(01/08/04 - 31/08/04)

 

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01/08/04   
Friend from Japan: Ozzie Katie in London 
Met up with Katie (from Fukui), together with some of her friends and some of mine...pub lunch, Tate Modern, ice cream on the bank of the Thames...
  
02/08/04  
Back to Jersey (again!)
 
03/08/04  
Night out
Met up with an old friend from school, caught up on old times, and drank (possibly a bit too much ;) )/
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05/08/04   
More shopping
Can I spend any more money?  yes!
  
06/08/04   
Meal out at Lam's
This time with my godmother Pat, and her partner Ted.  
  
07/08/04   
Collecting money for Leukaemia Research at the Airport
Mum and I did quite well, I think - blowing up and distributing balloons,  harassing people into giving us all their loose change...
(and I got a trip up to the airport control tower and control room too - wicked ;) )

Hamptonne Fair
Mostly aimed at kids, Mum and I had a good time anyway

Meal out at the Gorey Beach House
With Mum, Dad and Peter.  A very hot evening, we were very glad for the two large jugs of Pimms :)
   
08/08/04   
France for lunch
The walled city of St Malo is only an hour away by boat...so despite the threatened rain, Mum, Dad and I zotted off to France to enjoy the finest of French Cuisine and take a stroll round the ramparts.  Very civilised.  And the rain held off :)
   
09/08/04   
A ride on a Harley
Dad gave me a lift into town on the back of his Harley Davidson this morning.  WOOP WOOP!....or rather:VROOOOOOOM!

A Cavegirl Meal fit for the Mariette's
Grandma came round, but after everything we'd eaten in France all we wanted was a salad - so that's what I prepared: a variation on a Greek salad, with French bread, followed by home-made apple pie and home-made custard.  
  
11/08/04   
To Bristol
Tom met me at Bristol Airport with the hire car.  It was great to be back (I lived in Brisol while I attended UoB for four years)...
  
12/08/04   
Meeting friends...then poshing up for some posh nosh
We met Olly and Beth for a drink before heading back to the hotel to put our finery on and trundling down to Byzantium for a totally fabulous meal (complete with entertainment from a friendly magician)  :D
  
13/08/04   
Trundle trundle zot zot
Started heading down towards Brighton
  
14/08/04   
Suzy and Dan's Wedding
Congratulations guys, on your big day :)
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15/08/04   
Fun and exploration in Salisbury
Deciding we didn't have time to make it into London after all, Tom and I made for Salisbury, and explored round the cathedral, Old Sarum, and Stone Henge, before pressing on towards Brisol Airport.
 
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16/08/04   
Home again
To the joy and surprise of the catties...I'm back in Jersey again ;)
 
18/08/04   
Tom flew to Jersey
...and we went out for lunch...

Samares Players - King John
Outdoor performance at Samares Manor.  Went with Tom, Mum, Dad and Sandra...meal first, then to watch the play...happily the rain held off until 10 minutes before the end of the performance.  Unhappily we all (actors and audience) got absolutely drenched in those last 10 minutes! 
 
19/08/04   
Jersey Zoo
Went to the Zoo with Tom, and met Peter for lunch

Dad shows off his bike
I'd already had a ride on Dad's Harley Davidson earlier in my holiday, but he wanted to show Tom...

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20/08/04   
Travelling!
Mum, Tom and I flew to Gatwick together, and Tom helped us shift all our stuff to Heathrow where Mum and I caught our JAL flight to Kansai, Osaka.

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21/08/04 - 24/08/04   
Travelling: Kyoto
Mum and I explored the sights and sounds of Kyoto
 
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24/08/04 - 26/08/04   
Brief Stop in Fukui
Stopped off in Fukui for the Contract Signing Ceremony (basically identical to the one last year - I was even in the same seat between the same two people...)
  
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26/08/04 - 30/08/04   
Travelling: Hokkaido
Mum and I explored the sights and sounds of Hokkaido.  Had a fabulous time (lots of eating, drinking, onsening and partying!  - yes, mum's a bad influence!).  Flying back to Kansai through a typhoon wasn't much fun, though...
 
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31/08/04   
End of the Hols
Mum flew back to England then on to Jersey, and I headed back to Fukui...
 
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