Learning stuff

I had to make a tough decision today. The downside (yes, there is one!) of my exciting travel plans is that doing any study this semester is going to be virtually impossible – even though most of the time I’ll be away is during the university vacation, I’ll still be missing a week and a…

Meetup and moving

Well that turned into a busy sort of day. It started with a breakfast meetup at Trattorie, attended by me, lytteltonwitch, awhina, Mr awhina, meerkitten and giraffe02, and angela7715. As always, London and the Bookcrossing World Tour were the main topics of conversation, plus the clean up of the database (who knew a simple question…

And now, Hawai'i!

Everything’s starting to come together nicely. I joined the Oahu BC yahoo group a couple of days ago, but it’s a closed group, so I had to wait for approval before I could post anything. The approval came through this morning, so I sent a post asking if anyone could host me, and got an…

Drumroll please…

My official itinerary: Wed 9 April Leave Christchurch 2.35 pmArrive Perth 8.45 pm (via Sydney) Thu 10 Perth Fri 11 Leave Perth 12 noonArrive Singapore 5.25 pm Sat 12 Singapore Sun 13 Leave Singapore 10.55 pm Mon 14 Arrive London 5.15 amTrain to Wales Tue 15 Wales Wed 16 Wales(Meetup in Cardiff?) Thu 17 Train…

O Canada

I have somewhere to stay in Ottawa! I got busy today* and joined several bookcrossing yahoo groups in the areas I’m going to, and posted messages seeking accommodation. And I just got an email from princess1984 offering a bed for the two nights I’ll be in Ottawa, and to pick me up and drop me…