First and foremost, a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
The festive season is always one to look forward to and one which I'd much prefer spending in QLD with friends and family. However with the presence of my Dad and partner, along with the familiar christmas buzz and decor, my overseas apartment started to feel a bit more like 'home'.
The sad reality of missing Mum's Christmas food was easily forgotten when the Top14 competition ceased for the festive period, allowing us to jump on a plane and take refuge in the city of Rome.
Out of all the places I have experienced (not including the Cook Islands) Italy would have to be my favourite holiday destination thus far. During the week long stay we managed to see all the ancient remains (Colosseum was awesome), we took a tour through Vatican city and witnessed all its amazing scenery and before our departure, flew up to Venice. Now Venezia is one cool place, somewhere I have always wanted to go. It was cold whilst we were there, but i'm sure during summer its an awesome destination to visit.
On the football side of things, the team has been preforming reasonably well. With only a few days to get over the christmas and new year period (not to mention only a few days to run off the excess food!) the boys had to front up for a match on the 3rd. Out of the 3 games we have played this new year we have managed to grab the points in 2 of the clashes. Unfortunately I've had a minor injury that has kept me off the paddock for those games, but I'm due back soon.
Our next 2 games are Heineken Cup matches, a competition that we have preformed quiet well in this season, let's hope we can continue the good work.
