Catch up

Hello! Yes it's been a while, so perhaps a few bullet points will help.

1. Spent the weekend just gone in Salisbury. It is a lovely town with clean streets and a lot of history. We stayed in a 15th century pub, with low doorways and wonky floors. Took a trip to Stonehenge. We had a bus tour of Salisbury with live commentary from a very entertaining guide. Part of the bus tour was a tour around Stonehenge itself. The site is smaller than I imagined and quite close to the road, but it was quite exciting to be there. Due to the age of the site, there is quite a sense of achievement in the placement of the stones and the sheer weight of them. All in all an amazing place. The guide had dousing rods which he held out and walked over the east-west axis of the site. As soon as he crossed the axis, the rods crossed over (they started out pointing directly in front of him). When he moved away from the axis they went back to straight out again. I am a skeptic, so I gave it a go. I had no idea where exactly the axis lay, as it was not marked and I could not see it as I walked. The same thing happened. The rods crossed then uncrossed. Weird.

2. Work goes well, but busy. I have made some good progress with the images for the new gallery. Including the two free images I have managed to acquire. Yay me! Duty managering also goes well. I had my first weekend by myself the other week. I had to cope with a study day, counterfeit notes, a birthday party and we had a child carried off in an ambulance! All in a days work!! :-)

3. We are heading to Prague for our next holiday. It will be our four year anniversary. And coincidentally some friends of ours will be there at the same time so we will be able to catch up for some Czech beer.

4. Essay 1 for the MA is handed in and I guess I will find out my mark one day! The next unit for study starts on August 1.

5. Two of my Hungarian cousins arrive on Friday. They will be doing a work experience placement at my museum, as well as general touristy stuff. It has been about 18 months since I have seen them, so it will be lovely to see them again.

6. Had a facebook reunion with someone I went to school with in Melbourne. It was really great to meet up and chat non-stop for three and a half hours! Hopefully we will see each other again soon

7. That's all folks!! :-)