Mum and Dad Visit ( Barry & Helen )
So a few weeks ago mum and dad came to visit and they brought us some prezzies from back home. They came with some of their friends, David and Honor,…
When the Cousins Came to Town
A few weeks ago, Rob and I got a big treat. We had *2* sets of cousins come visit us in a weekend. We were stoked! My cousins Ngarino and…
London – Visiting Mel
Mel made the move over to the UK just before Christmas. Now she has a job, and has an apartment and is officially living in London. Considering all these factors,…
Peterborough – Another Stunning Cathedral
One of my last hockey games was an hour North of Cambridge in a wee city called Peterborough. Now, we had been told 2 different perspectives of Peterborough. One was…
Finishing Up Winter Sport
We’ve had a full season of both soccer and hockey. We’ve gotten to know a bunch of great people and filled many of our weekends. Good points all round. It…
Making Clocks with Tiles
There’s this famous street graffiti artist who makes his graffiti out of ceramic tiles. It makes his work quite distinctive and its often photographed and recorded. We haven’t seen any…
Shepreth has a Little Wildlife Park
Another little day trip, and this time to satisfy my need to see a red squirrel. Or a badger. Or some kind of native British animal. I’d settle for some…
North Norfolk – Visiting a Beautiful Coast
We still haven’t managed to leave Britain yet for any of our trips. Darn it! But still, there are many beautiful things still to see in the UK. We decided…
The London Underground
Mel just posted an awesome post about the London Underground – with pictures too! I never pulled out the camera while we were down in the stations or on the…
Pubs – Keeping Warm in Winter
Our pub visiting has been very very quiet over the winter. Typically, once you get home on Friday, you don’t want to venture out into the weather and on Saturday…
Mel’s in the UK!
For the last four years, Rob and I have been living in Australia away from our family and old friends at home. We knew we were only making the distance …
China – A Bosch Work Trip
So when I came back from my lovely Christmas / New Years holiday, I was whisked off to China for a week to enjoy the long flight time, airplane food,…
London – Hampton Court Palace
While we were in London over the Christmas break, we knew it was important to catchup with people and go to a bunch of social engagements, so of course we…
Edinburgh – New Year’s Weekend
For New Year’s Eve, we had heard rumours of Hogmanay in Edinburgh – a street party and concerts for 1000’s of people. We’d also heard how Edinburgh is freezing that…
Christmas in London
Because we actually know people in London (and not too many in Cambridge), it seemed like the better idea to head down to London for the Christmas holidays. And we…
Christmas at ARM
My workplace gets a bit into the Christmas spirit. It’s not unusual to have decorations in the office and people buy Christmas pies for snacks in the afternoons. What ARM…
Christmas and Snow
Merry Christmas everyone! We’ve been in London the past week for Christmas, and we’ll tell you all about that soon. We were tragically disappointed that it didn’t snow *during* Christmas,…
ARM 20th Birthday
On the 27th November 1990, ARM split out f Acorn and Apple computers collaboration to create a new microprocessor standard. On the 30th of November is the date of the…
Snow in Cambridge
One thing we got from our 3 day weekend was that it was getting *cold* in England. It was the coldest November on record, apparently. I say apparently, because we…
Leeds Castle… Roadtrip continued…
From Dover we headed towards Leeds Castle ( and home ). It started off rather snowy. However when we got to the castle it was a beautiful day. Even though…