Wow. Time has been flying by faster and faster these days, I never seem to have enough time to get all I want done. I left off last year around the 19th of Dec just before I went to Amsterdam with Noël for a few days for a (legally!) Marijuana fueled holiday. Amsterdam is an amazing city, but not lacking in dramas, on the way there Noël had some vomiting virus which lasted about 12 hours, on the first day I was almost mugged on my way back from a cash machine, we almost got kicked out of our hotel for setting off a fire alarm smoking weed (that would have been a funny story), got yelled at by prostitutes and Noël almost went through customs on the way back with a pipe and some hash.

Other than that Amsterdam is an amazing city which I will no doubt be back in at some stage. No cars is the biggest draw card, busy silence was incredible. Didn't muck around with my camera much, but I did manage to snap off a few shots including the one to the right which I took just outside the bluebird coffee shop.

Christmas came and went without too many dramas, Simon had a fit at Christmas lunch, I got 3 dress shirts and a stylophone, and ate too much food. Post Christmas work however got a little intense as Simon's mood swings became increasingly frequent and violent with my face taking the brunt of it. Don't worry, I'm still a handsome devil, but I do make sure I cut his nails a bit more often.

New years was quiet at Noël's, didn't even make it to the fireworks, but I did have a much needed break from work before we went to Paris on the Eurostar for Noëls birthday.


Paris was amazing, cheese, wine, baguette, pastries, art, music and etc filled nearly everyday, we were staying at a guys house that was on craigslist for 25 euros each a night near Voltaire metro station which saved us a bit of cash. Much more photography was had on this trip, and even with temps dropping below -8 plus windchill, I donned some gloves and have took a bunch of HDR shots which I a still processing when I have time.

So that's the quick update, like I said there is still a bunch of photos I'm processing so check back later, I will be ordering my new computer in the next week (maybe in 2 weeks to get the latest iLife), and I am fixing and updating the site as I go. In fact, check out the new interface on the portfolio page (or not), not much content up yet but the structure is pretty sweet :D

Peace, Love and back on track.