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.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Another birthday week

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Garry’s birthday week drew to a successful close for another year on Sunday. A group of us came together for lunch at Three Blue Ducks in R...

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The road to Romania

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Time for another retrospective post. This is the story of my brief journey through Yugoslavia in June 1990. At the time, I was travelling w...

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Hungary for Jesus

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Here's the first in a series of posts about my travels through Eastern Europe in 1990. As I explained in an earlier post, twelve of us w...

Monday, November 10, 2025

Behind the iron curtain

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Seven months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, I spent three months travelling through Eastern Europe. It was an unforgettable journey. Fre...

Saturday, November 08, 2025

Life as a gypsy

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My sixtieth birthday has left me reflecting on my life thus far, especially its many twists and turns. Over the years, I’ve lived in four c...

Sunday, November 02, 2025

Where to next?

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We’re gearing up for another round-the-world extravaganza. It’s been more than 15 years since we last booked an RTW ticket. Garry and I used...

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Swatch: 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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