Hotel du Vin Cambridge

The last few weeks have been really manic while we've prepared to put our furniture into storage and get our property ready for letting. Thankfully, most of the hard work is completed and now we can concentrate on getting ready for our travels. It's difficult to believe that we leave in just under a week! <br><br>We fly into Delhi on Monday, arriving very early ...

Well since Amsterdam Josh and I have been staying in county Bedfordshire with my Aunty Sue. She lives in a country house, dated from the 1800's (and has the deeds to prove it!), with her dad - known as Grand dad to all) and her doggies, Molly and Buddy the bulldog. <br><br>So Friday we had a glorious sleep in, then headed to Milton Keynes for a couple of hours of retail ...

Well today was our last day in Amsterdam<br><br>A lovely sleep in this morning - owing part to the stone over from the previous night's events and also due to the grey skies and rain that have plagued us through Amsterdam. Packed all the bits and pieces up, left our bags with the hotel staff and off we wandered to the Heineken Experience Museum......<br><br>which wasn't open until 11am (note that for anyone wanting to visit!) - so another wonderful brekkie ...

... tattoo design on the body in bold graphics giving<br>it unconventional and wild look that is adored by the modern young<br>crowd who are constantly looking for something which will set them<br>apart from the rest. The men's Ed Hardy clothes include jeans, T-shirt, boxer, shorts, and hoodies. Ed Hardy<br ...

So...<br><br>I've finished work and moved out of London, all in the same 24 hours. Feeling slightly emotional, leaving work was harder than I anticipated, I wonder how they will get on on Monday morning without me...OK I hope. Moving out the flat came and went in a bit of a hungover blur- probably a good thing I think! Can't believe I no longer had a place down there to call my own, from now on my ...

... served beforehand ("Knot theory by Raymond Lickorish with Port &amp; Orange served 15 minutes before, Tuesday evening"). It's probably the most social mathematics hub I've ever observed. Why is that? Because math is really well funded at Cambridge. Their money comes straight from London finance, which I suspect they exchange directly for talented undergrads. I don't know what that means about the rigor of the higher-level math courses, but at least ...

... 2 groups before going in, I went with the lady. I guess the guy didn't tell any of the interesting stories that I later related to my fellow programme mates. After the tour of the chapel we had a little more free time to romp around the area before being herded back onto the bus. Now today I need to do some work or something like that. I started looking up prices for our trip to Scotland which is turning out quite well. So I'm off to do more. Until next time!

... in Canada, and intend to celebrate with equal enthusiasm here. It looks like we're not going away for Ian's birthday after all, because after booking delays prices skyrocketed, so we decided on a bigger, better 'joint birthday' trip in about six weeks. The upside is we will be in Cambridge for Australia Day, so can rally our Aussie friends together and celebrate with the amplified nationalism one develops overseas.

... was at St. John's where I had been with my friend Kate on Wednesday (we spent a lovely morning walking around and getting my hair cut). Cristine, Mackenna, Naomi, Mitzi, and I took several pictures at the College once our seminar concluded. I guess I should tell you what we did for seminar first! We spent most of it inside the chapel in the chancel (where the choir and alter are located) discussing what makes the chapel neo-gothic. The current chapel was built ...