What were we thinking?

What were we thinking?

There are two types of people in the world – those who live for the Boxing Day sales and those who sit back with a certain smugness while watching the chaos of the sales on the nightly news. Up until now I would have said that we were firmly in the second camp....
19000 Steps

19000 Steps

One of the advantages of travelling is that we all increase our walking. At home, our busy lifestyles and work choices mean that we spend far too much time sitting down. This is silly really as we all enjoy walking. Like our last big trip, the first couple of days...
Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Today we enjoyed a trip to the Southwest of London to visit Hampton Court Palace. On our return to our apartment we found the cleaners still at our apartment having been delayed. Rather than get in their way we headed up to the “Bolton” a local pub for...
How not to see Harry Potter at the Theatre

How not to see Harry Potter at the Theatre

We watched a TV documentary a few days ago where we learned that the 3rd most popular destination for tourists in London is Harrods. It’s hard to imagine that people would list Myer or David Jones as a high-priority destination for visitors to Melbourne, but...
Holiday within a holiday

Holiday within a holiday

The next part of our stay in London was not in London at all. Instead we were borrowing a car for a two-day trip into the countryside to visit the Cotswolds and Oxford. Our morning started with a 1km walk from our apartment to the hotel where our car was stored....