Hotel Roma Chester

I am just testing my online blog, today it is exactly 4 weeks until I go away on the Trans-Mongolian Express. I am quite excited but also a little nervous as this will be the longest Trip I have been on. Although a Month is not a great length of time I'm hoping this will be a taster for a bigger trip! Ariba!!

Sundays are always interesting days, things don’t open til quite late in the day, whilst some things do not open at all actually so it’s a bit of an issue sometimes about what we can/can’t do. Add that to our usual desire not to do anything on a Sunday and you get a mixed result. Obviously whilst travelling there are occasions ...

The trip is coming together nicely. The latest update is that Roisin has spent days trawling for decent hotels in San Francisco. She manged to get a brilliant deal in the comically named Nob Hill. Chris is already wondering how much mileage this name has and has already started to think up inuendos and other gags (purely for comic effect!!) in t...

Hi everyone,

This is my first ever blog so apologies if it's a little rambly and inept. I'm currently sitting in my dad's little office, four days before I'm due to leave, and am absolutely rattling with nerves. I'm very excited - of course - but just can't quite imagine how I'm going to get everything done that I need to in the next fe...

O Ano Novo Chines foi dia 14 de Fevereiro, mas as comemoraçoes aqui na Inglaterra aconteceram hoje.

Como sempre quis ver estes festivais de perto, resolvi aceitar o convite do meu flatmate, Sai, para almoçar com algumas amigas dele e aproveitar para ver as comemoraçoes aqui em Liverpool.

Fomos ao Chinatown a tempo de ver uma ...

Right, so we go back to England from USA and i went back to Airbus for a few months till we leave for our round the world trip again and manage to sell the house. That is done so have also arranged to get a pay off for leaving Airbus so helps with the travel budget. Its been good seeing the family again and spending time with little Kiera as we ...

We are spending tonight in Chester, just over the English border from Wales, in a hotel that used to be a mill. It is swanky, really swanky. I thought when we went on this part of the trip that we would be staying in the European equivalents of Budgetell. Not so. This place is apparently a four star. Too bad we are only here for one night. We ar...

One cold day in late January, I sat down to write a list for the Lonely Planet Bluelist Competition. I did enter in the hopes of winning, but to actually win is incredibly cool-scary. My list that won: Cloves drying on Pemba Island (Tanzania) Pemba, north of Zanzibar, is the world's biggest producer of cloves. With its distinctive strong aroma, ...

For breakfast I had a bowl of cornflakes. We met Tony at Paula's house and got into the car. Drove around Pennylane and to the Albert Dock. After parking, we went to The Beatles Story, a museum devoted to the Beatles. It was pretty awesome. It had different areas from the clubs they played at to the submarine in The Yellow Sub movie. One of the ...

Around 10:30 I woke up. I stayed in bed for a little bit. Got out of bed, brushed my teeth and went downstairs for breakfast. I had fruit, bread and tea. came back upstairs and played Game Bay for a little until Ann and David arrived (Paula's daughter I think.) They have two twins who are 15 years old. Their names are Dominic and Antony. They di...