Saturday 18th September This weekend was Open House London, where 500 of London's buildings are opened to the public. Such buildings as the King's Library at the British Museum, Bank of England, 30 St Mary Axe (also known as The Gherkin), Westminster Hall & Portcullis, Buddist Centres, Hindu Temple's, etc. Absolutely huge number of a huge variety of buildings. The Gherkin, I would say would have to have been the main attraction, with it's unusual appearance ...

3rd to 6th September - Edinburgh What better way to end my 7 weeks of travelling than Edinburgh? And to top it off I was there for the end of the International Festival. Friday night included a walk into town, then fish and chips while standing in line to get last minute tickets to Nikolais Dance Theatre. The dance theatre was very unusual indeed. Dance set to music, both of which were a little out of this world. However I did find some of it very creative, ...

I'm in Scotland!! Well, here I am in Glasgow with lovely weather to boot!! Just kidding, apparently the whole of the UK is having one of their worse summers - lucky me :) 26th August to 3rd September - Glasgow Ah, Glasgow. Family. I'm such a people person, I have really missed being around friends and family, and this week was great. I pretty much spent my time doing a little sightseeing, but mostly relaxing and making decisions and plans. Af...

23rd to 26th August - York I must admit the transport systems in the UK are brilliant. I utilised the train network to travel up across to York, getting a lovely view of Leeds on the way through. York is a stunning city surrounded by sections of an ancient wall, a wide river and loads of beautiful gardens. As always I did some exploring and sightseeing, however some of this was with a friend - YAY. I was grateful to have a friend to be with, catch up with...

19th - 23rd August - Manchester After a whirlwind tour of Stratford I caught the coach up to Manchester with a change of bus in Birmingham. It was here I met a lovely teacher from Birmingham, who was interested in my view of London schools compared to Australian schools and if they were as advanced in their teaching as her school was. Into the discussion I got a little confused but waited to see where it was going. Her thoughts were that they were ahead of t...