June 2009

June. Our return Eurostar from Belgium to London was delayed by a meagre 30 minutes. As a nice gesture the kind people at Eurostar offered all patrons affected by the delay a free one-way journey on the Eurostar valid for the next year. Coupon in hand I headed to Paris for the first week in June. I had two goals this trip: Catch up with some Sydney-siders and attempt some "proper" Parisian sightseeing.


June. We are approaching the mid point of 2009. What a torrid start to the year. My trip to Paris marks the end of travel for an entire month. I long to sit down and do nothing this weekend. Not too sure if it has to do with being overseas or me getting older but time seems to be riffling by at a million miles an hour. There's always some birthday, some fare well, somebody visiting, some excuse to be doing something. The London week knows no bounds. Musicals, movies, exercise, shopping, social sport, dinner, drinks, partying. It can happen on any night!


June. Start of the month and we are still experiencing a sub-optimal Summer. Last I checked we were hovering on around a daily average of 14 degrees. Add to that overcast skies, scattered showers and Tube disruptions. It's been a pretty average start to the season. These reasons aren't enough to warrant my current state of disconnect. It possibly has to do with the mass exodus of expatriates packing up and leaving London. Visa issues and job redundancies appear to be the main culprit forcing people back home. Strangely enough this emptiness of having London friends leave has been offset by visiting friends from back home. This and the anticipation of seeing old friends in the not too distant future.