Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The final leg.....
I think the last time I wrote to you was back in Seattle, seems like weeks ago!! Since then we spent a night in Vancouver again, where we went to a NHL game and saw the Vancouver Canucks V Minnesota Wild. Was awesome to see, I love that sport! Kate was shattered cos there weren't any fights!We have spent 5 days in Los Angeles which was heaps of fun. We had a great room in a great location, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. We spent the 5 days checking out Hollywood Blvd and the Walk of Fame, I got a pic with Trump's Star, and where Kate was stabbed on 3 seperate occasions by Chucky (a midget dressed up as Chucky) which was hilarious for me, but scared the sh*t out of her! We did a Celebrity Homes Tour in a limousine, seeing 50 celebrity homes and during the tour we got caught up in a Papparazzi chase which the driver decided to join. In a matter of seconds, there were literally about 100 4WD's chasing who the driver thought was Jennifer Aniston based on where the car was headed. The Paparazzi were insane, driving on the wrong side, all running reds, speeding, we couldn't keep up! We went to Rodeo Drive a few times, Robertson Blvd, spent a day at Santa Monica and Venice Beach where Arnie used to work out in the open air gym and where White Men Can't Jump was filmed. The Golden Globes were in Beverly Hills while we were there so we went to check it out and were lucky to see a heap of stars, the main ones being Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Whalberg, Courtney Cox, Cameron Diaz, Will Ferrell, and a heap more! We just spent 2 nights in Vegas which was amazing. We stayed in the Aladdin, one of the best on the strip, opposite the Bellagio (Oceans 11). We checked out all the casinos, gambled (Kate won on the slots, enough to cover 2 nights worth of dinner), but I failed miserably, damn Roulette!!!We just arrived in San Francisco, we're here for 4 nights then back to LA for a night, then we're coming home!!! We're very excited!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The Seattle Pilgrimage
Our last few days in Whistler were just as good as the first few. We went back up the mountain again, I improved more again, and in then end boarded from 3/4 of the way up (2000m) all the way down into the village and Kate improved out of sight, going from hardly getting up all day, to doing entire runs on her own. We had a ball!! That day and night it bucketed down snow, we were really lucky, in the week we were in Whistler, we got nearly 2 metres of snow, one night when Louse got home from work we went out the front of their house and waded around in snow up to our waists. It was a great experience!
We had to leave Whistler unfortunately a couple of days ago, it was sad to leave such a beautiful place and also sad to leave Louse and Mandy, not knowing when we'd see them again, but Louse and I made the most of our time, drinking a ridiculous amount of alcohol each day!
Kate and I spent a night in Vancouver then got the bus to Seattle yesterday to embark on our music pilgrimage, or should I say MY pilgrimage. Yesterday went around to small cafe's and saloons where bands like Pearl Jam, REM, Soundgarden play secret gigs, we saw where Nirvanas first ever Seattle gig was, we found where Pearl Jam and Soundgarden rehearsed and created there stage sets, we found the location where Jimi Hendrix brought his first ever guitar. Today was really cool, we walked the entire width of Seattle to find the only memorial to Kurt Cobain (Nirvana singer), an unofficial memorial, but as he was cremated and the ashes haven't been buried anywhere, fans went to a small park next to his house where he was found dead and turned the park bench there into a place people around the world can come to remember him. It is now a graffiti laden bench with messages all over, flowers and things like picks people have left. Was amazing being there, right next to his house where he lived with Courtney Love and was found dead in. The house is surrounded with huge fences and large hedges, but I managed to squeeze through a few bushes and scale a fence to get a shot of the house. Eerie feeling being there, but was amazing, for me anyway! After that we saw some other monuments, the Space Needle and then hiked up a hill to get the entire view of Seattle, the exact shot shown at the start of Frasier! We then got to experience why this city is known as the rainy city, we fought through cyclonic conditions to the first ever Starbucks for shelter. Kate is enjoying herself here as well, not like me though, I'm like a kid in a candy shop!
Having a great time here, we leave tomorrow for another 2 nights in Vancouver, and then we're off to Sunny (hopefully) California!
We had to leave Whistler unfortunately a couple of days ago, it was sad to leave such a beautiful place and also sad to leave Louse and Mandy, not knowing when we'd see them again, but Louse and I made the most of our time, drinking a ridiculous amount of alcohol each day!
