Blogs from Putney, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhh me hearties.... Well this is my first blog entry so will be interesting and a lengthy a big gust to get wind in my sails. I have been in London now for 12 days and me and Brooke have done a range of things, touristy; been to see the Westminster abbey, Buckingham Palace, St pauls cathedral, Big ben, a few birdges, squares and circus's, i wonder why they are called circus's? We were also treated a drive by from Princess Anne and supposedly the Queen, ay Brooke. Last year when i was here i met up with Nick and Laura at Shepards bush walkabout for the all blacks semi against aussie, flew home to watch the final rest is history... so in tradition on the saturday (we arrived friday) we went back to watch the ... read more

Thought it might be useful and/or interesting for those without much of a clue what climbing Kilimanjaro is going to include. There are seven different routes available and the route we are taking is called the Marangu route which is the oldest and most established. This route is one of the most popular but that also means that it has the lowest success rate as many people expect a walk in the park! It is also the only route which offers sleeping huts in dormitory style accommodations instead of camping. Whilst it will be far from luxury lodgings, at least the body heat of many will keep the cold at bay! We will carry a day pack which will contain our essentials such as extra clothes, water, snacks, etc. and probably weight around 5 kilos. The ... read more

London Rest of the Week ( I have lost my hard copy diary on the train) We had never been to Greenwich Village. We cued up for a water taxi and cruised down the river. Greenwich is huge. A large naval base. The grounds are covered in large imposing buildings now home to The Trinity College of music and a university the name which escapes me. We didn't go into the building to set our watches as it was very expense, so instead we wandered through the observatory which was free and I'm sure much more interesting. Our watches will all just have to stay on different times. There is a tunnel under the Thames that you can use. It has very imposing towers (under repair at each end) We spent the afternoon at Richmond Park. ... read more

Hello one and all! We just wanted to take a moment to wish all our friends and family a very merry Christmas! We wish that we could be there to celebrate with all our friends and family in Australia, but we tried to make the best of our possibly one and only English Christmas. We pretty much spent the day inside our lovely warm flat, with only a brief trip outside to head to a local church for their Christmas service. We woke up earlyish and opened our exciting presents (Paul's present highlight was a camera tripod while mine was a violin), after which our lovely friends Sara and Michelle joined us just before church, and Simon was able to join us for a few hours over lunch. We ate and ate and ate (menu included ... read more

Our First Foray into Blogging Hello to everyone who is interested in the many thoughts and travels to come! Many people have been suggesting to us that we should start some sort of travel diary or blog since the very beginning, and although we are almost 2 years into our big adventure we figured better late than never. This blog will be used to upload many more photos than Facebook could allow and also to fill you all in on what we get up to as we travel our way slowly around Europe and beyond. We plan to come home some day, so this blog will be your connection to us until we touch down in Aus once more. Feel free to give anyone you think will be interested the blog url, so they too can ... read more