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L'épisode des grosses négresses
... et avions brossé nos dents.
On était tellement préparés et sûrs de nous qu'on s'est permis une arrivée de dernière minute à la station d'autobus. Derniers aurevoirs en vitesse à nos hôtes: pogne un tet à Nic, frappe le tibia à Stéphanie et here we go pour un voyage de 8 h vers la Belgique.
Notre arrivée tardive et remarquée dans l'autobus nous a bien sûr valu des sièges les plus disgracieux ...
Rugby, BBQ, Friends, Soccer and Filled Pasta
... in Hyde Park to catch up with everyone we had not yet seen who are living in London. Most of these were people Brendan went to university with but Jack Toole also came along. Other then the variable weather this was most enjoyable and a great way to spend a lazy Sunday. We had to say our goodbyes around 14:00 however as we had tickets to a Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Blackburn at Craven Cottage. Simon, Katy ...
End of the road... for now.
... great.
At the beginning of my entries, I think I was quicker to judge, quicker to make assumptions and compare cultures and countries to home and my expectations. But my expectations certainly changed along the way. Not much surprised me by the end - I didn’t jump when I saw a spider or a gecko; didn’t shout when somebody almost ran me over or pushed into me in the street; didn’t fidget at the thought of a few ...
Catch-Up
... call the number my bank tells me to collect call and they do not accept the charges. Seriously!
Thankfully, I have some change on me. I go to the paid landline and put in my tiny amount of change and call the number directly. I have maybe 3 minutes worth of time and there's an answer. It's an automated menu and I have like no time to wait. Try pressing '0' and it doesn't work so I wait through all the options and then get put on hold. A woman answers and I quickly ...
Goodbye England
27/10/10 - Heathrow Airport
I personally believe that sleeping as you travel is the nearest I will ever come to time travel. You fall asleep in one destination, and almost another moment later you wake up in another location. Luckily for me, I am quite a heavy sleeper, and the gentle rocking of the coach on speeds up my dropping off.
I arrived at the Heathrow central bus station around 7am, ...