Amsterdam

Currently my ship is sailing smoothly in London. I've just been hit by a wave of amazing tunes brought to me by Brooklyn psychedelic gospel rockers Yeasayer.

What was before this? Lets go back to a place in Switzerland called Nyon.

The sunset swimming across Lake Geneva and hitting the Mont Blanc on the way to bed. A paradise for 10 days.

Flying to Amsterdam














Bam! I jumped on a plane and left paradise to arrive in Amsterdam. A place for the wicked, crazy and highly 'energised'. Sean and I stayed in two Hostels, one was a Christian hostel in the red light district. In the very same street you could pay get your rocks off for €30 as well as get a good nights sleep at the hostel for €18, an that includes breakfast. Here we met up with lovely Francesca and her friends Sophie and Marte. We did the usual Amsterdam fun things.....i'll leave that to your imaginations
Sean on a bike

Amsterdam is a beauty of a city. Filled with so much character in one tiny spot.








Sean by the Canal



Lets time warp back to my first time in Berlin. Remember Melt festival? Bjork and Hotchip were playing. Well i had a bunch of disposable camera images printed. An wow i don't remember any of the photos being taken, but here is the last and best image from the reel. It contains our very excited Austrian friends who were all party party party love party love party party love love and party. Fun times. |

Nyon

Nyon, originally uploaded by m2photos.

Nyon! This is Lili, Noemie and myself having a fantastic time beneath the sprinkler. Magic in Nyon.

Berlin Radar

Berlin Radar, originally uploaded by m2photos.

Berlin Berlin! Yep it was amazing. An will be upon my return. Currently i'm nestled between the Jura Mountains, Lake Geneva and THE Alps in Switzerland. Life couldn't be any better.

The lovely Parson and Piguet family have welcomed me into their family through food, music, conversation and adventures. Chris, alpha male, is a translator (French to English) for a local music festival called Paleo ( http://www.2008.paleo.ch/ ) which i came especially to Switzeland for. Imagine 5 days of music from around the globe: Ben Harper, Mika, The Wombats, Manu Chao, lots of French bands, REM and stacks more. Mix it with rain, mud, dancing till 6am, Chocolate waffels and beautiful surrounds. That is Paleo.

My next stop is to meet up with Sean in Amsterdam from the 7-13th and then scoot off to Berlin to see Sigur Ros on the 13th (http://www.myspace.com/sigurros) and then bustle my way to London. An ohhh i see that Edinborough Fringe is happening...i just might make my way there!

Maxo