http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Buckinghamshire en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:47:23 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:47:23 BST Hello again everyone It's been awhile since we've posted any new updates so we thought we'd drop in to let you all know that everything is going well It's been a month now since we came back to England. For the first few weeks we saw nothing but rain but this past week the weather has been gorgeous We took advantage of the sunshine today and went outside to take some pictures by the canal at t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-328527.html 11amAm working from home today to allow myself time to pack. I have a list of jobs to do and am slowly working through them. John is helping me. I have not packed yet and I need to test out the camera. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-327792.html Only a couple of days left before we head off now and everything is almost sortedThe first stop is LA and we will be visiting disneyland on the first day and then moving more central for sightseeing and no doubt some shoppingWe will keep this updated as much as we can and add any photos and videos we take during the trip. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Beaconsfield/blog-326374.html Right well have been back a week and it's the night before I go back to school. Ben went back to work on tuesday and both of us are totally amazed at how quickly things have returned to normal. Have uploaded lots of piccies onto Facebook but haven't actually got round to uploading Singapore piccies on here. The flight was mostly fine and we got to Heathrow 10 minutes ahead of schedule. We were ba http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/High-Wycombe/blog-318293.html Okay So this is the night before and I am freaking terrified. I only just finished packing at about 10pm and luckily everything fitted in. It has totally not sunk in that I am about to go to Thailand for 4 weeks. Not in any way. Hopefully I have everything I need Libby and Lauren are here which is excellent because I think they'll keep me sane. Tomorrow morning we need to be up at 6am in order http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/High-Wycombe/blog-300222.html Okay So this is the night before and I am freaking terrified. I only just finished packing at about 10pm and luckily everything fitted in. It has totally not sunk in that I am about to go to Thailand for 4 weeks. Not in any way. Hopefully I have everything I need Libby and Lauren are here which is excellent because I think they'll keep me sane. Tomorrow morning we need to be up at 6am i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/High-Wycombe/blog-300220.html Right lets try and give this another go http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-299247.html Had a top top bbq so glad so many lovely people made the effort to drop by x http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-299246.html This blogging is far too technical for me http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-299245.html Had an absolutely top bbq last night lots of lovely people came and we had a right laugh. Ben's feeling VERY delicate today am starting to think about the expedition now oooooooooooo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-299240.html We've had nothing but rain since saturday things aren't looking good for the bbq fingers crossed though. I don't want my Dame Edna wig to get too wet http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-297615.html Packing ....... Fortunately we shouldn't need a great deal but I'll believe the reality of that when we see a car not bursting from every weldjoint.The itinerary is sorted out now with just two unbooked nights to be sorted out in the next few days.Idea is this...where we spend the nightJuly 5th leave about 6pm Eurotunnel and overnight in some hotel near Brussels like a travelodge but http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/blog-293306.html Ascot is all week but by far the best day for fashion is Ladies Day. Ladies wear show stopping hats and dress to impress. This is my favorite day of Ascot. Everyone drinks Pims Cups and had a great time. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Ascot/blog-291355.html We always have an amazing time at Ascot. The Queens horse racing event is a fantastic fashion show. This year everyone was buzzing about the stict dress code and how they were going to enforce it more now for the Royal Enclosure. Everyone looked great and we all had a wonderful time even though we didn't bet on the right horses. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Ascot/blog-291041.html Great days out always start the night before. The night before Ascot Zarina Rich and I went to Regents Park to the Taste of London. This is a festival that started about three years ago. All of the great restaurants in London congregate and sell tapas sized portions of their food. It is a great way to try different kinds of food and drink great wines and champagne without committing to one r http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Ascot/blog-289509.html Well just joined in preparation for the adventure still got more than a month to go but sooooooooooooo much to do http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-288539.html Its that time of year again..time for a vacation and where else but sunny old England. Contrary to popular belief England can actually have very nice weather and this past week has been no exception. 039not quite as hot as I'm used to but nonetheless sunny enough to warrant shorts for a large number of people I pass on the street. 4 legged puppy had to stay in Costa Rica for this trip and appa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-275932.html Not long to go nowI have been waiting and planning this trip for a almost half a year now. I have toiled at work for 6 months and its now time to spend the proceedsFor everyones benefit i will outline my trip with key datesFriday 11th April fly out of UK Heathrow T5 eek to Tokyo Narita Airport in Japan.First 2 weeks are with Intrepid travel hitting the sights of japan. I will be going ar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/blog-264055.html Well time has come to face up to the fact that the dream is over and real life has to take over again.Lots of questions remain unanswered but even more have been answered. Life all of a sudden becomes more real and seems to make a hell of a lot more sense. Things seem to be put in to perspective. Don't know what I am talking about Try taking a period of time out of normal every day life and take http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/High-Wycombe/blog-261327.html As some of you may know we are now home. .......or at least back in the UK.We had a fantastic trip but we did cut it short. We decided to come home as I was home sick and had had enough of being part of this machine that is tourism.... I became very jaded with the whole thing and needed to come home and feel more grounded. Living out of a suitcase for 6 months is hard work and when you are a fami http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/High-Wycombe/blog-249734.html Day 1The day started off with a moody text message recieved from Ben.... James was a little worried thinking he had stirred the beast. Fortunatly it was a lack of communication between the two and it turns out Ben thought James was comming over to help him decorate his Grannies house and James thought Ben was busy with his grannie... to much despair Ben had carried on and muscled on without Ja http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-246592.html Hello everyone Another week has passed so we're now one week closer to our next halfterm break. There's nothing exciting happening at work other than we've started negotiating a possible contract for next year just in case we decide to come back. But we went into London for the day yesterday with our housemates and visited Madame Tussauds wax museum. It's amazing how realistic the wax figures http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Chalfont-Saint-Peter/blog-242353.html It is the night before the long day ahead. Well actually the morning of the long day ahead now I have finished writing this. I'm finally packed in the sense that my rucksack is all fastened up. Though no doubt it will all be opened up again tomorrow either to add some extra items I have forgotton or to take all the contents to pieces because it is just too heavy though I can't see any possible http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/blog-240868.html Hello everyone We don't have any stunning scenic pictures to put up like in our last threes posts from Berlin Zurich and Paris. We hope you enjoyed seeing all of the pictures We are now three weeks into the current term. There are only three more weeks left to go until our next one week break. We are happy to report that some our classes are going a lot more smoothly Dare we say that the stud http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-239764.html Well folks I will be flying off from Heathrow at 10.30am on Tuesday 22nd January. The adventure starts here I have to say that I am just a little nervous but very excited. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-237773.html ......so technically we are not yet travelling we have both quit our jobs selling all our stuff by this I mean our cars....blub. But the bigger picture and all that. In preparation for our travels all we have really done is get some money together brought paracetamol and savlon....and are hoping for the best...which will probably be the same for the next 8 months. Just cant wait to go hence http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-234343.html Yesterday was our lucky day Before the school day started we had a staff briefing in the staff room. All of the staff who have not had a day off since the beginning of the school year were entered into a draw. Both of us were among the names entered and the prize for the draw was a day off with pay of course. Will's name was drawn So in the new year Will gets to arrange a day where he can s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-229389.html Well......... this is my first entry to try out the website. It looks like I won't be leaving until around the 11th January 08 but better late than never I will update you as things progress. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Milton-Keynes/blog-228603.html