Blogs from Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

I set out to create an ultimate bucket list before my next trip, quickly writing down 20 things that I want to do, however I soon hit a brick wall. I see this as an ongoing project, for which I need more inspiration. After reading through other bucket lists thanks to Google I have extended my list to 58 items, however this not enough to aim for in a lifetime of travelling!! Here is my list so far, but please can people suggest many more things to add! If anyone reading this has their own bucket list I'd love to see it too for inspiration. My Travel Bucket List: 1. Learn to Scuba dive – Booked 2. Visit the volcanoes in Hawaii 3. Parasail 4. Christmas on the beach – Attempted but it rained, maybe this ... read more

It is cold! And has been for a while, however following a wee dusting of snow where we thought, oh this is nice.....a dumping of snow has arrived and stayed well and truely for a few weeks! This is all well and good if you live and work inside, but when the pipes freeze and the horses need water what do you do? Oh just bucket water up the hill and take a hammer to smash the inch thick ice twice daily! At the risk of sounding like a wingeing pom the silver lining is, it is all rather pretty, it beats knee deep mud and I have no obligation to do anything except stay inside ( bar feedtimes). Vaughn on the other hand was changing into his snowboarding gear the instant a snowflake appeared.....this was ... read more

Hello Everyone!! So, here it is, my first blog of my Aussie Adventure! Even though I haven't left the country yet, I thought it would be a good idea to test the blog to make sure it worked and that I could work it!! For those of you who would like to keep up to date on how I am doing and take a nosie at my pictures, I think if you subscribe to my Blog, it will then email you everytime I update and add a new post! Perfect! Well I think that's all I need to say for now...! I leave on Wednesday 7th November (but don't arrive until the next day!!) and will update you all with a new post once I'm there!! Much Love, Flo x... read more

Well it's been a week and we have moved to Bury St Edmunds, we have settled into our flat at Boxted Hall and I have sucessfully completed a weeks work at The Open College of Equine Studies. The week has certainly had it's ups and downs. Our landlords have kindly furnished the flat for us, which involved hauling a beds, couches, chairs and tables from the attic.....lets just say our flat is spread over 4 stories with three flights of stairs, not to mention the two attic spaces above us where the furniture came from.....Vaughn's a good pack horse! So we have a lovely, warm house, overlooking the moat and gardens. It is very surreal out here, but surprisingly busy with guests coming and going and today we have been dodging cameras and actors for a ... read more

So here we are. It's nearly 9 months since i first started my application and it's finally here. I'll be spending 11 weeks in Carmel Valley, California. The only thing that i know about the place is that Clint Eastwood was once Mayor or so I've been told with many a 'do you feel luck punk' quotes coming out. With all my packing done it was time to have a celebration of an early birthday, diamond jubilee and leaving BBQ. It was a fitting send off with half decent weather, good food and good company! A special thanks to firstly Devvo, Coach and Deano for coming down for the weekend and secondly to Mum and Dad for organising it and thirdly everyone who came! So this is it i hope to keep you entertained and interested ... read more

We got talking with two Austrian girls in a restaurant in Lisbon (we were the only diners and yes, people think they are Australian and ask them if they have kangaroos in their garden). They made an interesting comment about their country’s approach to the recession – that Austrians more-or-less expect bad things to happen and had accepted life would be grim for a while. (They also said people still celebrate Hitler’s birthday, which was more disconcerting than any recession stats.) In Lisbon the recession is clearly visible. The city is undoubtedly beautiful – set on the broad Tagus river estuary, full of lush green parks and impressive columnar statues glorifying kings and statesmen like the Marquis of Pombal who oversaw the reconstruction of the city after the devastating earthquake in 1755. The central city was ... read more