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4 days in Scotland

UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 21 Oct 2010 | Views [814]

It was a whistle stop visit. Neither John, nor I had been to Scotland before so we decided to take advantage of a few days in between our organised home exchanges and get the feel of this land of Robert the Bruce. After two days ... Read more >

Tags: australia, canada, holidays, home exchange, london, perth, scotland, summer, united kingdom


Postcard from Monterey

USA | Sunday, 26 Sep 2010 | Views [579]

Hello! Sorry I've been a bit slow with travel updates recently. Some brief news... We are on a home exchange in San Jose, which is about half an hour's drive from beautiful San Francisco. There's a great new listing on The Travelling Prince Home ... Read more >

Tags: california, clint eastwood, home exchange, monterey, movies, nelson mandela, oceanarium, rugby, san francisco, south africa


Wombling along in Wimbledon

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 4 Aug 2010 | Views [576]

Who remembers the Wombles from Wimbledon Common? They were cute, cuddly and featured on a duvet cover that kept my elder daughter Amy warm and cozy whe she was a little girl. I still have the duvet cover, 20 odd years later. And now I am in Wimbledon, ... Read more >

Tags: london, wimbledon


Just up the road from Liz Hurley in the Cotswolds

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010 | Views [1470]

CALLING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.... Visit us in the Cotswolds – we’re just up the road from Liz (Hurley, that is) and have a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with a garden and a great pub across the road! That's how home exchange works - you get an amazing ... Read more >

Tags: home exchange, house swap, liz hurley, south africa, the cotswolds, the travelling prince home exchange


Fair Atlantis

GREECE | Sunday, 4 Jul 2010 | Views [583]

Way down below the ocean, below the caldera and the sparkling waters of the Aegean lies the lost city of Atlantis…..so the story goes, as told by the ancient Greeks, and passed down from father to son, generation to generation, and   re-told ... Read more >

Tags: atlantis, greek islands, santorini


Weird and wonderful travel

AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 20 Jun 2010 | Views [437]

It pays to have a camera on you at all times when travelling, although this can often be inconvenient - like in the queue for boarding the bus to your plane at the airport and someone has this really intense look in their eyes and you know that AT ... Read more >

Tags: unusual, weird, wonderful


Green and quirky.... must be Ireland

IRELAND | Thursday, 17 Jun 2010 | Views [714] | Comments [1]

It's green,it's beautiful, the house in which are staying (a home exchange) - is amazing. More to come - been travelling in the same clothes for too long! So ... next day and a hot shower later, we stocked up on groceries  - Irish butter, cheese ... Read more >

Tags: home exchange, ireland, kilkee


Santorini, Greece

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010 | Views [351]

This is where I celebrated my birthday. What an amazing setting - somehow it is TOO beautiful, if that is possible. Santorini has so much fascinating history -the lost city of Atlantis is said to lie somewhere in the volcanic depths... but more ... Read more >

Tags: atlantis, donovan, hippie generation, santorini, the travelling prince home exchange


Syros, Greece

GREECE | Monday, 7 Jun 2010 | Views [620]

Our first port of call in Greece - and a little haven compared to frenetic Mykonos! Edna's lovely villa provided us with shelter, a beautiful view and more inspiration for The Travelling Prince - I think her lovely home, and her friend Jacky's, probably ... Read more >

Tags: greece, home exchange, syros, the travelling prince


The Pyramids by camel and horseback

EGYPT | Saturday, 5 Jun 2010 | Views [994]

Cairo far exceeded our expectations. After reading many bad reports on Tripadvisor about taxi rip offs, theft from hotels, being hassled by purveyors of fine goods, I was a bit trepidatious... but we had an amazing experience! Our hotel room had ... Read more >

Tags: cairo, egypt, pyramids


South Africa - too little time

SOUTH AFRICA | Tuesday, 1 Jun 2010 | Views [474]

I arrived in South Africa a week before John. It was wonderful to catch up with friends, help my mom get back on her feet (or rather get her left wrist working better) and settle into life in our lovely apartment in Plett. It felt like "... Read more >

Tags: africa, plettenberg bay, safari


PMS

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 10 Apr 2010 | Views [356] | Comments [2]

It's that time of the year - John and I are suffering from PMS: packing, moving, storing. I thought I was over that particular ailment, but no! It has struck again. And we have a month to go... I have a few lists in my head - it's probably ... Read more >

Tags: packing travelling butterflies


Photos: 2010 trip

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