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Hello Sri Lanka!

Well I finally got online - it wasn't easy.  I don't know what is going on with my laptop but for now it works so thought I would do a quick update on what I've been up to.  It's been a busy week since I left London... My flight with Emirates to Dubai was, in a word, lovely.  Like traveling by plane used to be like only even better.  Hot meal served (I chose chicken) with complimentary wine (I will take the white thanks), pillows, blankets, attentive airline staff and an entertainment system that has been rated the best in the world.  I believe it.  Instead of sleeping I had a movie marathon watching movies I missed at the movie theatre due to Thelma - "Victoria and Abdul", Goodbye Christopher Robin" (based on A. A. Milne's son) and "Hampstead" which was based in...Hampstead, London.  I enjoyed them all.  Although doesn't Diane Keaton kind of play the same role over and over again?  Seven hours later arrival into Dubai was a nightmar

Saying cheerio to London town for now...

Well tonight I head off for the next phase of my trip...Asia with a stop in the Middle East on the way there.  It's hard to believe I've been on the road for three and a half weeks now.  With about three and a half months more to go!! What have I been up to lately?  Slowly I am working on my Barcelona posts so I won't even go there...I have pretty much stayed in London except for a day trip up to Durham.  I got a cheap 20 pound return ticket on a Virgin East Coast sale and snapped it up.  I had booked to go last winter but I wasn't feeling well and the weather was dire - luckily this time around the weather was good and so was I. I will be writing more about Durham - I really did enjoy my day there.  The trip there and back was approximately three hours each way but we Canadians are used to long distances.  But why did I choose a seat with a table where you face people and I always seem to have the people who have long legs opposite me.  Anyway I lived to tell the t

120 hours in Barcelona - part 2

I walked out of the Sagrada Familia in absolute awe.   I highly recommend the audio tour as it explains details that would be missed by just wandering around.  A tour would be good as well but I like to go at my own pace and observe everything around me.  I then took the metro to the Passig de Gracia where I got misplaced - I have such a talent for that.  I started walking in the totally wrong direction to La Rambla.  Finally I asked someone ...alway a good idea!!!  Though if I had gone in the right direction I would have missed this little gem!! Place Catalunya, which is considered Barcelona's city centre was like Trafalgar Square used to be in the good old days - pigeon central. This is the beginning of La Rambla, Barcelona's place to "ramble" and be seen.  Lots of shops and restaurants to keep a person busy. I love markets so couldn't wait to explore La Boqueria which is Barcelona's biggest.  I was not disappointed. (I went back twi