Blogs from Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

well I made it here in one piece!! after a bit of a hairy plane ride, including an embarassing bout of sickness 19 hours in, I arrived at heathrow to see clariss waiting for me, best ever! we went back to coventry and she cooked up an amazing gnocchi feast- after 24 hours of plane food, it was amazing!!! managed to stay up til a reasonable hour (was it the delicious pear cider, my new addiction?? hehe) and got an awesome first nights sleep. day 2 woke up well, went into town to get my bank account sorted (still open from last time with 3 quid still in it, stoked!!) and went shopping.... oh my one true weakness, I am going to have a ball with it here!! it's all so cheap and awesome, it could ... read more

I finally went to watch an English Premier league soccer game: Everton vs Coventry City. It was a preseason game and what was called a friendly game (basically what that means is that after a player has played so many games with a team, they have a friendly game where part or all of the procedes from the game are given to the player!!!! as if they need it with their multimillion dollar contracts!!) it was fun, not many people at the game, there were more Everton fans that drove an hour and a half to support their team (including us!)!! It was looking good until the end........ read more

One day about two years ago we were discussing a holiday, as one does when one is getting fed up with the day to day cycle of work and no play. A few things were thrown into the pot: The south of France (our usual holiday). Perhaps a package holiday to somewhere further flung like the Caribbean. Or maybe we could visit Amy's uncle in Thailand. Now, yes, that's a good idea! Seeming as we would be in Thailand, why don't we go and visit Dan's dad and step mom in Bali. Why, of course!! So, set on this idea, the planning begun... ...and the planning expanded. Two weeks in Thailand and two weeks in Bali. As we looked into these two trips we discovered some more places to visit. So, we might as well see ... read more

Well, at last it is nearly time to go! We fly from Gatwick early Saturday morning and will be starting stuff on Monday,I think! We have been in Sussex staying with some friends and enjoying the lovely autumn weather by going for long walks in the beautiful Engish counrtyside. Then we went to Norfolk to spend some time with my parents and now-here we are back in Cov trying to pack for a year! I keep putting things in piles ,then taking them out and putting other things in ,then putting the original things back and .I'm not packed yet! Geoff has his guitar ,computer and a spare pair of socks and seems quite calm!! I keep thinking 'I wonder what I will be doing this time next week?' and 'Oh, this is the last for ... read more

So Ill be recapping the last few days in the UK...though it is a little late... Thursdays LOW: Losing to Chris on tennis. Thursdays HIGH: Drinkin some pints at Wetherspoons. Thursday I woke up and decided to take a while to get ready for the day. I thought I heard everyone leave the house, so I thought it was safe to take a bath, since I dont have a bathtub in America that I can use so easily. So I put on some music and relaxed for a while. While I started to drift off, Daniel knocked on the door and I realized he still had to go to class. So I quickly showered off and went to get dressed in Melissas room. Just as I was almost ready, I heard a knock on the door, ... read more