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....
Christmas Day

Christmas Day

We love our travels. One of the best things is that we walk miles. 15,000 plus steps is not unheard of and 10,000 steps is easy. On Christmas Day though my fitbit only registered 9 steps. This isn’t an accurate account of the day – I didn’t put it on! –...
Retracing history and meeting family where you can

Retracing history and meeting family where you can

Today we caught up with Matt Worrad and his girlfriend Ana. We have missed catching up with Matt and Ana at catch ups in Melbourne over the last 18 months for one reason or another. So, strange as it seems, it was to be London where we finally made a lunch date. The...
Getting Above Ground

Getting Above Ground

As much as we have enjoyed the ease and flexibility of the London Underground we were all beginning to feel like Moles, spending most of our time underground only surfacing for specific items or events. Combining this with our quickly reducing time in London and an...
A ship and an observatory

A ship and an observatory

I was really excited about our day today because we were going to Greenwich where we could see the Cutty Sark. First, we had to get there with a few different trains. On the way we saw a few bits of London that we hadn’t seen before. We changed transport 3 times to...
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...