Express By Holiday Inn Folkestone - Channel Tunnel

... but after being unable to find a place to sleep in Boulogne or the internet we made our way once again back to Calais. This time we grabbed some food at a little seafood restaurant and then when we were out of ideas we went back to the campsite for another night. We were dirty but at least we had a place to sleep!
Calais gave us food and a place to stay so what else could we ask for!

... the quality of my digital pictures, so by taking millions, perhaps I can get a few good shots. That rationale seems to be shared by many of us who have digital cameras but no patience. Of course, this drives Michael crazy, as it should. But there it is. And he wasn't there, so I just shot on in my annoying fashion.

When I wasn't shooting pictures, I was chatting with my own personal bobby ...

... It is going to be amazing though, first stop is Kenya and we should arrive there at 8.50pm ish tonight (6.50pm here). Then we have to get our visas at the airport - I am feeling totally clueless about all this kind of stuff still, but apparently it is quite easy to do. We start our 'South East Adventure' as it is known on Sunday, so looking forward to meeting some of the tour group today on the plane/at the hotel.

Ross is still in ...

... bus from Satara to Panaji
Night on bus

Tues 29:
Arrive in Panaji at about 8am
Take bus to Calangute – 45 mins
Night in Calangute/ Candolim

Wed 30th:
Visit Calangute
Depart for Madgaon
Depart from Madgaon to Jog falls OR
Depart from Madgaon to Ernakulam (Train – 14hrs)
Night on train/bus

Thurs 1st Oct:
Visit Backwaters - Allepey
Depart for Coimbatore (Train – 8-9 hours) bus?
Night in Coimbatore ...

... and starts drinking it and the train begins to take off
again. There’s something about this scene that makes you understand,
that no matter how hard you try, you can take a boy from his home but
not the home from the boy! (words used in the Bon Jovi song – Who says
you can’t go home)

Anyway, the planning has begun. I can’t describe in words how anxious I
am to get ...

Here we go......

I recently watched a movie called 'Julie & Julia' starring Meryl
Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams who plays a character called Julie
Powell. Julie turns 30 and has nothing interesting in her life. She
doesn't enjoy her job and wants to do something that she enjoys. She
loves cooking and is an avid fan of Julia Child who has written a
cookbook for servantless American women! So Julie then decides that she
is ...

We set off to France today for a new period in our life in Europe.
Work still chugs on, but with only 12 shifts in 42, we have plenty of time to ourselves.
We decided those "spare" 30 days should be spent in Europe.

I'll skip over the months of research and prep work and bring us up to today where we are now on the 4pm ferry instead of the 2pm ...

... we picked our car so he took it back and walked home. He also did a little shopping, got his hair cut and beard trimmed and stopped for a pint. All while I slept. We had our first meet and greet with our doctor on Wednesday. We had gone in the week before to fill out the paperwork and were made an appointment for Wednesday. The waiting room was packed....a little scary. But we went right in. Our doc is very nice. He had to look up and "convert ...

As it stands my flight leaves in a little less than 14 hours and I still have my packing to do (which wont take long...maybe....) and a few final farewells before we go to the airport. I am so excited about going but it is mixed in with a feeling of apprehension, nerves and sadness - God knows what I will like when I'm at bidding my mum and brother farewell at the airport! I had this mixed combination of feelings last time before I flew to Africa and it is just one of those things ...

... admin in the office, and then 3 weeks holiday to take. Thing is, you'd never normally take 3 weeks holiday at 24 hours notice. Weekends are fine, but come Monday everyone else is busily getting on with their lives, and I don't have one back in the UK as yet. I'm glad to be back, it's great to walk outside for hours in a comfortable, albeit chilly climate, and to have the feeling of being able to do nothing. Sometimes you need to savour that feeling of ...