I’m sitting at the new terminal 5 at Heathrow waiting to drop our bags off. Soon I will be on the big plane to start the much longer haul flights.
How much does our 342 day RTW cost?
Airfare and Travel Insurance Costs One of the common topics on travel blogs is how much does it cost. Therefore I am going to keep a cost of our RTW trip. The airfare is the big one-off cost. Our trip…
Vancouver here we come
It has been a while since my last blog. We have been busy sorting out renting our house, visiting relatives and organising all the boring things you have to do before travelling for a year. I returned a week ago…
Henley – Miss Givings
The first month is drawing to an end and what a month! this week I left my home of 16 years to go straight into a week run of my one woman show – Miss Givings.
This was the reason we did not leave sooner, as this Festival was booked ages ago and I was keen to be able to do a whole week on one place – quite a luxury for a show of this type.
Leaving Home and heading to Henley Fringe Festival
What a week its been! I arrived back from Holland on Monday, hitting the ground running by arriving home and then going straight out to pick up my computer, which was having a tune up; for my trip around the world, then it was remove the bed from the spare room with a lovely finish of a BBQ on the beach with my walking ladies (a group I started in September and am now having to leave behind!) – what a great way to start the week!
First stop South Holland
First stop South Holland We have been in Holland around a week and had a wonderful time. Our first stop was a hotel near Schiphol as we arrived late. Surprisingly, it was a nice hotel that took two short bus…
Beringe, Holland (there are 6 Beringes in a very close radius of this one)
Wow, already week 2 of my 52 weeks are done! The time seems to be flying already, and I have not even made it onto the plane to take me back to Canada. I have had an excellent week with Johns rellies in the south of Holland.
London, UK
This is my first letter of my 52 week adventure going round the world. So, how this works is each week I will write to someone on my list, picked randomly and I will post it online on this blog – just in case the letter does not reach its destination. The letter includes a card with a random quote, which I hope you will enjoy.
India reliving the past
I was looking through some diaries and found an old one from 1990 when I went to India. I spent six weeks in India with a lovely girl who took lots of photos and regretfully got very sick and had…
The Panic Begins
Procrastination sucks. The deadline is fast approaching where we leave the rainy isles or the UK as it is better known. Time does fly. We leave for Holland for a few weeks in a week. Then a few weeks later…