July 25th, 2006. Departure Day. As I packed my bag for the airpor in Montréal, I couldn’t believe it was finally time to go. I’d been at a point where I had 99% of things planned, but needed one last confirmation on funds before leaving. Talk about last minute! Anyway, I was a nervous wreck, Read More »
I woke up at 12:00 PM today because it was so gloomy outside. It was cold, my heater wasn’t working properly and I didn’t want to get out of bed. I eventually made myself a sandwich from the groceries I bought yesterday. Geeze it was a horrible sandwich for lunch. And for dinner as well. Read More »
Vacation 1 (of 4) I love working in France. One of the perks to moving to a foreign country to take on a job that entails morphing into a master illusionist and fooling small people into thinking you know exactly what you are doing, (For instance, I stand in front of them and sound Read More »
I had waited forever for the plane to take off. Take off it did…and early! The flight was smooth and long (and non-stop! Go American Airlines!) I woke up around 2 AM my time to discover that I had two hours yet to go. I landed in London. While we were landing, my fellow seatmate Read More »
After Amsterdam, my friends and I ventured on to my most anticipated destination- LONDON!! I couldn’t believe that I was actually going to visit. All my life, I had heard stories about England from my parents, who were both born and raised there, and now I was going to experience it for myself. We arrived Read More »
London is, I have to admit, just as fantastic and exciting as any of its North American counterparts, despite its UK-quirkiness, a fact I wasn’t ready to accept until we spent four days running about in it. There I was, with a secret “I *heart* NY” tattoo on my left biceps and an “L.A. 4-EVA” Read More »
The first part of the journey took us through Bulgaria, the remnants of communism enveloped the city of Varna, our first place of rest. We stayed with a local couple, whom we had met through the Couch Surfing website. They offered us their hospitality in their small 12th floor apartment, in the living room, which Read More »
On arrival back to England, we were immediately shocked with the beaurocracy we faced with the authorities in regards to re-importing our van. To draw a comparison, in Istanbul, when attempting to arrange a longer stay for our van than was permitted with our visa, we were required to meet with the leading vehicle authorities. Read More »
Sun May 7, 2006 – I arrived in London Heathrow at 9:30AM. Decided to take the Heathrow express train to Paddington for £14. A little difficult with 2 heavy bags, but not impossible. Reached Paddington station in 15 mins flat. Taxi to Hilton Metropole. Driver scolded me because hotel was 2 blocks away from station and Read More »
After 24 months of planning we did the usual and left packing until the last minute. We like to think that we were getting into African time already and just taking things nice and slow but, no, we were simply frickin’ disorganised. Worst of all, this left us with literally 30 minutes kip before we Read More »
