Thought it was about time I did a bit of an update on life in England... I've been here about 7 weeks now, I think and so far I have cut my hair, got a job, gone on an overnight work trip to Coventry (who knew my first trip would be to Coventry?!), explored the local area a bit, had a couple of trips into London, visited a local zoo and celebrated a birthday. For those of you who don't know, I started work at Coty a few weeks back, working as a project assistant. The work is fairly simple and not all that challenging, but for the short term, that suits. Check out their website if you're interested - www.coty.com It does involve some great cheap and free cosmetics and perfumes, so I'm not complaining ... read more

London Baby!!!!! OK, so I arrived on Saturday morning, around 6.30am. Breezed through customs and immigration. Didn't even get asked why I was visiting or how long I was planning on staying. I guess having one of those ancestry visa thingys negates the need for all those pesky questions! Thanks again Grandmum!!! xx Collected my luggage and caught the first of the three trains I needed to catch to get to Jean's place. Firstly, the Heathrow Express. Then off at Paddington and then the tube to Kings Cross St Pancreas, then one stop (I think, from memory) and I was at Angel. A bit earlier than planned (I blame immigration for being so quick!), but luckily Jean came and collected me no worries at all. Thankfully she lives just around the corner from the station. Not ... read more

Day 53, Monday 16 July 2007 - Quebec Today we ventured into 'Old Quebec', which is an absolutely gorgeous little part of this city. New Quebec apparently isn't much newer than old Quebec, but this part is just so pretty and quaint, plus really clean, its great to wander about. We first booked a 2.5 hour walking tour of the area, as well as a 1.5 hour cruise up the St Laurence River. We had time for breakfast before the walking tour, so went to this pretty little cafe across from a pretty little park and ordered the most divine crepes with fresh fruit, cream anglaise and chantilly cream. Yum! Next was our walking tour, which was with a really knowledgable local guide, who took us around the whole area of Old Quebec and gave ... read more

Hey All, Just thought I'd let you know that I'm still alive. We've been soooo busy since leaving Mexico. We had 2 full on days at Disneyland, where we spent from 8am until around 1am one day, then 9am to 8pm the next, doing all four parks! Then we fly up to New York and the time has just flown. We fly out to Canada tomorrow and I will hopefully have time to get the last week or so's blogs done. K... read more

Day 46 and 47, Monday and Tuesday, 9 and 10 July 2007 Monday 9 July 2007, Day 46 - Travel to Washington and city tour. We had an early train today from Penn Station to Washinton, which was so easy to catch and pretty much on time as well, which is always a good start. Directly from Union Station in Washinton, we left for our 4 hour tour of the city. Union Station is a pretty nice station, I have to say and the city itself, impressive. We drove through what I assume is the main part of the city, where all the embassies, consulates and government buildings are, on to the White House. A short piccy stop and we were on our way to Arlington Cemetery to see the JFK and Jacqui Kennedy grave ... read more