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. With...

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! - but does say...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today we enjoyed a trip to the Southwest of London to visit Hampton Court Palace. On our return to our apartment we found the cleaners still at our apartment having been delayed. Rather than get in their way we headed up to the "Bolton" a local pub for some drinks. A...

We watched a TV documentary a few days ago where we learned that the 3rd most popular destination for tourists in London is Harrods. It's hard to imagine that people would list Myer or David Jones as a high-priority destination for visitors to Melbourne, but such is...

The next part of our stay in London was not in London at all. Instead we were borrowing a car for a two-day trip into the countryside to visit the Cotswolds and Oxford. Our morning started with a 1km walk from our apartment to the hotel where our car was stored....

Today we were glad to be able to spend some more time with Simon, Ylva and the children before they had to jet off home. When arranging to meet in the morning it was agreed that we should meet near the Tiffanys Christmas pop-up prompting Simon to say that we would be...