http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana My thoughts on living and working in the UK and holidaying in Europe Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:06:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay so it's been almost two months since I properly wrote in my journal, so hopefully this entry won't seem too rushed but I want to update everyone and also get up to speed on current happenings... So returning from Turkey coincided with the end of the 6-month rental agreement Mara ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/update-a-long-time-coming.html Well, ANZAC Day in Gallipoli was definitely an experience of a lifetime and one I would encourage any Aussies and Kiwis, even Turks and Brits to attend (oh and the French), as all of those countries lost men fighting for their freedom, and ours. We travelled on the Lets Go bus ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/gallipoli-reflection-one-month-on.html Well I've just written so much, and waffled on about Istanbul and it's sights that I'm going to regather my thoughts before writing about my actual ANZAC day experience http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/a-small-pause.html The Wednesday morning (our day 3, but tour day 1) was an early start, where Mara and I were near-close to being first for breakfast. Yum, the hotel (4*) did put on a good breakfast. The only problems with the Hotel was the smelly (yukk) bathrooms (the water smells) and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/touring-turkey-start-of-5-day-tour.html Quite a while ago, after attending services for years in Alice Springs, I decided I really wanted to attend the ANZAC Day memorial this year, in Gallipoli (Galibolu), Turkey. After searching through TNT Magazine Mara and I decided on OnTheGo tours and their 5 day 'Digger' Silver package. It was a holiday ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/turkey-and-istanbul.html Okay so a while ago I was feeling a bit down on London and meeting new people (lack of etc) so my friend Ali suggested I join a 'team sport' instead of just going to gym... so after much research and looking around I decided on Kickboxing! Not exactly the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/kick-boxing.html Well what a busy time it has been lately - April came and went very quickly. I gave my month's notice on the 18 Holsworthy sharehouse and am still trying to get the agents to give back my deposit, or even answer our phonecalls for that matter... Umm so yes a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/april-now-over.html Today, Sunday 6 April the Olympic Torch came on it's journey through London. Naomi, a colleague of mine from when I used to work for 2012 and I met up at Canary Wharf (with me running late) JUST in time to see the Flame being run by..... the torch-bearer was ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/the-olympic-flame-comes-to-london.html Well it has been done - I have survived a British winter. Last Sunday morning at 0200 hours we had to wind forward the clocks one hour, so that we now have more hours of sunligh, and nicely the sun has actually been shining a bit lately too... (except for ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/british-summer-time.html Well Friday morning I headed off and had a good training session at the gym; in preparation for the 4 days of Easter! At about 130pm Mara and I arrived at Liverpool Street station to catch the train out to Stansted... we had it planned to meet Sarah and Emma there ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lijadana/cork.html