Crossing over to "the other side"...

Wow, for years I've been so scathing about the blog and chatroom culture, which is admittedly kind of unjustified, since some people who I would call very good friends are regular bloggers! But here I am, getting ready for travels, and realising that this is the only way I can realistically keep everyone up-to-date (everyone that wants to be kept up-to-date - I realise most people will just do what I do and glance at this once and never do it again!). But I can certainly see the merits in keeping in touch with close friends and family, so they don't get offended I'm not calling them enough ;) Hopefully they will leave me messages on this blog too so I don't feel too lonely!

So, progress at the moment is looking good. It'd want to, as I fly out in less than 7 weeks! July 21st is D-day, flights are booked and paid for in full, host family notified, greek islands tour booked... I may not have any insurance or a visa yet but I'm well on my way :)

Mum & Dad's flights are also booked which is possibly the most exciting aspect of the whole trip. I can' believe I get to show them my other little corner of the world!

I won't carry on because no-one even knows this blog exists yet, but I have posted two images from this week - one is the whale breach Bec & I ought to have seen on Thursday afternoon if the rough weather hadn't blown in. The other shows why we should be extremely glad that they did cancel all the tours!