Kate and I spent a night in Vancouver then got the bus to Seattle yesterday to embark on our music pilgrimage, or should I say MY pilgrimage. Yesterday went around to small cafe's and saloons where bands like Pearl Jam, REM, Soundgarden play secret gigs, we saw where Nirvanas first ever Seattle gig was, we found where Pearl Jam and Soundgarden rehearsed and created there stage sets, we found the location where Jimi Hendrix brought his first ever guitar. Today was really cool, we walked the entire width of Seattle to find the only memorial to Kurt Cobain (Nirvana singer), an unofficial memorial, but as he was cremated and the ashes haven't been buried anywhere, fans went to a small park next to his house where he was found dead and turned the park bench there into a place people around the world can come to remember him. It is now a graffiti laden bench with messages all over, flowers and things like picks people have left. Was amazing being there, right next to his house where he lived with Courtney Love and was found dead in. The house is surrounded with huge fences and large hedges, but I managed to squeeze through a few bushes and scale a fence to get a shot of the house. Eerie feeling being there, but was amazing, for me anyway! After that we saw some other monuments, the Space Needle and then hiked up a hill to get the entire view of Seattle, the exact shot shown at the start of Frasier! We then got to experience why this city is known as the rainy city, we fought through cyclonic conditions to the first ever Starbucks for shelter. Kate is enjoying herself here as well, not like me though, I'm like a kid in a candy shop!
Having a great time here, we leave tomorrow for another 2 nights in Vancouver, and then we're off to Sunny (hopefully) California!
Saturday, January 06, 2007
New York and Canada!
Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year! Having a lot of trouble getting onto email over the last week, and both of our phones went completely dead a couple of days before new years, don't think our UK sim cards work here, so apologise if we haven't replied to any texts or emails lately.
Anyway, we’ve been keeping really busy, we spent 7 nights in New York which was phenomenal. We did all the sights, our favourites being Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building. We spent Christmas having a big Roast Turkey lunch inside the Grand Hyatt, then went to the Rockefeller Centre and finished with beers in the ESPN bar in Times Square which was really cool.
Kate's highlight was standing alongside Ryan Seacrest in the middle of a major intersection in Times Square. He was doing a bit for E News, and shopping in places like Century 21, Macy's, Bloomingdales, and she was wishing she could shop in places like Tiffany's, Cartier, and Victoria’s Secret.
Hated having to leave, brilliant city, everything is done big, and that includes the food. On the plane over I said I couldn't wait to try their big pizzas so I got one as soon as we arrived and I could only get through 3 pieces which is a disgrace for me, but this thing was gigantic. Would love to see what the Extra Large is like! We also saw the Friends building on our last day after hearing it's exact location on the TV the night before! Had a great time in New York, it’s a place we both really want to come back to one day.We flew to Vancouver, Canada on the 29th, just spent the night and caught the bus to Whistler first thing the next morning to meet Louse and Amanda. Such a beautiful place! New Years was good fun, a Canadian couple Louse and Amanda lived with in Vancouver came up and we pre-drank a heap at home and then all went to a club till early hours of the morning. I knew I had a good night when I woke up in the morning with a cut on my nose and lip and no one having any idea how it happened! Got some great pics, especially a few classics of Louse!New Years Day snowed all day, absolutely bucketed down. It was amazing! To put it in perspective, in Falls Creek, for the entire season they had 54cm, we had 72cm in the space of 24 hours, it was like being in a movie.Yesterday Louse and Amanda took us up the mountain for the first time, Kate and I having a crack at snowboarding. They were great teachers and it didn't take us long to get the hang of it. Louse spent the whole day with Kate and in the end he had her up on her own and she was able to board for a while without falling. I had an absolute ball, and surprisingly, I wasn't rubbish like I thought I'd be, by the end Louse and I were doing runs in 10 minutes!
We are paying for it today though, Kate and I are in agony, feels like we've both just played a game of footy! We're going back up the mountain either tomorrow or the next day!Anyway, we'll be in touch again shortly, still here for another 4 days, can't access my gmail at the moment but will be able to when we get to California so I'll jump online then.
