http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Aussie-Girl/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Aussie Girl en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:06:17 +0000 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:06:17 +0000 Hi EveryoneIt's finally time to come home and I can't wait. I have places to go and people to see Lots has happened since my last entry. I've been up to the Isle of Skye Ben Nevis and there are some pictures on Facebook. I will probably do an entry when I get home on the 10th of July and after that will probably close this unless I do more travelling. My day to day life won't involve near http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Tunbridge-Wells/blog-412482.html Hi EveryoneIt has been so so long the longest so far between entries. Life has been good. I have a great job and although I miss home terribly at times I'm enjoying life over here.Allen and I went to Denmark in October to see our friend Claus and to see Denmark. We flew into Copenhagen and there's a train station just below the airport that took us straight into Copenhagen. We stayed in a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-345359.html Hi EveryoneFollowing on from our entry from Brittany...........From St. Malo we went as foot passengers on the ferry to Jersey. We met some friends of Allen's there Reisha and Gareck. We had a great couple of days there. Again it was very cold but really nice. Gareck and Reisha drove us around Jersey and took us to some really beautiful places.We hope to get back there at some stage before http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Channel-Islands/blog-241840.html Hi EveryoneThis entry is of a trip that Allen and I took just before Christmas to Brittany. We'd been meaning to do this for a while and as we both had some free time we finally did it. We took the ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff. It was great trip over and very exciting. We shared the driving and driving on the right side of the road takes some getting used to but it doesn't take long and y http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-241448.html Hi EveryoneWell I hope that everyone is well. Things are going well over here. Mum and Trevor left last Sunday after spending three months over here. It was so nice having them here and being able to see them whenever I wanted to. I really miss having family and friends I can see regularly. It's the price I pay for being so far away from home. On their second week here Allen and I met them http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/blog-224452.html Hi EveryoneWhile I have some time I thought I'd make this blog as up to date as possible. From Cornwall I went to Bristol to Wales then to Bath then back to Bristol and to Newark Nottinghamshire. That's where I am at the moment.My time in Cornwall was great except for some eccentrics in the hostel in Penzance it was great. I shared a room with a lady in her 90's who whispered at night tim http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-89613.html Hi EveryoneI hope you're all well. I'm in Colchester at the moment and have been for about a week. I came back to see Trevor's family here Pat John Kevin and Mary. It's been nice to be back in a homey environment after spending over a month in hostels. They're great but it's good to take a break from them. Thank you all for looking after me during my time here. The highlight had to be p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Colchester/blog-92553.html Hi EveryoneI've decided to do a few entries on Egypt and one just wouldn't do our trip justice. We took the night train from Egypt to Luxor. I really enjoyed getting the train and the trip included a meal and we slept most of the way. It was nice and cool after the heat of Cairo. We arrived early in the morning and thanks to the Lonely Planet of the Middle East we took their advice and st http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Upper-Egypt/Luxor/blog-194188.html Hi EveryoneWell it's been a while since I last added and entry and I definitely have good reason to now. Allen and I decided at the last minute to go to Egypt for 10 days and we got a really good deal including flights and accommodation so we were happy. The catch of course being that it's Summer and by 1200 noon it's 46 degrees celsius. But with a pool at the hotel and airconditioning we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Giza/blog-191572.html Hi Everyone I hope you are all well. I'm going to write today about our last trip to Ireland. We went for four days and had a great time. We went by ferry again and I enjoy the trip on the boat as much as getting there. It's so much fun and getting your own cabin with a shower and 3 course meal just can't be beaten. Flying is quicker true but the boat trip is so much more fun and less polluti http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/blog-151529.html Hi Everyone Well I've been back in Plymouth now for about a week. It's so nice to be home and to have time to relax before I get back into work again. It's nice not getting the underground as well and really nice to be back in Devon and being able to go to Cornwall and Dartmoor whenever I want to. We've been to Cornwall a couple of times since I've been back and went to Dartmoor National Park http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Plymouth/blog-146688.html Hi EveryoneI hope everyone is well. So sorry yet again for not updating this site more frequently than I have been. Life here is pretty good. I got a temporary job in London from mid January to the end of March. I'm working for a charity organisation called The Children's Society as a Personal Advisor. It's kind of like an advocate for people with disabilities and it's a pretty nice job. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-136789.html Hi EveryoneI wanted to put in some pictures of Allen's and my visit to Ballykelly in Northern Ireland to visit his family and to see some of Ireland as well. We took the car and went over on the ferry which was really nice. We drove all night to Liverpool and got the day ferryover which takes around 8 hours. But we slept through the meal but luckily a sympathetic barperson gave me some san http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Northern-Ireland/blog-117856.html Hi EveryoneIt's been a long time coming I know but I can finally update this blog after 3 months. I have the internet at home and a laptop now so I won't have any excuses not to update everyone on what's been happening.I'll start with some of the places I've seen in Cornwall and Devon. I've done a day trip to Oxford but didn't take a camera very silly of me as the buildings there were really n http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Plymouth/blog-116275.html Hi EveryoneI'm so sorry I've been so slack and haven't up date this in how long Since September the rumour goes. I hope it isn't that long although I think it is. I hope that everyone is well and that you enjoy your Christmas and New Year. It will be the hardest this year not spending it with either Mum or Dad and their families on each side and I hope the cold doesn't get to me too much. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Plymouth/blog-111843.html Hi EveryoneWell I'm finally able to update things. It's been so long and I apologise for the long delay. Lots has happened and there's been lots to do and not enough cheap internet access around or USB access or burning facilities. Anyway let's begin.........From my last entry I'd been staying in Kent with some of Trevor's family and I was lucky enough to get a lift to Exeter in Devon. I st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Cardiff/blog-87895.html Hi EveryoneIt's been a while since I last wrote and I hope you're all well. While I was in Reading I checked out an Abbey which was really nice. Not so nice that the last Abbot his friend apparently and 3 monks were hanged drawn and quartered by King Henry XIII for 'treason.' Coincidentally just after this the abbey became a royal palace. How things work out..........From London I went to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-79447.html Hi EveryoneSince the last time I wrote I've been to Colchester and London yes again. I'm in Reading at the moment visiting Jo and am heading to Cambridge in the next couple of days. My time in Colchester with Trevor's sister Pat was great. I don't think I've laughed so much in 3 days as I did then. I was able to see my first castle in Colchester which was very interesting. Then I went t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-77408.html Hi EveryoneWell I've been in England now for about a week and a half. My flight was good on the way over. Luckily the seat next to me was free so I was able to have a lie down and get a few hours sleep. I made my way to Hornchurch with my great aunt and uncle about an hour from London. Getting the tube was interesting. It wasn't anywhere near as bad or scary as I thought it would be but st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-75915.html Well the four weeks in WA went so much quickly than I thought it would. Catching up with my family and friends has been great but it's gone way too quickly. I did get to catch up and Sim and I did get to be tourists at the Roundhouse in Freo ..............It was so nice to be home and go to some of my favourite places but I really should have made the effort to see more. But with travel insura http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Mandurah/blog-71701.html