Cantley House Hotel Wokingham

... all the other design discipline majors. Our professors name is Francesco, he is an architect from Venice. My second class is all about exploring the different ethnicities in England. The class began with a quiz, ironically all about U.S. history. It was one of those quizzes though that makes you feel stupid because you can't remember some of the most important things about our country and government, that most people learned in like 8th grade ...

... s company and sense of humour. We made our way towards his parents' house, where he entertained himself for a few hours while I showered and power napped away the morning. In the afternoon he took me to see some of the more touristy attractions, such as the Parliament Buildings, the Tower Bridge and the London Eye. In the evening, we had dinner at an Italian restaurant in Soho before hitting a few pubs, quickly followed by hitting the sack. The next day, as Friend #1 had to ...

... after work Friday - farewell drinks after work Saturday - Coventry vs Saints and seeing Alex And eventually flying to the other side of the world on Wednesday 8th. Then it became a bit of a nightmare when my grandfather died on Thursday night. Gramps meant a lot to me, although I didn't always show it. I think we are quite a reserved family in that sense. I have many many fond menories of him when I was young, and he was my own personal ...

... 10kms per day). We collapse in the room for a while. 730pm - time for dinner. What shall we have? Dunno, lets go have a look around! Good news everyone! Whiteley's - the shopping centre around the corner - has a few restaurants upstairs and one of those just happens to be Cafe Rouge! French food! We dive in through the door excited. After stuffing ourselves with good wholesome food we waddle back to the hotel and sleep. London Eye tomorrow!!

... it turned out she had just had a visit from the local warlock who wanted to induct her in his pagan community. By the time I was on my third glass of wine, things started to get a bit out of hand and I thought it was time to call in the cavalry. Roger arrived soon after. Feeling we had all started without him, the two of us ended up leaving to have early dinner at the local curry house.

... replied the witch, but since you dived in to rescue me I'm going to give you this stone, put it in your home and when you kiss it you'll receive the gift of the gab for seven years. Now McCarthy was not one for witches and their crooked ways though he didn't want to upset the woman for fear that his cows may stop producing milk and all other manner of misfortune that may come upon him should he not do as she requested. So he got the stone back to his ...

... usual) y pasear cerca del London Eye, nos fuimos camino a la casa del Embajador. En el camino nos encontramos con más chilenos (asistentes y estudiantes de postgrado) que estaban igual de perdidos que nosotros buscando la residencia famosa esa... Por fín la encontramos y fuimos a la reunión social. ¡Habia completos! Debo decir que pensamos que iba a haber algo más chileno, pero no nos importó, de todas formas no habíamos comido completos asi (como hechos en casa) en harto tiempo ...

... ao Brasil totalmente convicto de que o proposito de Deus foi cumprido aqui neste lugar. E como prova disso, eu vou contar porque posso afirmar isso com tanta conviccao. Durante o treinamento aprendemos que homem fala com homem e mulher fala com mulher (cultural). Eu falei com varios homens e as mulheres nem se aproximavam de mim. No dia em que ocorreu o episodio acima, eu estava em uma das ruas movimentadas de ...

... not trying to cross busy roads in it!). Anyway, despite having to actually get up in the morning now, and being a bit less inclined to clean and iron when I get home, I am glad to be back in the real world mixing with new people (and I am sure Anthony is happier too, I was driving him mad!). That was a bit of a boring entry, but mum and dad will be here in just over a week, so I'm sure I'll have some more exciting adventures to report next time!

So here we are...only 18 days to go and we're struggling to actually think of anything to plan let alone actually plan it, despite Beth's love of it. Trying to adopt Aaron's 'we'll figure everything out when we get there' approach instead (although if we'd left it to him we wouldn't have any visa's to actually leave!). Going from 2 days a week to ...