Novotel Reading Centre

... a doze, and we’re soon ready for the luggage drop. Security is the usual inefficient hassle (no problem with the checks, but why can’t they sharpen the process?) and then through to the shoppers paradise. Vanda looks for perfume, but can’t find any that suits (it suits my wallet though). More reading, a sandwich and before we know it we’re on the train to Gate area B. Boarding takes for ever, and for some reason we eventually take of an hour ...

... to work, then during the day we kept losing broadband connection. With an over booked plane it was imperative I checked in as soon after 7.20pm as possible so as I could to preserve our precious seats. Eventually after fraught nerves but good assistance from son Stephen I got the job done.<br><br>Off to bed with some relief.

... too bad, smallish suitcase, rucksack with laptop and a handbag), I&#8217;ve been reassured that if I can cope with my luggage on the tube then the USA should hold no fears for me!<br><br>Got all set up at the hotel and then headed off into London Town for last night food and drink with Ellie Dodson. Our search for English food ended up with burgers, chips and onion rings and later cider for the girls and Tia Maria for me. Was a good last night in the UK, lots of giggles.

Well the count down has really begun. Monday morning and no work for two and a half months very weird - now it actually seems real. I am actually going on this trip. Its all booked well flights are and trip with Intrepid but maybe somewhere to stay when I arrive in Lima might be helpful.... thatll be the next thing to do then other than pack. Although I finished work a week before my flight I seem to have ...

... by the sea; to musicals and open-air theatre; and historic re-enactments. Bømlo, like many other communities at this time of the year, is a hive of cultural activity. Concerts and musicals such as Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar and Chess are staged regularly at the Moster Amfi amphitheatre. I will spend more than a month in Norway and hope to visit my ...

Today was a whirlwind of a day! We left home at 9:15 am and just returned at 10:30 pm bushed! Took the bus instead of the tube to ULU and saved quite a bit of time and hassle. Started out in our class today and had an interesting session addressing diversity and construction of social identity. After that four of us went to a pub for lunch...finally got my first real "Fish &amp ...

... tomorrow. Everyone's gone for a big night out so I'm hanging out at the internet cafe and planning an early night so that hopefully I'll recover quickly. I've planned a trip to visit my aunt in Birmingham next weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing some family and a chance to see some more of England. Thoughts on the 2 month mark..... Overall I really like it here. I've had some down moments as everyone does while travelling but I'm glad I ...

... it to his attention and asked which terminal spot that was leaving from. He shrugged and said "It has left". "I said it has not - they just called it". He said, "It has left". I was so frustrated I could not help saying that he was useless as a help agent and ran off to ask another agent. I eventually found the bus and showed my ticket. She told me they had room for me but not my bag. I said I'd take it on the bus with me and struggled on the bus with it. I was ...

... looking "A" list celebrities! Wow! I love London! It was getting late, & I was jolted back to reality by aunty Prema, as we had to take the tube to Waterloo. Once we reached Waterloo, we joined hundreds of passengers in starring at huge TV screens to see which platform our trains will be coming on! Once the platform was flashed on the screen, everyone was running towards the platform, reminiscent of what happens in S'pore when the train doors open! While we were travelling on the ...

It is 22:55 on a dull Thursday evening, it is raining outside, I am parked in front of my PC in my house in the **** English town of Reading and I am about to go to bed with the thought that I have to get up early (7:20 is early for me anyway) and face another long day sat opposite Jez. I can't wait to leave.