Well, folks.

It seems my pre-disposition to prolonged absences between posts has become habitual, if not expected. It's been over 10 days since my last stop-in here. I was in London from the 7th, expecting to stay only seven days and stretching out my stint to over 2 weeks.

London this time was a bit more eventfull, I spent a lot of time hanging with Hilary and her friends. She was in town to record on an album with a mate of hers, who as it turns out is a reasonably well known UK pop-star. It was a bit surreal spending time with a celebrity in bars, clubs, etc while jaunting around town. I felt like such a groupie. :)

The house with the Orange door has been an absolute zoo. The owner Axel was off to South Africa with his girlfriend and kids for an eight week holliday. This means of course that each on of his borders had guests staying in the house. In addition to the regular residents, Hilary, myself, and a South African girl have been staying there as well. It's been a bustling planet of activity non-stop. With people partying, drinking, cooking, and running around like cranked-out ants under glass.

I spent a fair amount of my London evenings haunting a hostel-bar called the Generator in Russell Square, trying to meet travelers and searching for New Year's ideas. I managed to hit it off really well with the staff there, and I've been offered a job if I manage to get my Visa in order. It's a pretty cool place, though I am ever mindfull of the hostel-trap and don't want to get stuck partying in Europe again. I remind myself constantly that I'm here to travel and learn. I must resist this Dark Side whenever possible, as it's much "Quicker, and more sedcutive"

I finally decided that Prague for new year's eve sounded pretty good. So In a fit of self-presevation ( I was dangerously close to staying at the Generator to party ) I grabbed the cheapest ticket I could find off of the island, which landed me in Amsterdam. I've been here two days and I'm leaving for Berlin in a few hours. Afterwards, off to Prague. It will cold there - no doubt. I have some strange cold-war associations with eastern Europe which always cause me to picture destinations like Prague covered in snow. So in that vein it only seems appropriate. Also, Prague will be cheap. I'm a big fan of cheap. (Hell, I AM pretty cheap)

That's it for now, I think i'll post some pictures here in a bit. They've been piling up.

Have a Happy Christmas all, I love and miss you all like crazy.