Munich – A Museum and a Beer Festival
Our second day in Munich we decided to have a big sleep in (there may have been too many beers at the beer garden the night before) and go to…
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.…
Compsci Friends in Cambridge
I have these wonderful friends. Well, I have many friends, but there’s particular group that’s quite special. They’re my crew from our undergraduate days when we all were studying Computer…
Southampton – New Forest Wildlife Park
On the way home from Bournemouth after our lovely time in the sun, we stopped off at a Wildlife park in Southampton – the New Forest Wildlife Park. The main…
Bournemouth – Visiting the British Seaside
Last month, we had our first English beach holiday. We drove down to Bournemouth so that: Miss could learn to kite surf (one of her list items) Rob could hire…
London – Catching up on Harry Potter Sightings
Over the past year since we moved to Britain, we’ve been visiting various film locations where different Harry Potter films were shot. I updated the list with new sights from…
London – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Premiere
Recently, there was big thing on in London. You know? They booked the whole of Trafalgar Square and people slept on the streets to get a place in there. Yea,…
Paris – Invader
So while we were in Paris we accidentally stumbled across some Invader street art. Actually, quite a few. Invader is a Parisian street artist who sticks tiles to the walls…
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…
Paris – Our First Trip to the Continent
We have been in the UK for over a year now. We landed in London 15th June 2010. However, for the whole year we’d been here, we’d only traveled to…
Strawberry Fair with a Visit from Mel
Every year since 1974 (with the exception of last year, apparently) Strawberry Fair has been on in Cambridge. It’s is a free volunteer run community music, entertainments, arts and crafts…
Pubs – Summer is Coming Back
As the weather started to get warmer, we started migrating back out to the pubs, many are new, as we endeavor to visit every pub in Cambridge. Let’s continue on…
The 38th Cambridge Beer Festival
Twice a year, Cambridge has a beer festival. We missed the last one in October, but made the effort to go to the next one, especially since the weather was…
Northampton – Our First UK Convention
As many of you will know, I (that is, Liz) would attend conventions when I was in NZ and Oz. You know, sci fi conventions, and some expos too. However,…
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…
Salisbury and Stonehenge – Old and Older
Wiltshire is a region just below Bath that has several ancient sights to see. The two we wanted to see were Salisbury Cathedral and, of course, Stonehenge. But the cathedral…
Bath – A Beautiful Georgian City
Before we visited Bath, we thought we were going to walk into a city with Roman ruins dotted around and normal modern buildings everywhere between. We were very very wrong.…
Windsor – A Living Castle
While Barry and Helen were visiting, we wanted to do some touring around to see the sights. One of these sights was to visit Windsor Castle – the oldest and…