Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: A Royal Wedding

Fri, 6 May 2011 | By rachthe1st | Photo Gallery

40. go the the moscow state circus

Thu, 5 May 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [333]

the circus came to leeds, and we got free tickets. AMAZING mads, eddy, shell, gavin and i went out for a nice dinner at jamies italian (where eddy happens to work and got 50% off for us) double yay then we went to the circus set up opposite hyde park.... Read more >

7. learn a new language

Tue, 3 May 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [355]

language of choice, french, because we already had the basics. first we tried online lessons, but lost interest pretty quickly, then when we were road tripping to the lake district with tim he got us on to recordings by michel thomas, number one language ... Read more >

Photos: London

Mon, 2 May 2011 | By rachthe1st | Photo Gallery

April 2011- London, UK

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By arm | Views [533]

The Royal Wedding: London, UK What luck that i happened to be living in London when the Royal Wedding occurred! It was a magical time throughout the suburbs with street parties and celebration! I went with my friend K and we were lucky enough ... Read more >

Week 6: Don't expect the unexpected

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [470]

Unexpected things in life usually have a more immediate impact on us than things we know are going to occur. Which is probably why when I turned around after re-adjusting a chair in the lobby at Claridge's and Russell Brand was an arm's distance ... Read more >

Week 5: Clothes maketh the man

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [631]

Last year at the CA christmas party it struck me how similar all accountants looked. Well the females at least because all businessmen everywhere around the world just seem to wear suits.   And it wasn’t just the clothes, nearly all the females ... Read more >

Photos: Tower of London

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 | By rachthe1st | Photo Gallery

Photos: Road Trip

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 | By lauren-farr | Photo Gallery

45. climb an effing mountain

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [356]

oh my goodness, worst idea ever. it was huge. enormous. gigantic. had to stop every 30 metres for a 5 minute break so it was a long hike up the mountain. michelle nearly gave up. was literally laying in the grass napping but tim managed to talk her ... Read more >

65. go fishing in the lake district

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [308]

so it was a poor attempt at fishing but it was definitely an attempt, invloving £1.25 fishing nets on a stick and cheese as bait. needless to say we didnt catch any fish but we still "went fishing"

86. hire a row boat and have a picnic on water

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [345]

Who's idea was it to hire a row boat because next time, it should come with a rower. we thought we did alright at first, we had tim do all the hard work and row us out to the middle of the lake but eventually he got tired so michelle took over. she landed ... Read more >

50. see a real english castle

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [295]

skipton castle. YAY it was very old with losts of winding stair cases and was really easy to get lost in. privately owned, imagine owning a massive castle. it had a dungeon and a watch tower, a new kitchen and an old kitchen. it was a big castle. it even ... Read more >

6. take a roadtrip

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [339]

ROAD TRIP. so exciting. so timmy came on wednesday, stayed wednesday night and thursday we headed off. bright and early (8am OMG) we went from Leeds to Skipton Skipton then through West Craven to Rheged for a quick stop Rheged to Stainton to Castlerigg ... Read more >

Hola España!

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 | By dancinnadz | Views [894] | Comments [2]

Time for an update on my ultimate mission halfway across the world to Spain! I arrived last Monday afternoon, feeling surprisingly alive and excited to see Mariano once again. Unfortunately the jetlag eventually kicked in and it took me a couple of ... Read more >