it is now 6 weeks til my birthday, so I thought I would post a new present wishlist, especially given i did not do one for christmas.
I do not expect presents, but i do like them, and of course any present chosen with love and care will be appreciated.
But for those with choice anxiety here is a list of things that make me have grabby hands.

Books:
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Just blogged about my favourite thing - YARN!
and travelling - so TWO of my favourite things!
For anyone wondering JUST how much yarn i bought overseas, you can read all about it here
( or you can just look at the photos under here... )

or: 'the drinking continues...'

Between the warm up in ireland and the marathon in london I have regained my drinking powers! But lets keep me away from the absinthe!

I didn't do heaps of touristy stuff in london, but the thing I did do were awesome!
( v and a, high tea, tower of london and general funness )

ok, so I got slightly distracted in london, but here, at last, is my dublin update!

I arrived in dublin at around 1pm after getting up at 4.30am in paris, to catch a flight via frankfurt.

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anyway, I arrived, but as many of you know, my luggage did not. They assured me it would arrive on the next flight at around 6pm, and I breezed my way ( Read more... )

and so, i finally get on to the tales of prague, berlin and dublin.
i believe when i left you i had arrived in prague and gorged myself on cheese - a rare occurance on bothe counts.
( prague... berlin... )

well, here is the long overdue europe post!

i headed out of paris on monday june 22nd, and went to agen via bordeaux to visit smange  and thornae . there was a bit of a hold up in bordeaux... i was frantically looking for the train to agen and i went to ask what platform it might be on, and the man shook his head took my ticket and handed me another ticket - for ( Read more... )

JC found me absolutely awesome people to board with in Paris - except they weren't there! They were in italy, but after some very awkward phone calls in french I got the address from their sort of house sitter, Laura, who had been told about me, and made it to the most awesome french apartment right in place de clichy. Laura is a 19 year old ( Read more... )

( adventures in a northern land )

( nyc - this is long! )

chicago was lovely.

i didn't do heaps, but i did go to the shedd aquarium and the field museum and to the top of the john hancock observatory - it's about the same height as the empire state in NYC. the view was amazing and it was a very clear day. the information on the audio (narrated by david schwimmer) was great too. did you know the ferris ( Read more... )