Destination: United Kingdom

One Rainy Day in London

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1387]

That's all the time we reserved for London on our two-month visit to England!   Connie and Sandy have  been friend for 30 years.  They began - and ended - their air force careers about the same time. Connie retired but Sandy stayed on with the government ... Read more >

Iceland's Plans to Cancel my Holiday

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By emily_mcd | Views [555]

So, my boyfriend and I were all psyched. A week on a little Croatian island; I have never been that far east and the thought of going to a country with beautiful untouched countryside and beaches which wouldn't be crawling with holiday makers (you know, ... Read more >

The Algarve, Portugal

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By emily_mcd | Views [758]

The beautiful empty beach stretches out in front of me as I turn the corner from harbour. All I can hear was the waves in the distance as the gently lap the sand and my flip flops tapping on the boardwalk as I walk towards the horizon. The sun ... Read more >

Tags: algarve, portugal

Bronte in Bronte country

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By travelcrazed | Views [665]

Bronteland, the streets are cobblestoned and steep. There aren't as many shops as I expected called 'Bronte (insert shop type here)'. There are the typical cute boutiques and cafes with snatches of west Yorkshire scenery in between. To the left, at ... Read more >

Tags: bronte, bronte falls, haworth, yorkshire

Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By different_perspectives | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2011wnphoto, 2011, photography, ravel photography scholarship, scholarships, south africa, travel, travel photography scholarship 2011

15 Days, 15 Hours, 15 Minutes to Go

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [866] | Comments [1]

I just clicked off of the International Rugby Boards World Cup website and the countdown to kick-off for the first match was 15 days, 15 hours, and 15 minutes. The excitement is building!! Certainly part of every conversation I have these days includes ... Read more >

Tags: new zealand, rugby world cup, south island

Photos: Yorkshire

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 | By travelcrazed | Photo Gallery

College Daze: Cambridge and Oxford

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1480]

Cambridge sits on the River Cam and is the place we would choose if we had to live in England – and could afford it!   To say Cambridge is a college town is like saying Dom Perignon is a bubbly wine.   Think of the illustrious graduates ... Read more >

Just another manic Monday, wish it was Sunday :P

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [599]

Now the short story, today I had a pillow fight, dancing lessons, weeding with little accident, a lot of jumbing and some screaming and the best Lasagne ever. Yeah, now were coming to the details =) Woke up, breakfast, everything as usual, just that ... Read more >

Checking out nudes in York

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By travelcrazed | Views [768]

5 years ago when I visited York and the only things I remember were eating rock cake, seeing York Minster and buying a funky watch. I was on a mission to find those places again, starting with the rock cake of course. In the city centre I wandered around, ... Read more >

Tags: fat rascal, william etty, york, york minster

Cornwall

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By nncysf | Views [474]

rosie and i love to visit stately homes and today we went to a really interesting one called Trerice near Newquay, parts dating back to elizabethan times - incredibly, there is a very large mullioned window in the great hall with some panes going back ... Read more >

Cycling Lejog

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 | By cycle | Views [523]

The word "lejog" stands for "Lands End to John O Groats" the two furthest points in mainland Britain a distance of approximately 1000 miles. Travelling in the other direction is reffered to as "Jogle" Every year over 5000 ... Read more >

Tags: britain, cycle, cyclist, travel, uk

English Heritage

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1031]

The English Heritage pass is the best deal we found in England.   For fifty-eight pounds and a few pence we bought a dual senior pass that saved us over six hundred pounds . . . nearly $1000 dollars.   We started at the beginning, Stonehenge, ... Read more >

Resumee :P

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [415]

Well hey there, since the induction a lot stuff happened, let me see if I still get everything together. We went to Edinburgh, how you can see at the pictures. Oh stop before that I had my free day and went shopping. Yeaaah^^ Well Daddy ... Read more >

Wow xDD

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [380]

Who would have thought that there are moments when even I am truly disgusted, but you guys don´t want to imagine how our co-worker room looks like right now xD Well we were partying yesterday, don´t ask any questions, sometimes it would be nice not ... Read more >