Today was the day I said my last goodbyes to my little flat in London and carried my bag down 4 flights of stairs for the very last time. It was a sad moment but the prospect ahead, two months in America was very exciting so it was with a smile on my face that I rolled my case through the streets of Streatham one last time, flagging down the and travelling two journeys on the big red double deckers, again for the last time. A short flight, followed by a much lon...

I expected a Roamn Bath dropped in the centre of a town....I got alot more! The trip started in teh same way that many of them do...up early...sleep on coach....get to destination...walk around like you have been half drugged for about an hour to get to know the place....rain!!!!!!! BIG sheets of it!!!!!!!! Run to the univeristy.. after two reception desk find our room. We are not in the accommodation on the website???? We are in students dorm-rooms??? This coul...

This is the most relaxing holiday I have taken since leaving Australia. With our own car we were able to see much more than relying on other people getting us places....we could where we wanted when we wanted...and we did! Eyam - Black Death, Plague, beauty town, tragic history this was the first smaller village we visited so it was a complete shock to step out of the car and see what you see on BBC television. One main Street, post office, church and not alot m...

Brighton - is not so bright today. In fact it is white with rain as we pull our hoodies up and seek shelter in a cafe. So what to do in Brighton when the weather is like this???? Sealife came to our rescue as we were short on pennies but had our Merlin card on hand. The baby sting rays were the highlight, they looked like they had been put through a pink x-ray machine and came out looking like that forever. They jumped up and down like little kids wanting to com...

We arrive at Cairo at 9am - however that was the time we aimed for, The Egyptian time we arrived was 11am - I am going to miss Egyptian time dearly! We shower and change and are shown around the very busy and noisy city of Cairo. We are lead through the contents of King Tutankhamen's tomb, which took quite a large chunk out of the day...there was a lot of stuff in that tomb...more than could ever fit into my London flat. I use my spare time to go in and see the t...