Sep 8, 2009 - London Tour

Chris says ……Today is our London tour day and the weather is forecast to be great. ... We had booked a ‘hop on-hop off’ London tour aboard a double decker bus. ... The tour hits all the tourist spots in London allowing us to get off at whichever we want and then get back on afterwards. ... We then went onto the included Thames River tour and sailed from Westminster Bridge to the Tower of London. ... Anne,LeAnne &Owen are going on the London eye and they want to do it at sunset. ...

Sep 8, 2009 - Stockholm to Oslo

Loaded up again and wheeled our crap down the street to catch a mid-morning train to Oslo.Loaded up again and wheeled our crap down the street to catch a mid-morning train to Oslo....

Sep 7, 2009 - Stockholm

Stockholm is a very beautiful city.Stockholm is a very beautiful city....

Sep 7, 2009 - The British Experience

Greetings from London! The start of the crazy adventure blog. ... After wandering around for a few hours near the River Thames, Tower Bridge, & London Bridge, we made our way back to our hostel thinking we'd be able to get some food from one of the many pubs. ... AFter waking up again we decided to go walk across London Bridge and Tower Bridge. ... , not London Bridge that you would think would be the most beautiful bridge in London. ... So we stumbled upon the Tower of London, ooed and awwed at it and decided we really wanted to go in. ...

Sep 7, 2009 - Off to London

Chris says ……This morning, after a full English breakfast, we checked out of the hotel & are heading for London. ... It was then onto London. ... We made it to the outskirts of London on the motorway system with no problem, however, London is not a freeway friendly city and the last few miles into the city centre was pretty challenging. ... We are rite downtown London just 5 mins walk to the London eye. ... We arrived in London at around 430pm and checked in. ...

Sep 6, 2009 - the big city

We did a little touristing yesterday, took one of those double-decker bus tours around a loop of the major sites – Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and houses of Parliament, the Tower, over London Bridge and Tower Bridge. ... It was nice to be driven; traffic in London is awful (and the air seems acrid). ... Also, we’d seen most of those sites before.We did a little touristing yesterday, took one of those double-decker bus tours around a loop of the major sites – Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and houses of Parliament, the Tower, over London Bridge and Tower Bridge. ... It was nice to be driven; traffic in London is awful (and the air seems acrid). ... Also, we’d seen most of those sites before....

Sep 5, 2009 - Amsterdam to Stockholm

Left Amsterdam today and flew to Stockholm.Left Amsterdam today and flew to Stockholm....

Sep 4, 2009 - Lelystad and Polder Museum

We decided to take the train and bus on our next adventure.We decided to take the train and bus on our next adventure....

Sep 2, 2009 - Zaanse Schanse bike expedition

I had read about the Zaans Schanse "folk museum" in the guidebooks and thought it might be worth visiting.I had read about the Zaans Schanse "folk museum" in the guidebooks and thought it might be worth visiting....

Sep 1, 2009 - And we're off..

Well our first flight is in about 6 hours and we're packed and raring to go! We will be heading to Quito, Ecuador via Madrid and are due arrive in Quito at 16.Well our first flight is in about 6 hours and we're packed and raring to go! We will be heading to Quito, Ecuador via Madrid and are due arrive in Quito at 16....

Sep 1, 2009 - Bike rental ion Amsterdam

Our first day in Amsterdam and we decided to join the myriad of bikers in the city.Our first day in Amsterdam and we decided to join the myriad of bikers in the city....

Aug 31, 2009 - London, England

30am to catch the train to the airport for our flight to London. ... By the time I arrived in London I barely had time to get to the hostel and throw on clean clothes before I headed out to Covent Garden to meet up with a friend from Sydney, Linda and her partner Emma. ... I loved London when I was here in 2006 a couple of times and felt exactly the same way this time. ... London has been called a ‘world in one city’ and that’s exactly what it feels like to be here. ... While immigrants continue to flow in (especially Indians!) London nevertheless feels quintessentially British, whether it’s those boxy black cabs, the red double deckers or those grand symbols of Britain – the mother of all parliaments at Westminster, the silhouette of Tower bridge above the muddy Thames or the already world-famous London Eye. ...