Day trip to Edinburgh
2023年7月27日, スコットランド ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Really cool city! We definitely should have spent a night or two here but it was last minute and the accommodation was just insanely expensive (400 pounds for a hostel bed type expensive)
Jaxon lovedもっと詳しく
Urquhart Castle and the Loch Ness
2023年7月28日, スコットランド ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Of course, we needed to see more castles and Urquhart was a great place to visit. As hard as I looked I didn't find the Loch Ness monster.
Castle Frasier
2023年7月29日, スコットランド ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Today we get to have a drive around; I booked a car rental and did some driving with the Gordan's in their own car.
Was nice to drive again after a month+ although why are the indicators on the leftもっと詳しく
Balmoral
2023年7月30日, スコットランド ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Another driving day and Balmoral was our first stop. An amazing spot and the gardens are beautiful. Ericka was imagining herself in "The Crown" for a little bit 👸🏻
Stonehaven
2023年7月30日, スコットランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Next stop was the coastal town of Stonehaven. We really take our beaches in Adelaide for granted haha
What has been amazing so far is that the weather here in Scotland has been absolutely perfect forもっと詳しく
It’s good to be back in London
2023年8月4日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We caught the train from Aberdeen to London and there's something about London that is hard to put into words for me. It feels so good to be back and exploring the South Bank area with Ericka, Jaxonもっと詳しく
Buckingham palace
2023年8月5日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Ericka's "The Crown" tour continues with a visit to Buckingham Palace. It's so good to be walking around long again
British museum
2023年8月5日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
It's started to rain a little but that wont dampen our moods! We caught the tube to the British Museum and had a walk around. There was people absolutely everywhere which is a challenge with twoもっと詳しく
Around London
2023年8月5日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
More walking and a quick-fire snapshot of London from the London Eye to Big Ben to Trafalgar Square and more.
I have been especially surprised at the cost of living since my last visit. It feels likeもっと詳しく
London eye
2023年8月6日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Every time I have visited London I've thought of doing the London Eye experience but was always put off by the queue and the cost.
This time is different because we're travelling as a family and Iもっと詳しく
Natural history museum
2023年8月7日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Today is for the kids (and me) but starts with a trip to the Natural History museum. We went along with the Gordan's but that didn't last long as Chloe bolted as soon as we got inside haha
Jaxonもっと詳しく
Science museum
2023年8月7日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Second stop was the Science museum but unfortunately we didn't get past the space exploration area haha Jaxon was just in absolute heaven with the large planet display - ensuring that everybody aroundもっと詳しく
The White Hart
2023年8月7日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
There was absolutely no way we were going to visit London and not have a pub meal! Ericka found this cool little pub around the corner and the meal was great.
The beer was questionable (room temp forもっと詳しく
Grandaaaaaad! Nonnnna!!!!
2023年8月9日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Yesterday we left London and caught the train out to Clacton-on-Sea where I have family (that I've never met). Most importantly though; this is where we will connect with Grandad, Nonna and Nannaもっと詳しく
Relaxing with family
2023年8月11日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This part of the trip is all about family; I'm excited to meet this side of the family because I've heard stories and names but haven't had the opportunity to meet them.
I am struggling a little withもっと詳しく
Visiting family in Maldon
2023年8月11日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Got to visit our family in Maldon; such a cute town and a great spot for a garden coffee and treat
Hide and seek and other games
2023年8月12日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Jaxon loved meeting his cousins and learning how to play hide and seek! Was so special to see all the kids running around together.
Didn’t quite make it to Rome
2023年8月15日, Ligurian Sea ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Today we left the UK and made our way to Rome, Italy. It was just special to meet the family; I have always loved my time in the UK in the past but I can say that I have a much stronger connection toもっと詳しく
Chris’s walking tour of Rome part 1
2023年8月16日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
I was so excited to get back to Rome and even though we only had one day there I wanted Ericka to experience as much as possible so I planned a walking tour to hit all the importantもっと詳しく
Chris’s walking tour of Rome part 2
2023年8月16日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
We finished off our walking tour and Ericka really enjoyed herself (I hope)
Quick trip to the Vatican
2023年8月16日, バチカン市 ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
We just had to include a visit to the Vatican on the walking tour; another country for Ericka to visit but we will need to return and spend more time.
Loving Rome; even if just for a day
2023年8月16日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Ohhhh my coffee... thank goodness ☕️😃
Our first stop in Sicily is Palermo 🚆
2023年8月18日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
After a fast-tracked, tiring visit to Rome we caught the overnight train from Rome to Palermo.
We had a little trouble with Google Maps taking us to a "shortcut" that resulting in some very roughもっと詳しく
Agrigento
2023年8月20日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Our next stop in Sicily is Agrigento; it's a bit of a sleepy town but the Apartment was really cool and the town is lovely.
Still enjoying the coffee and the food is good (when it's open). We'reもっと詳しく
Valley of the Temples
2023年8月21日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
A short bus trip from Agrigento is the Vally of the Temples; you can almost feel the history here. It's an amazing site and we were fortunate to do our tour during dusk; it was just beautiful!
Jaxonもっと詳しく

















































































































































