Monthly Archives: December 2011

All good things …

Jamie – 29 December 2011 We’ve tried not to count down the days.  It’s impossible not to of course.  This evening at 11.30pm we board QF94 bound for Melbourne and that final journey marks the end of our six month … Continue reading

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A family Christmas

Jamie – 25 December 2011 Merry Christmas everyone (although for most reading this posting it is already late Boxing day). In LA however we still have a few hours of the day itself. Right from the early days of planning … Continue reading

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Biking the Golden Gate

Jamie – 20 December 2011 San Francisco is a pretty laid back city and our time here has been similarly relaxed. As Bec said, we are staying in the Fisherman’s Wharf area and it has given our time here a very … Continue reading

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BYO Chocks

Bec – 17th December 2011 We’ve hit San Francisco, after a wonderful week in Lake Tahoe, full of adrenalin and high expectations and after only two days, I can already report that the city of San Fran …… hasn’t disappointed and … Continue reading

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Skiing in California

Jamie – 13 December 2011 It turns out American Airlines filed for Chapter 11 (bankruptcy) on the day we flew from Washington to Orlando. I doubt that had anything to do with our delay and subsequent re-routing via Dallas but it … Continue reading

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Theme parks and weighty issues

Jamie – 8 December 2011 We have had just over a week now in Orlando and it has been a very relaxing week indeed.  The weather has been warm – mid 20’s each day – and we have been reasonably unstructured … Continue reading

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Printing money and dodgy airlines

Jamie – 1 December 2011 We flew into Washington a little sad, having had such a great time with family and friends in New York City.  We didn’t realise how much we had missed this part of our lives until we … Continue reading

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