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Adam and Saz - See ya round like a rissole...

It has been a big year for Adam and Sarah! We certainly don't like to do things in half measures; renovating a house, getting married, selling a house, quitting jobs and packing it all in to move overseas in search of travel adventures and money earnt in pounds! We have already done a stint through the USA for 5 weeks in September 2007 prior to settling down into life in here in London.

Most of this travel blog was done in retrospect for a few important and boring reasons:
We realised not everyone is addicted and/or a member of Facebook and therefore cannot keep tabs on us at all times.
We are far too lazy/busy to constantly send emails to everyone, and are always bound to leave someone out!
We thought it it might be nice to put all our damn photos up somewhere, instead of just leaving them on our laptop, unappreciated...

So, there you go. Us in a nutshell (look at me, I'm in a nutshell!)

Witty and sarcastic commentary, more often than not, provided by Adam.
Photos provided by Sarah - who is almost always behind the lens, rarely in front (which is why it may give the impression of Adam, the loner, is wandering Europe by himself)

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By Adam and Saz
June 6th 2008

Foo Fighters @ Wembley Stadium Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Wembley

Ready to rock!

'My Hero' Dave Grohl and the guys from the Fooies do put on a brilliant show. [View Full Entry]

By Adam and Saz
May 23rd 2008

Napoli - Mount Vesuvio Europe » Italy » Campania » Mount Vesuvius

Vesuvio looms over the highway to modern-day Napoli

Our trek up the volcano. Saz says: I don't wanna. Its too steep. Walking sucks. Waaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Adam calls Saz a soft <insert profanity of choice>. Saz (hulk-style) goes super agro crazy woman and powers up to the summit. Adam knows how to get it done. At this point Sarah needs to interject: unfortunately Adam knows me too well. What he neglected to mention was that I then powered up the volcano, leaving Adam in my dust with the rest of the old ladies crawling up the slope... At the end of the day this trek is all about saying you've done [View Full Entry]

Adam enjoying the view...ahem...of a crater...

By Adam and Saz
May 23rd 2008

We love the island - our day on Capri Europe » Italy » Campania » Capri

Our hotel balcony, breakfast daily. Nice view...

After squeezing Herculanuem and Pompei into one day, we took advantage of the amazingly glorious weather (after 8 months in London, we appreciate hot sunny days with a newfound zeal) and the close proximity to Sorrento - by jumping on a ferry to the island of Capri. Laying claim to being the playground the rich and famous, Capri does have its share of celebrities (Sophia Lauren and Georgio Armani both have houses there, and one restaurant had 10+ photos of Mariah Carey visiting - funnily enough they were all photos of the same night) however it does have a sense of [View Full Entry]

That's one narrow road...especially for two way traffic!

By Adam and Saz
May 23rd 2008

Ancient Napoli - Ercalano & Pompei Europe » Italy » Campania » Naples

Herculaneum
Buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius beginning on August 24, 79 AD

When organising this trip, we noticed that the blog boards were full of every man and his dog expressing an opinion over which is better: Pompeii or Herculaneum. Well we had the time, so we decided to over-expose ourselves to ancient Italia and visit both in the same day. Maybe not the wisest plan, as it ended up not really a question of which site was ‘better’ as they were both really different. We visited Herculaneum in the early morning before the sun had really gotten some heat into it, and before the site had any other tourists in it. Apart [View Full Entry]

Bust of the home owner found in the interior of the Casa dell'Atrio a Mosaico (House with Mosaic Hall)

Adam 'bathing' in the atrium, not something ancient Herculanean's did

By Adam and Saz
May 23rd 2008

Amalfi Coastal Drive - Sorrento, Postino, Amalfi & Paestum Europe » Italy » Campania » Amalfi

Our first glimpse of Sorrento

Travelling in Italy is, at the same time, both extremely frustrating and hilarious. Driving on the large freeways that connect the different parts of the Italy is like being a speedway driver in some sort of kamikaze death race. The easiest way that we found to deal with driving was to treat the speed limits as a bare minimum rather than a maximum. On the motorway you can spot the born and bred Italian’s with ease: they will drive for miles straddling 2 lanes, then with indicators constantly on, faster cars will race up behind anyone slower in the fast lane, [View Full Entry]

Enjoying our first taste of Italian sunshine

By Adam and Saz
May 6th 2008

Our countryside jaunt in ye old England... Europe » United Kingdom » England

Jane Austen's House (Village of Alton)
Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life here at Chawton from 1809 - 1817), where she wrote Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion.

Yes, the weather has warmed up this past week or so - low to mid 20's and sunny. Great part of the world to be when the weather is good. We took our first road trip around the UK on the first weekend of May - 7 months after arriving... Headed down to Chawton and visited Jane Austen's house, where she wrote the likes of Emma etc. Then moseyed on over to Winchester where King Arthur's round table resides (although its thought to be a fake crafted for Edward I around 1250). Final stop of the day was Stonehenge - pretty [View Full Entry]

Apparently there are only 3 things to see in Alton!

Jane Austen's Grave - Winchester Cathedral

By Adam and Saz
April 29th 2008

Our 1 Year Anniversary in Paris Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Notre Dame; near the top of every tourist's list, and we were no different

The first wedding anniversary weekend - where else but Paris right? Very lazy long weekend away this one. Settled ourselves into accommodation just two streets back from the Louvre and frittered the time away meandering between various sites of historical/cultural significance and cafe’s - drinking wine and eating cheese! Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre were as impressive as ever, and also as tourist laden as ever, so we took our time to explore a few different avenues. The Conciergerie was an interesting place to visit - for it was here that all those revolutionary souls [View Full Entry]

Awww, well if you can't be romantic in Paris...

Weird Vehicles of Europe: The French Mini-van

By Adam and Saz
April 11th 2008

Easter in Switzerland: The joys of Sat-Nav Europe » Switzerland

The original tower of the Lucerne covered bridge

Another trip to the mainland, and another road trip.... this time we came prepared - Sat Nav style! After a disastrous attempt at navigating the ill-signposted roads of Belgium (in Flemish and French), we decided that should we not want this trip to end in divorce, we should pull out the pounds and invest in a Sat-Nav when hiring the car. Zurich - Luzern - Interlaken We arrived in Zurich and picked up the trusty VW from the airport (we are certainly enjoying trailing all these cars) and headed off to Luzern.... “In one hundred metres turn right, then, straight on”... [View Full Entry]

By Adam and Saz
March 26th 2008

Ah, La Roma! Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

Flying over the Swiss Alps on our way to Rome

Allie and I decided the only way to cement our whirlwind friendship was to take a girly weekend away, and so with Adam’s blessing we ventured to every girl’s shopping Mecca: Rome. The only dampener to our weekend away was that although we were visiting one of the most glamorous and chic cities on the planet, we were doing it on the pinch, and neither of us can afford the many expensive and fabulous brands that reside there. So we remained content to wander past Gucci, Max Mara, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani and Louis Vuitton, and settled instead for the sights [View Full Entry]

By Adam and Saz
February 3rd 2008

The Great Football Weekend of 2008 Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

Mascots
Chillin with the mascots

Why the ultimate footballing weekend? For one it was truly English: Rugby and Football. And secondly (and perhaps more importantly) it was all corporately sponsored! The weekend started with a trip for Adam to Twickenham to watch England v Wales in the opener of the 2008 6 Nations. The corporate ticket was everything you’d expect, a three course meal and open bar before the game, seats on the halfway line and an audience with the English captain post match. The match itself was a little lacklustre and England failed to convert first half possession into points. They paid for it after [View Full Entry]

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