Sounds like a tropical downpour outside.

Will be home Sunday morning :)

Spent a wonderful day at #Jura world of coffee.

Train trip was uneventful and of course arrived dead on Swiss time.

Train to Olten CH leaves in about 40 minutes.

These coffee artists are laughing all the way over the world. Angel & Andrew Saur have used a thick brew coffee as their medium to create iconic pieces of coffee artwork. They attended HOST as guests of the organisers.

Prices for original pieces start at EUR500.

More details can be found on their website at www.coffeeart.com

The airline buffs out there may recognise this Bowing 747 engine inlet cowling.

Having finished flying service, the cowling has been cut down and polished to form a reception desk.

A very impressive piece of work.

More Ducth than Italian, Erika Calesini has created a place for herself in the market by turning old pushbikes into works of art.

At the HOST show they have a large section devoted to hotel and spa trends. Erika's work was being displayed in the hotels section.

Adjacent to the Milano Centrale rail station we stumbled across this car parked.

Very much abandoned sometime ago it now seems to be a favourite spot for pidgeons to relieve themselves.

One good thing, they don't have any parking tickets.

I think this is a pretty good likeness of his model.

In this display area they also had a chef modeling chocolate.  The chocolate of course was more poplar.

Close by they had the pizza and pasta baking demonstration.  Needless to  say these demonstration are very popular around midday.

Much nicer to see daylight at 7am instead of darkness.

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Best Regards

Wayne Fowler
P: 07 3876 1210
F: 07 3876 7312
E: wayne@gilkatho.com.au
Unit 9, 43 Lang Pde Milton Q 4064

Place your order online at www.gilkatho.com.au

The camera stictched together the three octures in the Venus gallery.  So much beauty, so little time.

Then off to HOST tradeshow.

There was however an abundence of wonderful exhibits.

Notre Dame, Latin Qtr, etc etc etc. Time for bed.

Surprised to see that the road works are left like this at the end of
the day. Easy to fall in. Esp for some of people whom are worse for it.

During our time changing trains at  Dordrecht station this morning we were attracted by a sign offering EURO 1 best coffee in town.  So for about AUD1.60 we could have the best coffee.  In this case they had installed a coin operated fully automatic coffee machine.  No queues, no waiting, just put in the euros and walk away with the coffee.  Very efficient.

Today was the first day of our official meetings with one of our suppliers based here in Netherlands. We set the alarms for 6:30.

Received an email advising of an airport change for Friday's flight.
The very thought at being at Charles De Gall airport In the midst of a
four day baggage handlers strike is enough to make me reach for my
tavel insurance document.

Received this ema from easyjet this morning.

Dear Customer,

We regret to inform you that as a result of the industrial action on
20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd October 09, your flight(s) to or from Paris
Orly (ORY) will be arriving/departing to/from Paris Charles de Gaulle
T3 (CDG) airport

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Best Regards

Wayne Fowler
P: 07 3876 1210
F: 07 3876 7312
E: wayne@gilkatho.com.au
Unit 9, 43 Lang Pde Milton Q 4064

Place your order online at www.gilkatho.com.au

Ordered local version of pea soup. Thick broth of pea and bratwurst.
Served with thin slice bacon on rye. Yum.

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Best Regards

Wayne Fowler
P: 07 3876 1210
F: 07 3876 7312
E: wayne@gilkatho.com.au
Unit 9, 43 Lang Pde Milton Q 4064

Place your order online at www.gilkatho.com.au

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Best Regards

Wayne Fowler
P: 07 3876 1210
F: 07 3876 7312
E: wayne@gilkatho.com.au
Unit 9, 43 Lang Pde Milton Q 4064

Place your order online at www.gilkatho.com.au

Overnight flight was good. Had a nice 7 hrs sleep. Have picked up 3
day transport passes. Heading out of hotel now.

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Best Regards

Wayne Fowler
P: 07 3876 1210
F: 07 3876 7312
E: wayne@gilkatho.com.au
Unit 9, 43 Lang Pde Milton Q 4064

Place your order online at www.gilkatho.com.au

SINGAPORE AIRPORT: Just 24 hours ago we touched down in this island state. How much can we fit into our time.

This morning we had planned to meet Phil, an ex-Osborne Computers' colleague now living and working in Singapore. Phil suggested that the Yum Cha resaurant in CHinatown did an excellent breakfast and we weren't dissappointed. Choosing from the trolleys of dim sum that were wheeled past the table we managed to graze on almost anything from spring rolls, crab claw and prawn noodle. Certainly a complete breakfast. This picture shows Graham doing the hard yards.

After breakfast we spent an hour meandering through the alleys and markets of Chinatown. Next we were onto the MRT and heading to LIttle India. It is amazing how 3 stations on the NE line can make such a cultural change. We spent another how walking the streets and market atmosphere while winding our way towards the Mustafa Centre.

Mustafa - 4 flours, trading 24 hours a day and they do sell everything. I mean everything. If you need it, I am certain that you will find it at Mustafa. We also changed money at this centre which has the bext exchange rate for SGD:AUD (1.26) that we have seen on this trip.

By mid afternoon in Little India it was time for food and drink. Once again I found my favourite Indian kitchen located on Serangoon Road and we were soon enjoying Lamb Masala & rice for S$3. Such is life.

We headed to Harbour Front and caught the free shuttle bus to the Marina Barrage. The Barrage is the recently completed barrage for achieveing three aims. a)controlling he water level in the Singapore water system b) providing drinking water for the island state and c) a lifestyle development.

Graham headed to ride the Singapore Flyer, Singapore version of the tourist ferris wheel. I headed back to the hotel for some time in the gym and swimming pool.

Well it is time for me to scurry off to the security controls for our flight to Amsterdam. Have a nice day.

SINGPORE: Graham enjoying the breakfast dim sum spread.

Last coffee on the landside at Brisbane airport. Aromas long black
$3.50.

My travel buddy Graham opted for the Big Rooster burger and coke. Such
Aussies.

BRISBANE: Swine flu mania may have slipped off the radar in Brisbane
but for the European winter the risks are increasing.
I lined up at my local GP this morning for my swine flu vaccine. In
my case, no side effects, no pain and another step ready towards
departure.

Indooroopilly Shoppingtown for a Sat afternoon coffee.

With just one week to go before departure for Europe there should be plenty of time, right? Wrong. Today is the last day of free time to do those last minute preparations - check for padlocks, neck pillows, eye shades for the flight, and of course, technology. Managed to 'hack' a new battery into our Skype phone - that was fun and bad marks for Netgear support. We used a Canon NB-6L batter and some masking tape.