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Rach's Reading Challenge
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 06/09
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - 08/09
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - 09/09
6 The Bible - HC
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - PG
8= Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
8= His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
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Matt & Rach's Amazing Californian Roadtrip Adventure 2009
Hi All,
This is the master post of the journal that I kept while we toured round California this summer. Links to each day are below, nav arrows will move between days.
Day 1 - On Which Matt & Rach Spend 14 Hours in Shiny Metal Birds in the Sky
Day 2 - On Which Matt & Rach Explore Hollywood and the Beach, and Walk a Lot
Day 3 - On Which Matt & Rach ( Read more... ) -
Days 17 & 18 - On Which Matt & Rach Spend Too Much Time Travelling
Summary: Flying home, with delays and no luggage.
Itinerary said: 9:00 Flight to Philly - annoy rach Laugh at the thought of Matt in baggage hold
22:40 Flight to LHR - sleep with rach Chill out - Matt’s in the baggage hold
24th 11:05 Arrive LHR L say goodbye to rach FOREVER(and a week) Leave Matt alone and abandoned on ( Read more... ) -
Day 16 - On Which Matt & Rach See More Sights, Eat Steak and Are Geeky About Harry Potter
Summary: More Yosemite in the morning, all-you-can-eat buffet, Harry Potter film
Itinerary said: More Yosemite kidnap the bear If it’s a baby one
Sleep at SFO airport - hijack a plane Attempt to put Matt in baggage hold
We got up early to try to do things before the heat kicked in. We drove up to Wawona to look at the trees (though we didn ( Read more... ) -
Day 15 - On Which Matt & Rach Visit A Pretty Amazing Place and Eat Cheese
Summary: Yosemite
Itinerary said: Drive to Yosemite
Camp at Wawona meet a bear. If it’s a baby one
We got up at 5 this morning to give ourselves the maximum time possible in Yosemite. We said goodbye to Pauline, as she was going to spend a few days with Julie and Dan, and were on the road by 6.20.
We stopped at ( Read more... ) -
Day 14 - On Which Matt & Rach Ride Cable Cars and Buffalo Buffalo
Summary: San Francisco
Itinerary said: Davis/San Francisco/Sacramento
Stay with Bekebredes annoy rachs family Attempt to leave Matt in Cali
We headed to Berkeley first thing today to see Julie, Dan and their new baby Chassis. Then, while Pauline stayed there, Al dropped us in San Francisco, after driving across the ( Read more... ) -
Day 13 - On Which Matt & Rach Sample the Local Vintages
Summary: Wine tasting!
Itinerary said: Davis/San Francisco/Sacramento
Stay with Bekebredes - perfect American accent Apologise for Matt
We had a lazy morning while Pauline and Cristina were in church, we looked at photos we’d taken so far and skimmed through emails to make sure that there was nothing requiring ( Read more... ) -
Day 12 - On Which Matt & Rach go Sight-Seeing and Entertain Young Children
Summary: Old Sacramento, playing in pool, Sacramento in the evening
Itinerary said: Davis/San Francisco/Sacramento
Stay with Bekebredes - attempt American accent Apologise for Matt
We had Eggs Benedict for breakfast - it was very odd to be eating cooked food that early in the morning and not continental/ ( Read more... ) -
Day 11 - On Which Matt & Rach are Bored on the Interstate, and Meet the Family
Summary: Bridge in Redding, wandering around UC Davis, barbeque with family
Itinerary said: Drive south on interstate. Return car to Sacramento, 7pm.
Stay with Bekebredes Apologise for Matt
We drove up to Redding again first thing to see the Sundial bridge - pretty cool. Was ridiculous how hot it was, even at 9am. We then drove down the ( Read more... )