Hello again. This blog entry is a mish-mash of lots of little details.
I got up at 6:30 this morning to go and meet Emily at the airport. After showering, I went online to check her flight status fortunately, for I suddenly realized that her flight is scheduled to leave Toronto at 21:50 tonight, May 29, arriving at 9:55 tomorrow morning. I had misread it as she was arriving 9:55 on May 29. So I took the opportunity to go to a walk-in clinic about a persistent sore throat/tickly cough I've had the last week or two to make sure it wasn't anything serious. The message I got was that it's a virus and Ibuprofin and hot drinks/good hydration are the best remedy. It's a rainy, uninspiring day here, so I think I'll do a bit of planning for my tutoring students and then relax with a good book or movie...maybe a puzzle.
This is an example of the clothing collection flyers that come through our mail slot at least twice a week here every week without fail. They promise that you are helping people in Britain who collect, grade, and transport the clothing, and people in Third World countries who earn money sorting them, and who can access inexpensive clothing. I'm less than certain about the benefits to the Third World nations receiving this charity, but they must have a lot of people convinced given how many different organizations send around weekly or bi-weekly flyers soliciting my unwanted clothes.
This is a map showing the approximate route of my trip around Europe with Karen this August. (We've revised the schedule since I drew this map, so the numbers don't all conincide perfectly.) The stopping points are as follows: 1) London; 2) Paris; 3) Bruges (Belgium); 4) near Koln (Germany: to visit IVEP friends); 5) Amsterdam; 6)Berlin; 7) via Prague to Vienna; 8) Salzburg; 9) Ingolstadt (near Munich, to visit another IVEP friend); 10) Zurich (Switzerland); 11) Bern (Switzerland: to visit another IVEP friend); 12) Venice; 13) Rome; 14) Cinque Terre (Italy) 15) Avignon (France) via Nice; 16) Barcelona (Spain); 17) Lisbon (Portugal).
And this is a picture of Primrose Hill, where I had a picnic with Theresa and Jess (Cdn teacher friends) last Saturday. The weather was gorgeous and the hill afforded a nice view of London as you can see in the picture above.
Interesting bits of news, Jules! It is surely good that you checked the plane schedule before going to the airport... now you have a pleasant vacation day before your visitor arrives... and a chance to get your throat irritation checked.
ReplyDeleteI need to get the atlas out, with your itinerary in front of me, and see the actual cities on the map. Sounds exciting... not to speak of a full 5.5 weeks!