Christmas...1 year from now... Christmas Day on the beach in Sydney....that's what will be in store for us next year! Couldn't be more different to this year, we've been surrounded by snow for weeks now and spent Christmas 2010 with all the family. It's been fantastic but has made us think ahead to what Christmas 2011 will bring.... I've been doing a bit of Visa research today and I've discovered that it's not as complicated as we were expecting. Most places yo...

The rucksacks revealed... Time for another planning update... this week marks the beginning of our 6 month countdown from December 1st! At the moment the plan for our first couple of weeks in America looks like this: Wednesday 1st June - Saturday 4th June: New York City, staying with Steve Balet (a friend of the Baileys!) in his posh apartment. Should be a busy few days and a brilliant first stop! Sunday 5th June: Catch a train (?) to Washington DC early morni...

Pink vs Practical Well we're still busy planning and reading but we're still unsure about how the savings are going to go over the next few months. Laura has been finding it tough in the jobs market with all of the cuts flying about and at the moment she'll be out of work when her contract ends within the next month or so. Tough times. She had an interview at Orange this week, still waiting to hear the outcome - we've both got everything crossed that it's good n...

Hello everyone!Welcome to our travel blog! We hope that over the course of 2011 and 2012 we make you all very jealous of our adventures! We are still in the early planning stages at the minute but have done the following: Booked round the world tickets and paid deposit (route below). We will be paying the balance by the end of September 2010. Bought travel insurance That's about it so far! We have started going for more walks to get ready for while we're ...