Anyway, we’ve been keeping really busy, we spent 7 nights in New York which was phenomenal. We did all the sights, our favourites being Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building. We spent Christmas having a big Roast Turkey lunch inside the Grand Hyatt, then went to the Rockefeller Centre and finished with beers in the ESPN bar in Times Square which was really cool.
Kate's highlight was standing alongside Ryan Seacrest in the middle of a major intersection in Times Square. He was doing a bit for E News, and shopping in places like Century 21, Macy's, Bloomingdales, and she was wishing she could shop in places like Tiffany's, Cartier, and Victoria’s Secret.
Hated having to leave, brilliant city, everything is done big, and that includes the food. On the plane over I said I couldn't wait to try their big pizzas so I got one as soon as we arrived and I could only get through 3 pieces which is a disgrace for me, but this thing was gigantic. Would love to see what the Extra Large is like! We also saw the Friends building on our last day after hearing it's exact location on the TV the night before! Had a great time in New York, it’s a place we both really want to come back to one day.We flew to Vancouver, Canada on the 29th, just spent the night and caught the bus to Whistler first thing the next morning to meet Louse and Amanda. Such a beautiful place! New Years was good fun, a Canadian couple Louse and Amanda lived with in Vancouver came up and we pre-drank a heap at home and then all went to a club till early hours of the morning. I knew I had a good night when I woke up in the morning with a cut on my nose and lip and no one having any idea how it happened! Got some great pics, especially a few classics of Louse!New Years Day snowed all day, absolutely bucketed down. It was amazing! To put it in perspective, in Falls Creek, for the entire season they had 54cm, we had 72cm in the space of 24 hours, it was like being in a movie.Yesterday Louse and Amanda took us up the mountain for the first time, Kate and I having a crack at snowboarding. They were great teachers and it didn't take us long to get the hang of it. Louse spent the whole day with Kate and in the end he had her up on her own and she was able to board for a while without falling. I had an absolute ball, and surprisingly, I wasn't rubbish like I thought I'd be, by the end Louse and I were doing runs in 10 minutes!
We are paying for it today though, Kate and I are in agony, feels like we've both just played a game of footy! We're going back up the mountain either tomorrow or the next day!Anyway, we'll be in touch again shortly, still here for another 4 days, can't access my gmail at the moment but will be able to when we get to California so I'll jump online then.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Two weeks in Egypt
Just a quick email to let you all know that Kate and I have arrived back in England safely after spending 2 weeks in Egypt!! I could ramble on for ever about our trip (and you all know that's true), it was the best trip we've been on so far by a mile. We spent a couple of days in Cairo, a few in Aswan, 3 in Luxor, and 3 in Dahab. We also spent 2 days and 2 nights on a felucca sailing the Nile, pulling over on the bank at nights to sleep.
Such an amazing country, I never knew there was so much to do and see there, and some of my favourite parts were bus trips during the day where we would drive through remote villages and were able to see there way of life and the living conditions they have to cope with on a daily basis. The security was full on, armed policeman everywhere you go and each long journey through the desert had to be done in a police convoy for security reasons.
Highlights of the trip for us were:
- Obviously the Pyramids. Got to go inside one of them through a 1m by 90cm shaft extending about 50 metres in, and the camel ride through the desert to the 3rd pyramid was pretty special.
- Abu Simbel. Had to leave at 4:30am to join the police convoy and drive 3 hours through the desert to reach this phenomenal temple by Lake Nasser
- Dinner spent on a Nubian village (Native Egyptians) in the middle of the Nile, a local took us into his house and had his people cook us dinner.
- The 2 days and 2 nights spent on the feluccas, it was paradise!!
- Luxor markets - can't even describe the hassle you get being a tourist!
- We visited an orphanage in Luxor. Adoption is illegal in Egypt, and unwanted kids are abandoned and this place takes them in, feeds and educates them. We stayed for an hour and played with a lot of the young kids.
- Donkey Day! We rode for an hour to The Valley of the Kings (Amazing place), we then climbed up the mountain and rode the donkeys across the ridge looking over the valley which was quite surreal. Then rode them back for another 45 mins. I fell off twice, I'll explain later!
- Dahab. Right on the coast of the Red Sea. Spent 3 days here. Went Scuba Diving in the Red Sea, in the top 10 diving spots in the world. Went down to 8 metres, and also went snorkelling in the Blue Hole which was brilliant. Amazing aquatic life, I was swimming with schools of all types of tropical fish.
