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... we have had since we arrived. Lots of laughs and reduced to tears in the end. I think the 2 kids may have also enjoyed it.
The Villain from Coronation Street and the star, Aladdin, from Hollyoaks. A pleasure for the ladies in the audience.

Great night.

... this stage it says 3 countries, which we assume is Australia, United Kingdom and Czech Republic. We are listing 5 countries as we are counting Wales and Scotland! It’s great fun being able to drive to another country.

Travels

Our midterm break to Prague and London was a real highlight so far but we have enjoyed the amount of sightseeing we can do within an hour or 2 of Manchester. 4 hours to Scotland has been our longest drive ...

... with traffic, it makes it so very difficult to get around. There is so much to see and do but unless you are committed to stay for a few days, there simply isn't the time to see it all. Yes we were dodging a Cyclone which made the traffiv even worse but having visited the city before, it really doesn't make that much difference - the traffic is simply awful. The trains in and out of Mumbai and to its districts are brilliant but everyone uses them - so be prepared to spend some time ...

Well, as I will no doubt be running round like a mad woman tomorrow I thought it best to start this today! My last full day at home for some time. I am packed and ready to go!!

I am very nervous and cant really think of anything beyond tonight at the ...

... the gorge up the gorge” debacle followed by kilometres of what, bog? on top of a mountain?!! where the hell were we?!! Also, damn the reservoir where, having run out of water, Ryan requested that I wade in and try and get some water for boiling. Cold! Muddy! Undrinkable! Squidgy!

Boulder Paths

"Over the boulder, down the boulder, **** the boulder, **** THE BOULDER!!!"

There are some points where the paths are naturally made of boulders or large rocks, fine I'm on a mountain I get it. However one day we hit some hard going with a path covered in boulders which, after about twenty minutes, I noticed there weren’t any boulders OFF the path, only on it. A neat line of ******, leg-twisting boulders was ...

... bargain - and this coming for one of the biggest shopaholic bargain hunters around. To escape the crowds and the rain we took shelter in Harvey Nicks (avoiding the £900 shoes that I am I love with) and enjoyed hot chocs and cupcakes for afternoon tea.

Saturday night we headed out with a group of Dave's friends for a curry and then drinks, firstly in the canal street area (Manchester's gay district) where we enjoyed disco music under ...

... enjoy early beers to get ready before the game. We then joined Anfield Road two hours before the game, to get some impressions of the pre-match athmosphere. Well except the wrong team choice (at least for me), everything was great, loud and nice athmosphere in all the crowded pubs around the stadium, plenty to cheers for (Liverpool was playing Reading), and great beer available everywhere.

The stadium itself is amazingly situated, its ...

... der andere, das ist nicht so lustig). Aber der richtige generelle Trend ist schon mal da. 3. Die Marketingdozentin aus Neuseeland (sehr lustiger Akzent: i,e und a werden wie das deutsche "i" ausgesprochen; u und o wie das deutsche "u"; das macht aus Heavy Metal "Hivi Mitil") hat ein Punkt gegen einen Random Questioneer gemacht: Auf "What is the impact of selection on this... nuschel, nuschel, you know what I mean, nuschel?" kam ein klares "Nu, I dun't!" Strike! Sehr schoen!

... driver that I needed to have a ticket in order to board the bus. And oh yeah, there's no ticket office. Awesome. I sprinted to an internet cafe to order a ticket. I popped in my credit card number, and still, nothing. Awesomer yet. I had no choice. I turned to the guy next to me, a Czech exchange student whose English was still a work in progress, and slowly but surely got across the message of, hey, I need to get on this bus but they're not accepting my credit card, so ...