Premier Inn Ashford - North

... toward the London Eye. I didn't have time to go up in the Eye, but, since it was a nice day, I walked along the river.

When I got back to Parliament, Greenpeace had perked up. Several banners were being held and noone was asleep. I assumed they were getting ready for the larger crowd rush hour would bring and would perhaps be coming down shortly. I could see several more police at the ...

... It is going to be amazing though, first stop is Kenya and we should arrive there at 8.50pm ish tonight (6.50pm here). Then we have to get our visas at the airport - I am feeling totally clueless about all this kind of stuff still, but apparently it is quite easy to do. We start our 'South East Adventure' as it is known on Sunday, so looking forward to meeting some of the tour group today on the plane/at the hotel.

Ross is still in ...

... and old ladies.

New Experience #3: I made "the cookies" with fingers crossed -- no blender for oat flour, no large bags of chocolate chips, no semi-sweet chocolate, I didn't think they were as good, but the kids loved them. They have already eaten a double batch, and I am under orders to make more for next week's dinner.

New Experience #4: Mentoring a group of ...

... in a plastic bag in the fridge!!!! Now what kind of service is that - i'm used to a warm round thing - that said, when needs must - i managed.

Daddy obviously felt sorry for me - as he fed me some of that grown up stuff. They look at me as if i'm some kind of idiot or gifted child - of course i know what a spoon is, where it goes and ...

To be fair, we had taken the **** a bit with getting back for work, so we had to go home today. But first, we popped to a nearby Church to get a Geocache, then down to Cove Hithe, a tiny village literally on the cliff tops overlooking the North Sea. The road there just stops at the cliff, having fallen away years ago. We went to see a Church there, which is pretty odd. It's one in ...

... br>...arriving at Heathrow from Singapore, I didn't want my fun to end, so in the car home myself and Helly hatched a plan. We would tour the British Isles on a whim. No plan, no real ideas, just throw the bikes and tent in the car and go, just see the country we had grown up in.

This is the story of that idea...

... takes me - hopefully with lots of fun places to explore and fun people to meet... depending on how much money I have left by then and how knackered I am! But in the meantime while I'm still on British soil, I still have plenty of fun things to keep my occupied; my last day at work, a week off to chill out and enjoy being a lady of leisure, my karaoke-themed birthday/going away party with The Gang... then it's goodbye London and hello LA!

... had not arrived. Then we went to two of three local butchers. We must find a fresh turkey for Thanksgiving. The first place was great. Your typical European butcher. Steve was in heaven. They were able to get us a turkey that we could pick up Wednesday. How exciting! From there we went to our hang out the Belgian Café for some internet time. We got our first parking ticket! This ain't no Ann Arbor $15 ticket ...

... moved to America to settle. Gwen's daughter, Wendy, who has spent most of her life in America has recently married James (English citizen) and now living in Britain here permanantly. International marriages seems to be the trend in this side of the family. In the early hours of being here, Wendy and James have shared with me their inspirational story of how they met, fell in love and married. Their story goes to show that you ...

I was so excited of going to England for the very first time in my life that upon arrival I didn't even say 'hi' to the family who was going to host me, and I just rushed to see the city.

Hastings is beautiful. It has 2 hills, famous for the Battle of Hastings in 1066, it has a medieval castle, it has the sea (well, the English Channel/La Manche), it has a small fishing harbour, it has a picturesque old town, it has a ...