Noone can ever, ever accuse the Scottish of not being passionate about their sport! Wandering down to the local pub, Heather took me to a raging party of Scots barracking for the Celtic football club to beat the Hearts. Soccer has never been my favourite sport, but when you are surrounded by a bunch of blokes that are THAT excited to see their club play, you can't help but get into the game. Using some language that would make Billy Connelly blush, these guys cheered and hurled abuse at the tv screen as if their team could really hear them 100 miles away in Edinburgh. Unfortunately Celtic went down in that game, but next time I am in Scotland, I will definately organise to see a soccer match live just to feel the passion of the ... read more

I am a big fan of the Da Vinci Code book, and so after following the story through London, I had to visit Roslyn Chapel in Scotland. Claimed by the book to be one of the places they hid the holy grail, Roslyn is an amazing chapel that is unequalled in the stone carvings that adorn every part of the church. Filled with oddities and mystique, the church has seen a huge boom in tourism based on the book and subsequent movie. I dont know what the truth behind the holy grail is, but I reckon Roslyn hides a few secrets that only the original creators know. No trip to Scotland during the Edinburgh Festival would be complete without attending the military tattoo at Edinburgh Castle. Our hosts organised us tickets, and the show did not ... read more

The human body is an amazing thing, especially when it is preserved without the skin, muscles and organs for an educational exhibit. Bodies...The Exhibition is a really interesting look at the human body - from the inside out! Through preserving human bodies with a special polymer preservation process, you can see all the bits of the machine inside us. I found it interesting to see all the bones, tendons, ligaments and cartilage that I broken, torn or strained over the years of basketball. Now I really understand what the physio has been explaining all these years! I did some more exploring around Leicester Square and Picadilly Circus, including Hamleys Toy Store. While killing time wishing for a second childhood in Hamleys, a guy proposed to his girlfriend over the store's intercom, with a rousing reception from ... read more

It seems that every Aussie, Kiwi and South African that lives in London, congregates at the same pubs to party and meet other Aussie, Kiwis and South Africans. The Walkabout pubs are full of interesting people, and play a lot of great Aussie party music. However it seems a bit crazy to travel to the other end of the earth to hang out with other Aussies! Saturday night we made the mandatory trip to the Walkabout in Shepherds Bush, to catch up with some friends of Sarah and Stacey. We drank some snakebites, danced to AC/DC and Men at Work, and even John Farnham. We had a great time, especially listening to the cover band who did an awesome job. We were heading to the Church, which is a big day club on Sunday, so it ... read more

Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Mclaren - for a petrol-head like me, this is heaven. The London Motorshow showcased heaps of cool concept cars, and kept me drooling for a few hours. Ohhh to be filthy rich and able to afford toys like these! I wont bore you all with the details of the amazing cars, except for a cool challenge that Ferrari had set up, with 2 replicas of their F1 cars. The challenge was set for people to try and change tyres as quickly as their racing team pit crew could. The line was incredibly long, so I didn't have a try unfortunately. Later we headed to the Slug and Lettuce pub in Fulham Broadway. The pub is about 1 minute down the road from the apartment where I stayed last time I was in ... read more