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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Getting there...

We went for a walk after supper tonight. I love the long evenings; we got home after nine and it was still light. The bluebells are all gone by now but the irises are beautiful...

 
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This is the sky, reflected in the water...

 
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We are very lucky to live somewhere so beautiful. The only snag is that it's so far away from South Africa. We have been researching flights to SA - thinking of a trip either this summer, or maybe at Christmas time - but it's so damn expensive I'm not sure we can swing it. And I just had a look at the cost of flights in February (thinking they'd be a lot cheaper as it's not a peak time of year for travel)but even they're over £500 each. (Multiply by about 1.5 for US dollars; by 13 for rands...) Ugh. I got all excited when I found cheap fares advertised through Air Afrikiyah (Libya's airline) but when I phoned the travel agency it was one of those cheat fares where they don't include the taxes in the quote, so it was no cheaper than any other airline. Plus, it would have meant we had to spend an entire day and an entire night in Tripoli airport. I would do it for bargain price fare but given that it's not actually a bargain price fare it doesn't seem appealing.

In other, happier, news, I am starting to see light at the end of my PGCE tunnel. I finished off one of my assignments today; my aim is to have the others finished by the end of the week. And then it'll be half-term - a whole week of freedom! Handing-in day is June 1st; I'm trying to avoid having yet another holiday ruined by having to slog away at assigments.

2 comments:

Lisa said...

Hopping up and down with anticipation at the thought of your visit!

Annalise said...

Don't hop too hard just yet, not sure if we're going to make it this year... xx