Life in the U.K

V was our first experience of a big festival here in the UK - and it was awesome! One of things I found funniest was watching unequipped people drag their gear across 1-2 km of farmland to the campsites...we're talking girls in stilettos, teetering ...

 

Mary's Blind-Dating Freak-Show Extravaganza: UK Edition

I am no longer employed. I love it. I'm flying into Ljubljana (all together now: Lube-lee-ana), Slovenia, next Tuesday, March 1st. What happened to Italy? Conveniently, Slovenia is right next-door to Italy, so I'm spending 3 nights in Slovenia, then...

 

London Study Abroad 2006

Okay, while I know that I did not participate in any debauchery in Scotland (despite my claims that one MUST drink whiskey if in Scotland), I did participate in minimal amounts in Ireland...because honestly I wasn't going to two famously drunken countr...

 

The Big OE

We made it to the big smoke, and they turned on the weather for us. It was beautiful when we arrived, and hasn't been too bad since! The wee bedsit we rented is just that...wee, and we are over the small space, and can't wait to move into a flat. It...

 

Our big trip

Gavin’s bit: The Hilton put on a great breakfast spread, and after Sam polished off about three courses we eventually made our way back out onto the M3, shooting down to Portsmouth. Today we visited the Royal Navy’s base down on the Solvent. Abou...

 

London, August 2005 update

I began my UK experience with a good dose of London sight seeing and a trip to Brighton beach. I’m staying with Piers, Michelle, and Rebecca in their refurbished flat in Wandsworth Town. Weekends are spent mostly in local bars/clubs (primarily Pu...

 

Gap Year 2004

Me and Deaj organised to take a couple of days off work and head out to the Blue Mountains for a bit of fresh air. James really enjoyed his trips there, so it really had to be done. We shot over on a train to Katoomba, one of the larger towns in th...

 

Italy & Crete - Summer 2006

A fun pakced fortnight in the overly British resort of Malia on the Greek Island of Crete. Not really much to say at all apart from lots of Sun, Sea, Swimming Pools and far far far too much alcohol. Nevertheless it was a great laugh, I got a good t...

 

Eastern Europe 2005

A fab day trip to Kotor, only 15 minutes up the winding mountain road from Budva - the route in was fantastic, up and over a large mountain - the drive down the other side into the town itself was beautiful, even if the bus we took looked about 40 year...

 

London - Two Years of Tales of the City and the Weekends Away From It...

Hey Everyone, You'll be please to know I'm extremelly jealous of the weather reports I've been hearing about lately from Australia. I know I can't complain having spent a month in Egypt, but I'm going to. London is a little on the chilly side, ...

 

Malaysia/Australia - Christmas and New Year 2004-2005

After saying a tearful goodbye to my Sister again before we would meet up again in September, I stopped off for aone night in KL to break up the mammoth trip home. Had a well good time, and it was nice to spend a bit of time by myself exploring the ...

 

UK Holiday with Mum and Dad June 07

I got the train from Manchester to London to meet Mum and Dad. It had been over a year since I saw them off at Melbourne Airport, so was a bit emotional when I did see them. We did a few touristy things in London, went to Brighton for the day, and Lo...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

Gap Year 2006

Firstly we left High Wycombe very early to begin our trip to Germany - 2:00am to be exact! We visited Berlin and Hamburg....

 

My Life of London

Well, what a huge day. I got up at the usual weekday time in order to get yo Paddington for the earlyish morning train to Cardiff, I was off to the Australia v Wales rugby match. (Or Awstralia v Cymru in welsh) On the trip out I was sitting with a f...

 

Brighton

Made the trip down to Brighton for the 1st of two long weekends we have in May. Was really nice to get out of London for a little while, and Brighton is such a cute place that has not been spoilt by tourism at all. The weather as usual, was horrible -...

 

Life of a Working Holidaymaker

A significant month. The 15th marked my 6 month anniversary of arrival in London. In celebration, I spent the day in Cambridge. It was a great day, with beautiful weather and plenty of green fields, pretty rivers, funky old buildings, and lazing uni st...

 

Europe 2006

Just another night out at Ludgrove, back at school the parties continue and the teachers lead the way. Just a few snaps of the other night back at bungello Wil (one of the teachers places) after a night at the local pub or as it is now referred Ludgrov...

 

April - July 2007

The second May Bank Holiday and my birthday. Unfortunately wet, windy and cold day but we had fun nonetheless. First up we had lunch at Zizzi restaurant on The Strand and then we headed to the nearby posh Savoy hotel to celebrate in style with champa...

 

Two Weeks in London

Caught the plane over from Sydney to Heathrow via Malaysian airlines. On the 13 hour part of the flight Luke and my TVs were the only ones on the whole plane that didn't work. Go Malaysian - you're operating on a shoestring budget. Hit London town on...

 

My Journey

Just passed through Ancona to get a ferry to Croatia... All pissed as newts...mad ferry ride....

 

Saffa in London 2005

Chilled out over the Easter Weekend. Weather was quite nice, so me, Tim, Natalie and Rob (Tim's Kiwi Housemate) went down to the local park. Chilled out. Drank beer and watched some guys play cricket. Was really cool. Hope you all enjoyed the break...

 

Christmas in East Sussex

Merry Christmas 2005! We spent it down in a gorgeous manor down East Sussex way, we were lucky to have nice weather and it even snowed on boxing day so i class it as a white Christmas! There were a group of 15 of us that went and we hired out the w...

 

England - back home

We are going to add a final entry in this blog about England for the friends we have made around the world. Until we settle back into London we will be travelling around the UK to see family and friends. Devon, Brighton, Yorkshire and London. We have s...

 

Journies in a Beamer

Canterbury, Rye, Battle, Southampton, Romsey, Isle of Wight, Winchester, Stone Henge, Sailsbury, Stratford-upo-Avon, Oxford, Warwick. That's about all there is to tell really. It happened so long ago I can't be sure if anything funny happened, in fa...

 

Brighton Pubs

Which is the best pub in Brighton? Myself and some friends have been tackling the question of which is the best pub in Brighton for some time. We have now come up with a well researched answer. Find out more at: www.pubjury.co.uk or www.brigh...

 

The Longest Holiday i've ever had.............

Really, it can. For starters - their signage which I know i've already mentioned, and i'm going to mention again. Written at Wimbledon Tennis - "Taps not for drinking". Well! o great revelation there. If you drank a tap you'd choke! ...

 

london study abroad spring 2006 - or as bridget would call it "what i ate in london"

Greetings! It is official - I AM GOING TO SEE QUANITC TOMORROW! I bought the tickets online last night. It is at the Jazz Cafe with doors at 11pm. So, when I turn 21 at midnight, I will be watching and dancing to one of my favourite djs. How per...

 

Brighton 15 April 2006

On Saturday morning got up early and went to Brighton with Bryndis (Emily's flatmate) and two of her mates, Bec and Odette. We had fish and chips on the pier and walked along the pebble beach, which was fun. Then we had a wander around 'The Lanes' and ...

 

european escapade

Really was just a stopover! ...one night in Tokyo ..spent the night reading a book in my hotel room, then attempted to see Tokyo the next day ...quite a failed attempt. ..spent 2 hours on a train (very expensive train, I might add!) ....got lost in a...