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.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Going down!

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We returned from our Summer vacation in August to find the escalators undergoing refurbishment at Swiss Cottage tube station. The first stai...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Going digital

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Last October the UK began progressively switching from analogue to digital television. For the next four years, more than one thousand trans...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Memories to last a life time

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My brother is back from Beijing full of stories about the Olympics. He was the team mechanic for the Austrian BMX bike team. I'm enormo...
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This time last year

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In two weeks time Garry and I celebrate the third anniversary of our departure from Australia. I can't believe our fourth year as expats...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

A hole in my pocket

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Relocation opens up many opportunities for learning. It’s surprising how many new talents you begin master half a world away from home. Take...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

When the party's over...

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How times have changed..! When we first arrived in the UK I was stunned by the national obsession with personal wealth. Newspapers were fill...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Bye bye fox

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Our neighbourhood fox has gone. New tenants have finally moved into the empty garden flat next door. While we were holidaying Down Under, o...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Flying for fun

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Something odd has happened. For the first time in three years I have no business travel scheduled for the next four months. Instead, Garry a...
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Széchenyi Chain Bridge

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One of Budapest's most famous landmarks is the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. It was the city's first permenant Danube crossing and remains...
Monday, September 01, 2008

Doing hard yards

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Scientists don't know why leaves change colour in Autumn. They only understand the internal chemical reaction in each leaf that creates ...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

Lost in a concrete jungle

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Greater London has more than 13,600km of roads, streets and laneways within in its boundaries. Their layout is largely a product of local hi...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Big Apple Summer

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14 flights in 24 days. I think that's some kind of personal record. In other words Garry and I have just completed our annual pilgrimage...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Chichen Itza

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El Castillo is probably one of world's iconic Mayan structures. It looks stunning in photos and is truly just as striking in real life. ...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Berlin reflections

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Garry and I have arrived in New Zealand. The weather today has been glorious. We even found time to go for a wander along the beach near my ...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

LAX interlude

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Garry and I have just arrived at LAX. Two flights down, two to go before our journey is over. We left Cancun shortly after 1.10pm local time...
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Saturday, August 09, 2008

Crowd free Cancun

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Our Central American vacation is done and dusted. Last Sunday, we flew from Panama City to Cancun, Mexico. Since then, we've spent our ...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Photos galore

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I've spent a few hours in our hotel room sheltering from the intense sun outside. During my incarceration I took some time to upload pho...

Jungle skyline

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At the height of its power, between 600 to 900AD, the Mayan city of Coba supported more than 45,000 people. Then, for some unknown reason, i...
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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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