Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: The Cotswolds

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Antique hunting in the Cotswolds

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [638]

A sunny(ish) day saw us jumping in the car and heading off to see the true chocolate-box English countryside of the Cotswolds. Unfortunately, just like in NZ, the weather couldn't make up it's mind and soon we were driving through miserable drizzle, ... Read more >

Tags: antiques, cotswolds, stow-on-the-wold

Photos: The Ritz

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By jamesandjulie | Photo Gallery

The Ritz

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By jamesandjulie | Views [303]

Today we celebrated our first wedding anniversary. Despite our Eurodisney trip being our anniversary gift to each other, I was very surprised and excited to receive a voucher for a High Tea at The Ritz from James. We dressed up (James had ... Read more >

Photos: Lions & tigers & bear oh my!

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Lions & Tigers & Bears oh my!

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [712]

We foolishly braved the Easter crowds to visit Longleat Safari Park on a Saturday. Yes, we went to an English Safari Park, very different from the real thing! It was the first drive-through safari park set up in 1966 We were prepared to put our patient ... Read more >

Tags: deer, lions, longleat safari park, trafic jam

Photos: Long Pasia 2

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By tom-raleigh | Photo Gallery

Not long to go...

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By dmac_jmoss | Views [584] | Comments [1]

Hey, sup? Not long 'til we set off now so just putting this up here as a placeholder for now so that we can give the link out to people who want to follow us (mostly our families, so let's keep it clean!) on our super rad adventure to the land of ... Read more >

Tags: chodey, flying, snowboarding, uk

Photos: Cheddar Man

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Finding the Cheddar Man!

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [874]

It was Easter and time for a good break. I headed back over to Wiltshire to join my friend, Anna, for a long weekend of exploring the 'local' sites. We started with a trip to Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, the place where Cheddar Cheese was first matured ... Read more >

Tags: cheddar gorge, cheddar man, cheese, tramping, wine

London

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 | By littlebluewren | Views [295] | Comments [2]

Hello

Island Life... OR Unqualified Cultural Observations From Your Favourite Half-Breed

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By hannahandemma | Views [802] | Comments [1]

The more time I've spent here the more similarities I've found between the eccentricities we laughed at on the Tokyo subway and the ones that have chuckling here in Edinburgh. At first I couldn't quite see it, maybe because I expected the UK to ... Read more >

Tags: awesomeness, japan, my fat gypsy family, uk

Tanzania here I comeeeeeee

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By christine_mckenna | Views [412] | Comments [1]

AHHH there is a blizzard outside! Not exactly what you would expect at the end of March - even in Scotland! Let's just hope the whole of Scotland doesn't come to a standstill...missing my flight would be EEEEK :( Anyway....I've officially finished my ... Read more >

Tags: blizzards, faffing, ultimate packathon

Vientiane tales

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By shezma | Views [380]

As usual I have been very slow at getting into this blogging mullarkey. My excuse is slow internet speeds and the heat. Well here goes. Time has flown by. I've been teaching English ( as a volunteer at the Sunshine School in Vientiane ), mostly to ... Read more >

Tags: vientiane volunteering

London

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By utegute | Views [438]

Spent 2 days in London. It was actually quiet nice weather, sun and warm enough. Didn´t do much there either, hanging around with Grobie, Jannicke and the kids, taking short walks along the river, eating fish & chips. Good to relax :) Next stop Germany ... Read more >