All Greeced Up

Reviewing my last post - I was sick, but it's all gone now. You know how when you're NOT sick, you can't remember ever being sick? Well...that's how my brain works.

Anyway, I had a GREAT time in England. So thanks for that, Pommies and ex-pats. Staying with Amanda and Jayse was great, and then staying with my brother David and Lynelle was also super awesome. Dave and I played some pool, drank some beers, watched some movies - the day trip to Bath was a highlight, and all in all, it was really, really great catching up time.

Weekend trips to London were good too - Charlotte Mee has turned into one foxy momma, and exploring Brick Lane with her and the lovely ladies in her family was good fun. Hampstead Heath with Giulia Boracci and Craig Abrahams and friends - just sensational. I believe that day was the hottest day EVER RECORDED in England, and it was nice that I was comfortable in jeans still.

One Saturday I caught up with Patricia McCormick near Hyde Park, and, all excited to see Speaker's Corner, I was madly let down when there was no-one speaking, and no-one even THERE. Luckily, things picked up when on Buckingham Palace Road, a huge parade was happening with many grand looking horses and gentlemen trouncing along. Eccentrics, tourists and police were out in force, and a lovely morning was had by all.

Patricia and I bought a sandwich and a lager, caught up and ate/drank whilst watching street performers in Covent Gardens Market, pulled together a half-dozen more friends (including the lovely known-to-roll-a-car-at-Kakadu, Carole Irwin), and we drank Pimms at Udderbelly underneath the London Eye. Not entirely satisfied (but really we were, you know), we had another round at Blackfriars, before I wished Carole goodbye after a sensational catch-up afternoon. Love ya, Carole!

To Brick Lane - curry and beer and some bowling with Amanda, Jayse, Patricia and Anne. More beer. Good night. Back to Thatcham.

And, after a last-second hang-out with Trevor Letcher at the Imperial War Museum (everyone should go there - it's GREAT!), I had Dave and Lynelle drop me off at Heathrow on the same day, saw the silly English goalie allow a US goal to slip through his fingers, and then I nicked off to Athens.

So - with 38 teenager school girls in tow, we did Athens, Delphi, Paros and Santorini. The weather was hot, the trip was over before it began, I'm a little tired right now, but overall - life's great. I'm flying to Frankfurt tomorrow to chaperon the next 'Greece' group of teens back to Athens. I'm getting to go to Istanbul for a day-trip on this next tour! Yay!

Well...yeah....life's pretty good. Greece has been fantastic - swimming, food, sunsets, history, a funny guy selling cherries and a cute kid trying to coyly steal my camera. Check my photos on facebook. For now - I sign off from my light-hearted musings on my life. Much love to y'all.