http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Heidi-in-Japan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Heidi in Japan en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:08:51 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:08:51 +0000 after completing my teaching contract in Seville Spain i chilled out for a few weeks down under and had a GREAT time http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-463304.html Yet another exciting year of living abroad has quickly come to an endMy final few months at work were very busy and one of the scariest moments involved mumbling my way through around 40 parents meetings... in Spanish However some of the more FUN things that I did in the last few months were... enjoy a day out to Isla Magica the theme park with rakhi and joel where i was persuaded to go on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-415897.html Oh yikes another few months have gone by without a travel blog update I just donrsquot seem to have the free time here that I had in JapanSo another summary of recent highlights is in order methinksIn February the newly engaged lovebirds Charlotte and Dave came out to visit me for a few days and we had a FAB time soaking up the Sevillian sunOn their first day we had a lovely stroll ar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-398725.html just a few pics from my latest adventures in Sevilla enjoy xxx http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-373258.html i've just been told by travelblog that it has been 90 days since i last published a blog yikes i didn't realise that i hadn't updated everyone on my adventures since thento be honest i'll probably find it quite difficult to remember every single thing i've done for the last 2 3 months but the main highlights have been ... a visit from my parents sister and brotherinlaw who came out to st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-356677.html Another week has whizzed by at school and Irsquom getting more of a handle on what Irsquom supposed to be doing in my classeshellip Irsquom even starting to like the teenagers well a little bit anyway Wersquove just had a long weekend and so enjoyed a few day trips with Tim and Silvia 2 of the other teachers here who we get along really well with. We spent Saturday in Cordoba and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-335784.html I had my induction at the school about a week and a half agohellip there were 5 other teachers starting at the same time as me and therersquos about 25 teachers altogether at the school. We had lots of meetings with different teachers about the timetables and routines for each class we havehellip our heads were just buzzing by the end of it allThe next day I only had 2 classes with teen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-335783.html Another week has flown by and Irsquove been making the most of my free time... consuming plenty of ice cream and sunning myself basically Irsquom already starting to get my bearings around the centre and not rely quite so heavily on my trusty little map Earlier in the week Phil and I took a trip to Ikea to stock up on a few bits and bobs which would make our apartment a little more homely http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-327918.html Gosh has it really been a month since I last wrote on my blog Ok a bit of an update is therefore in order So I had a great time at camp and really enjoyed spending 2 months with some great people in Spainhellip I got on particularly well with one of the other teachers Phil and we became a bit of an item. At the end of camp we had a chat and basically decided to move to Seville you k http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-325265.html ... and i am really looking forward to heading back home for a while so i can see all my family and friends i am going to make a list of all the food i want to scoff while im back as camp food hasnt exactly been a great dining pleasure fried stuff with cheese and watery soup mmmmmm on the plus side i have lost a lot of weight and trousers which i actually split before i left home because m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/Burgos/blog-313563.html after waving goodbye to the fabulous group of kids that we had in the third shift me and 4 of the other teachers jumped on a bus to san sebastian a 3 hour trip away to chill out by the beach.we stayed in a hostel called ocean view and it certainly had the most stunning view of the water after we had settled in we had a walk down the streets with an ice cream and obviously stopped off in a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Basque-Country/San-Sebastian/blog-311318.html ... and i must be having fun because i havent written on my blog for a fortnightso the last group of kids came and went in a flash... one girl got thrown out for smoking weed and some others got cautioned for having a party in the boys bedroom half of the guests being girls other than that we enjoyed the usual fun and activities of camp life and i particularly enjoyed a day trip out to lerma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/Burgos/blog-307872.html so after the kids left us last weekend we chilled out for a couple of hours in the kitchen as the cook had left so it was our first time to have a good ol nose around and then michelle orla and i got ready to hit the town... it would have been quite scary to stick around in the education centre for the entire evening as it reminds me a bit of the place inthe shining... i thought i was the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/blog-301805.html but this job IS actually easier than my job in japan when im actually with the kids its hard work and exhausting but just sooooo much fun.i love having the mornings and early afternoons off... the other day i walked to the nearby park to have an ice cream and then carried on walking for another 20 minutes and hit a small little beach... so peaceful and very relaxing indeed we organised a set http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/blog-297895.html camp life is all fun and games...im really enjoying the sports and workshops that im doing with the kids... we took them to the park one day and all enjoyed an ice cream and some chilling out time which is a perfect way to spend the summer in my opinionwe took them for a walk one evening so that they could take their torches out with them... i had a lovely chat with some of the girls and its gr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/blog-296465.html like i said before... i wanted to chill out in madrid and therefore not do too much sightseeing before my 2 month long headache that is summer camp begun but... no trip of mine would be complete without a set of wonderful photos to go with it so here we are... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-295568.html camp life is faaaaaabulous on sunday i met up with the other teachers and monitors in madrid and we travelled to burgos... a beautiful 3 hour drive through the spanish countryside. the camp director laura told us horror stories about previous camps she has worked at and how bad the kids have been... and how the teachers had been even worse and had to be sent home due to their very uncamp like http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/blog-294765.html hola chicos and chicasyup thats right... heidi is now on adventure 2 after realising that i still have very itchy feet and want to be travellinglivingworking abroad for just a little while longerive just spent the last few days relaxing in madrid... its over 30 degrees here and therefore muuuuuy hot ive tried not to do so much rushing around and sightseeing as i dont want to tire myself http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-292820.html AHHHHH this is the trouble when you don't write a diary for a while... you forget what you did and when you did itso i'll summarise my main highlights of vietnam and let the photos do the rest of the talkingin a nutshell hanoi is CHAOTIC to say the least the traffic occupies 4 lanes when there are only 2 painted on the road motorbikes are everywhere and move in any direction there is no http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-272252.html what an incredible cityso i arrived on tuesday after taking the bullet train from kyoto and was able to admire the stunning views of fujisan mount fuji on the way. matt arrived at the hotel literally 10 minutes after me and we couldn't believe what an amazing hotel it was... with views over tokyo's skyline.we chilled out and had a peaceful walk around the hamarikyu gardens not too far from http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blog-269315.html