Travel

My Favorite Eggs from The Big Egg Hunt

  It’s hard to believe it’s the end of April already and just a few weeks ago we were enjoying London and The Big Egg Hunt display in Covent Garden. If you didn’t know, The Big Egg Hunt was a charity event where decorated eggs created by Continue Reading →

Guest Post: The View from Shackleford

* The following is a guest post. I live in Shackleford, Surrey, but how did I get here? Shackleford is a village linked, as a parish, with neighbouring Peper Harow and Compton, and including Eashing and Hurtmore. The fact that the parish is split by the A3 commuter Continue Reading →

The Cotswolds – A Dazzling Day Out

*The following is a guest post. The wonderful fact is that almost every inch of the Cotswolds region is exquisite from its meandering single-track lanes that lead into untouched-by-time medieval villages to breathtaking vistas of undulating hills, resplendent in Continue Reading →

A Londoner’s Survival Guide to the Olympic Games

  2012 is a special year for the UK with the Queens Jubilee and the much-anticipated London Olympics both fast approaching. London is bracing itself for an onslaught of close to a million additional tourists all preparing to shoehorn themselves onto the already Continue Reading →

A Londoner’s Guide to London

*The following is a guest post by Liz Jarvis. You can find Liz Jarvis at The Mum Blog. The Mum Blog gives a guided tour of the capital city. Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner (born and bred), but I seem to have taken more out-of-towners on guided tours of Continue Reading →

My UK Holiday: Windsor and Kew Gardens, London

It was a short day in Windsor unfortunately. This day was early in our holiday and I was still feeling bad from an upset stomach and jetlag. My husband played photographer while I sat down for a while trying to recover and possibly save what was turning out to Continue Reading →

London 2012: 100 Days to Go

Some special events were held today to mark 100 days to go until the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It’s been announced that the motto of these Olympics will be “Inspire a Generation.” There will be quite a few events Continue Reading →

My UK Holiday: Greenwich

Greenwich is a Royal Borough of London and well worth a visit. It doesn’t take long to get there by train or via the Thames, which is how we chose to travel. It was one of the big highlights of our trip. We picked a beautiful day to float down river. What a treat Continue Reading →

My UK Holiday: Oxford v. Cambridge

I have always had a special place in my heart for Cambridge. It may have to do with the fact that I used to live only twenty minutes away and spent a lot of time there. But it’s more than that and I was reminded of this when I visited for the first time in Continue Reading →

My UK Holiday: Brighton

As I explained in yesterday’s post, Brighton wasn’t exactly in our plans but we were really pleased to get a chance to visit. Not being a beach person myself, I knew I would like it but my husband LOVED it, especially Brighton Pier. I have to admit, Continue Reading →