Travelodge Stansted Great Dunmow

It's scary how close our trip is now,the "to do" list keeps growing. We have new suitcases,new passports,new clothes for Immy,borrowed clothes for me,housesitters booked,jabs done,school n Melbourne booked,Borneo booked,KL booked but boy-the "to do" list keeps growing.

Not told Immy yet as it is so far away for a 4yr old ...

... I counted 21. Blimey what a feast they would make !!. Granny feels sorry for them, as there are no crops growing now and not much to eat.There are loads of Blue tits hanging off the feeders, what little pigs they are.!
Mr. Robin pops by daily to check that I am shut indoors then tells the others it is safe to feed here. Now as if I would ...

... steps. The outdoors is a typical farm yard, I suppose, with rambling bits of wood, wire, old tractor and park bench scattered around in a quaintly attractive mess.

The road is narrow and meandering, as is the stream at the bottom of the field, and when we attempted to watch some British television last night, it rambles along with everything else, going nowhere, but taking the scenic route to get there.


In other news, British roads are atrocious. They are ...

So after 6 months away and visiting 8 different countries, we have now arrived, reluctantly, back in England. Although its not as cold as we were expecting, which is a bonus!

We have had a fantastic time and visited some amazing places, and we are now hoping that reality doesn't hit us too hard!

Hope that you have enjoyed our blog and will probably see most of you shortly.

Here I sit {alone at a window} at my sister's house on what is, in many ways, the first day of my journey. It will still be some weeks before I leave the country but I will now be constantly on the move; the unencumbered, nomadic lifestyle...

...almost.

I n a way I feel it should be simpler, a direct transition from one style of living to another but that romantic image of the ...

... house I go to spend the best part of an hour on the phone. Don't take that as a venomous attack at my banks service, the advisors I spoke to were very helpful and 'chatty'. After speaking to one girl I found out that purchasing currency is classed as a cash withdrawal and my card has a withdrawal limit of three hundred pounds. This means that I can quite easily purchase a seven hundred pound plane ticket with no questions asked ...

... br>It's summer time, everyone came out to enjoy the sun, people were busking, and thie merry go round was setup to entertain both children and us! Nope, we didn't sit on it, Ai Ling thought we were way past the age limit, hehehe...




Hatfield, England, United Kingdom songwillie

... at the front of the train, indicating that it was actually heading towards Moorgate). Despite a few discussions with Toni over the phone, I managed to get on an early train so Toni was nowhere to be found. No wasting time though, as I started chatting to 2 American girls heading to A'dam on the same flight as us. It could have been the beginning of a new friendship if Toni and I had not decided to finally ...

... on every calendar day of the year... meaning on any day you could be at some national festival, music event or religious ceremony. .... or our highlight, the world cup... Every 4 years the festive stars align and anyone that can sell their house, children and wives makes a pilgrimage to soccer's migrating mecca... this year in Europe. Anyway, here are some pics from the video camera of our 7 week adventure in Europe :) Off to India!

... heard a key in the lock and came out the bathroom to check out me new roomy. Some American **** who´s been there and done that a thousand times over and could chew the ears of ya. He´s been travelling for years, doesn´t have to work because he´s loaded, bla, bla, bla. Luckily, he´s leaving tomorrow morn! I made my excuses to go to the bar for a beer and as i was still backing out the door, he said he´ll try to wait up for me. Brilliant. He did too, even though he had to get up ...