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Jersey Evening Post and dinner out

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

I spent this morning at the Jersey Evening Post. It was really insightful, they have their printing press in the back of the building so Sue Le Ruez, the current editor, took me through the morning meeting and midday meetings, and Carl took me from there around the subs right out to the printing presses. [read on]

Jersey Zoo

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

We went to check out the Jersey Zoo, now known as the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which I doubt a lot of tourists would understand. But the difference is the majority of animals belonging there are on their way to extinction or being observed to help those that are nearly extinct. [read on]

Yuck summer weather

Sunday, May 27th, 2007
It rained all night last night, and is due to rain for the following 36 hours, which totally sucks! But Gran picked us up and we went to visit Uncle Peter and his sister Yvone. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Jersey Foire

Saturday, May 26th, 2007
   Today we went to Jersey’s annual agricultural fair at the Royal Jersey Showgrounds. It was a decent size for a country fair, with old cars and motorbikes on ... [Continue reading this entry]

Shopping!

Friday, May 25th, 2007
 We hit the shops today in the town of St Helier, walked up the main street in about 20 minutes, then ... [Continue reading this entry]

Coast Drive

Thursday, May 24th, 2007
Gran came and collected us today and we all went out for a drive up to Greve de Lecq, in the north of the island, where we had lobster for lunch. It was ... [Continue reading this entry]

Leaving London

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
It took us longer to get to Gatwick Airport than the actual flight to Jersey! We had our packs (14kg thank you very much) strapped to our backs and navigated through the East London line, across the Jubillee Line and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Orientation

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

We went into First Contact today for our orientation and to set up our bank accounts. It wasn’t a long process and we were fairly prepared so we skipped out of there when done.
At night we had to get ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lethargy

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
I’m a bit lost with the days, and although the jet-lag is over, Lija and I are still experiencing the deep sleep during the day. In other words, at about 3am in Australia we would be going through our deepest ... [Continue reading this entry]

…Nobody puts Baby in a corner…

Monday, May 21st, 2007
This does actually refer to the stage musical Dirty Dancing, as my pathetic attempts to dirty dance would probably find me on the ground in the dirt rather than in some sexy pose! But more to that later... Because our big ... [Continue reading this entry]