3 days to go....

Just a "Keep Calm" style picture I felt it appropriate to add. Enjoy.

Time to Say Goodbye....

Last night I went for a meal with a few from Secondary School, now this isn't a new thing for me, as we've been for meals before for various Birthdays over the years, however last night's meal was just so great because it was myself and two friends (L-R Milly Schmid and Alex Marchbank) whom are all leaving the UK in September for the great beyond which is Continental Europe. My friend Alex (www.eaudekoln.tumblr.com) organised the meal at Bella Italia in Milton Keynes and afterwards we moved onto Wetherspoons for dessert and a few bevvies. All I can say  is that I thoroughly enjoyed the evening, but all I can think about now is that how much I'm going to miss everyone who came last night! It was just such a great atmosphere, I haven't really thought at all about "missing" people for when I go, I mean I'll miss my family and friends, but I never miss them enough to get homesick and want to leave. However, last night and this morning, I felt like I was really going to miss them and I want them all to come with me. I know Alex will be in Cologne and Milly in Santiago, but I want everyone to come to Alicante and Mons and Florence, and just experience things with me and enjoy what I'm going to enjoy. And so when I got in last night, the only song I could think of and is now still stuck in my head is "Time to Say Goodbye".... It's now on a recurring loop on iTunes. Ultimately, I feel happy that I will be experiencing such a great opportunity this year and that my life will be will be changed as a result, but I saying Goodbye was difficult. C'est la vie. Qué Sera.

Say Hello to my little friend.

Reader, I would like to introduce to you my little friend and travelling companion for the next year, Jebediah José Jean-Michel Giulio Schildkröte, however he prefers to just be called Jeb. Jeb came to me about a year ago, in fact he was a 20th Birthday present from two great friends of mine Lauren Binley and Ryan Harper. So Jeb has been set a challenge for the year, which basically consists of the thing we all love to do when we see a camera, Photo-bomb. So his challenge for the year, with all the travelling we'll be doing, is to basically Photo-bomb as many of my photo's as he can. Let's see if he lives up to the challenge! He's particularly keen to see le Tour Eiffel, or the Eiffel Tower for non-francophonies, and La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Jeb will so have his own page on this Blog where he can express his own thoughts and opinions about our travels and hopefully you'll all be impressed with his shenanigans.

UPDATE!
A quick update for you all, my apartment in Espana is officially ready for me to move in in September, I paid the €100 last week and I'm very excited about it now, my landlord in Spain says I can move in as soon as I arrive so that's also a bonus. Speak of when I arrive, FLIGHTS BOOKED!! Things are starting to feel extremely real now! I cannot express how excited I am. I fly to Spain early than I had anticipated and I am in  fact leaving from East Midlands airport on the 3rd September 2012, allowing me a week to get to grips with the new environment and find my way around etc. However I'm a bit nervous about my flatmates as I don't know who any of them are. I don't even know any names for them. So thus far, that is my main cause of anxiety. My Dad is accompanying me to Alicante and is staying in a Hotel to which I have no idea it is... he's paying for my transport until he leaves though, so quite happy with that! And thanks to Tracy, I have further transport once my Dad has gone, with the help of a Bus card she has sent me! Thank you Tracy!

MONEY! 
What a faff I've had with Student Finance this last week. I received in a declaration in the post for my loans for the next year, however it wasn't as simple as that, as many of you will know with Student Finance England/Wales, I shocked to see on my forms that I was going to be paying half-tuition fees (£1725) next year. I was livid. I then decided to ring them to which I got on the phone some twat who thought when I questioned him about my fees that I was a first year, and continued for 10 minutes to explain why the tuitions had changed. Once he'd finished, I correct him stated my 3rd year status, he then looked at my application and said "we've given you more money", which wasn't what I asked about, so again I explained my situation, to which he then said "It's change this year and you need to pay fees". EVERY FUCKING UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS A MFL DEPARTMENT DOESN'T PAY FEES IN 3RD YEAR! You would think they would know this, he then asked for a letter of proof from my University. I contacted non-other than Magical Moira, who sent a letter. This is now on the way the way to Student Finance, fingers crossed this will be sorted!

More soon readers... if anyone is there??