Oh the joy!!

Comfort at last. Booked in to the Sherbourne last night and joy of joy I didn’t have to spend my first night in the annexe on the next street and didn’t have to move rooms on Friday, but even better they can take me for the rest of my stay!! Not that they actually told me they could take me right through to the 19th, despite having said to them about 3 times to let me know if some vacancies came up. But I had already figured I was going to have to ask them every day to check – it just doesn’t work the same way out here!! But what the heck, I was so happy I could have hugged the receptionist – but obviously restrained myself like the good stiff upper lip Brit I am!! And look at my bed – so big, and so comfy.

And ask for the bathroom – look it has a bath with a plug and not a bucket in site!! The toilet has a seat, and I have a separate shower. Ok so it’s not a power shower but it is hot!

Such luxury, and it was so good to unpack after spending the last few days living out of a case, well ok 2 cases, but that didn’t stop me loosing things!  In fact it just made it all the more likely!!


I had such a comfy sleep last night followed by a hearty breakfast of cereal, omelette, beans and toast. Yum!! Had quite a spring in my step as I walked to work this morning in the sun, even if everyone else was on holiday today, but I figured it’s not a holiday back home so I should be working, that and I have sooooo much still to do!!

It is apparently National Youth day today, which is why there is a holiday. Stumbled across some of the youths getting ready for a march. There were lots of people with official looking uniforms on milling around and I am sure I read somewhere that you weren’t meant to take photos of military officials over here. Risked a couple of surreptitious photos, (nothing like living dangerously) but when I wanted to get a proper one of the band I decided to ask an official looking uniformed man if it was ok. He seemed to think it strange I had even asked – but then one doesn’t want to risk getting flung in jail does one!!! There were lots of minibuses turning up with youths hanging out the windows, chanting, singing, clapping and well generally making a lot of noise, none of which I understood, but I think they were having fun!!