Destination: United Kingdom

North, south and a few things in between

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 | By agrant | Views [545]

After arriving back from Holland, I headed up to Burnley in Lancashire for three weeks' work, while Tish stayed in Wisbech.  Burnley was a fantastic job. Unfortunately I didn't have a car for the trip and stayed at a B&B nearby the clinic. Staying ... Read more >

Catchup Part 1 (Cambridgeshire/Holland)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 | By agrant | Views [443]

Well it has been ages and ages since my last blog from abroad so an update is once again well overdue, nearly 3 months! The remainder of June continued fairly well the same as it had been, living in Wisbech and working in Dereham. It was a great ... Read more >

Sunday, a day of rest

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 | By bethhhp | Views [352]

A grey and drizzly day, coolish, quintessential English weather. Woke today to the sound of church bells. Fitting, after falling asleep to the sound of music and laughter from the nearby pubs last night. Mom and Dorie went for a walk; Catch and I slept ... Read more >

Found it!

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 | By bethhhp | Views [383]

So as mentioned in the previous post, today's adventure was to explore Rye. And we did. Well and thoroughly. Ha. Day started out with tea and toast at the cottage (all days have started out that way, truth be told). Then we ventured out, armed ... Read more >

Stretching friendships in England

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 | By annaandandrew | Views [742]

We got very lucky flying out of Berlin on Friday. Lufthansa’s entire flight staff were on strike (after being asked to take a hefty pay cut) and we were on a Lufthansa ticket. Fortunately their subsidiary British Midland Airways wasn’t and we got ... Read more >

1 Day and counting!

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 | By marlondragner | Views [297]

Just booked a last minute trip to Bali. Flying from UK to Holland to Singapore to Bali. Last minute preparation kicking off. Looking forward to some sun and some good diving!

Tags: just booked

The Battle of Hastings

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 | By bethhhp | Views [322]

Busy day today. Went on our first road trip, bought our first Cinque Ports postcards and a pay-as-you-go cell phone for in-country use and postcard stamps, and had our first cream tea. Today we drove to Hastings and then on to the town of Battle, ... Read more >

Made it!!! (Took long enough....)

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 | By bethhhp | Views [306]

Well, we are now in Rye, England. The travel adventure that became a travel saga has regained its adventure status. The saga part? Getting here. Plan: leave St. Louis Monday afternoon, fly to Chicago, and then on to London overnight to get into Heathrow ... Read more >

Hitting the road!

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 | By eastbound | Views [444]

14th Sep 2012 : Day 1 began at 4:50am to get us to Luton airport, London on time. The bags were stuffed full and mine was bursting at the seams with too many Boots chemist toiletries products!  All went smoothly from the tube at Leyton East London (where ... Read more >

Not long till first flight.

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 | By leighgilbert | Views [389]

Just over a week to go, then off to the airport for our first hotel stay! then jetting off to New York the next morning.

Tags: first flight, new york

London Paralympics Part 3

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 | By the_koetsys | Views [506]

Friday 7 September was a lay day for basketball. This meant that in theory, we had a day free to explore London.   It didn’t happen....... We had our best night’s sleep for the trip so far and were, well, just a little late in getting ... Read more >

Life in General

Sun, 9 Sep 2012 | By kbradnock | Views [587]

Life has been manic! So I’ve now been here for over a month and time has just flown by. I realise now how quickly the next 8 months will go!! So I’ve decided to embrace this trip with both hands. Over the last month I have lived in two ... Read more >

The Itch makes me smile.

Sat, 8 Sep 2012 | By keren | Views [251]

It's Saturday today which is market day.   Therefore we went to market.   It was in this little town/community called Agua Santa and it was brilliant.   Very small but it seemed to function really well and I just loved being there and experiencing ... Read more >

London Paralympics Part 2

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 | By the_koetsys | Views [750]

I write this post on the morning of Friday 7 Sept after a day of high and lows yesterday. On Thursday, we spent a few hours in the morning at Camden Market – the girls seemed to have a good time, as one would expect when they are let loose in ... Read more >

Jungle times.

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 | By keren | Views [333]

I am sat/lounged in a red and blue stripey hammock (not entirely sure how you spell that?) hanging from the hut and over looking this gorgeous jungle.   I woke up at %:15 to go for some breakfast with the birds.   We went on a short walk to find the perfect ... Read more >