Early morning wake ups are a little bit better when there is some daylight around. Iceland offered a drawn out dawn at this time of the year so a 3:30 am alarm didn't seem so terrible! The hostel offered included breakfast which came with a good variety of very edible goods and beverages which were much better than Weeta-Bix. All packed up and ready to go by 4:45 am to get to Keflavik International Airport.  Returning the car to Blue Car Rentals was easy eno...

We woke up in a very comfortable bed in a very lovely house to a very crisp morning. It was frosty outside - even the puddles had a layer of ice on top. Uncle David (Joy's husband) had actually arrived at midnight last night and it was great to see him - especially as he had such a busy schedule! He had lit a fire place to warm the house up which Calvin used to warm up his feet. Joy, Kate and Calvin went for a walk around Bournemouth over to West Bournemouth thro...

Last day in London this time round. We said our goodbyes in the morning to Vicki who had to drag herself off to work today. Packed up and off to Fulham to meet up with Jess (ex-Greenhill volunteer) and her 5 month old son, Mads. Jess' place was a little far from any tube stop so we ended up taking the bus to get up to Fulham. Transport system in London is pretty comprehensive and pretty efficient (when there are no breakdowns!). It was fun riding on the red doubl...

Day 2 in London started with a morning snuggle with Vicki. Kate loves snuggles and decided the more the merrier. Whilst Kate and Vicki were chatting away, Calvin was looking up for things to do for the morning. A spontaneous decision was made to go up to the Sky Garden at 20 Fenchurch Street. Entry is free but you have to reserve a ticket online beforehand. It was 9:30 am and there were 2 available tickets for 10:30 am and 1 for 10:45 am (sometimes there are no t...

Calvin and Kate made their way from Maidenhead to London for a brief 2 night stay in this great city. John kindly drove us to the train station in Maidenhead where we bought Day Travel Cards which meant we could travel on the rail, tube, trams and buses. It was between on-peak and off-peak by this time (9:30 am) and our cards were off-peak travel but we somehow ended up on the on-peak express train to Paddington Station - not illegally though as we did check with...