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France for the day!

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Last night at ten to twelve we decided to go to France for the day. As you do! We booked our tickets online and had to be at the ferry terminal at a quarter to seven. Two jet-lagged travellers who haven’t been up before 10am most mornings! Uncle Mark drove us there, and we were over to the coast of France in just over an hour. [read on]

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 ... [Continue reading this entry]

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]