Destination: United Kingdom

Short-shorter-Scottish

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [350]

Oh my I feel like super tired right now, It´s already six o´clock and I slept for over two hours. But it slowly gets better, now I just go and take a bit to eat and than I probably walk around a bit and try to not get lost^ ... Read more >

Well day 2 =)

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [407]

30.07.2011 Well, change of plans, I´m going to write only English now, because of my little sister. Dear Jenny, have fun practicing, you can do it. Well today was pretty relaxed, but I sure am going to lose weight here xD We ... Read more >

Welcome in Scottland

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 | By vampyrlady | Views [383]

Klein Bienschen endeckt Schottland 29.07.2011 Man glaubt es kaum, Ich sitze grad unter dem Dach eines uralten Schlosses (naja dreihundert Jahre alt) und werde hier nun ein Jahr leben. Ich teile mit mein ... Read more >

Newchurch Treasure Hunt

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [853]

We have been staying with friends in an 18th Century cottage in Barley, a small hamlet in Lancashire.  Everyone in England, it seems, claims to live in a cottage but theirs is the real deal. The ceilings are low, the creaky stairs are steep and ... Read more >

Back to the Shire..Reflecting on my Tour of the Globe

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 | By dancinnadz | Views [897] | Comments [4]

I've been thinking about writing my final blog of this trip for the last 2 weeks. How on Earth am i meant to summarise 10 and a half months travelling and working my way through 3 continents? Seeing hundreds of sights, trying dozens of varieties of food, ... Read more >

Week 20: If you don’t succeed try and try again

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [532]

I started this week armed with my Royal Historical Palaces membership and my newly acquired National Trust membership determined to make use of them. So off I went on a surprisingly warm Monday to visit the first place on my list; Morden Hall Park.... Read more >

The Flower and Willow World (Kyoto)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [541]

Day 3 (Tokyo to Kyoto) I was excited for the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) though not the price (13,720 ￥!)　But really, its just a very fast train that goes through a lot of tunnels。It did, however, strike me how little flat land there is in Japan, which ... Read more >

Photos: Morden Hall Park and Ham House

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By rachthe1st | Photo Gallery

36. dine on a traditional Wetherspoons Breakfast

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [655]

no black pudding, i know, poor effort. i will rectify this when i return to england or ireland One after work staff meeting turned into an all night drinking sesh, which led to miles, Aiden, Lauren and i to be still awake and h-u-n-g-r-y so we ventured ... Read more >

The more thing change the more they stay the same (Tokyo)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By lillywanders | Views [650]

Konichiwa everyone, my apologies. My Tokyo hostel's internet (single PC) was broken and I've been so busy in Kyoto that today, whilst waiting for my 23.45 bus has been my first chance to update my goings-on.　Such a lot has happened that I will endeavour ... Read more >

The Giants Causeway and the Tale of a Cow

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [1085]

Odd title huh well not as odd as the tale of a chased Giant who dressed up as a baby to scare off the Scottish Giants.  Yep drugs have been around for a very long time. The story goes that the Scottish Giants were so scared that a baby could be this ... Read more >

35. survive the otley run - leeds

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [525]

otley run, what a day (we have now survived twice) although not sure you can count michelles second account 100% successful. Deciding to go and "find the other half of the group" she leaves the pub she's in and starts to wander. failing to ... Read more >

Intrepid New Zealand Explorers Begin in Whitby

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [847]

Today (July 26th, 2011) we wandered the streets and fish & chip restaurants of Whitby. We are sure this was much as Captain James Cook did some 243 years ago before he set off on HMS Bark Endeavor to track the course of Venus across the sun ... Read more >

Tags: captain james cook, england, new zealand, rugby world cup, whitby

Going Underground

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1423]

Simon must have thought us daft when I asked if this would be a dry cave or a wet cave.   Our experience in South Dakota and New Mexico has been in dry caves.   They were still formed by water, and you might get a little muddy but Wind ... Read more >

13. visit york, england

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [294]

so we may have been hung over to all high hell but we dragged ourselves out of bed and to the train station to visit york on the very last free day that we had in england (not leaving it to the last minute or anything) we were hoping to do some op shopping ... Read more >