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, 01 Jan 2010 22:18:43 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:18:43 +0000 This time next week I'll be a couple of days into my trip from Nairobi down to Johannesburg via Tanzania Malawi Zambia and BotswanaWell with less than a week to go I think I have nearly everything sorted... Just waiting for my selfinflating sleep mat to arrive and a few clothes and I'm good to go...No idea if I'll manage to keep this updated over the five weeks but I'll do my best http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-429023.html The British Museum was amazing especially since I was able to find the AngloSaxon section and photograph everything I possibly could. I was extremely geeking out during that time. I think the greatness of the exhibits can only be explained through the photographs I took which will be uploaded at a later time.Most of the time I spent by myself in the museum so I could go at my own pace but I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-418564.html Hi again everyone It feels like ages since we posted our last blog in May. Last year we had tons of blog posts because we were very excited to share all of our travelling adventures with you when we visited amazing countries like Italy France Germany etc. We haven't done as much travelling this year due to the fact that we're saving up our pennies for our wedding We can hardly believe that ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-414386.html Ok boys and girls I have shown you pics of places I have been and where I am staying but incase you are interested these photos are of the town I live in Aylesbury. Well I live in Stoke Mandeville but it only has a small corner shop Aylesbury is the town centre where all the apparant fun and action happens. It's where the shops and clubs are. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-389421.html Well as you can imgaine there has been drinking and fun involved on this trip besides working and sightseeing so here are some pics of my fun times at the woolpack with all my new friends http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-389144.html Hey girls and boysWell as some of you may know my mum was born in England so of course I have family here and I finally got to meet some of them yesterday. I got one of those rare treats I call a day off alas had to work the evening shift tho. Anyhoo One of my mum's cousin Phillip came and picked me up as he lives only half hour away from where I am located and we drove an hour to Harrow Weald http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-386222.html Hi everyoneWell this is my first entry. As you all know I am living in England at the moment. Working in pub called The Woolpack in a place called Stoke Mandeville which is in Aylesbury which is in Buckinhamshire which of course is in England YAY I am living above the pub. I work bout 5 days a week and get two off. So far I have come into aylesbury mostly to use the net which is only at the lo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/blog-382828.html 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