The afternoon after

Day after the big Bramhall Rangers pub crawl. Feel OK, more bloated than anything else. We got a lot more drunk last year I'm sure- the curry must've soaked the alcohol up.

Haven't got the 'Hello' section of blogger yet, so can't upload any photos yet.

Waiting for Mark to get his University dates setup so we can finally book the plane tickets for the summer trip. At the moment the plan is to go Manchester- Skopje in FYR Macedonia which will involve a connection in Italy. We're hoping to spend a good deal of time in Republica Shripka - land of the Eagle - Albania. NOt sure what it'll be like - until recently it was Europe's poorest country with pretty much no private cars or private property and had the reputation of being the most Marxist country of all the Eastern Bloc countries. Was also the worlds only official Athiest country. Was completely closed off to foreigners from 1948-1990 after they broke with the USSR - the Russians were getting too westernised.

Regarding other trips
Hoping to do a trip around 6-8days in September. Got a few Lonely Planet books out of the library and am toying with the idea of China (Beijing), but it could turn out to be quite expensive. With China, it appears that flights get cheaper the nearer the time of departure - the exact opposite of Europe. Current prices seem to range from 350-450UKP. It also seems a bit of a waste to go all that way for just 1 week.

Other ideas are to get a flight to Bucharest, Romania and then head onto Chisinau, Moldova for a couple of days. There's a wine festival held at this time of year....