London - Sunday 2nd to Tuesday 4th January Despite my iPhone alarm not going off when it should have I made it to the train on time to travel back to London. A quick stop back to Kelly & Will's to leave my pack, I headed into Coventry Gardens to have dinner with my cousin, Collin & Katie. We had some quite nice (& mild) Mexican at Wahaca, which is owned and run by a British Masterchef winner. It was lovely to catch up with them. Monday 3rd Jan. I...

Arrived!! Well after a very long journey from Melbourne to London I am tired and ready for bed. The flight left Melbourne without any hassels and I was seated in row 71 on the lovely Boeing 747. The rows only go to 73, so I was right at the back. However I had an aisle seat with only one seat between myself and the window. In that seat was a lovely Melbourne guy on his way back to London after spending Christmas with his family. Ricky was a fantastic guy to si...

Saturday 18th September This weekend was Open House London, where 500 of London's buildings are opened to the public. Such buildings as the King's Library at the British Museum, Bank of England, 30 St Mary Axe (also known as The Gherkin), Westminster Hall & Portcullis, Buddist Centres, Hindu Temple's, etc. Absolutely huge number of a huge variety of buildings. The Gherkin, I would say would have to have been the main attraction, with it's unusual appearance ...

Much travelling has occured over the last month and now it's time to refill the bank account and start saving for my big Contiki Tour in the summer. I've got 2 days, which could extend to 3 permanent days at one school. This is great to have guaranteed work every week. I'm basically job sharing with the Deputy Headteacher to teach the year 3 class. Having a few teething problems dealing with some boys who have no respect for females. *sigh* But me being me,...

Back home, back to work . . .