Well, I now have another country to add to my list of places I have visited. I spent 2 weeks in Romania working. And I do mean working. During those 2 weeks, I had about 120 hours worth of billable time! Needless to say, I was exhausted when I got home! But, I did have some fun over the weekend. So, here are my impressions and thoughts of Cluj. The city is an interesting mixture of old-time building and what we would consider "communist" buildings. The latter are the concrete buildings that look pretty ugly. A lot seemed to be missing [View Full Entry]

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This past weekend, I went to Canterbury with Karen and one of her friends from school, Lora. None of had ever been, so we were all looking forward to the trip. They took the bus from Oxford on Saturday morning to come to my place. I was very thankful since I had returned from Romania the day before and didn't feel like getting up really early. We then headed out and had a nice drive. The traffic wasn't too bad. This was an interesting experience for me since I had not done any research before leaving. The girls planned everything, including [View Full Entry]

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So, this past Monday I wasn't feeling great, so I decided to work from home. Mondays are the day that my flat is cleaned, so when someone knocked on my door a little after 1:00, I assumed it was the cleaning crew. However, when I opened the door, I found 2 older men standing there (which was surprising since you have to have a key to get into the building or be buzzed in by someone). Anyone, one of them says, "we have good news for you". Okkaaayyy.....then he says, "we've brought you a new sofa". Well, I'm looking out in [View Full Entry]

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So, apparently, there have been some complaints that I don't post often enough. Well, I never said that I would! I do still have a job that I have to keep up with!! :P The weekend before last, I didn't go sightseeing, but I did have a fun time. I got to babysit my nephews! My brother and sister-in-law wanted to celebrate their 10th anniversary, which isn't until next March. However, since they are expecting baby #3 in February, they decided that a trip now would be the best option. They left for Rome, Italy on Friday afternoon. My nephews were [View Full Entry]

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This past weekend, we decided to take it a bit easier with regards to sightseeing. My sister had a couple of papers due early this week, so she wanted to be able to do some homework. Saturday we went to the grocery store. Okay, that's not sightseeing, but it was a good accomplishment for us! Later that day, we went to Basildon Park House. It's just outside of Reading, so it was easy to get to. Very beautiful place. Unfortunately, there is scaffolding all around the exterior because they are cleaning the stonework. We were disappointed. This house was also used [View Full Entry]

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Wow, I realize that it has been a long time since I posted. However, I made no promises when I started this! I need to go back to over a month ago - my sister arrived on Sept 10. That was really exciting for me! I picked her up at the airport and dropper her at our older brother’s, where she was going to spend the weekend getting over jet lag. I drove over on Saturday and then she and I took the tube into London. We had made plans to tour the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace since they are [View Full Entry]

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This past weekend was a bank holiday weekend here in the UK. This means we had Monday off from work. It was a nice break for me. I decided to do a lot of sightseeing and even picked out a nice bed & breakfast so I could have more time for sights. I ended up spending my time mainly in Kent and a little bit in East Sussex (which is in the south east of England). I started out Saturday morning by going to Hever Castle. This castle was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, the 2nd wife of King Henry [View Full Entry]

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Today my sister informed me that my blog has been somewhat boring lately. I pointed out that this was due to me being sick and therefore, my LIFE had been somewhat boring. So, to make up for that, I can now say that I was able to do some sightseeing this past weekend. Saturday, I went to Windsor Castle. I had a finite amount of time because I needed to be at my brother's around 5:00 PM. When I arrived in Windsor, there was a LOT of traffic! There were quite a few people who had decided to visit Windsor that [View Full Entry]

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I want to wish my mother a very happy birthday! I wish I was there to help celebrate! [View Full Entry]

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No, I haven't forgotten about the blog. I have been sick the last 2 weeks, so I haven't done anything (it was the flu and it has taken some time to get over it). I thought I was going to feel well enough to get out this past weekend, but that didn't work. I'm hoping to get out this coming weekend. On another note, I want to wish my sister a very happy birthday. And I want to wish my parents a very happy anniversary. Yes, both events are today! :D [View Full Entry]

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