http://www.clarabelle.info Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:54:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the start of the letter I just received from the lady in Tanzania who is handling my placement. I thought I would publish it here so you know what I'll be doing! "Dear Claire, You must be getting very excited; only 2 weeks to go until Tanzania! I’m writing ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=221 It's nearly the end of my stay in New York. My Grandfather died a few days after he was taken into hospital. So many endings. What's next? http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=220 ...is unconscious in hospital. They don't think he'll wake up. He collapsed and they got his heart beating again and he seems to be breathing for himself but they don't know how long it'll last. I don't know what to do, besides keep calling and finding out what's happening and... going ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=219 I did mean to write about Venice, Saronno, Berne, Lyon and the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Luxembourg trip.... See also The Hague, Amsterdam and London. But... yeah. The dog ate it? I'm in New York now. Have been for a while. I think we're having a joint housewarming & birthday party on the 27th. Yup. http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=218 Once I arrived in Vienna, I met up with Mela, who showed me back to her apartment and the room I'd be staying in - Huge! Comfy! Perfect! I took it easy all afternoon and she held a small dinner party that evening - I enjoy bilingual gatherings even if ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=217 Arriving in Koblenz after three nights in a dormitory was both nerve wracking and exciting - I had booked myself a hotel room as once I'd reserved the train tickets I'd discovered that the only youth hostel in town is closed until the end of the year. Although filled with ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=216 On Saturday morning I took my time waking up as I think I was still recovering from work and the early morning! Sitting in reception with the laptop and blogging was a nice easy start, and once I had stumbled out of the door to the supermarket & bought myself ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=215 Yesterday morning I woke at the unholy hour of 5.30, which I felt less guilty about as Judit was getting up then anyway to collect people from Luton airport! She dropped me at Ealing Broadway & I blearily made my way round to Victoria. The Eurotunnel confused an Australian ("Do I ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=214 I'm in my now ex-employer's house, waiting for some workmen to come - I thought they'd be here before 11, but it's going to be noon! Then I have a few errands to run, a doctor's appointment at 5pm, and I have to fit in a trip to Askew Road ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=213 Judit drove me to the airport last thing on Thursday night as I'd decided that it might be safer to get to Heathrow as early as possible. 12.30am seemed reasonable when I thought of it, but the check in desk for American Airlines didn't open til 5am and for a ... http://www.clarabelle.info/?p=212