http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Mark and Emily/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Mark and Emily en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:24:38 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:24:38 UTC Here are some pictures of our Trip in Newquay. Newquay is located on the south west coast of England. It was a threefour hour drive from our house. The weather was really nice but COLD and very windy. We spent a lot of time driving around. Our favourite stops were St. Ives Lands End kind of cheesy but nice coastal walk and The Lizard. The Lizard was my favourite because it was the most s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Newquay/blog-270869.html This year Mark has spent almost a week a month at different courses for work which means that he is sometimes gone for a week. As you have seen from a previous blog I am a big chicken when it comes to staying home alone here. I have no clue why I am like that but every noise I hear means somebody is coming to get me. And if I watch CSI or Law and Order when I am home alone Irsquom just up http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Annapolis/blog-261544.html Christmas in ScotlandYes I know Christmas was a while ago but I wanted to put pictures up. Here is just a short version of what we did while there. Mark and I drove up to Perth Scotland and spent about a week up there. We had a busy but lovely time up there. We went to see Mary Poppins on Ice at the Dundee ice arena. It was very cute. Christmas Eve was spent at Chris and Eversquos house in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Perth/blog-258939.html December 5 2007It has been a while since I have updated the blog. I guess that is a good thing since it means I have been busy. We finally have a Kitchen sink. It was interesting preparing food for Thanksgiving without a kitchen sink. Thanksgiving was at Aly and Andy's house this year. We have a hard time having dinner for four here so Aly was nice enough to have Thanksgiving. We had a really n http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-225379.html I am now happy to say that I am a Rugby Fan. On Friday night we went to see the Gloucester vs. Ospreys a wales team. I really don't know that much about Rugby or any of the teams for that matter so I asked about a million questions. Andy his mate Paul and Mark were very helpful and patient. We had so much fun. We didn't have seats but were in the standing section behind the goal posts. It http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/blog-220930.html Everything but the kitchen sink When I was a younger girl I would like to always consider myself as young I remember going into Olliersquos Bargain Outlet with my parents and they said ldquowow they have everything but the kitchen sinkrdquo I looked around and said ldquono there is a kitchen sink over thererdquo. Well I seem to take a lot of things very literal. Now you can ta http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/blog-218363.html Our house must have bad luck or maybe it is us. Today was the supposed to be the start of our kitchen installation. I woke up bright and early so I could shower before Mark went to work as I wasnrsquot sure the exact time the installer was going to arrive. I had a cup of coffee watched TV watched the clock and waited. Nine orsquoclock went by ok maybe by ten he would be here. Ten Orsqu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/blog-217141.html Happy Halloween I am bored so I thought I would write an update. I am taking a break from cutting down the jungle that is our backyard. I have decided that I really need a job. I need money and I need interaction. Our neighbor has a dog that is in their back garden all day when they are at work. As I am pulling weeds cutting down trees and getting attacked by snails I have found myself talk http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/blog-215817.html I have a new car I am so excited. It is a Peugeot 306 cabrio. So far I haven't ruined it. I am learning my way around the area too I hope there will be some nice warm days soon http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/blog-214239.html This should have been posted a long time ago. SorrySeptember 10 2007ldquoello from Merry ole Englandrdquo We arrived on the 29th of August and stayed four nights in a hotel called the Kandinsky. Mark spent one night with a couple of guys from work while I had a nice night to myself. Markrsquos friend Keith was a wonderful help to us by picking up the car we bought from a man who is http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/blog-214230.html August 28 2007We arrived yesterday in Dubai at about 530 in the morning and were greeted with 38degree weather. Whew it was hot and humid. Neither Mark nor I could sleep on the plane which left Singapore at 1230am. The plane originally left from Jakarta and they were spraying people who came from there. I have no idea with what or why but it was strange. Mark and I had heard wonderful thing http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-214211.html Scotland Family timeWe just came back from a wonderful time in Scotland. Mark and I got our car back. It needed a new clutch. Fun huh We drove up on a Thursday morning and stayed with Markrsquos parents Peter and Janette. We fit quite a bit in while we were up there. We had coffee with Markrsquos Gran who is thrilled to have Mark back on the same land. Mark and his brother Chris love t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Perth/blog-211273.html October 6th 2007We flew home to Annapolis for Kara and Steversquos wedding. We had such a great time and she is a beautiful bride. It was great to see all of Kararsquos family some of whom I havenrsquot seen in a long time. Both Kara and Steve have wonderful families and I am so happy for them. I canrsquot wait until the family expands. sorry KaramdashI am sure you are getting l http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Gloucestershire/Cheltenham/blog-211268.html This is a slide show of the pictures that were taken during our get together at Rams Head the night before we left. WE had a great time and can't wait to see everybody again when we get back in October. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Annapolis/blog-196239.html August 25th 2007 Singapore2Mom Happy Birthday to You We miss you and love youThis morning we woke up and just lay in bed dreading having to leave the room. We had breakfast outside next to the pool and then wondered around the shops in the Raffles Arcade just a name for a shopping mall. We then decided to go and relax in the room before we had to leave. We are wishing right now that http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/blog-196122.html August 2425 2007 Singapore1We landed in Singapore and took a taxi to Raffles Hotel. We pulled up to the hotel and we were speechless. The hotel was magnificent. A man dressed up in a white military looking uniform with a turban opened our door and took care of our luggage. We walked up the red carpet to the main entrance. We were greeted by another gentleman and after giving him our name we we http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Singapore/Raffles-Marina/blog-196114.html August 24 2007 Sydney to SingaporeLast night we went stayed in the International Airport hotel Sydney. It was the closest hotel and it had an opening. Oh my was it something. The only room left was a ground floor room that had a glass door that opened up to the parking lot. Lets just say that the room might have been in a horror movie. The glass door did not lock so we had to have management lo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/blog-196108.html August 23 2007 Cairns5tosydneyThis morning we heard from Air treks again who emailed us with all the information for our Quantas Flight. We waited until 9am and contacted Gulf Air again to find out that we had to go to an ldquoofficerdquo in Sydney in order to get our tickets switched. Yeah there is an office in Sydney but we wouldnrsquot have made it anyways because our flight from Cairns http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/blog-196105.html August 22 2007What a wonderful day. We were a little upset because all of the snorkel tours we wanted to do were all booked so we settled on another one which turned out to be better. There were not many people on the boat compared to all the other boats in the Marina that looked like hardly any room to move around. We were on a sail boat and the only problem was really not that bad. We were on http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-196102.html August 21 2007 Cairns3This morning we woke up to a beautiful warm sunny day. We booked a tour with the Chandlers to see Karunda which is a small village in the rainforest. We were dropped off at the sky rail that took us up a side of the mountain which was all rainforest. The first stop was a lookout in the rainforest and was very pretty. The second stop was Barron Falls and we had a great view http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/Cairns-City/blog-196100.html