http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Cousin-Itt/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Cousin Itt en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:44:01 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:44:01 +0000 Ok so it's been a whileIn my defense we have been working really hard.Things are beginning to quiet down now as we head for the end of term.Unfortunately the last week is promotion week a polite way of saying....we can send you to any school anywhere any age and you'll teach a lesson that'll make Aston Language Centre look good So I came to China with the Grinch thinking that this year he' http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/blog-231913.html So the school holiday is over and we are back to the teaching treadmillWe really didn't do a lot over the holiday other than write lesson plans and hide from the unseasonal weather. It's supposed th be dropping in temperature here now but Golden week was so hot we kept the curtains closed all day and hid out indoors.The break did us good and I finally feel that I'm enjoying teaching.I did a les http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/blog-211495.html So for all of you who think I fell off the world somewhere East of Riga here I am safe and sound in Wuhu China.Whilst I was in Moscow at the beginning of August trying to catch up on the blog for St. Petersburg the blog site I use suffered a main server attack and the whole database crashed. I lost most of my blogs and still haven't been able to find them in a cache. Since then internet access h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/blog-206600.html Well things are finally coming together. I think we are both really ready to go its just the last minute stuff left to do. The house looks like a mess with packing boxes all over but by the end of next week everything will be in storage and we'll be living off takeaways and kindnessSpent last night at the village festival wine tasting.......yes last night. Thunder lightning torrential rain a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Berkshire/Reading/blog-171392.html Well I've been unemployed for three and a half weeks now and in that time I've acquired Walking boots that are so chunky they make even my legs look spindly.Jabs for diseases I didn't know existed and now I wish I didntGadgets that might come in useful..... sometime.Lots of pretty visas.And a lot less money in our bank accounts.Russ and I are off on our odyssey on July 14th. Before that time we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Berkshire/Reading/blog-161380.html Ok so this whole blog thing is new to me. Got the text sorted got a photo of me up at the beginning now I just gotta sort out the rest of them....watch this space http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Berkshire/Reading/blog-161388.html