Holiday Inn Rochester-Chatham

... as well, so we had a really nice relaxing time sitting under the gazebo in the garden chatting and eating of course!!

On Sunday we went to Howletts zoo with them for the day.

It was a great weekend, we were made to feel completely at home, it was lovely.

Hey, Long time since i wrote last... oops Sunday afternoon i had off, so Joy(matron) and i went to Crawley to see 'bride wars' oh my god hilarious. absolutely loved it. This week has been an odd one. It snowed Sunday night and all Monday so we had a winter wonderland outside. It was absolutely beautiful. During break the kids went out onto the patch and had snowball fights, went sledging down the hill and made snowmen. At first the snow ball fights didn't look like ...

... things on impulse. (Ellen, H&M has your sparkly wide stripe shirt on sale for £7!) Everyone is wearing beautiful boots with skirts or over pants and I fear my jeans are giving me away as a non-Londoner. The bottom third of your pants is VERY untrendy, note. In my mind I put together a much cuter outfit and pretended I was wearing that (black slouchy suede boots, black wool tights and mini with a red wool coat overtop ...

... unspoilt save for the trappings of western commercialised culture. Furnishing and facilities are certainly primitive, but the locals can teach us a thing or two about satellite dishes and systems. Leisurely return to Salalah to return the Chevrolet Lumina automatic to its owner, supper in a dark local restaurant in Salalah - cuisine includes any kind of dietary speciality and some we haven't heard of. Wed 5 Nov ...

... the weather finally turned against us. The trip passes through an area which was untouched by WW2 as it didn't have any industry or anything either side thought should be destroyed, therefore all along the way were little medieval villages and hamlets completely intact, leading to the most well known, Rothenberg which is considered the most perfectly preserved medieval town anywhere. People do live there but they may only change the interior of their houses to ...

... tickets to The Holy Grail, which was really fun, but true to form I was so exhausted I almost didn't want to go.... Almost! Today we trekked out to Wimbledon and the girls decided to line up in the hope of getting in to watch the doubles finlal on the big screen but I decided I would prefer to spend the arvo meandering around Hyde Park and updating my trvel blog. I know I sound a little whiney, I have really enjoyed London but I think to have fully appreciated ...

... dramatic guide (i wonder if her use to teach drama!) we have been zipping through the city and our first stop was the abbey - i "saw" the abbey and house of parmiament and took my picture of big ben - now we are at the tower of london - diamonds and beef eaters...queen victoria's crown is my favorite! so small but ALL diamonds ...

... the White Hall Hotel in Montague Street and we highly recommend the place. It is right off of Russell Square and beside the British Museum. Comfortable, great location and a great value. Tomorrow morning we have a car coming to get us at 8:30am for the trip out to Stansted and our flight to Venice. Can't wait!! We hope this travel blog is fun for you guys. There is a guest book feature with it and a place to leave comments if you like!

... the queen. Pretty cool and a first time trip across the seas for the parents! When I come back I'll be headed down to Fianarantsoa to do some teacher trainings and work with the Ministry of Education. Never a dull moment! Oh, and just a reminder.....since I will be working and living in Fianaransoa (Fianar for short) please send any mail, packages, chocolate, etc. to Tana since I won't be back to Anjozorobe until late Aug. Lastly, I ...

... end of a carnivore's lunch break s**ves no purpose except to attract long queues, but it helps to digest the vast amounts of theories, facts, figures and archaeological evidence presented to you in each exhibition. Us**-friendly is a by-word of the comput** age. Nothing was us**-friendly thirty years ago. Now using a us**-friendly video means you can work it without ...