Novotel Stevenage

... therefore, well motivated to see the show and his performance. Apparently a show with Ralph Fiennes here recently had people queuing for these tix from 6 AM. And the threatre still don't pre-sell those 30 tix for the front and back rows; in honour of Sir Laurence whose statue outside the front door of the complex. Cool. Next were some smaller theatres and ones that were set out differently, with a 'Cat Walk' type set upon one stage with ...

Thankfully a sleep in as I was feeling a little the worse for wear - beer and wine don't for a good head make the following day! Packing up our packs we headed outside to a near deserted city but luckily a taxi wasn't too far away. It was still sunny and cold but I had been told the snow would come 3 days after we arrived back in London -typical! At the airport we spent the last of our leva and had a coffee and bought some ...

... br><br>* "What do you do with a BA in English"<br><br>* "The Internet is for Porn" by a sex-obsessed Cookie Monster<br><br><br><br>It was a tough choice between this, Spamalot (by Monty Python), and Jersey Boys (about Frankie Valli &amp; the Four Seasons), as all 3 have had rave reviews. If I get time tomorrow night I might see Jersey Boys. I overheard some American students in the theatre saying that every Tuesday night is their "theatre night", that would ...

... A quick scoff of food and we left. Back at the Thistle Hotel Kensington Gardens - which is odd as it is more like Bayswater rather than Kensington - however very close to Nottinghill - we flicked through the TV Channels to find that the only French channel didn't work - oh the horror of it all!!! Time for bed. Breakfast from 700am until 1030am - or was that until 730am, or 930am - different accent takes some getting used to. Perhaps she wasn't even talking about breakfast?!

Spent the morning in York, walking along another stretch of the walls (without railings again!) to the Castle Museum. Was not quite as good as I remembered, but I wasn't travelling with kids last time. Afternoon train to London, then trying to make our way on the city trains (not Underground) during rush hour, and very few offers to help ...

After 9 hours of flying, I landed in London today. I had a red-eye on Air Canada that was okay. Food was typical of an airline, and there was one screen at the front of the cabin for movies. The sound kept going out, though, so it wasn't worth watching. At the same time, it was rough to sleep because of the flickering screen. Oh well though. When we landed, it was strange because after the pilot's announcement, everyone broke into applause ...

... on (and watching the people responsible doing exactly the same) I was told that there were some seats available on a flight to Vienna from where I could hope to get a connecting flight. Although a breakfast strudel the following morning would have hit the spot I was determined to minimise the chance that something else would go wrong. Fortunately I was then offered a seat on a QANTAS flight leaving at around the same time. Wedged in to a seat ...

... is connected to the internet and potentially, therefore, an enormous supply of source material, which has through the magic of nerd power turned to digital information and is, at a cost, at my disposal. For no other reason than to expand my curiously small mind, I hope one day to have access to every sound, film, television show, documentary, book, essay, poem, song, thesis, photograph, and painting ever created. As I type this my eardrum is vibrating to sounds created ...

... been an amazing experience for me, the people that ive met ,the places and things that I have seen I will never forget and will always be proud of! For now its back to Stevenage and to work (booo) and catching up with everyone that I havent seen for yonks! So, its goodbye from me, for now - until next time ;) ...................

... the best £30 I've ever spent! So now it's Saturday, I'm going to head to Kingston for a bit, get some last minute items I'm in need of, pack, pick up Sarah from the airport, and then tomorrow morning I'll be on my way to Paris. I hope you all have a great 2 weeks in the time that I am gone. I'll try and check up on things right away when I get back in London. Until next time....stay out of trouble kids.