We are both very excited to have received an email from Karen’s old and best hairdresser Charya inviting them to her and Michel’s wedding in Cambodia in March. It is great to have such loose plans that we can say sure we would love to be there…lets see how many weddings we can attend on […]
We are both officially unemployed. Today was our last day in our office jobs in London. We left with mixed emotions, excited about our travels but sad to say bye to our colleagues. Karen was prepared ( as always) for her departure, the handover had been planned, all tasks ticked off. While John on the […]
5 Work Days to go….
So far most of the posts have been just jobs that we have had to do. Now that we are getting closer to the date of departure we better start telling you all what our journey will be: Our first country on the magical mystery tour is India, and there is a lot of it […]
One of the main benefits of having an Irish Passport is that amongst other things a visa to most countries will be about £50 cheaper than a British Passport!! So Karen is now weighing the option of getting either the Irish or Italian passport she is entitled to! Whilst the Australia Visa was easy peasy […]
We anxiously made our way to the Vanbrugh practice on a cold Monday morning . The Reason? We had an appointment with Sister Joyce to discuss what travel injections and malaria tablets we require. She was slightly overwhelmed by our extensive list of destinations, meticulously she highlighted each page of each country information from the […]
The Vanbrugh Pub in Greenwich was the scene for our Leaving London Party on Saturday night. It was an exciting cocktail of good food, laughter, music, Jaeger Bombs and a great night was had by all. There were nationalities in attendance from places as diverse as China, Norway, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Hungary, not to […]
Part of the going away travelling malarky means having to resign from our respective jobs. Fortunately for the both of us we are so “professional” and “hard working” (edit: I know you are stunned to hear that!) that this was a much easier task than we thought. Our last day in the office will be […]
It was a rainy Friday afternoon in November and amongst the throng of cars headed up the M6 Motorway was a blue Renault Clio which was so full of boxes and clothes that the verb “rammed” does not do it justice. Karen’s car and stuff were heading home Our journey was punctuated by an overnight […]