http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Kent , Maidstone en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:33:44 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:33:44 UTC Sitting in the departure lounge at Barcelona airport I carefully and patiently unravelled the skin of my clementine. I have become quite the master of the single peelcombined twirl pirouette technique Fruit in one hand thumb making itrsquos away around it anticlockwise as the turning fruit spins in my hand in a clockwise direction. If clementine peeling was a sport I would be high up in it http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-345060.html A terrific way to continue our journey through the history of England was to see Leeds Castle. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-339408.html I have landed in London after an energysapping flight with Etihad Airways. I'm not sure I would fly with this airline again having endured 25 hours of poor quality food a malfunctioning entertainment system and a general lack of service. There is a massive difference in quality between Etihad and Emirates the airline I flew with last year. I get the impression that Etihad do things on the chea http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-333406.html Keenen Family BlogJust a random day for the Keenen Family. Not much to report but a small day out at teacup island. Not very tropical its merely a lake with a pub on an island in the middle. Not to discredit it too much it is the location of the guiness book of world's record holding the most teapots in one place award.We took a drive on a domesday bridge. The Domesday book was the first maj http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-318237.html Leaving Guatemala Well i'm back in England for a brief interlude before hoping off again but I just wanted to write one more blog to finish my trip off in Guatemala. I can't quite beleive I've been away for six weeks in one way the time has flown and at other times I felt like I had been on the project for months rather than weeks...in a good wayI have loved it and felt like I could have kep http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-312208.html Hello againSo I've been here a week now and slowly finding my way around. It rained for the first time today despite it being forecast since Friday so that's pretty good going reallyWith having weekends off I decided to go on a little explore yesterday. I found Maidstone Millenium River Park which runs for 10km up the river Medway which runs through Maidstone. There are lots of churches http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-296177.html Welcome to the first of my Maidstone blogs I know a lot of you enjoyed my blogs from France and Italy so to give myself something to do and to keep in touch with you all Irsquove decided to start again. Irsquove decided just to publish my blog in the same place as before so that if any of you want to reread any of the France and Italy craziness you canSo yesterday after around 6 or http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-294026.html Well only a few days left at work and already its cost me a small fortune in cakes.I have to say good bye to everyone in person where practicle it feels better that way and there may be 2 persons who I will not see on our return Avtar is one of them. Good luck in your retirement.My bag is packed and repacked still trying to find that elusive 12 kilos. Although we can carry 46 kilos each in 2 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-282891.html Hi everyoneWell we have nothing to tell really this Month we are trying to keep a low profileA bit of mad news my picture with Jhonny Vegas got on the London Lite this is a free daily paper that circulates all over London City so that was funny and we finally went to the Theatre we saw Stomp it was very good it was all based on making Music from everyday sounds its well worth a look also we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-268015.html Keenen Family BlogIt has been snowing for two days now in East Sussex. Too bad its not cold enough to settle on the ground. Yesterday we went to the Hop Farm in Kent. Just a little family fun park in Kent England. Not many pictures from it other than the wax museum and the Oast Houses. I'm not really sure but I think it oasts things...The wax museum was a little bizzare as it moved itself towar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-258846.html Keenen Family BlogBack for our second round to Leeds Castle. This time for a Kite festival. Yes even Kites have festivals here. Please dont let the sunshine in the pictures fool you as we were freezing our bones off. It seemed like the kids had fun. Popped in a pub on the way now pronounced poob. Spent a little moooney and had some fooodge.Sorry I have been up in Northern England for a week w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-258359.html Hey you all this is really just a test blog to see if it works But for those that came out to see us off on Saturday we just wanted to say thank you. We both had a very good night but we are still in denial that it is actually happening We have pretty much got things sorted now so just got to pack and get to the airport at the right time Ross and me will both be checking flight times fro http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-235920.html After receiving depressing confirmation on Thursday 10 January that sadly the only way for Lavinia to carry a pregnancy safely will be to undergo a fourth operation to reconstruct and strengthen her uterus or alternatively we will have to opt for surrogacy we decided to try to lift our spirits by embarking on a weekend of walking with family and friends. For us we find that going for walkshi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-235621.html Well just about to head to the airport for my first port of call Singapore on my way to AustraliaExcited and a little nervous too http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-211994.html Our tickets are booked for 5th November and before we leave we need to finalise the sale of our house. We are waiting on tenterhooks as until contracts are exchanged either party can back out of the sale for no reason we have already had this happen to us once this year hence the late departure and are hoping to hear this week. We have tentatively planned to move out on 20th October and will http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-209740.html The reason I have started this blog is because Andy and I will be travelling around South Africa for three months and our progress may be of interest to our family and friends. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-209417.html This will be my last blog. At least for a little while. Thanks for reading guys just a few little bits and pieces to tidy up What follows where we left off is many hours of painful waiting to get home. On buses each second lasted for two. In airports a five hour wait turned out to be eight. But we got there in the end and safely back in the U.K. I remain the owner of all my belongings a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-183581.html Today started early... I couldn't sleep last night and was up until at least 3am. Mom was snoring away next to me with apparently no problem sleeping. don't tell her I said that... lol... I'm serious. Anyways we got up at 7 so that we could be at the Victoria Coach Station by 845am. By the way a coach station is a bus station. Yesterday the weather report said that it was supposed to be http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-114559.html JULY 2006I know Ive been slack. 3 entries in 6 months. Sorry So here for those of you who have been eagerly awaiting the next enry thanks mum it is There is also some photos that where taken after the wedding when we went out to lunch the Monday after the wedding . Once I've figured out how to get the others on I'll put them on tooENJOYI lsquove been here in Scotland for a few months n http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-84540.html This was my first journey into the English countryside. Unfortunately I had to leave Ailsa behind as she'd found work and I had a Monday to myself while I waited for my first contract to start.So I took the train with Shivir a fellow contractor who was travelling to Maidstone to an Interview with a Local Council. I was eager to get out of London if only for a few hours and I found that Leeds http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Maidstone/blog-80651.html