well well well well. i find myself sitting at riga airport like a giant lemon, all tired out and wearing too many layers. see, its dang cold outside, but inside its el scorcho. very annoying. been another interesting day really, yesterday was insane. maybe not as insane as a man holding a gun to his head on a tram, but still, latvia is mad. so yes, recap. woke up early yesterday as arta had school so was in the centre of riga by 9.30, which isnt that early, but it certainly felt it. arta went off to school and i went [View Full Entry]

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it's cooooooooold. well, lots to put in here i guess, has been an interesting couple of days. i'll do the right thing and start at the beginning, makes the most sense really. ok, a matter of life and death in latvian was wonderful, not that i picked up a word of it but of course i pretty much know that film off by heart, so it wasnt really a problem. i must have looked a little silly talking over that 'may i remind you sir, we are not alive at all' bit. wonderful bit though really, probably one of my 3 [View Full Entry]

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hello there, return of all this i suppose. i will start by a little spiel about east midlands airport. what can i say about that place? i'll put it joint top with rome ciampano in my list of lamest airports. now, i havent been to skopje yet and from what perry mccoy tells me it sounds lacsidasical, but for now, the triad of notts, derby and leicester join rome at the top of that unfortunate pile. hah, pile, how appropriate. despite that, absolutely beautiful flight. that one definitely tops that particular list anyway. i've always said that flying at night was [View Full Entry]

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wow. well, today i'm feeling what can only be described as fragile. last night was the big giant birthday japes, and suffice to say it was celebrated accordingly. these slovene folk certainly know what they are doing when it comes to partying. rent a cabin type thing in the middle of nowhere, get more alcohol than all the pubs in welshpool could muster, and go. and by go, i mean GO. so yes, it was a brilliant night, met some more wonderful people, although my recollection of them is pretty misty. still, ace. it was great that despite the fact i'm [View Full Entry]

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reeeeeeeesting! my legs are falling off, i swear. see, i cant remember my legs being this tired in summer, despite that being a month of walking around. i suppose i wasnt waking up at 7am every day then, but still. whats happened to me?! i'm so unfit, it's ridiculous. ah well, boo hoo hoo. it's still been a fantastic time. token recap. after leaving this on an incredible cliffhanger yesterday as i thought i was in a rush, it turned out that my train to koper was 30minutes late, so with hindsight i could have sat around and provided the thrilling [View Full Entry]

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first of all, thank you very much to everyone who deemed me loved enough to waste 40p by texting me happy birthday, very much appreciated. thank you to everyone who emailed, facebooked, myspaced, yadda yadda too, lovely stuff. i had a brilliant day, and was considerably happier than all of you (fast show moment there), so woo, great stuff. i've gotta go back to monday night! gah! anyway, monday night, went for a quiet drink with sonja and jerneja, which was great. jerneja is sonja's friend that i met in summer, and she is great, so it was ace to see [View Full Entry]

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aaaaaaaaaace. it's bloody cold in this wonderful place. jerry is currently on an inversion table, and it looks pretty entertaining to be fair. anyway, token recap of the last 24 hours. getting to stansted was a pain, and it cost me a stupid amount of money, resulting in me then worrying about saving money for when i get back, which is pretty lame, as i dont want to worry about that whilst i'm here, as it's my week of no worrying. but yes, got to stansted, waited around for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages, and then got my booty on a plane. i love flying. [View Full Entry]

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well, i'm drunk in london. the birthday week has been a fascinating 24hours so far anyway, fun times. myself, bean, ash, pete, ami and crazy mike went out last night for a 'quiet drink', and had a fantastic night, so the term quiet drink is probably very wrong. well, so wrong that i missed my coach this morning. i awoke, looked at the clock which said 9am, and said to myself, 'nah, thats never the time'. but yes, it was. lame. so i ended up getting a £40 train to london instead of my £4 coach. the definition of lame my [View Full Entry]

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well, im in italy. and its crap. ok, it isnt crap, but im grumpy, and im out of money, and i miss slovenia, so its crap. change of plan now, due to having no money, im going to be coming home on thursday instead of next wednesday. so thats right kids, the 5th of july, i am home. home from what will have been 25 of the best experiences i have ever had. so this is going to be something of a review, because we all know what im like with reviews. i also have the added bonus of hindsight for [View Full Entry]

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i had another super day yesterday, and my routine summary of events will start now... woke up, had a hilarious shower (you cant beat holding the shower head) and went off to the train for my day in what i thought was the hilariously named kranj. Kraaaaaanj. train was decent, just more validation of how much this place makes me smile really. got off the train, and sonja was already there. said our hellos and went off to her car. any nerves i may have had were quickly vanquished when i saw that sonja drives a suzuki wagonR, a car which [View Full Entry]

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