With nine days scheduled off of work, what's a girl to do? Grab a friend and head to Europe! After a nine hour overnight flight we have arrived in London! We made friends with the custom agent at the airport...his advice 'it's Saturday find a pub have a few pints so you won't remember today tomorrow' we figure being awake for 24+ hours may just have the same effect! After quick showers we took the train into downtown London, caught our first glance of Big Ben, ...

It was another grey and rainy day in London. We spent today exploring London on a double decker bus...Picadilly Circus, Tower Bridge Trafalger Square etc. We took a break from sightseeing and did some shopping on Oxford and Carnaby Streets. I didn't leave empty handed, Heather on the other hand has some catching up to do! After wandering around in London trying to find a pub with an empty table for supper we decided heading back towards our hotel was a better ...

After one month of fun and sun it was time to face reality and head back to winter and work...The one thing I am looking forward to when I get home is talking to people I actually know! Today has been a very very long travel day...my alarm went off at 4am, quick shower and check out then off to the San Jose airport, the rest of the day went something like this... A 6 hour flight from San Jose to Calgary which I managed to stay awake through by making a new frie...

So as a last minute decision I went on a day trip to Tortuga Island today. We took a catamaran from Puntarenas for an hour and a half through the Nicoya gulf to Tortuga Island. There I went snorkeling and saw some really pretty fish, starfish and an octopus... After snorkeling we had lunch...ceviche to start which I hadn't tried until today and now I'm wondering where I can have more before I leave..salads and then caribbean chicken...all very yummy! Then I sp...

So not much happened yesterday...I sat by the pool and finished a book swam a little and started on my 5th book! Today has been a little more eventful. I spent the afternoon with a couple from Minnesota. We tried some weird concoctions from the swim up bar, egg nog, orange fanta and rum...think buried treasure...And not so good! After that we decided to stick to the good stuff! I had dinner tonight at one of the a la carte restaurants, the food there was delici...