Ahhhh Jet Lag you old Mother Chuffer. Awake since 3am – ugh!!! Not loving that. But my friends there is not time to complain – I threw down a bowl of bitchy for breakfast with a sprinkling of yay we are off to explore and we are out the door. Today we are off adventuring […]
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Well folks…. the blog updates are back by popular demand (well if 3 drunk ladies from my book club a few weeks ago count as “demand”). Sorry I’ve abandoned you like a toddler in a casino carpark but….2020 is a complete dumpster fire and I haven’t been in the mood to make you laugh. What […]
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Travel Day & Day 1 Well you lucky bunch of blog following bastards – here is the first instalment from the Living in a European Wintery Christmasy Awesomenesss Adventure Dream (I’m gonna need to find a shorter name aren’t I). Our first stop is Amsterdam but just to refresh your memory here is the blog […]
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Well you lucky bunch of blog reading legends – I’m about to head off on another GRAND ADVENTURE….well it would’ve been grand but husband insists on coming so I guess it will just be a MEDIOCRE ADVENTURE!!! But hey I’m sure he will come in handy for wheeling suitcases on cobblestones and fetching me drinks […]
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This morning we were off to see the Pandas at the Beijing Zoo. Confession time – when planning this trip I had no intention of seeing pandas. The only way to really see pandas when visiting China in my opinion was a visit to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Pandas. Chengdu is NOWHERE NEAR […]
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Our guide and driver picked us up for an action packed day. Well less action packed and more being chauffeurred around Beijing seeing must sees. We started with Tiananmen Square which turned out to be a huge disappointment because it was closed to the public. They were obviously setting up for some sort of upcoming […]
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We were up at 5.30am which always seems so doable when you plan these trips months in advance but of course the reality is (when you are dying of swine flu) it can be a challenge in a real life setting. But we did it because we were excited – today was going to be […]
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This morning we were to go to the Xian train station and board our fast train to Beijing. I had bought our tickets online but there was no “print at home” option unfortunately so the tickets had to be collected from a specific counter at the train station. The intructions were a little confusing and I […]
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Today is a bucket list day for me for sure. I have wanted to see the Terracotta Warriors for years and years and I am finally going to. It’s a funny thing, ticking off a bucket list item. You build it up so much in your mind beforehand it’s always a toss of the coin […]
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Finally it’s time to get the hell out of Disney Dodge….I couldn’t be more pleased to reset, exorcise the Disney demons and get this show on the road…or in the air as we are heading to Pudong Airport in a cab to fly to Xian. The airport is a large and intense situation but fortunately […]
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