http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Buckinghamshire , Aylesbury en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:51:10 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:51:10 UTC 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 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 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 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 The last couple of weeks have been fairly uneventful. Work has been going well despite the fact that the kids are pretty wired because Christmas holidays are only 2 weeks away. This coming week is going to be insane. All of our year 7 9 classes have Maths progress tests which means that we'll be spending romantic evenings marking test papers. All of the papers have to be marked and grades ente http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-226064.html We're completely knackered That's about all we can say For some reason this past week has been incredibly busy. We had a hell of a start to our week on Monday. We went to catch the 730 am bus but it never showed up We ended up having to take a taxi to work when we realized the bus wasn't coming and we'd be late if we didn't do otherwise. We later found out that our bus had broken down on its http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-222414.html We here we are at last Ruby and I are back in the UK http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-222266.html It's been a couple of weeks since we last put up a post. We hope everyone enjoyed all of the pictures we put up of our trip to Spain The past fortnight has been quite busy. Work as usual is busy with constant marking and lesson planning. But those are the joys of the profession Students are quite fascinated that Miss Paola and Mr. Truong are dating. We often get questions like Sir are you a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-220450.html Today was a fun day We spent the afternoon at a fair in Buckingham with our house mates and another friend Melissa. We left Aylesbury at 230 pm and spent a few hours at the fair. We haven't been to a fair in ages It was fun just walking around going on rides eating badforyou foods and playing games. There are a few standard rules when you go to a fair go on rides that make you feel sick http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-210992.html Well another week has passed. We have now been in England for over a month. Time is going by pretty quickly but we are both very ready for a week off We're totally knackered from our long days and late nights of work Our trip to Spain is looking better and better each day. It's Thanksgiving back home so I Bri know that we're missing a big family meal with everyone. Turkey mashed potatoes http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-208826.html Guess where we're going SPAIN Well Barcelona to be exact. The English school year includes a oneweek break each term and the first break is October 20th to 28th. Tonight we booked our flights hotel and tickets to a few attractions. We fly out of London the morning of Saturday October 20th and we will be returning Friday October 26th. We purchased a 5 day 'Barcelona Card' which gives u http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-206495.html Will and I spent our afternoon yesterday walking around town doing some shopping. We finally got our home phone and internet set up and we also bought ourselves a mobile. So anyone who ever wants to call us can do so We finally took some pictures of the town where we live. Our house is within walking distance of anything we need bus and train station food stores shopping centres restaurants http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-204844.html This week was pretty normal and laid back. We went to a PD professional development training course on Monday in Aylesbury. It was actually quite useful. It was geared towards overseas trained teachers new to the Math teaching profession. We got to sleep in a bit since we live in Aylesbury and didn't have far to go The rest of the week at the school went by pretty fast. We are always happy wh http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-204522.html I Bri have a bit of a funny story for you I was woken up early yesterday morning by people outside having a loud conversation. I was in a bit of a panic because I looked at my watch and realized it was 715 am I had forgotten that it was Saturday and I thought we had to go to work we would have had to catch the 730 bus. So I turned the light on woke Will up in a hurry and told him it was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-202609.html Hi everyone Welcome to our travel blog. There are 4 days remaining until we board the plane to England. Ahhh We thought we'd start our blog off with some pictures of where we'll be living. If you don't have our mailing address but would like it just send us an email and we'd be happy to send it to you Or feel free to just email us any time We'll be missing everyone like crazy so please k http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-195095.html FRIENDS I JUST DISCOVERED THIS WENT UNPUBLISHED SORRY IT WILL BE OUT OF ORDER but I THINK I MIXED THINGS UP WHEN I TRIED TO ADD PHOTOS. It's 1030 on Friday morning and there's a break in the action so I thought I would write a few lines before we head into the villages of Aylesbury and Wendover. Though we had plans for StratfordonAvon we just didn't think we would have time to do the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-174984.html I had typed a bit this morning and then did a quick save as I was interrupted for a while but now I can't get back to what I had typed. I'm going to continue presuming I can find the other few paragraphs. Basically I said it was cold not even up to 60 wet it's the wettest June on record and windy but of course we're having a fabulous time anyway. It's just so special to be in someone' http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-174543.html We write this on Saturday night May 19 after an eventful day of driving. GPS Navman was instructed to take us via the shortest rather than fastest route so we saw many narrow country roads and consequently very few large towns where we could fill a rapidly emptying fuel tank. Just made it to a town called Corby. Not a Sharelle in sight Our overnight stop was made at a working farm complete http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-161352.html