*for all you UK Big Brother watchers, insert own Marcus Bentley voice circa 2007
Well I never, how did 42 days fly by!?! I thought I’d do a quick update on me, in a homage to Bridget Jones’ Diary.
Loves
every train journey across the continent
arriving in new places
red wine
You Tube and mobile phone technology – Google maps!
Dislikes
Sausages
Plastic cheese
Misses
smoked Applewood and Cathedral City cheeses
having 2 hot vegetables on the plate next to your meat and potatoes
watching TV in one very long, very hot bath
Breakages and lost property
1 locked padlock from day 1 but determined to crack it
1 broken smart phone screen in week 2
1 trousers split by ‘gracefully’ sitting on the grass
1 UK continental adapter left on the TGV in week 3
1 set of bruises due to slipping comically in the shower in week 3
2 pair of knickers due to slack elastic
Backpack weight reduction (slow progress)
knickers and trousers chucked – refer to above
shorts binned – why did I pack them?
Cigarettes smoked
20 – red wine induced – weeks 1 & 2
0 – gimme a whoop – week 3 to 6
15 – fell off the wagon as I found a shop in Warsaw that sold Marlboro Ice Blast week 7
Glasses of red drunk
Too many to count, every one delicious, even the unexpected Swiss wine
Weight
all I will say is “uh oh!”
Favourite city so far
Ljubjlana, Slovenia!
Next destinations
Krakow
Bratislava
Budapest
Prague
Because I’ll soon need bigger pants due food consumption not otherwise; this Monday’s resolutions
- focus on the protein – e
ggs and ham for breakfast - research cheap fresh fruit and vegetable shops
- eat at vegetarian restaurants if they exist in these meat eating countries
- buy the 1.5-litre bottle of water and actually drink it
- do not read the dessert page of the restaurant menu
- learn to love stairs
I hope you’re with me. Paris blog will be up tomorrow! Happy Monday everyone 🙂
