The Swiss Cottage

GREETINGS FROM GARRY AND ANDREW. WE'RE TWO AUSTRALIANS WITH A LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR TRAVEL. JOIN US AS WE SHARE OUR ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD AND HERE AT HOME.

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Time travel

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I’ve been on a bit of a retrospective posting binge lately. For the last month, I’ve been drafting and publishing posts about the three mon...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

In search of paradise

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It’s time for a final post about my journey through Eastern Europe in 1990. At the time, I was travelling with a group of 12 as part of a YW...

Tampons and toilet paper

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Here’s more about my time in Bulgaria in 1990. If you’ve been following the journey so far, a dozen of us spent three months travelling thr...

The Black Sea

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In 1990, I spent three weeks travelling through Bulgaria. At the time, I was travelling with a group of 12 as part of a YWAM Christian miss...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Living in Ceaușescu's shadow

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Time for another retrospective post. This time, we’ll complete the story of my journey through Romania in 1990. At the time, I was travelli...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

All grown up

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Garry and I spent Sunday afternoon at Rouse Hill celebrating the engagement of Zoe and Ben. Zoe is Garry’s niece. She’s also the sister of ...

Life on the Danube

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Drobeta-Turnu Severin lies on the northern bank of the Danube River. This historical city is home to more than 100,000 people. Drobeta is th...
Monday, November 24, 2025

On stage in Craiova

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I spent four days in Craiova, a regional city in Romania, in June 1990. At the time, I was travelling with a group of 12 as part of a YWAM C...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Pitesti

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Let’s continue the story of my journey through Eastern Europe in 1990 as part of  a YWAM outreach program . Today’s post covers our first w...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Making a beeline for Bowral

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My EO Forum has just completed its annual mini retreat.  This is our overnight event where we go away as a group to bond, learn together and...
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Andrew and Garry relocated to London from Sydney, Australia in 2005; before retracing their steps in 2011. For five years they called the London suburb of Swiss Cottage home. Andrew and Garry currently devote their working hours to fulfilling the world’s need for eco-friendly wooden toys. In their spare time, they're still discovering new destinations to explore. Andrew once dedicated his life to roaming the globe, sometimes for pleasure, but usually for business. There's an ozone hole up there with his name on it. These days he maintains this blog, weaving his life story through many of its posts.
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