Paris RWC Final - 20/10/07

Again, aside from the result, a thoroughly good time. We checked out the Catacombs of Paris, which if you haven't been is a must. Really really crazy walking through underground tunnels with the bones of millions (6 to be exact) of people lining the walls in cynical patterns. Supposedly there are 300km of these tunnels under Paris!

Other than that, shopping was done, rugby was watched and baguettes were bought. Paris is always good.

Athens & Santorini - 15/10/07

Athens and Santorini. Have been wanting to go to Greece for a while now after hearing many good things so Gabe and I devoted the week in between the rugby world cup semi finals and final to a bit of sun and relaxation.

One whirlwind day in Athens was spent climbing foolish mountains to view scaffold clad history and then some unbelievably fine dining at Spondi, which, Gordon Ramsey's Pétrus, actually found hard to beat.

A fully berthed 9 hour ferry trip to Santorini then took up most of the next day with us arriving in time for some incredible sunset action. The views from Santorini's caldera are nothing short of stunning but due to our unparalleled fatness we couldn't really tell you much about anything outside our hotel. Tan, book and lounger me over.