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Sunday was the day we booked our tour to Windsor Castle- something I had missed out on previous trips to England. With great weather, we headed out in the early morning to join our tour. Windsor is a lovely town with Windsor Castle overlooking the surrounding town and countryside including Eton school. I would love some more time to look around the quaint ships and pubs, but our main attraction was a visit to the castle on this trip. It would be our luck that this was the last day the royal apartments were open to visitors for the season. The Queen was also in residence in preparation for the upcoming Easter weekend. Lots of opportunity for pictures with royal guards! Unfortunately, cameras were not allowed inside the castle, but we managed to see the ... read more

Hey guys, By the time you read this we should be enjoying our final nights kip before flying for 19 hours (with a quick stopover in Schipol for breakfast and a beer :)) into Lima, capital city of Peru. A quick confession from under the excited exterior: I'm pushing my comfort zone totally. We haven't really planned much and as I've never travelled before its a) hard to let go of the 'it's-the-end-of-the-world-if-I'm-late-and-miss-the-bus' kind of mentality, which is daft as I already know another one will come along in a few hours, or days. B) I'm a worrier by nature so this is one giant leap of faith and trust. C) (stands for cliché) This will change my life. The planning we have done goes vaguely as follows: We'll spend a couple of days in Lima ... read more

bath = rip  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Somerset » Bath By Beth FMarch 31st 2007Was dying of bird flu on our regular cultural outing, which started on waitangi day, dammn dirty filty tube, i didnt even touch the hand rails and i still got sick. Anyways, fatal illness aside Bath was pretty. Cant even swim in the frikin baths tho- werent even aloud to put your hand in the water! Wandered around and enjoyed some sunshine, kept seeing a photo jumper everywhere- man who jumps in front of your camera just when your about to take a picture- so an... read more

The most entertaining two hours of our day! Wish we could put a video of the show....you'll just have to go and see it yourself. : Run Away! : I am not yet dead! : ...what if there where two swallows? : It's just a flesh wound! : I wave my private parts at your aunties! : You stuck your sword through his head! -King : ...is he okay?-Lancelot : We are the knights who say "ni"....bring us a schwabbury! : Always look on the bright side of life! : And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, ... read more

The weekend was spent playing forceback (rugby ball kicks for those who don't know the game) down at the local park. We played a good few hours on both Saturday and Sunday. The weather was awesome for both days and has in the main been really hot lately. The teams were the boys Richard and I, against the girls Emily, Lisa and Andre. Andre looked good in his skirt and floral hat. They ended up beating us, despite some super plays by Richard including a massive diving catch to keep us in the game. In the end we could blame the fact that we were playing into the wind, but realistically it was probably the fact that after about 2 minutes we were knackered. I've vowed to go for some runs before the cricket season to ... read more