For at least the next year we’re in the UK, we’re hoping to have a long weekend away every month. In September we were setting up our new house and getting to know Cambridge and in October we went to Oxford. So the next trip in November, we decided to go south to Canterbury and Dover. It’s about a 2 hour drive down that way of the world, taking the M11 then the M25 and finally the M2. It was […]

So, after too short a time in York, we were on another train to Edinburgh! Our train trip from York to Edinburgh was stunning. The trainline followed up the east coast, sometime running along and coast line so we could see the cliffs, beaches and ocean. We *loved* Edinburgh. What an amazing city! That castle was spectacular. Like the skytower of the city, you could see it from almost anywhere. So awesome. We were reading the tour book, which was […]

Once Rob and I had left Australia, we did spend a few wonderful weeks in New Zealand. However, we’ll post about those a bit later. We want to get into the UK travels! So, we landed in London on the 15th June having spent 24 hours in a plane with a 2 hour layover in Hong Kong. In our first 6 days in London, we did a lot of walking and sight seeing. I love love LOVE that museums are […]