Donnington House Hotel Reading

... and having fun, but all in a foreign language. I may need some last minute pre-departure therapy....

The Run
Colin's training has also been hampered by seasonal ailments, and of course the onset of The Second Great Flood. He is confident that he will complete the course, however, and anyone who knows him will agree that he is certainly stubborn enough to keep to his word, provided, that is, that he ...

Right...23 Days to go!! Not long now since i started counting at 385!!!
Only 10 actual days of my "real" work left to do then i'm out of here! I can't actually belive i'm going it somehow does not seem real!
I think the nerves are setting in and the waves of happiness and fear come and Go!!!!!
I never though for a minute i would leave the comfort of a perfectly good job, home and my family and friends to travel on my own ...

The title is the most awful joke in the world so blame my sisters for thinking of that and keeping it in my head!

OK so tomorrow is my big day. No im not getting married, im going away to India....to travel. As you guys already know (because i haven't stopped talking about it since April!) im starting off in Goa for 3 months doing a project teaching kids on a ...

... Guy Fawkes is basically a celebration of the foiled attempt to blow up the houses of Parliament many many years ago. So we spent the night setting off fire works, eating burgers and hotdog, drinking some beer and wine! It wasn't without incident with the he fire works though! I managed to stand in the way of a rocket, but luckily no damage was done!

That's basically all that happened and what we did before we jumped on the train to London and the start of the trip around Europe!

... in a town called (I'm not kidding) Broad Layings! This was a very cheap and great campground with a fantastic old Irishman named Mic who we talked with for hours. Stayed two nights since it was cheap and quiet at night. Enjoying scones and crumpets after the light and fluffy French pastries we had for so long. Today we are stopped just for a minute in a library in Reading, then we'll head on toward ...

... excited for a second when I saw this building...ooh so close,
Andrew! You can look in the photo album to see all of the flower pictures
...i did take quite a few, for momma of course!
I also met another doggy...whoops.
This one's name was Lincoln. And his owner was quite the charmer. I told him how beautiful I thought Lincoln was, and he replied, "well, if Lincoln could speak I'm sure he ...

... s so facinating and the British Museum has a fantastic collection. In other, although no travel related, news....I found out on Saturday that my sister-in-law had an ultrasound this week and it looks like there will be a new girl in the family soon. I wish I could be there when the baby was born but it's still really exciting news. So Congrats to my brother and his wife!!!! From now on I'm going to try to update once weekly, ciao for now.

... relating to Christianity but not to other expressions of faith. After the Cathedral, I decided to make my way to the Tor and, after some consideration, to climb it. I parked my car at a 14th century barn (now a museum of Rural life - closed unfortunately) and walked up past something which bills itself as the Chalice Well and Gardens, I came to the path to the Tor. It absolutely dominated the skyline in this part of the beautiful county of Somerset. From the summit you can get a ...

... my fairly tale dream & realized that I didn't even chat her up or God forbid, ask her for her no.!! & once again I was left to rue my wasted opportunity... haiz! ANYWAY, we went to the famous Piccadilly Circus( I hope u realize that I wasn't actually going to a circus, to watch clowns & animals!!) so famous that I heard about it when I was 6 years old( In monopoly, remember the yellow colored spaces on the board!). Piccadilly was buzzing with excitement & activities... & I also saw ...

... burg, South Africa where I have listed my AFRICA TOP 40 experiences. Now, I'm back in the UK waiting to set out on the next leg of my adventure - Iran and Central Asia by myself... a bit daunting but sure to be a lot of fun! For all your travellers out there, I hope to see you on the road. For family/friends out there, don't worry about me, i'll be fine! And you can be assured that i'll ...