Blogs from Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

Tuesday 17.11.2009 Day 34 Buying a car in the UK We got up and had a look on line for car prices and dealers around Birmingham. We then when and got a GPS and a thing so my iPod would play thought the radio. We used the GPS to take us to a few of the car dealers. We found a car we liked. We tried to go for a test drive but the battery was flat so we put a deposit on and said we would take if for a test drive the next day. We stayed in the same place again as last night and Looked for a cheaper place on line for the next night. ... read more

So here it is... the coundown is on. Only one more day at work then that is it!!! This is our first blog so excuse me if ive done it wrong. At the moment Kat is packing her rucksack, very organised I know considering we dont leave until Saturday; but the real reason is that we're busy tomorrow, thursday and friday. We dont really want to leave until the last minute, we want a stress free morning on Saturday :-) Although im not sure thats likely. Its my go at packing in a minute although i cant see it taking long to pack 2 pairs of shorts, 3 t-shirts, 1 pair of flip flops and sunglasses. Travel light!!! We have got a busy few days with making sure everything is tied up but im hoping to ... read more

Bonjourno Blog Readers! We're just packing for our trip to Peru and thought we should send out a 'taster' blog for anybody thinking of following us on our travels. If you're reading this then save the link so you can get to it quickly each time we update it! I think it should be http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Tink-And-Laura/ . The plan of action is to fly into Lima, get a coach to Arequipa then move to Puno before spending a few days in Bolivia via Copacabana and La Paz. We'll then visit Cusco and Machu Picchu before flying to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon Basin. We're thinking of travelling across to Brazil at some point since we're only about 4 hours coach ride away! We then fly back to Lima and do some last minute present shopping before coming ... read more

Well, if you were thinking we'd had enough chocolate this trip, you were probably right. However, we took Uncle Paul's advice and went to Cadbury World in Bournville just south of Birmingham. This is the original Cadbury manufacturing plant and is still operating. We had an amazing time and a sort of Willy Wonka tour including more samples! Nobody fell into the chocolate lake but we did get to write our names in chocolate! After the tour, there was another building near the kids play area that had another couple of brief movies to watch followed by a warm cup of melted chocolate with whatever candy you wanted! Soooooooooooo yummy! When we got home, Nigel and Lori both strangely felt the need to squeeze a run in.....Which was then cancelled out very quickly by a final ... read more

Hello Peeps! Just thought i'd try and find out how to work this 'blog thing' by writing something of an introduction. I'm Collette, I'm a 37 year old podiatrist and i'm shacked up with a Stuart a 39 year old draughtsman. We've lived together in a rented flat in Peterborough for just over a year before deciding that the NHS and Anglian Water weren't really 'doing it for us'. So much so, that one evening after a custom bike show at Charters pub and too many units of high strength Top-Deck we decided to jack in our jobs get rid of all of our 'stuff' and disappear around the world on motorbikes. Obviously this was not without its problems, the first one being that I hadn't ridden a motorcycle for about 10 years and Stuart hadn't ... read more