Blogs from Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Hi everyone! Welcome to my travel blog! Myself and George are making the final preparations before we leave on the 27th December for Sao Paulo before flying onto Lima, Peru. We had intended to fly straight onto Peru on 28th but the flights were £200 cheaper if we waited 2 days so we arrive in Lima on 30th... just in time for New Year! From there we are travelling around peru for about 3 weeks with Jon before heading down to Argentina through Bolivia, Paraguay and parts of Brazil. After 2 months in South America we head on over to NZ where we travel the North and South Islands in a campervan with my mum, who will be doing 4 weeks in NZ and 1 week in sydney with me before flying home. From Sydney we ... read more

Hi All Yesterday I collected Ed from Sheffield (a friend from Perth for those of you that dont know Ed) and we headed to the Pub to meet up with my sister, her boyfriend and my Mum for a carvery dinner and a drink, was yummy. Then later that night we went to the local pub to meet up with some friends and have a drink with Si on his birthday, had a chat and everyone was asking Ed all about Perth, there was a couple there that are hearding over to Australia next month for a years working holiday visa so they wanted to know all about it. Today we went to Beeston Castle in Cheshire, it started off to be a nice sunny day and then as we were at the castle it started ... read more

Day 19 Chester - Liverpool via Wirral and Mersey Ferry 28 miles (591) O Caer i Lerpwl. Ro'n i wedi byw ym Manceinion gyda Pete a Helen eich darpar wraig. Cyrhaeddais i Caer ar y trên. Wedyn edrychais i ar y muriau trefol Dw'i wedi ymadael y dref ar y llwybr tynnu camlas. Dw'i wedi mynd ar fy meic trwy'r Wirral o'r ffyrdd Sustrans i Birkenhead. Ro’n i fwynhau'r teithio ar y Fferri dros y Mersey i Lerpwl! ... read more

One of the coolest women I have ever known is called Jane Barnard. The mother of my friend Joe, she is one of the woman I aspire to be as I grow older. She raised four sons, one of whom was killed in a tragic accident. She has lived all over the world and she worked at Joe’s company until she was well into her 80’s. One night, years ago, I was in Dallas visiting Joe (he and I used to work together). After a day at the office, we all went out for drinks. I was debating what to order and Jane looked at me askance. In her beautiful, genteel southern accent, she announced that if I was not yet drinking martinis, she was going to introduce me to them. So - my first martini ... read more

Monday 31 March 2008 Our little Ka (photo) was quite comfortable and easy to drive. It made it easier on Michael that Britain drives on the left hand side of the road. We also received some helpful advice about safe driving from the road atlas that we bought from the service station (photo). With a car, maps, sunshine, Cadbury Cream Eggs to fuel the driver, and music we set off on our big road trip (photo). The road signs still puzzled us though (photo). Our first stop was Chester in Cheshire on the English-Welsh border. The town was very attractive as most of the town centre is restored historic buildings (photos). Many of the old shops and residences were built stacked on top of one another in an odd fashion that has caused the central district ... read more