A bit tired of all the hassles of independent traveling, and also to save a bit of money, we decided to stay in one place for a full three weeks over Christmas and New Years'. We decided on Lisbon, Portugal for a few reasons. One; it is relatively cheap for a capital city in Europe; Two; we wanted to practice some Capoeira and learn a bit of portuguese for if we ever make it to Brazil; Three; we wanted somewhere homely to do some self catering and enjoy the festi...

Originally our plan was to organise working Visas and find 6-12 months of paid work somewhere in the UK, to boost funds and continue our travels. These plans fell through when we realised that we couldn't apply for Visas while outside of Australia.. so our sights are now set on working in Canada, who are a bit more sympathetic to our situation. With our bank balances rapidly receding, we only gave ourselves a few more days in England before jetting off to visit a...

Both of us had intended to visit the Lakes District the last time we were here but never made it. With a second chance, we were determined to spend at least one day there this time around. We had read somewhere that Windermere was where most of the action takes place, so with nothing else to go on, we headed there. A typical little English countryside village, Windermere sits on the biggest lake in the country, and was also the home and inspiration for many of B...

After bumming around in Sheffield for more than a week, our infinite travel time suddenly became finite and we realised we had only given ourselves five nights to see Scotland. This was made even shorter by the sun, which has developed a frustrating habit of setting before 4pm. Luckily Scotland is a relatively small country so we felt we were able to enjoy the best of it in such a short period of time. We took advantage of our hire car's unlimited milage and dro...

Due to some international phone kerfuffles, Aidan's parents reached Sheffield a day before us. Luckily, both of us spent some of our university years studying there, so we were able to give them some tips on where to go without us. After a good nights sleep in a Manchester hostel, we jumped on a train and were greeted by Aidan's parents in Sheffield. It didn't take us long to get our Sheffield groove back on and we gave Aidan's parents the royal tour. This consi...