London & Greenville, UK

Mar 30, 2013

Before my alarm went off I was up & getting ready. This extra time allowed me to get the free bus to Heathrow from just over the road from the hotel. Check in was easy, as I arrived before many of the days flights with American Airlines were due to fly. I met up with my family at the gate, but were delayed on the plane due to a private plane entering Heathrow airspace in error. The flight itself harked back to the flights we used to take in the 90's, as tv...

Dubrovnik & London, Croatia

Mar 29, 2013

Stefan charged off to get the car. We used the time to grab some breakfast in the lounge. We took Stefan a bacon sandwich for his trouble. At the airport we said our goodbyes, as their flight to Barcelona left at 10.55. At this point I discovered that the business lounge is only available to international passengers. So after a brief walk down the road to the petrol station. I stood and looked at the view from the picture. My flight was delayed till 13:20. I sto...

Sarajevo, Mostar & Dubrovnik, Bosnia

Mar 28, 2013

The sun was shining in Sarajevo as we walked around pigeon square. Amanda & Stefan looked in one of the mosques. I popped into one of the shops, & on our way home Yaz-Na spotted us from a cafe and beckoned us inside. She suggested we try a cold drink that seemed to be very much like a smoothy to me. She explained it was an anti-oxidant made from corn. I enjoyed mine so much I finished Amanda's as she wasn't too keen. We hit the road dropping Yaz-Na off a...

Sarajevo, Bosnia

Mar 27, 2013

We all were woken by builders across the street working on a new hotel. As we were all feeling the affects of our late night we remained in bed until the afternoon. Promptly we set about organising to go on an organised tour of Sarajevo. Starting with the assassination point of Archduke Franz Ferdinand out guide pointed out various historical and more recent sites around the city. We were driven out to the airport, to learn more, & walk through the tunnel th...

Sarajevo, Bosnia

Mar 26, 2013

We were straight up at 09:58am this morning to be ready for our host, whose named is pronounced Yaz-Na, to take us on a tour of Sarajevo. Yaz-Na 's husband is a huge sports fan, which meant she had heard of Newcastle. In particular she had heard of Alan Shearer! Our apartment is located right in the centre of the old town. This handily have us access to everything with two minutes walk. We were shown round the entire city & were able to find out a lot more ...