Farewell to the Beautiful Cambridge
We’ve been back in New Zealand almost a year now. In a few days, it will have been a whole year since we left Cambridge. Time has just *flown* by,…
Texas – Ice Hockey, Cowboys and the Grassy Knoll
Back in March, I went to Texas for a week for a work trip to visit colleagues in Plano, just north of Dallas. I was quite excited about my first…
Davidsons in Paris
So once again we were in Paris, but this time with my family. My parents, brother and his wife were over for my cousin’s wedding in Germany a week later.…
Berlin – Urban Art and New Years Eve
The East Site Gallery is an open air, modern art gallery, painted on some of the remaining sections of the Berlin wall. When the wall was enforced by East Germany, West…
Italy – An Afternoon in Pisa
Because my (Rob’s) cousin Caroline was getting married in Italy, we decided that it was a great excuse to see some parts of the country that we haven’t seen before.…
Wales – Conwy Castle, Walls and a Merchant House
On our last full day in Wales, we had to go see Conwy castle. Conwy is all about the castle – Lonely Planet said so and it was right. The…
Suffolk – an Abbey, a Brewery and a Medieval Village
A few weekends ago we decided to go for a road trip out to Suffolk to have a look around. Primarily to see Bury St Edmunds, the Greene King Brewery and a…
New Zealand – Heading Up North
After a few days in Auckland catching up with the parents again, we decided to head north for a couple of nights. First, we went to the beautiful Rawhiti, where…
New Zealand – The Buried Village
While we were at Lake Tarawera, we thought we should do some touristy stuff. Namely, a stones-throw down the road, we wanted to see The Buried Village. The little museum at…
Vancouver – City Explorers and Totem Poles
For the past month (mid Dec to mid Jan), Rob and I have been in New Zealand. Beautiful, summery New Zealand. But the weather is another matter. It takes 24…
Rome – Invader
During our Rome trip we happened to run into some invader street art. The one below was while we were waiting in line to get into the Vatican museums. There…
Rome – The Colosseum
While we were in Rome we ‘had’ to go see the Colosseum. And it didn’t disappoint. The Colosseum was started in 70AD and finished in 80AD. To celebrate its opening…
Rome – Ancient Roman and Renaissance Wonders
Rome – what an amazing city. I had previously been to Rome in 2005 for a few days with my family and loved the sights and sounds of the city.…
Munich – The River Isar
On the 4th day of our trip to Munich we had a bike ride down the river Isar. The Barvarians treat the river bank like the beach and it was…
Munich – Hiking in the Alps
So the third day we were in Munich we were taken for a hike around some of the Alps. View Munich Alps in a larger map We met at 10am…
Munich – The Bavarian Capital
Rob has 2 cousins this side of the world. One is the beautiful Caroline in London, who we’ve caught up with a few times since we moved to the UK.…
Paris – Musee du Lourve
On our last day in Paris, we finally went to the Lourve. The queue was too long on Friday afternoon and we had slept in on the Saturday morning, so…
Paris – Musee de l’Orangerie
When I last went to Paris with my family, Musee de l’Orangerie was closed for renovations. We were pretty bummed at the time, but found other things to do. So…
Visiting an Imperial War Museum
While Dad and Mum (aka Barry and Helen) were visiting Cambridge we went and saw the Imperial War Museum in Duxford. The place is a massive complex – it used…
Will & Kate – The Royal Wedding
Absolutely everybody the Commonwealth over was talking about the royal wedding. Whether in love or disgust, you knew it was happening. Bath was no different. We decided to treat the…