Panorama - View of Trafalgar Square and Nelson's Column from the steps of the National Art Gallery Day 6 It's now Friday and I am struggling to remember what I did on Monday. I had decided to purchase a London Pass for 3 days for 65 quid. This card would allow me prepaid access to many of the sites that I wanted to see, sometimes to be able to jump the queue too. I order it online and collect it in Regent Street (I'm sure I owned that street once in Monopoly). It's quite surreal to be wandering the streets of a game board. With card in hand I make my way to Westminster Bridge and hop on the boat (use London Pass) to take me down river to the Tower of London. Everything is so ... read more

Panarama - Buckingham Palace and surrounds Day 2 Not much to mention except the flight was long. What is it about long flights that they constantly want you to pretend it's night time? We're flying over Siberia and northern Russian, the sky is clear and I can see the ice and the rivers that make up this incredible landscape. I'm thoroughly enjoying the view but I feel guilty because the inside of the cabin is made to look like night time and my window is burning through the dark. Maybe I don't understand the system but if people have a full 'night's sleep' on a day flight and arrive in London at 4pm local time, wouldn't they be up all night? Day 3 I'm on my first couchsurf. There's another surfer here too. Juraj from Slovakia ... read more

Panorama - Broken Head from Byron Point to the Broken Headland with my sister Suzy in there too. Itchy Feet Well, I'm ready to head off again on another adventure. It's been great to visit with my family and friends in Brisbane. And I'm ready to explore the UK and Europe this time. So, to London on March 17th (stopover in Seoul) I'll continue writing and posting my pics. I hope you continue to keep up with the 'Adventures of Lynneelou' and continue to send me your news too. My year in China was fantastic. Mostly ups and a few downs but it would have to be the most rewarding experience so far in my life. The children were great and the chinese people wherever I went were always friendly and smiling and ready to try ... read more

Well, we set of early for Huashan, one of the five sacred Tao peaks like Taishan, in our secretly hired mini bus with our secretly hired mini bus driver. Chatter started early and we soon found ourselves at the ticket station before we knew it. Even though it took about 2 hours to get there. We sort out the tickets for entry and the bus and head in to the National Park, only one entry though and special equipment was used by the security to check if there were any terrorist style devices on board. It is the National Holiday week after all. Can't be too careful! Pics are taken at the foot of the climb and it's Ready, Set....Go. It was like a stampede. All the more fit and, dare I say, young ones are ... read more

It all began when the dates were being organised for the Golden Week in October. The drama for the Education Department was the extra holiday of Mid Autumn Festival and trying to prevent the spread of H1N1. The Chinese celebrate many weird and wondrous things and the mid autumn festival is one of them. It's really just the middle of the Chinese Lunar Calendar Year. So, why not celebrate with fireworks and moon cakes which are a heavy pastry filled with various things...fruit..nuts or both...meat etc of which no one really likes anyway but it's tradition to eat them at midnight. yeah, right! The beauty of all this is that it means we have more holidays only 2 weeks following the last. Yippee! Now it took some time for communication for the Education department to sort ... read more