Juliet Williams and Jenny Anderson
We are two intrepid young New Zealand adventurers off on our tour of the World! (or bits of it at least). JennyandJu
Jenny, 24, was born in Kaitaia, has lived mostly in New Zealand and South East Asia till this point, is a graphic designer (occasionally at least) and loves lots of stuff! Including, but not limited to; books, food (cooking and enjoying!), photography and drawing, music and film, my kitties (who i will be heartbroken to leave to the cruel devices of my family), and travelling! Which is somewhat fortunate for our plans!
Ju is from Auckland, but lived in Christchurch for six years while at uni, making studying and watching films, occasionally escaping to go hiking or skiing in the beautiful Southern Alps. She likes movies, photography, reading and writing, and she thinks she'll like trips around the world... but can't tell yet, as never having been further than the Cook Islands before this trip marks her first ever depature from Oceania!
Our travel begins March 15 '06 with a 2 month backpacking roadtrip of the US, from coast to coast, followed by a brief sojourn in Frankfurt, Germany...and then down to business finding gainful employment in London! Stay tuned ;)
Update: Have a read of Ju's new blog - jubeedoo
Travel Blog Posts
Ju's Day at the Races - Ascot 2006
Published: July 16th 2006Europe » United Kingdom » England » Buckinghamshire » Ascot
June 24th 2006
Fresh from seeing the Queen the Saturday before, and enamoured of all things Royal, I was looking forward to Amy's birthday - she was set for a celebration in style, having organised a trip to the Royal Ascot races! With all the planning and shopping beforehand, it was set to be an exciting day. My wonderful mum (hugs, mum, and thank you once again!) packed off my dress, which only took one week to get from NZ to Blighty. Then I had four days in which to hunt down accessories - which is why Friday night at 8:45 found me in Topshop, frantically deciding that the hurty silver shoes weren't as bad as no shoes at all. I managed to get on the train to Amy's at 9am, only a little late - which of course ... read more
Celebrating the Quoon's 80th
Published: June 21st 2006Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City
June 17th 2006
Elizabeth II, Her Majesty the Queen of England, was actually born in April. But as they say over here, the weather's better in June! It was certainly hot on Saturday, which was the official day for a huge parade from Buckingham Palace along the Mall to the Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour, and a parade back again, followed by a flyover and a Royal Gun Salute. The whole thing was pretty impressive, and being there was overwhelming. The parade started just after ten, but the crowds were in place well before then. The whole square in front of the Palace was cordoned off to traffic (on an ordinary morning the Victoria Memorial is actually a roundabout in the middle of three lanes of bustling, hooting traffic, the exception being half an hour every morning ... read more
Black Brollies and Tubes
Published: October 3rd 2006Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Bayswater
May 20th 2006
Disclaimer: This entry was started the first week we arrived, so some of the opinions expressed (being over four months old now!) are a little outdated...JennyandJu, September 2006 Well, here we are then. London! Apologies for the severe bloglag. We've been extremely slack since getting here - probably because... we've got here. It's so strange, after having travelled across the whole of the United States, always having Europe in our minds as our final destination, to actually be HERE. London, the centre of all things (well, that's very much what Londoners think!) We arrived at lunchtime on the 13th May after a short hop from Germany. Having been scared with tales of the English passion for queues, (practically a national pastime, we'd been told) we were moderately surprised to find that not only was there no ... read more
May 16th 2006
Excuse the excessive use of capital letters in the title but, perhaps, in this case, it is warranted. Sadly there was many a fine example of the signwriters' art along our trip passed by on dusty highways (especially town names in the Western US desert, and a memorable tortoise), in forests and mountains (leaping deer and stolid elks, not to mention signs so encrusted with snow as to be pure white on a white background, but I may have had a little trouble with exposure there, not to mention restarting the car if we got stuck in the snow). Then, of course, there were the train posters in Frankfurt (the red light district needs its very own collection I think, but I'll leave that one for now) where the Bauhaus design movement is very much alive ... read more
New York Super Fudge Chunk!
