A key milestone for us on this trip was to visit Schaffhausen and meet up with all the family and friends. This kind of over-whelmed...

As mentioned last post, we left very little time to do everything I wanted to do in Switzerland, so we decided to back-track from the...

We dawdled too long in Padua and Tuscany, so we had to cut short our time on the Riviera. A few shots from our stay in Sanremo.

A few shots from our quick trip to Florence.

Woke today to forecasts of thunderstorms, so we headed away from them towards Pisa. When we got there we decided to resist the temptation...

A short update from Spike Spearman, (Raving) Roving Reporter in the little town of Moncelice.

Unfortunately the weather did not smile on us for our first trip to Venice this century. But it's still Venice, right? Check out our...

We planned an early start for our two day excursion to St Moritz and Lombardy. We headed off early and hit the Swiss border around...

OK, I can't say that I've been great at keeping all you loyal followers up to date, so instead of making excuses, I'm going to go for...

I was greatly looking forward to seeing Innsbruck and I wasn't disappointed. The town is so close to the mountains on either side you can...

I had only the dimmest awareness that Salzburg is famous for The Sound of Music, but it didn't take long for me to be set right. The...

Last day in Vienna our Airbnb host say we can stay as long as we like, so are due to collect car from Hertz at 2:00pm so we start the day...

Just to complete the sequence, here's the video diary from Vienna. We were there for five nights but didn't actually take a lot of photos...

We had great fun on our two-day stopover in Dubai. There's a short video blog here and below.

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Today marks the end of an amazing journey for me. After nearly twelve years of growing Designertech I am delighted to be completing the...

Our year started in Richmond, near Nelson where we stayed in a beautiful and quiet Airbnb property. It was very warm and we spent most of...

Last month my company Designertech sponsored a major conference in Wellington. As sponsor, I got to say a few words to the conference...

I'm about two-thirds of the way through Ken Burns excellent documentary series on the Vietnam War. One of the key people interviewed is...

WARNING! This is a long post. But it was a long trek. I've kept it to the days actually trekking, there were days in Kathmandu either...