The 18 May dawned fine and we packed up and made our trek across town on the Metro, to the Crimee area where Vladimir, our trusted Volvo had been parked for the last 10 days. I slipped the dodgy looking Mexican dude 70 Euros and off we went , around the Peripherique ( ring road), till Jennie spotted the right exit and we were away towards our camp for the night.We travelled through thousands of acres of farmland, without seeing any livestock, but passing though o...

It has been nice living in our “own” place for over a week. Chilling out ,unpacking a bit and getting washing done. We have enjoyed shopping each morning at the market or the local shops for food for dinner and Vanessa and Liam are getting good at getting the baguettes for lunch and dinner using their best French of course. Because we have had lots of time here it has been nice just doing one or two sights a day and we have been doing lots of walking which i...

It has been nice living in our “own” place for over a week. Chilling out ,unpacking a bit and getting washing done. We have enjoyed shopping each morning at the market or the local shops for food for dinner and Vanessa and Liam are getting good at getting the baguettes for lunch and dinner using their best French of course. Because we have had lots of time here it has been nice just doing one or two sights a day and we have been doing lots of walking which i...

Amersham is about 30 miles north west of London, and is right in the “Stock Brokers Belt”, easy access to either Luton or Heathrow, and the main motorways, combined with beautiful English Countryside make this a favourite place for the wealthy. It was here that we spent our last two nights in the U.K before boarding the ferry to France. My cousin Will, and his Californian wife Lia have recently moved here from the States and are in the process of renovating ...

It was another lovely London day as we piled all our belongings into Vladimir, and headed off to Scotland, unfortunately we only got to the end of the street before being stopped by the Police. The London marathon was being run that morning and our area around Tower Bridge was completely cordoned off. But with a bit of Kiwi charm we managed to get the police to pull down the barriers and let us out. Without a map of London, we drove over London bridge and follo...