Back here in Blighty and surfing between couches. Slept on three different ones the last three nights. So it's time to find a bed to call my own. Up this morning at 6am to go to the Labour Ready agency. Had to fill out forms and bring in documentation and sit a test. Got 100% in the test so I think I might be accepted into the labour ready community. The other employables who were registering this morning inexplicably failed to get all the answers correct, there is a very real chance that I may be working with fools. Those who [View Full Entry]

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Snowing here in Munich and freezing cold. Off this afternoon to visit a palace.. HELP NEEDED Arrive back in Manchester Airport TOMORROW (SATURDAY) and have nowhere to stay. Looking for a bed for the night, if possible for a few nights so that I can find accomodation. The timing for returning is bad as it's the weekend and everything will be closed, housing / employment EVERYTHING. in a bad position [View Full Entry]

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Finally after a couple of days of hiring a bike I decided to buy one and got this mean machine... It says "international" on the side so I am assuming that it will be safe to ride back to England on. Unfortunately it only has only one speed >> slow, and is prone to being overtaken. Also there is a flaw in the braking system which requires one to pedal backwards in order to slowly grind to a peaceful halt. Even with the vast network of cycle paths, riding the city of Munich makes for an exciting experience. [View Full Entry]

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More lions, just a few of the 502 sponsored by local companies and scattered like litter across the city. It's important that you visit LEO WEBSITE and increase your knowledge of this cultural phenomena. For too long Munich has led the way artistically, it's good to see them take a backseat for once and copy other cities ideas. Today we visited the Deutsche Museum, the WORLD'S LARGEST AND OLDEST (science) museum. As well as lots of aeroplanes and boats there is a section dedicated to the Art of PRESSING BUTTONS. [View Full Entry]

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Friday night we went to a dinner party where everyone rudely spoke German. Although I had my phrasebook I found it difficult to keep up with the threads of the conversation. There was a lot of laughter but that is no gaurantee of the level of humour. Yesterday when Lisa got back from work as a caterer we walked round the centre and saw SIGHTS. Not only NEW UGLY LIONS, but also a big tower that we climbed up and saw the city below and the mountains rising up from the horizon. We are going to those mountains in a few [View Full Entry]

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A day of airports and then almost not meeting up. I'd said that I'd arrive at 1945 but not that I was coming via Amsterdam. After a few hours of Lisa waiting for London planes the power of the mobile phone united us. It was this wonder of modern technology that has also made the photos possible as I haven't got any batteries for my real camera yet. All apologies for the quality. I'm really loving Munich, it's a fantastic, cultural city. The greatest thing is avoiding bicycles that everyone seems to ride. They are the old city style bikes that [View Full Entry]

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Yes, tomorrow I take to the wing again to fly to Munich, Germany to meet up with Lisa (see the Romanian entries..). Not sure what's going to happen out there, I have a flight back on the 4th November (in time for Bonfire Night), but if I can manage to get jobs I may stay on the road a few months and work my way back overland. This time I PROMISE to write and not neglect my duties to those readers who said they enjoyed my blog. It's a grey day here in Sheffield and hopefully not as bleak and cold [View Full Entry]

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Fly back tomorrow morning and İ'm ready to stop travelling now but very apprehensive about returning to England. İ have NOTHİNG to return to >> and it certainly no longer feels like İ'm coming home >> as İ have no home to return to and no idea where İ'll be sleeping tomorrow night! İ think my time living in England is drawing to a close.. plenty of strong reasons. Difficult few days ahead yet again. İ've recovered from my illness and bought new clothes rather than take my falling apart jeans to the laundry. Along with miraculouslly finding my way through [View Full Entry]

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Got some mysterious illness now and İ'm just hanging round the hostel trying to recover. İt's probably a throat infection but İ also ache all over and have a fever and shivering and sweating. The people at this hostel have been really good looking after me. İ'm going to stay here until İ fly back on Tuesday >> there's still loads to see and do here in İstanbul and now İ'm back on my own İ can do the things İ want to. İ recommend this hostel >> Bahaus Hostel to anyone visiting İstanbul, there's a great sense of community here [View Full Entry]

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except for me In Istanbul now and I'm probably here till I fly to England although I'd rather be elsewhere. It's really hot here and resembles a large junk shop where everything is London prices. EVERYONE wants to know where we're from >> why? The blue mosque is super impressive and today we went inside another mosque which has been turned into a museum. It was alright >> is this the kind of insisive reportage you were expecting, Slater? The food here is good but overall I'm not really in the right mood to enjoy the place. I've met up with [View Full Entry]

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