- Mt Sinai. Famous for being the mountain Moses came down after God gave him the 10 commandments. Arrived at 1am and hiked during the night and was able to watch a rather impressive sunrise at the peak (which was about -10 degrees, freezing)!!
- The traffic in Cairo. My God, I thought I was going to die so many times, that's right across Egypt really, but especially in Cairo, those that have been know what I'm talking about, they're insane!
We did so many more things and have a heap of great stories but like I said I would be here all day if I were to tell you about them. We had a brilliant time, and were disappointed to have to return, but now we can look forward to New York in a few days time! Hopefully a white Christmas.
Such an amazing country, I never knew there was so much to do and see there, and some of my favourite parts were bus trips during the day where we would drive through remote villages and were able to see there way of life and the living conditions they have to cope with on a daily basis. The security was full on, armed policeman everywhere you go and each long journey through the desert had to be done in a police convoy for security reasons.
Highlights of the trip for us were:
- Obviously the Pyramids. Got to go inside one of them through a 1m by 90cm shaft extending about 50 metres in, and the camel ride through the desert to the 3rd pyramid was pretty special.
- Abu Simbel. Had to leave at 4:30am to join the police convoy and drive 3 hours through the desert to reach this phenomenal temple by Lake Nasser
- Dinner spent on a Nubian village (Native Egyptians) in the middle of the Nile, a local took us into his house and had his people cook us dinner.
- The 2 days and 2 nights spent on the feluccas, it was paradise!!
- Luxor markets - can't even describe the hassle you get being a tourist!
- We visited an orphanage in Luxor. Adoption is illegal in Egypt, and unwanted kids are abandoned and this place takes them in, feeds and educates them. We stayed for an hour and played with a lot of the young kids.
- Donkey Day! We rode for an hour to The Valley of the Kings (Amazing place), we then climbed up the mountain and rode the donkeys across the ridge looking over the valley which was quite surreal. Then rode them back for another 45 mins. I fell off twice, I'll explain later!
- Dahab. Right on the coast of the Red Sea. Spent 3 days here. Went Scuba Diving in the Red Sea, in the top 10 diving spots in the world. Went down to 8 metres, and also went snorkelling in the Blue Hole which was brilliant. Amazing aquatic life, I was swimming with schools of all types of tropical fish.
- Mt Sinai. Famous for being the mountain Moses came down after God gave him the 10 commandments. Arrived at 1am and hiked during the night and was able to watch a rather impressive sunrise at the peak (which was about -10 degrees, freezing)!!
- The traffic in Cairo. My God, I thought I was going to die so many times, that's right across Egypt really, but especially in Cairo, those that have been know what I'm talking about, they're insane!
We did so many more things and have a heap of great stories but like I said I would be here all day if I were to tell you about them. We had a brilliant time, and were disappointed to have to return, but now we can look forward to New York in a few days time! Hopefully a white Christmas.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Had to try the Dutch beer - TYSKIE!
Last weekend, Kate and I went to Derry, Northern Ireland with Matt, Zara and Neil. We stayed in Essex with Matt and Zara Friday night and left at 5am Saturday morning. We arrived in Derry around 8:30am and picked up our hire car that Neil had arranged for 2 days. We spent the day going to Giants Causeway (renowned unofficially as the 8th wonder of the world), brilliant place.
Mother Nature wasn't smiling upon us though, we had to battle gale force winds and chilling conditions, which in the end was pretty funny and added to the experience - especially climbing a cliff that had a big sign saying "Avoid in strong winds" and watching Matt have to crawl on his knees up each step just to get to the top! The rest of the afternoon was spent driving through small towns like Port Rush and Port Stewart and having a few beers.
That night we went out and had a big one! We drank a heap of beer, and had to try the Dutch beer TYSKIE which was on special for �2 (sic). They went down a treat and we ended up staying on then till we wiped them out, literally, and had to go back to something else. At 500ml at 5.6%, we were well and truly "happy" and moved on to a club till about 2am and called it a night!
Sunday morning we visited Kate's Grandad's grave who recently passed away and then drove to a classic little village called MUFF where the boys, as mature as we are, had pictures around the sign welcoming us to MUFF. We went to Donegal and Green Castle, and then made our way back to Derry.
