Hartwell House Hotel Aylesbury

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 ...

... could do but pass the time dozing, playing playstation and chatting with the other on the bus.

The ferry crossing was very choppy! Quite a few people got seasick unfortunately, but thankfully I wasn´t one of them.

As we drove back to London, we all played a game called "Secrets", where you write on a piece of paper any secret you have kept over the tour and want to get off your chest before ...

... causes the insights to evaporate as soon as you step off the plane. I'll write something down next time. Other oddities I've come across: The Charmin Restroom in Times Square. This was straight out of Japan. A toilet-paper company sponsored public toilets. Complete with staff to meet, greet and entertain you. Quite possibly the most bizarre toilet experience of my life (admittedly I don't keep track of strange toilets, but this one is definitely up ...

... fingers in various other pies too, so the possibilites are all very interesting. Actually having some money coming in is an interesting idea too. The strong aussie dollar is treating us spiffingly good, but those 5 golden kangaroos can only go so far. And having to fork out about 5 and a half thousand smackaroonies to sign up for a rental place is tough no matter how prepared one is for it. Anyway we bit the bullet ...

... cake with a lemon sugar "icing" on top) and a perfect raisin scone with clotted cream and raspberry jam. The lemon cake was so good that Tim convinced Todd to go back and buy another slice to go. We left the gardens by the main gate and took a short walk down to the river where we bought our tickets for the two-hour upriver trip to Hampton Court Palace. The ticket booth was basically a large shed on the banks of the river run by a surly ...

... The music and dancing were superb and the spirit in the theater was so lively. I can't wait until it comes to the States so I can take my sister to see it. Anyway, the character, "Johnny" looked like he stepped right of the cover of a Harlequin Romance novel and his dancing skills were unbelievable ( move over Patrick Swayze!). I think the women in the audience felt like their money was well spent on this ticket! I can see ...

Sent off the old passport to the Mongolian Embassy by recorded delivery last week and Royal Mail have seen fit to mislay it! No time pressure to secure visas for Russia, China and most of South East Asia or anything (sigh)...good news is that media interest is ...

... at work. Sadly next week I will have to walk to a residential area 20 minutes from work as this is the only free place to park. Although this is BAD news because I am sloth like both in the morning and evening, it increases the likelihood of something interesting happening during my commute as there are many interesting things I pass on my way in... Watch this space for the latest installment of fascinating travel news from me. I'm sure you are enthralled.

... shy! I wanted to call my mum, but stupid calling card wont work and neither will her stores 1-800 number I might have to use my credit card again!!! my time is almost up..(15 mins) so i should go, i am gonna have a lllllonnng shower and sleep till thursday when i go to my next hostel! love you all :)

After half a year spending at the hotel in Beaconsfield each week, I hooked up with one of the waitresses which actually got a bit more serious. One thing led to another and I ended up asking for a permanent transfer with B/E Aerospace to the UK. That is how I ended up buying a house in Aylesbury after I had spend some time with Paula at her parents in Prestwood.