Doing the Full Monty with Haggis

We had a lazy morning frolicking in the woods around the Lake District and Aira Force (even got to see a waterfall) before heading further north to Cawfield Quarry to climb part of Hadrian's Wall. I can't believe so much of the wall is still intact. W...

 

Justin's World Tour 2006-2007

Greetings everyone from the heart of the former evil empire. Yes I am still alive...this is a good sign haha. Anyways my god do I ever have alot to talk about. Russia is just incredible, lets just say its the most crooked, culturally intense, beautiful...

 

First Weekend In London

Photos from Easter Saturday, drinks at the Icon Bar(photos that Lindz took have been edited!!!!) and at the airport....

 

Look Out World

The day has come to leave the city of Brisbane behind for how ever long it may be. Time to leave it all behind and explore the outer edges of this planet. And beyond if I'm lucky, but not before my flight was delayed. I had received a phone call from t...

 

Fun and Games in Scotland

Not just this date - but all sorts of Scottish fun since getting here from Canada!...

 

Exchange 06/07

so flight was rather unveventful most interesting thing was my flight attentents name was Poo. yeah thought it was funny... got lots of free alks yeww! had a stop over in japan sayed in a like 5 star hotel its was cool. It had a toilet that squirted wa...

 

A couple of work trips...

Well, i headed off to Kent International Airport - flying via Stansted and then driving round the infamous M25 to get there. Was at KIA for 3 days, and can see France from the airport! Well good!!...

 

Écosse 2004

J'ai voulu m'acheter un livre de lecture dans la librairie mais j'ai pensé en écrire un, en quelque sorte, pour mettre sur écrit mon troisième voyage en écosse, le dernier j'en ai l'impression. Pourquoi 3 fois dans le mê...

 

Wimbledon, The Art Prof, The Queen, and an ICU: London Summer Semester

Saw her, I swear!...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

Kaz alone in Edinburgh for a week

Morgs went back to Australia for 3 weeks, so I decided to head up to Edinburgh to visit Anike, Coops and Ryan (mates from the ski season), so I wasn't exactly alone! The night I arrived I was welcomed to a home Barbie, it was great considering I ...

 

Summer in Scotland 2006

Today it´s 9 days left until we are going to Carbisdale. I think I have to start packing because I always change my mind so many times when I pack hahahaha. I have no idea what im going to take with me. It can be cold, it can rain, it can be sunsh...

 

Scotland

Will write more on this soon. Basically after i first got here went up to Glasgow with the Mule to go visit his family. He showed me round a bit and checked out some sites. Loved the Hyland Cows, they were so cute! Also went to Edinburgh for the ...

 

Magical Mystery Tour with Vicki

Vicki decided to surprise me with a day out. Not telling me where we were going or what we were doing, the control freak in me had to remain calm and composed. We started off by heading north to a picnic by a lovely waterfall, and then went and spe...

 

scotland and such

It had been some 16 years since I’ve seen the friends I visited up north. Regardless we were able to pick up where we left off around the dinner tables. Each household (three total in Liverpool and Manchester) cooked such eloquent meals for me that my...

 

UK Tour with the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble

We placed first at the Bournemouth Music Makers Festival! And Tegan led everyone singing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on the beach :) ...

 

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...

 

Far and Wide - Trips to the world inside and outside of me

Sometimes our journeys take us to the strangest places...or life does. If somebody sent you a ticket and told you to fly to the States and meet somebody you have never seen in person just like that, would you do it? I did... I always wanted to...

 

World Travels 2007

Arrived into Melbourne today by train. After the tram journey to St Kilda, we tried to locate the backpackers. Walking around and getting more and more pissed off for not knowing where we are, we finally found the place and booked in. Entering our r...

 

London 2006

Apparently my chronic earliness is genetic because Mom and I arrived at the Atlanta Airport five hours before my flight. We tried to kill some time with lunch and searching for a Target but finally gave up. My bag was 2 pounds overweight. I guess I ...

 

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...

 

Summer 2006 trips

So on the 22nd of august, I left on an all-paid for trip to Edinburgh!! The reason: As part of the Cambridge iGEM team to make an update presentation to the Edinburgh team! Also, to enjoy the festival. Had a great time and loved the city. I think it...

 

Easter in Scotland 2007

Our trip for Easter started with a train journey from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh. We spent a day looking around Edinburgh including the castle, the parks and the shopping, before picking up our hire car for the main part of our weekend. We drove...

 

On the Scottish Borders

I was running late as per usual. Kept hitting the snooze button and ended up having to pack my daypack and get dressed at the bus stop in front of the BGH. But at least I caught the right bus to Kelso. Munro Bus 67 drove pass St Boswell and Tweed Ho...

 

Easter in Edinburgh

So it is Easter time, and yes mum i was good and i did not eat meat on good friday. we decided that a trip to Edinburgh was a good way to get away from London and to celebrate Easter. We flew up to Edinburgh which took about 45 minutes ( it took us lon...

 

Six months in Europe

I made it home, slightly worse for the wear. They say to not drink alcohol when crossing several time zones as it makes the jet lag worse, but then they give you free drinks on the plane! Silly people. So of course I indulged just a little. But now I'm...

 

Scotland

I set out on Friday morning on a National Express coach from Victoria Station and nine hours later I alighted in Edinburgh and was greeted by Catherine. We wandered back to her place with some pizza and I met her fiance Richard and her flatmates. They ...

 

Scotland, September 2005

The Haggis tour left from Edinburgh on Monday morning. The first stop, was the Wallace monument in Stirling – the scene of William Wallace’s massacre of the British. We also managed a fleeting visit of Doune Castle (Monty Python and the Holy Grail). ...

 

Through The Looking Glass- 2006

As was to become a feature of our mornings Amy and I were up early whilst Mark...took a little longer! We drove to the city and walked in from the outskirts. The Durham cathedral is pretty amazing. It's so big. It's the room that was used for the great...

 

Jan-April 2003 - United Kingdom

LONDON: We made two sighting trips to London. 1) Our first was simply to see the Wallace Collection Gallery which had some pretty amazing armory, paintings, and other old relics. We also spent time on Oxford street....aka SHOPPING. 2) Our secon...