Tuesday 20/03/2012 We flew in to Porto over the northern part of Portugal and what I noticed was the terraced mountains and hills, but had no idea what they were growing, I was to find out later. Our taxi driver didn't speak a word of english and didn't understand my written address for the hotel, he did however consult with a couple of his co workers and get directions. This was one of the few taxi rides we have done so far, normally we would do public transp...

Tuesday 6/3/2012 Basically today did not start well, but it did finish well. Have you ever seen those poor people at the airport, unpacking and rearranging their luggage, so everyone can see their undies etc, well that was us at Gatwick. We were over what we had paid for checked luggage, so had to take out as much as we could out of the checked luggage and stuff it into our carry on, we still had to pay some excess, but it wasn't too damaging. Nice ...

Scotland trip report 1 recipients CC: recipientsYou More BCC: recipientsYou Show Details FROM: Ruth Casey TO: Ruth Casey Message flagged Tuesday, 6 March 2012 3:58 AM Friday 24-02-2012Driving into Edinburgh is like driving into a medieval city (another one) but Edinburgh is only small and is almost surrounded by cliffs, but the most amazing site is Edinburgh Castle sitting proudly on its own cliff. W...

Friday 17-02-2012 - We had a bit of trouble finding our accommodation in Cardiff, but with the help of a taxi driver we got to it eventually. This was an apartment and we were really looking forward to having some extra space, and we weren't disappointed, lounge, dining, bedroom, kitchen, - heaven, (except for the bed being only a double).First things first we went for a walk and found where the grocery store and restaurants were, bought ourselves some easy t...

Thursday 09/02/12I had wanted to get my hair colored at the same time as the cut but their rules require a 24 hour sensitivity test, so had booked in for 9 am again this morning. I would just like to add that this was the second time in nearly 8 weeks that we had spent so long apart (90mins to be exact, a testament to our relationship I think). The hairdresser gave me a heap of advice on what to do and where to go, and being a local we too...