Well, another week has passed. We have now been in England for over a month. Time is going by pretty quickly, but we are both very ready for a week off! We're totally knackered from our long days and late nights of work! Our trip to Spain is looking better and better each day. It's Thanksgiving back home, so I (Bri) know that we're missing a big family meal with everyone. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberries, veggies, deviled eggs, pumpkin pie, dutch apple pie, homemade whipped cream, and then a nap because no one can move! It makes me a bit [View Full Entry]

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Guess where we're going!? - SPAIN!!! Well, Barcelona to be exact. The English school year includes a one-week break each term, and the first break is October 20th to 28th. Tonight we booked our flights, hotel and tickets to a few attractions. We fly out of London the morning of Saturday, October 20th and we will be returning Friday, October 26th. We purchased a 5 day 'Barcelona Card' which gives us free entry to many museums and attractions, discounts at some shops and restaurents and unlimited travel on public transport. Some attractions we may visit are: Museum of Decorative Arts, Natural [View Full Entry]

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Will and I spent our afternoon yesterday walking around town doing some shopping. We finally got our home phone and internet set up and we also bought ourselves a mobile. So, anyone who ever wants to call us can do so! We finally took some pictures of the town where we live. Our house is within walking distance of anything we need (bus and train station, food stores, shopping centres, restaurants, etc.). At the end of our street is a bridge that crosses a canal. On the other side of the canal is the main square where most things are located. [View Full Entry]

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This week was pretty "normal" and laid back. We went to a PD (professional development) training course on Monday in Aylesbury. It was actually quite useful. It was geared towards overseas trained teachers new to the Math teaching profession. We got to sleep in a bit since we live in Aylesbury and didn't have far to go! The rest of the week at the school went by pretty fast. We are always happy when the weekend arrives! Tonight we plan on going out with our housemates for dining and dancing. We're going to a Pad Thai restaurant, followed by some drinks [View Full Entry]

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I (Bri) have a bit of a funny story for you! I was woken up early yesterday morning by people outside having a loud conversation. I was in a bit of a panic because I looked at my watch and realized it was 7:15 am! I had forgotten that it was Saturday and I thought we had to go to work (we would have had to catch the 7:30 bus). So, I turned the light on, woke Will up in a hurry, and told him it was 7:15! He sat up, picked up his watch and said "Sweetie, you would be [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! Since we've been in England we have encountered many new words in the "English" language. Here they are: jumper = sweater, lift = elevator, pants = underwear (we found that out the funny way when the kids laughed at us when we asked them to tuck their shirt into their pants), quid = pound (similar to a buck is a dollar), tramp = homeless person, nicked = steal, tick = checkmark, bumbershoot = umbrella, petrol = gas, mobile = cell phone, bin = trash can, rubbish = trash, rubber = eraser (not condom). If we come across any more, [View Full Entry]

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We spent 2 nights in London during our first week here. We rode the train from Aylesbury early on Thursday morning, and arrived in London after an hour. We then spent about an hour just trying to figure out the tube system and trying to find where we had to go to get to our hotel! Needless to say, we eventually found our way to the hotel. We spent most of our time traveling around. On Thursday night we spent 10 pounds and went on a boat cruise on the Thames River. It was a beautiful night! We got to see [View Full Entry]

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Well, our travel adventure has started...in Hamilton, ON!!! We arrived at the airport last night 3 hours ahead of our departure time, only to find out that 2 hours previous to that, the airline had decided to delay the flight until today (Aug.27) because of mechanical issues (the plane was still in Europe). Thankfully, we were put up at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Hamilton and provided $50 each per day to use towards food and drink. (So last night we took advantage of it and drank free beer ). We have not yet been notified of our new flight details. [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! Welcome to our travel blog. There are 4 days remaining until we board the plane to England. Ahhh!!! We thought we'd start our blog off with some pictures of where we'll be living. If you don't have our mailing address but would like it, just send us an email and we'd be happy to send it to you! Or, feel free to just email us any time! We'll be missing everyone like crazy, so please keep in touch. Bri: bri_baby83@hotmail.com, Will: truloki@hotmail.com. We will be sharing a house in Aylesbury with 3 other people. Two of the others are [View Full Entry]

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