Blogs from Hackney Central, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Hello all! Just under 4 weeks to go now! Booked my weekend in Rome at the end of May to celebrate my 25th birthday (going to be a 1/4 of a century!!), including a one day trip to Pompeii. Looking forward to that, although coordinating flights with my friend who is travelling in from London to meet me in Rome was a major hassle. Also discovered the joys of vacuuming packing this week as I was seriously running out of space in my case till Sau helped me move everything about, might be slightly over the weight limit but you can't win them all! Still waiting for my Thomas Cook travel money card to arrive, I hope it hasn't got lost in the post! Anyway so much still left to do, so I'm going to go ... read more

Hello people of the world! Finally I have some news to report... I HAVE A JOB! It is in Turin, which is North Italy and on one side you have the mountains and on the other side you have the beach. So I best start stocking up on bikinis and ski boots! I have also booked my flight, leaving on the 5th May at 7.10 am, my mum's going to love having to get up at 3 am to drive me to the airport. My flight number is 464 if anyone wants enbark in a last minute frantic chase to the airport and declare their love for me (don't all rush at once)... The family seem really nice (and I should know I spoke to a lot of psycho mum's in the process), there are 3 ... read more

Hello again, So a week has passed since I returned from my first voyage to Roma and I am back to looking for jobs... again!! Decided not to take the au pair job I went out there for last week, the woman wanted me to work too many hours and weekends and basically wanted a slave/mother for her daughter rather then a babysitter. It probably didn't help that the little girl spoke very limited English which would make it very difficult to communicate with her, especially given the long hours we would have been spending together (especially as she's not allowed to watch TV?!) So that's pretty much what's been happening this week. To be honest I wasn't mentally or financially ready to go so soon anyway, any jobs that come up now I'm going to ... read more

Hello all! Completed the last part of my TEFL qualification this weekend with 20 hours of in-class time. It was intensive and at times quite repetitive of what I had already bee doing online, but it was nice to meet fellow TEFLers and hopefully we will all keep in touch on Facebook, as everyone was going to different places. Spent today updating my CV and looking online to see what positions are currently available in Rome, most want character references, passport photos and a medical note from a doctor saying that you are fit and healthy, so want to get that all sorted this week so I can start applying to some agencies for work. Anyone thinking about doing the TEFL course should so just do it, even if you don't use it straight it away ... read more

La idea original que teníamos era hacer de Londres hasta Ciudad del Cabo por tierra. Es algo que muchos han hecho antes y que cuando te pones a mirar como hacerlo no hay tantas opciones distintas. Me puse a mirar en el internet y la wikipedia me convenció de que estaba chupao. Si no me creeis mirad el mapa, ¡si hasta se puede escoger entre las rutas 2, 3 y 4! Alguien ideó en el pasado crear una red de carreteras cruzando Africa en vertical y en horizontal, y sobre todo ultimamente los chinos se estan poniendo las pilas en serio con esto. Algunos trozos siempre existieron, otros todavía no, ¡y algunos hasta están asfaltados! La ruta número dos atraviesa el Sáhara desde Argelia, y la tres desde Libia. Gaddafi al parecer esta acampado en algun ... read more