Neil had to leave that night, and the rest of us went out to dinner, then went to a bar for a few drinks afterwards.
Monday we did a walking tour of Derry. We walked around the top of the city walls whilst getting an interesting, but biased , history of Derry and the conflict between the Irish and British from our tour guide! We then entered the Bogside and Free Derry where we walked amongst the murals and the same path the protesters took on Bloody Sunday and finished at the Bloody Sunday monument where 13 people were killed that day! Was pretty eerie standing there where it all took place, I won't forget it and now I love U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday even more! After that we had done everything we wanted to and had 7 hours to kill, so we went shopping, walked along the river, saw a movie (Sixty Six, I definitely DO NOT recommend it), and then had dinner, where I had 2.5 main meals, all cos they were on special!! WHAT A PIG!! A few beers later we were on our way to the airport and back to Essex by midnight. We all chucked a sickie the next day and got back to London Wednesday night.
2 weeks and we're in Egypt! Can't wait!!
Mother Nature wasn't smiling upon us though, we had to battle gale force winds and chilling conditions, which in the end was pretty funny and added to the experience - especially climbing a cliff that had a big sign saying "Avoid in strong winds" and watching Matt have to crawl on his knees up each step just to get to the top! The rest of the afternoon was spent driving through small towns like Port Rush and Port Stewart and having a few beers.
That night we went out and had a big one! We drank a heap of beer, and had to try the Dutch beer TYSKIE which was on special for �2 (sic). They went down a treat and we ended up staying on then till we wiped them out, literally, and had to go back to something else. At 500ml at 5.6%, we were well and truly "happy" and moved on to a club till about 2am and called it a night!
Sunday morning we visited Kate's Grandad's grave who recently passed away and then drove to a classic little village called MUFF where the boys, as mature as we are, had pictures around the sign welcoming us to MUFF. We went to Donegal and Green Castle, and then made our way back to Derry.
Neil had to leave that night, and the rest of us went out to dinner, then went to a bar for a few drinks afterwards.
Monday we did a walking tour of Derry. We walked around the top of the city walls whilst getting an interesting, but biased , history of Derry and the conflict between the Irish and British from our tour guide! We then entered the Bogside and Free Derry where we walked amongst the murals and the same path the protesters took on Bloody Sunday and finished at the Bloody Sunday monument where 13 people were killed that day! Was pretty eerie standing there where it all took place, I won't forget it and now I love U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday even more! After that we had done everything we wanted to and had 7 hours to kill, so we went shopping, walked along the river, saw a movie (Sixty Six, I definitely DO NOT recommend it), and then had dinner, where I had 2.5 main meals, all cos they were on special!! WHAT A PIG!! A few beers later we were on our way to the airport and back to Essex by midnight. We all chucked a sickie the next day and got back to London Wednesday night.
2 weeks and we're in Egypt! Can't wait!!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Fancy seeing you here!
So I woke up on Saturday morning, ready for another weekend in London, Kate and I went for a run, then I showered and headed down to the local pub with Knighter to consume some nectar from the Gods and to watch the Manchester United V Wigan game. I was on to my 4th pint, minding my own business with Knighter and Higgo when I hear a very familiar voice say "Fancy seeing you here" and when I looked and saw Carly I freaked out! I didn't know what to say, I was speechless for a good 5 mins or so, but I think I managed to mumble "What the hell" and "I can't believe this" a few times before my brain started ticking over again and I finally said "Let's get a drink!"
That set the tone for the rest of the night, we had one there, then went to the Walkabout in Putney for a couple, before going back home and proceeding to drink a bottle of JD, a bottle of Vodka, Malibu, Champagne, and anything else we could find that we had left in the house. Matt and Zara came down from Essex, and a mate of Higgos also came around, the rest is a blur to me!! Apparently we hit the town later that night, went into Piccadilly and found a pub selling £1.60 pints and 2 for 1 Apple Martinis, but that was after Carly (all class of course), tripped on a gutter and literally face planted on the road. Mind you, this is outside Piccadilly Circus, thousands of people everywhere, but as always, it didn't phase her at all. We've got some good pics of the night.
Sunday, Kate, Carly, Lauren and I went to Covent Garden, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, No 10 Downing Street, and finished at the Eye, which I hadn't been on yet.
