Current mood:

hungry

An Update
OK, so I´m actually currently in Seville, Spain, but this is the update I wrote a few days before I left and quite frankly its dinner time and I´m hungry and I can´t be bothered editing it :)

Itineary at the bottom if any one´s interested . . .

Well, after several months of stuffing around, its finally happening. I've taken the job in Tuscany and at the beginning of July I'm off to seek sunshine and adventure in far away lands (again) :)

Before I go, my dear friend Jen is coming over from Australia for a visit. We'll be spending 2 weeks travelling around southern Spain and Madrid, thence to Morocco to soak up the culture in Marrakech for a week. After that we'll be flying back to London for a day or two before Jen heads back to Aus and I head off to Italy at the beginning of July, were I'll working at the art centre in Tuscany till around the end of September. In early October my dear friend Katie, also from Australia, is coming over for a visit and we'll be spending 5 or 6 weeks doing a whirlwind tour of Western Europe, before Katie heads home I eventually get back to London in mid November (just in time for the English winter!)

I am very lucky in that my work is allowing me the time off as leave without pay and to return to my job when I get back in November.

I'll be giving notice on my flat, putting some stuff into storage and looking for a new room when I get back to London (to all my London friends I may ask to crash on your couch for a few days when I get back :) ).

A big thank-you to everyone in the UK, Australia and everywhere else in between for your friendship and support over the last 18 months. I know I'm not always the best at keeping in touch, but I hope by now everyone realises that doesn't mean you are far from my thoughts, where ever I happen to be in the world a the time :)

On a practical note, my personal email address will be staying the same, but I'll be changing my mob number from Sun 10th June to one that works while I'm on the continent. A friend of mine has kindly agreed to receive my post in the UK for me while I'm away, and of course I'll try to post to my LJ (

Below is a more detailed intermarry for anyone who's interested.

Cheers
S.

Sarah's Itinerary from June - November 2007

Friday 8th June - My last day of work at council

Sat 9th June - Jen arrives from Australia (yyyyaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!)

Mon 11th June - Jen and I fly to Seville in southern Spain for 4 days, possibly do a day trip to Cordoba.

Fri 15th June - Travel by train to Granada for 4 days.

Tue 19th June - Head to Costa d' Almera on the Spanish coast, probably stay in the little town of San Jose by the beach for a few days and soak up some Spanish sunshine.

Fri 22nd June - Travel by train to Madrid and spend the weekend with our friend and her family.

Mon 25th June - Fly to Marrakech in Morocco for 5 days.

Sat 30th June - Jen and I fly back to London. My leaving drinks in London on Sat night - last chance to see my London friends b4 I'm off for the summer!

Sun 1st July - Jen flies back to Australia

Mon 2nd July - I fly to Pisa then travel to Casole d' Elsa in Tuscany to work, paint and lye in the Tuscan sun at the Verrocchio Art Centre (

www.verrocchio.co.uk) for three months.
Early October - Katie arrives from Australia (yyyyaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!). Spend 5 or 6 weeks travelling around Western Europe.

Early to Mid November - Back to London.

Mon 12th Nov - First day back at work for council in London.