Heading towards the motorway from where we spent Friday night on our road trip to Scotland.
Well, I'm starting to recover now after an intense, three day driving trip to Scotland. Six of us decided that as a last celebration of our program we should take a trip together. It was a fun time, and I know everyone enjoyed themselves. I have written up a three page Scottish adventure article which has some photos in it. That will have to suffice until I get the rest of my photos up hopefully later this week.
And then there was one
Pablo and I stand on the West Hampstead Thameslink platform waiting for his train to Luton.
Even now the post-project microadventure is drawing to a close. As of yesterday, my project term colleagues have all left and while I plan one more visit to Reading before I go, there isn't much time left before I return to Canada. Not that everything stops when I get home, quite the opposite, but it does get a fair bit colder. :)
Today however, I plan to take advantage of my London location and go visit the British Museum. After that, I may wander around downtown somewhere, maybe pay a visit to the Apple Store. At least I am well rested, yesterday for some reason I couldn't stop falling asleep. And because of that, for the first time in as long as I can remember, I was asleep last night before midnight. It was weird.
Final Chapter
With about 12 hours left until my flight back to Canada, I am currently writing the final chapter for this adventure. Not to say that there won't be other adventures in the future, but those will be other stories. There will hopefully be one encore to this adventure come July, but that section is still being story-boarded.
The past couple of days have been pretty subdued, although today I did go in for some treatments at the spa—always relaxing. Now I have all of my stuff packed into two suitcases, and I hope that everything makes the flight tomorrow. It is a direct flight which means minimal man-handling of my baggage, but one never knows. Actually if I can check the baggage in without it being overweight I would be satisfied. I've already checked in online, so hopefully that will speed things up tomorrow at the airport. I'm getting a drive there and it will be a bit early, which I always like because if I get rushed I get stressed and warm, and I start to sweat, and that isn't something anyone wants.
The next time I write I will be on the "other side of the pond."
True North
Well, I made it home safe and sound along with all of my luggage, so I guess I should be happy. The weather here is a lot colder than London but I was expecting that. I guess it isn't time to retire my winter wardrobe just yet. I'm off to bed to take care of this jet lag. Cheers.
Coda
What Now?
Well, it would seem that for the most part, my Europe Adventure is over. It has been an amazing time. Now, I am reviving the ailing colinbate.com and going to make a go of it over there. All the best.
Times
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- 13:01 (Feb 25, 2021)
- Reading/London, United Kindom
- 17:01 (Feb 25, 2021)
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- 19:01 (Feb 25, 2021)
- Madrid, Spain
- 18:01 (Feb 25, 2021)
- Guatemala, Guatemala
- 10:01 (Feb 25, 2021)
Leganés
- Schedule 2006 (pdf/14KB)
Reading
Thessaloniki
- Term Schedule (pdf/7KB)
- Weekly Schedule (pdf/45KB)
- Marked up City Map (jpg/650KB)
Something Different
- Athens Trip (March 2006)
- Barcelona Trip (December 2006)
- Scottish Adventure (April 2007)
Friends and Colleagues
- Enrique (aka. Q)
- Pablo Acuña [es] (photos [en][es])
- Daniel Perez
- Ionas Pagkalos [en][el]
- Simon Kohlberger [en][de]
- Nadia [es]
Places of Interest
- Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association
- Euro Coins — Identify the various national Euro coins.
- Word Reference — great multi-language dictionary site.