Packing it all in
Both literally and figuratively - as on Monday Liorah, Naomi and I head off for Spain and Morocco on holiday, and it only occured to me last week that I was basically not coming back! So Easter was spent trying to pack acquired odds and ends tardis-like into a 3cu foot box for shipment to Australia, with hopes that the rest of my belongings will fit back into the suitacase and pack that I came over here with. Luckily my flatmate has agreed to suitcase-sit while I am travelling, so I am officially moving out of the flat on Monday too - I will be homeless! (cue violins and dramatic sighing).
I have been really busy the past few weeks travelling and catching up with people, and I should really have blogged more - I might try to do some about my trips to Wiltshire, Northumbria, Rome and Krakow in Poland, but in the meantime there are photos posted on my flikr site which will give a bit of a flavour of what I have been seeing and doing.
I have been talking to people here about what is left as a must-see that I haven't done; there's the touristy stuff like the London Eye etc, but perhaps I will avoid that for the reasons I have avoided it so far - that's not the real London, and not the bits I have become fond of. Instead, I think I will make one last visit to Borough Market, a trip to Konditor and Cook for amazing cake(with Liorah and Nomes obviously), a run around the Thames Path to burn the cake off and see the rowers, and will spend some time wandering through the grubby charming streets of Soho. There is a rumour that a new Kiwi run cafe called 'Flat White' has opened up near me (you can't get a flat white anywhere in London, or good coffee at all for that matter, other than at Bar Italia - if you want a £4 latte!), and I am looking forward to tracking it down, being told to find a 'pozzie' and that they will be with me in a 'tic'.
Well, so Nomes arrives Saturday evening, Liorah on Sunday morning, and I still haven't begun packing, must get around to this shortly!
I have been really busy the past few weeks travelling and catching up with people, and I should really have blogged more - I might try to do some about my trips to Wiltshire, Northumbria, Rome and Krakow in Poland, but in the meantime there are photos posted on my flikr site which will give a bit of a flavour of what I have been seeing and doing.
I have been talking to people here about what is left as a must-see that I haven't done; there's the touristy stuff like the London Eye etc, but perhaps I will avoid that for the reasons I have avoided it so far - that's not the real London, and not the bits I have become fond of. Instead, I think I will make one last visit to Borough Market, a trip to Konditor and Cook for amazing cake(with Liorah and Nomes obviously), a run around the Thames Path to burn the cake off and see the rowers, and will spend some time wandering through the grubby charming streets of Soho. There is a rumour that a new Kiwi run cafe called 'Flat White' has opened up near me (you can't get a flat white anywhere in London, or good coffee at all for that matter, other than at Bar Italia - if you want a £4 latte!), and I am looking forward to tracking it down, being told to find a 'pozzie' and that they will be with me in a 'tic'.
Well, so Nomes arrives Saturday evening, Liorah on Sunday morning, and I still haven't begun packing, must get around to this shortly!
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