There's a first time for everything.

I open with a quote;

 We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. - Jawaharial Nehru

My journey into the world began when I was but a babe, and much to my delight continues today. From the crowded streets of New York, to the non-English speaking local trains of rural Czech, it never ceases to amaze me how strangely, wonderfully different we are. 

Now as a self-confessed and All Black supporting New Zealander living in a foreign (albeit birth) country of England, feeling both totally out of place and strangely at home, it is time to pass the stories, the adventures, the advice and the tips onwards. It is my hope that suggestions, musings and antidotes from like-minded friends are also included, that this will be as useful for travel enthusiasts as it is informative for those at home (Home is New Zealand - for those of you confused, as I often am), wondering where I have moved to now. 

 Alas, this is where I sign off on my first post from a room within 

the castle in which I live...

with love Abigail Ruth