Blogs from Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

This is a trial run. Two days to go before the off and we are piling up clothes that we are intending to take with us on our adventure of a lifetime! We have done a lot of travelling but packing has always been an issue. I take up most of the space in the suitcases with clothes and poor Don is left with a miniscule corner. But a girl needs that extra pair of shoes or that big bag of make up oh and on the cruise part of the trip I will need a nice frock! The big debate will come tomorrow night when that big pile is placed into the suitcase. Will it all make Australia - watch this space!... read more

Day 1379 It was weird being on the M25 again, my first time in four years, everything seemed to be whizzing past so fast, far faster than we drive in Australia, but maybe it was just the jet lag. We had collected the hire car from Hertz, a little Kia Ceed, we were offered an upgrade to an Audi A4 for another twenty five pounds a day, but we were not interested, originally they wanted one hundred and twenty five pounds, but it must have been the initial look on my face that put him off trying to drive, (in his eyes) that bargain. It was the most beautiful morning and we were heading clockwise around the M25, towards Junction 24 (Potters Bar and Welwyn Garden City) we both felt completely wrecked from the last flight ... read more

If there's one thing which would convince visitors to our fair shores that the English are barmy it would have to be: grown men and women wearing quaint costumes, bells on their legs and weird hats planted with flowers and feathers, dancing in a pub car park to the sounds of squeezeboxes and diddly-di-do songs while waving handkerchiefs in the air and menacingly clacking together wooden sticks. These strange affairs are called 'Morris dancing'. They're ancient folk dances, once thought to be pagan rituals, with carefully-choreographed steps, accompanied by music played on one or more melodeons or accordions and sometimes with a rhythmic, booming drum and a wind-instrument or two for good measure. Personally, I suspect it's all an excuse for a good booze-up; after all, you'll seldom see these dances performed anywhere except in pub ... read more

our first trip to foreign lands in almost 4.5 years of marriage, the cards were stacked in our direction because we just managed to make all arrangements as smoothly as possible, the tickets, visa and arranging accommodation with my aunt at harpenden, hertfordshire. we left for colombo on 31st may, 2012 and this would be the first time i would catch an international flight from bengaluru airport, not for my husband because he had travelled to thailand before. it was a short flight to colombo and we waited to be escorted to our hotel in negumbe outside colombo..the people instantly struck me as friendly, warm and approachable. we promised ourselves we would fly sri lankan more often, applied for the frequent flier programme and made a note to visit sri lanka again. once at the hotel ... read more

Hi everyone We have added your e-mail addresses to our blog so that you can keep up to date with us on our travels - you know you want to hear all about it!! We didn't have e-mails for everyone so if you know of anyone we have missed off, please let us have their details! We leave on the 12th April for Peru, our first stop is Lima then we are off to explore the inca trail. Watch this space!! Trace and Tash... read more