Greetings everyone, we know it’s been a while, that’s because we haven't been anywhere. But it is with pleasure that I tell you about our long weekend in Marrakech. Our weekend was filled with sleep-ins, tagines and couscous, bartering and like all our travels loads of walking. We flew out of Gatwick on an early flight and arrived about lunch time on Thursday. It was really easy to get into town from the airport; you can catch the bus for 60 Morocco Dirhams (DHS) which took us to the main square - Djemaa el Fna. From there we just had to find our hostel, easier said than done we thought, however it actually wasn't too bad. A gentleman tried to show us the way and he wanted money for his services, the only problem with that ... read more

Bonfire Night in London. For those who don't know Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night celebrates the Gunpowder Plot. Its name is given to the conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605, which was discovered the night before. The plot centred around five conspirators, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright and Guy (or Guido) Fawkes, later joined by Robert Keyes, who determined to blow up of the House of Lords in 1605. The detonation was to take place on State Opening day, when the King, Lords and Commons would all be present in the Lords Chamber. There is no doubt that Fawkes, though remembered wrongly as the principal conspirator, was in fact a minor cog in the wheel. It is still the custom for Britain on, or around, 5th ... read more

When we arrived in Edinburgh that evening, Stephen and I had arranged to catch up with friends we’d met in Turkey for dinner and Jan and Pauline walked the street of Edinburgh to find a place for dinner. I tell you, Stephen and I were worried they wouldn’t make it back to the hotel alive, considering they weren’t on their five star tour of Canada now, they were roughing it with their backpacking son and daughter in-law. To our surprise there they were wrapped up in bed, safe and sound when we returned. The next day we headed straight to Edinburgh Castle. We spent a few hours exploring, had some lunch and then met up with long lost cousin Tuck - Anna, who has been in Edinburgh for a little while. After this we headed down ... read more

Greetings from London Everyone, Up until this date Stephen and I have been settling into life very well I think. For those who don’t know I will go though what happened since we flew in from Munich on the 9th of July. We flew into Stansted, and let me just say NEVER AGAIN. Iit was so far away and cost so much to get into London and out to Crowthorne where Kirrilee lives. We were lucky enough to have Chris and Kirrilee as a starter base. We relaxed over the weekend, did ALL our washing and tried to get back to normal. As normal as it can be when you living in a strange country. We both started the job hunting process hoping to get something close by, the great news was that LegoLand in Windsor ... read more

We finally made it out of Berlin, and we managed that in a manual car and just a road map. We decided to stop enroute to Dresden along with all the other grey nomads and their campervans. It was quite a success, even if it took a little while. The beauty of the car was that we were able to stop on the way in some great little places, an example of this was Meissen. It was a compact, perfectly preserved old town with a great river which people would swarm in and picnic by in the sun. We had a quick stroll around the town, tasting the yummy ice-cream, seeing the Albrechtsburg Cathedral and 15th century palace. When we finally made in into Dresden which was wonderful. Dresden is a town that was almost completely ... read more