Blogs from Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 27

Hey everybody, Well it's now Boxing Day and Christmas 2005 is now over. We unfortunately didn't have a white Christmas, but we did try to make it as traditional and special as possible. We opened pressies in the morning, got dressed up (well I did anyway!) and baked a turkey with roast potatoes. It was delicious! Oh and Wes' tabouli. We were both spoilt with pressies - in fact we both received similar presents....We both received a new coat (courtesy of Santa), some books (mysteries for me, cook books for Wes!), a game (a puzzle for me, 11 games in one for Wes, including backgammon - his favourite), a new shirt each, and some more clothes for me and some cash from Wes' parents. Oh Wes also received a yoga DVD! Can't wait to see him ... read more

Coming from a family that has always had strong connections with railways, I have always had an interest in trains from being a small child. Therefore I suppose it was only natural that I would always have a fascination about what it would be like to travel on the world's longest railway journey, the 'Trans-Siberian'. This was probably fueled in the last few years by watching with envy the travels of Michael Palin in his many BBC TV programmes taking unusual journeys across the globe. The 'Trans-Siberian Railway' is a working railway and in fact one of the busiest in the world for both passengers and freight across the entire length of Russia. At this stage lets dispel the myth that there is an actual train called the 'Trans-Siberian Express'. The Trans-Siberian is a railway and ... read more

Less than 48 hours to go and instead of creating a 'YES, NO and MAYBE' Pile, I am creating myself a hangover! Lovely lovely family party before I go, I am very close to all my family as shown here, and I think that is going to be the hardest thing about the next twelve months...including my gorgeous dogs:Bess and Megan...... read more

I wish I had known about this earlier! Here I am, 4 1/2 months into my stay in the UK, and I could have been keeping a journal the whole time. I will try to start from the beginning. I left the USA on the 29th of December, 2004 to come to the UK. My reason for coming was a matter of the heart, and I found myself free of that reason after a few weeks here, and with a freedom to do anything I wanted. Around the same time I was offered a job in Chester. At the time I was living in the south in a suburb of London. "Chester? Where in the world is Chester?" Well, it turns out Chester is just about the coolest little town I could have found myself accidentally ... read more

I just wanted to write a blog as I have had a few emails coming in asking as to my safety and whereabouts after the terrible disaster that has struck Asia. I am one very very lucky lady and still alive, as is my friend which I am so very grateful for after a very terrifying 2 days before I found her. I have only been home now for a few days and apologise for not being able to update this sooner. My friend and I were in our bunglaow as the wave hit us and carried us off with it, destroying our bungalow and most other things in its path, amazingly we both managed to get out of the water eventually and climb to safety. We are both suffering some injuries but are well on ... read more