Blogs from Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 22

For some reason it only recently occured to me that I am graduating this summer and have to enter the real adult world and begin the cycle of job hunting, applications, interviews and all the other dredgery before cheerfully launching myself into the next 50 years of 9-5 work...What an optimist I have become! With this in mind I have decided that I would like to embark on a meaningful project (with a little bit of travel thrown in of course!!) in a country I have never been to (or likely have never heard of) and do some good! Doing things that scare you are definately underrated and after spending five years becoming institutionalised at Bournemouth Uni I think it would be best for me to see a bit of the world from another perspective. I ... read more

Just finishing (starting) packing before tomorrow's flight, which is being made more complicated by having to find a fancy dress outfit for tonight. ... read more

Well the planning is coming together - but LAN keep changing the timetables for the connecting flights that I have spent a long time putting the finishing touches to. The internet has proved to be a great facility in organising flights, tours, hotels, and airport transportation. If everything goes pear shaped I will be lost without access to a computer! WE have been through the passport and visa details (none needed - visas that is) and a visit to the quack has resulted in an update of the heath passport and yellow fever jabs and a prescription for Malarone malarial tablets - what a price these are! and not available on the national health, although it will cost them thousands to treat you if you come back with malaria! Still no risks!. Our plans are to ... read more

Welcome to the first entry of our travel blog. The next one will come from a sunny, exotic beautiful place....jealous yet? Moved out of the maison de petit pois on 16th Sept :( I'm living at my dads and Si is residing at his parents.......long are the days when i have slept in a single bed.......have bumps on my head to prove it. Have sort of packed but my bag but it's sooooo heavy that when i put it on my back i fell over like a turtle and couldn't get up! Will try and sneak some into si's bag! Recommended 10kg my arse...they obviously don't know about ladies bare essentials. Meanwhile I (Simon) haven't packed my bag yet, but somehow vast amounts of conditioner and moisturiser have worked there way in there! Most things are ... read more

Hello dear friends and family! After numerous complaints from avid fans of the Chasanaski travel blog, we have succumbed. Please do not be alarmed; our long absence from the web after our "two-a-week" schedule can be easily explained simply through busy schedules and limited internet connections. Hence why Sof and Zac are beating Chas at Arrested Development trivia on Facebook. Anyway, here is our long-awaited, much-demanded blog on life in England. Our arrival into England Well, after traveling for hours by car and ferry from France, our arrival at about 11pm into Poole, England was not the warmest of welcomes we've experienced. Our wonderful friends Don and Alison Cameron had very kindly offered to drive us from St Just all the way to Sherborne, as they had space in their car. However, after waiting our turn ... read more