Blogs from Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 11

Well … my 9 months of travelling came to an end 4 weeks ago. I spent a lovely 5 days in NYC, kicking back, visiting a few restaurants and bars, plus preparing to rejoin the work force. Scott took me out for a fabulous night on the town for another, and not final, 30th celebration; a few cocktails at the Flatiron Lounge and then The Public for dinner. My return to London and work got slightly delayed due to a huge storm that rolled in across the East Coast of the US; all flights out of New York were cancelled, crazy hey. And there I was back at work… I am going to keep up my travel blog for exciting weekends away and travel in Europe, and potentially further a field, until my next big extended ... read more

Girls getaway to rest, relax and have fun! Nels, Amy, Lisa and I have just spent a wonderful weekend away at Lisa’s family’s brand new log cabin, in some tiny Welsh village, near St Davids (UK’s smallest city!). I’ve had such an expectancy for this weekend, and it was more then met. On Saturday we did a lovely long coastal walk, stopping at the little bays and beaches, skimming stones and having some unhurried DMC’s, while “aweing” at the beauty around us. That night while spending time with God and praying for each other, He arrived in a way that none of us had really experienced before. I have just been so amazed at how our huge and amazing God who created the world and has so much on His hands to worry about, would ... read more

We had been planning our trip to Tuscany for ages. Moving to the UK to travel and then being held back from going overseas had been so frustrating. So a trip to Tuscany was well overdue - and just what the Doctor ordered. Well if you haven’t’ yet heard the sordid story I’d better take a step back. As you probably know I have an EU passport. Through me, Brendon can gain EU residency. Before leaving home he applied & got an EEA spousal visa. The final step to his EU residency was simple - or so we were told - just send in our passports to the UK Home Office within six months of arriving in the UK & he’d get a nice rubber stamp. Hah! Have you seen the state of the public service ... read more

Well mum and dad turned up all ok and in one piece after a few days in bangkok before flying into London. I went to London, spent one night with them, then they hired a car and dad actually drove out of London to Bristol!!!! I think mum nearly chewed off all her nails, but we arrived with out actually taking any wrong turns!!! On the Friday we took off to Wales and to the B & B we were going to stay in for the long weekend over here which actually falls on Jule's birthday!! We were going to meet his mum and dad which I think all went very well. The B&B was quite a cute little place set on 20 acres, we actually took all three rooms, so we had it to ourselves. ... read more

Our good friend Nick got married to Vicky on Saturday 6th May 2006 in his home 'city' of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, Wales. We drove down on Friday, we left home at 10 and got there at just after 2pm. We checked in to our b&b and then walked around the smallest city in the UK. St Davids has a cathedral which gives it the status of city - but it is really a tiny little place - a bit more like a village! We could walk easily from our b&b, The Waterings, to the cathedral where they were going to get married, and to the hotel where they would have the reception! We have been to St Davids before with Nick some years ago for New Years Eve, and I had been as a child ... read more