Lansdowne Hotel Eastbourne

As this is my first ever entry that my background is of someone who has travelled the United Kingdom an awful lot and has travelled to a lot of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. I will have a lot more to contribute in the coming months, but that is it for now and I hope that I shall enjoy meeting many new people and share your thoughts and experiences.

... crack open my piggy bank just yet, can i???

swanning off to paris this week to see grandma and pops, work party do the following week and then brussels before chill-axing over christmas. looking forward to meeting my cousin layla and savouring the seasonal cooking.

lots of love.......
willow
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PS almost forgot -chickenpox have scabbed over now - inherited mum's immune system so kicked viral butt no problem.

... amp; bustle.
Our swim came round soon enough, a few lengths of the pool and into the thermal pool (which was hotter than the day before, but still would really like one of those at home!) and another chilly dip in the whirlpool (which didn't really whirl at all). Then it was time to pack, check out of the hotel, organise our transfer to the airport and then one final longer stretch of the legs before heading back to the airport - this time more ...

... of Catholicism (1553-1558) 17 Protestant Lewes men were put into barrels and burnt to death on the high street.

Then, of course, there was the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 - from which the anniversary of bonfire night comes – a Catholic conspiracy of such magnitude that parallels can be drawn with it and 9/11.

Smoldering beneath Lewes’s deceptively normal exterior is a part of England’s history, a part of England’s identity, long since consigned to dusty ...

Almost monday morning as i write this. Just over 24 hours to go and i havnt started packing yet! Sure, for a two week holiday in Spain im packed almost a week in advance, so why when im about to leave the UK for a year have i left it until the day before?! There's laid back and then there's me!

... 1920's style, special. The marina there is, well, I suppose some would find it beautiful, to me it is even worse than Eastbourne, very very expensive, great parking lot (I feel like near an airport!), a "walk of fame", on one side all kind of cafés and restaurants, on the other side the yachts. Lots of showing off, beeerkk.
Back in Shoreham by sea we find a nice tapas bar and enjoy a good glass of ...

... slowly we all process into the lock. While the lock fills with water, we wait, and we are given a berth number. Well organized!
Very chice marina. A little too much to me! Rather expensive, lots of terraces, restaurants, fancy places, cinema's, but no decent chandlery! We will only stay 2 nights. We think.
The next day, Frank starts to fix something near the anchor ...

... the evolving tidal currents, the distance still to do, and realizes we would only arrive around midnight! We left at 8 AM, it is now 3 PM, and we are not even half the trip! Frank decides to turn back, very wise!
And this is funny, because now we have the wind in our back (do not know the english sailing expression!), such a comfort ...

... time capsule that was buried nearby. Last year's students buried it so this year's students dug it all up. In explanation of the title of this entry, they call little kids "nippers." England Pictures: 6/27/08 - 7/1/08 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=5 892&l=d4548&id=1022010001 7/1/08 - 7/9/08 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=5 895&l=4db83&id=1022010001 7/9/08 - 7/12/08 http://www ...

18 days in a row I've been working. I've enjoyed it, but as ever, working more means slowing down as the brain fries and the adrenalin of a new routine or special urgency wears off. But why? If I knew that, I'd probably be immeasurably smarter and richer than I am. Personally, I can only equate it to personal pride, the desire to avoid a car crash, and the sheer buzz of trying to overcome the odds ...