Last night we caught up with Tommy B for 40 mins before he flew out of London for good. Tonight we'll probably watch a Champions League game at the pub, the girls have a lot planned for the days and nights we have: Wednesday we have tickets to see the Lion King, Thursday the girls are going to ladies night at The Larrick, Friday we have Matt's mate's birthday near Liverpool St, so that will be a big night and Saturday hopefully we're all going to the Port V Geelong game thanks to Lauren, and then hitting the town again one last time before the girls leave.
It's been really good having Carly here, AS WEIRD AS SHE IS, I still can't believe it by the way! Great surprise, and well done to all of you who knew and didn't give it away! Bludgers!!!!
(Tyson's big brother, Brenton, says: "Tys, do your bro a favour and try and keep her over there for as long as possible.")
That set the tone for the rest of the night, we had one there, then went to the Walkabout in Putney for a couple, before going back home and proceeding to drink a bottle of JD, a bottle of Vodka, Malibu, Champagne, and anything else we could find that we had left in the house. Matt and Zara came down from Essex, and a mate of Higgos also came around, the rest is a blur to me!! Apparently we hit the town later that night, went into Piccadilly and found a pub selling £1.60 pints and 2 for 1 Apple Martinis, but that was after Carly (all class of course), tripped on a gutter and literally face planted on the road. Mind you, this is outside Piccadilly Circus, thousands of people everywhere, but as always, it didn't phase her at all. We've got some good pics of the night.
Sunday, Kate, Carly, Lauren and I went to Covent Garden, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, No 10 Downing Street, and finished at the Eye, which I hadn't been on yet.
Last night we caught up with Tommy B for 40 mins before he flew out of London for good. Tonight we'll probably watch a Champions League game at the pub, the girls have a lot planned for the days and nights we have: Wednesday we have tickets to see the Lion King, Thursday the girls are going to ladies night at The Larrick, Friday we have Matt's mate's birthday near Liverpool St, so that will be a big night and Saturday hopefully we're all going to the Port V Geelong game thanks to Lauren, and then hitting the town again one last time before the girls leave.
It's been really good having Carly here, AS WEIRD AS SHE IS, I still can't believe it by the way! Great surprise, and well done to all of you who knew and didn't give it away! Bludgers!!!!
(Tyson's big brother, Brenton, says: "Tys, do your bro a favour and try and keep her over there for as long as possible.")
Monday, October 09, 2006
Sorry haven't been in touch, not a lot of news of late that's probably why. I started work a few weeks ago, temping in a call centre, but last Tuesday I started a fulltime permanant role with a company called Corpex who are an Internet hosting company so things are going well. I'm trying to get a second job at the moment in a pub at nights to try and pay off my debt and save for more travels, so hopefully can get one of those soon as well.
Grand Final day here was great, had a best mate, his girlfriend and his sister come over from France to spend it with Kate and I. Started drinking at 4am, game started at 5:30am, watched it in a nearby pub that was chockers and had an unbelievable atmosphere, they also sold meat pies which are very scarce over here so that was a bonus.
Besides that haven't been doing a lot, just catching up with a few people here and there, going out for a couple of beers a couple of times a week, and watching football (soccer) at pubs on weekends. Trying not to spend too much at the moment as I have nothing to spend of my own money anyway, so being responsible about it.
I'll try to keep in touch a bit more over the next couple of months, haven't got to much planned in that time, might go to Northern Ireland, and possibly Scotland and Wales but would need to get 2 jobs soon in order to possible do so.
Grand Final day here was great, had a best mate, his girlfriend and his sister come over from France to spend it with Kate and I. Started drinking at 4am, game started at 5:30am, watched it in a nearby pub that was chockers and had an unbelievable atmosphere, they also sold meat pies which are very scarce over here so that was a bonus.
Besides that haven't been doing a lot, just catching up with a few people here and there, going out for a couple of beers a couple of times a week, and watching football (soccer) at pubs on weekends. Trying not to spend too much at the moment as I have nothing to spend of my own money anyway, so being responsible about it.
I'll try to keep in touch a bit more over the next couple of months, haven't got to much planned in that time, might go to Northern Ireland, and possibly Scotland and Wales but would need to get 2 jobs soon in order to possible do so.
