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Bye bye Blankie
After the two drunkies came in around 9 am, I was up for the day! I made myself breakfast and coffee and watched a bit of Downton Abbey (a UK time period drama which I am now obsessed with). I had no idea what time they were going to get up, so I decided to walk around for a bit on my own. I was feeling really under the weather, and since there was only one set of keys and Blankie was leaving in the early evening I decided to stay in Basingstoke as oppose to going to London.
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Almost there...
... 6am. Sunday will be a minefield of Wikipedia, Google and PDFs as I put together my travel booklet for every single thing of interest I'll be seeing along the way. It's really amazing what can be done in a few hours.
For example, on Thursday I start work at 1.40pm and work until 10pm. But before I start, I'm going to attempt to do the following; get a full STD test done (certificate to show I'm HIV negative is available in ...
Back to where we started!
... bit strange to be back and the time has gone so fast, but we have experienced so much and had such a wonderful, wonderful time. Just wish we could do it all over again, although the Bank Manager will be glad we are keeping our feet in the UK for a while.............
Love to all.
T & M ...
I've had an epiphany
... so lots of money, but no time. I've got a week's holiday to Munich in February, and I'm taking only hand-luggage. Right now, I imagine the contents of that luggage will be; toiletries, my laptop, a couple of t-shirts, a few socks, a couple of pairs of boxer shorts (staying with a family I know very well so I'll have a washing machine - I'm not starting to live like a traveller until the day I leave ;) ) and about 2 dozen maps, all my travel notes ...
Playing the waiting game...
Today was supposed to be full of excitement and nervous energy, and I guess it still is, but for all the wrong reasons. We are all packed and ready to go, all that remains now is to see whether Eyjafjallajokull and the prevailing winds behave themselves enough so we can ...