Published: September 3rd 2006North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
May 9th 2006
New York. What can we add to the endless amount written about this place? The classic white T (and coffee mug, hat, keychain and handbag) says it all really: I 3 NY We arrived from Boston on the Wednesday on our comfortable Amtrak train, a little tired, a little hot, and a lot exhausted. Penn Station proved easy enough to find our way around. The subway was a little less transparent, (in fact it was pretty grimy...) but we got there in the end, after about 3 transfers and a lot of 'Eeeeee we're in New York!!'s, yessiree! Being as it was late afternoon already, we decided to go slow on our first night, and merely took a stroll through the verdant and sunny Central Park. Again, another incredible landmark that we couldn't believe we were ... read more
Ju's Observations
Published: May 4th 2006North America » United States » New York » New York » ManhattanMay 4th 2006
States visited: 22 California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Conneticut. Okay, so we just walked in Utah at Four Corners, and we trained through Rhode Island and Conneticut on our way to New York - but I jumped out on the platform so I have touched ground! And we drove in all the others! Springfields visited: 2 Springfield, Colorado and Springfield, Illinois. Neither of them had a Shelbyville anywhere near. Neither did we see any mutant fish. State Capitals passed through: 8 Denver, Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville, Tennessee; Springfield, Illinois; Montpellier, Vermont; Concord, New Hampshire; and Boston, Massachusetts. Miles travelled in... read more
May 1st 2006
Jenny's top 5 US destinations Because I can! 1. San Francisco, California. The place has a hippy rep and, I confess, warrants it...it's friendly, offbeat, extremely walkable and is home to my fave hostel of our trip, the Green Tortoise. Also it turned on beautiful weather for us, thanks SF! Aging hippies dancing with brooms in Golden Gate park has got to be one of the highlights of my trip. 2. Buffalo, New York. OK I imagine it may not be quite so cute in those harsh winters, but it is the perfect combination of big city and small town highlights...really managable to walk around, amazing beautiful town hall, really cute quirky bars and shops, right next to lake Erie and a really active night life for such a small town. The main strip is a ... read more
Farewell, my darling Corollamatic
Published: May 16th 2006North America » United States » Massachusetts » Boston
April 30th 2006
Boston, Massachusetts The impending deadline for our car's return hanging over us like something odiferous encroaching perilously on the corners of our conciousness (hah! say that ten times fast!), we made our way south into Boston, leaving in our wake both the quiet and the bustling seaside downs that pepper the New England coastline. Boston had a warm welcome prepared for us....innumerable roadworks on motorway on and off-ramps ensured that we saw more of the city than we intended as we neared our destination. We drove into the city center, braving the towering toll bridge, which afforded us a magnificent view of the city skyline, to find numerous circuitous one way streets and nary a park in sight. After a few loops around neighbouring blocks, we made it to the propitiously named Friend Street, where our ... read more
Right lane MUST turn right.
Published: May 12th 2006North America » United States » New York » Niagara Falls
April 27th 2006
After a restless last night in Buffalo - lots of street noise, ambient light and spontaneous beeping from charging cellphones and cameras, and a roommate who got up at 5am to spend an hour packing before catching her 6:30 train, we set off north east on the dot of ten past ten to check out a certain famous strait between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario - The Niagara Falls. Avoiding the main highway to save on tolls, we meandered along the riverside, through the towns of Towanda and LaSalle, to Niagara, where we hastened straight to the bottom of a 200ft elevator shaft at an alarmingly fast rate - I forget the exact statistic the disembodied voice (of doom?) read out, but it was fast. Ju was thrilled she was able to sweet talk the ticket ... read more
Turnpikes and not so Phantom Tollbooths
Published: May 6th 2006North America » United States » New York
April 26th 2006
We were very sad to leave Chicago, and our lovely friends. The weather seemed to reflect our gloom, going from sunny to cold and grey within miles. Driving out of Chicago, we took to the tolled 'Skyway' (with a wonderful view of factories, and the chunks of arbitrarily placed tar seal we've become so fond of) and soon entered Indiana. The novelty of being in another state wore off pretty fast when we discovered Indiana believes in tollbooths as well. Stopping briefly at a rest stop to load up on junk food, (as well as walk on Indianan soil) we decided to make a break for Ohio. Having already paid $7.15 in various tolls on the expressway throughout the day, we left the main highway in Ohio just before the first toll booth, re-routing ourselves in ... read more
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