WOMAN' and the spot where Richard Gere rescues Julia Roberts, then onto Santa Monica and Venice Beach. Santa Monica and Venice Beach lovely place by the seaside and great restaurants although the approach from randoms at the markets started to get to me....Yesterday was Universal Studio's SO MUCH FUN BUT I didn't get to drive down Wisteria Lane as they were filming :-(, I did get to see their trailers, got very burnt and look like a lobster. Ow also had pic's taken with some not so famous people but they have stared on True Blood, Greys Anatomy and CSI. Today was Disneyland absolutely a great place to visit the history and illusions created were amazing shame we couldn't have visited here 20 years earlier ('mum' 'dad'..hehe) a top place for young children, this is probably the best adventure park I have ever been to. The food has been yum but the taxes and tips suck, ROOM SERVICE AWESOME. Tomorrow off to Las Vegas...hopefully will get to post some more pic's as there is a lady wanting to use the computer!!!

Adios Amigo's xxx

The Builtmore

Hollywood

Alan Jackson

Dr Phil's house

Rodeo Drive...my favourite

Santa Monica