Parkside International Reading

... the keys and take us to the bus station where we can start our world trip with a free bus ride to Heathrow using our pensioner&#8217;s bus passes! <br><br>He arrives 45 minutes early, sends us into a tizz &#8211; the list isn&#8217;t finished. Marysia comes round to wish us bon voyage and very kindly gives Vanda a beautiful wrap; it&#8217;s great to have such wonderful and thoughtful neighbours. <br><br>At last we are away, and in the car, Steve offers to take us ...

<br><br><br>"Whatever can go wrong at the most inopportune moment, will" Sod's law<br><br>All I had to do today was to get the laptop ready for travel: clear out old files to make space for photos, transfer my planning files with all the hotel, travel and other necessary detail; and check in.<br><br>First the laptop email chose ...

... 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.

Sort of. As close as I'm going to get for now. They speak English here - even if it doesn't sound the same - so it's closer to home than France! We just got back today. Caught the Eurostar from Paris to London then the Western out to Reading. We are now encamping ourselves at Myra's house for the next two days before Ian and Norma collect us for Iona's wedding and ...

Good evening friends &amp; family :-) Well here we are on the brink of the Murgsontour return to Oz!! The bags are packed, the flight is confirmed, even though some BA pilot was chancing his luck today...LOL &amp; all we have to do now is get up on time &amp; go!! Will update from Dubai, where ...

... we did eat with them at a great Indian restaurant near by. I ordered Chicken Tandori Masala with Nan and rice--oh it was great! Well worth the trip there. Tomorrow we have scheduled the Hindu Temple and possibly a visit to the Mosque. The days have flown by so far. I am looking forward to the weekend so I can hopefully explore the Heath, which is the 800-acre park we live near.

... by the fact that the car people sent me off the wrong way on the Oxford Road. Pretty soon I was hopelessly lost. Asking people for directions had the usual result. Some say go to the next roundabout turn left, others right, others don't know, others that they've never heard of it. Eventually found two young ladies who at least knew how to read a map. They told me I was on entirely the wrong side of town for the A4 and suggested I take the M4. With the help of some ...

With every little rise in temperature, the scale of how much I like London rises as well. Today it's 28 degrees, the map of England the weather lady uses has got big red dots on it instead of blue (indicating cold weather) or orange (for warm) dots. The females are slowly ripping of parts of their clothing and when you get to Hyde Park there are masses of them baking in their bikinis. You might think that this would encourage the male population of London to flock to the the ...

... experience to be the minority group within a country, something I had not really thought too hard about before. When I do come back to Australia I will never again stereotype people according to their country of origin as I now know just how annoying this is. I am not particularly upset by the above, in fact it is constant source of enternmaint, and a daily challenge not to laugh in someone's face when they speak (particulary those of the toffy type or the Exeter type ...

... a teaching project with volunteering company i-to-i. Click here to view overlanding route Then its on to NZ and Auz but that's a way down the line yet and who knows what's happening on the way home! Check out my updates and photo's I'll be uploading and see what i'm up to on the road. See my photo albulm for a couple of pictures taken at Reading leaving meal, I'll ...