The one they call Spiderman

Spiderman, spidey, Peter Parker are all names I've been called over the last 2 weeks. Why you ask... well a picture is worth a thousand words...

Ok, now for the explanation...I went to bed 3 Friday nights ago and awoke on Saturday morning with a bit of a sore leg. It gradually got worse over the next 4 days, until I was finally convinced by the guys at work (thanks Caroline) to go see my doctor. At this stage I only had a fairly large lump on the back of my leg. My doctor had a fit when he saw it and had a go at me for not coming in sooner. His verdict... most likely a white tail spider bite whilst I was asleep. So I've spent the last 3 weeks limping severely, a day in hospital and around 15 appointments at my doctor's surgery.

The above photos were taken by a nurse when I was game to look at my leg again... This was 2.5 weeks and 2 courses of a strong antibiotic later. At is peak, the hole was about the size of an Australian 50c piece. Sorry to the poor quality, they were taken on my mobile phone...

At one stage it was looking like I might have to delay my trip... But thankfully the healing process has be very quick; all thanks to my doctor.

The moral of this story... when you have an unexplained sore leg go see a doctor

Money $$$$

Well I finally got my act together today and transfered my first amount of cash to my UK - HSBC account. I was wrong in thinking that this would be a straight forward process. After two unsuccessful attempts (Bloody Westpac), I finally managed to transfer £2000. Even though the exchange rate is a killer, I managed get in on the highest rate in over a decade... Pure arse of course.

This is now another thing done, and something else to make the fact sink in that I am really going.

In closing, I am aware this isn't really apart of my European adventure, but someone has already put shit on me for not having enough content... You know who you ARE!!!

To Begin With...

Hi All... I have just set up this blog to outline my travels to Europe in 2008. I shall do my best to keep it up too date as I go along, so stay tuned for more interesting tales...