Goobye England!

This is Stevey-bear =) A great boyfriend substitute!

Well it certainly was a couple of emotional days near the end! I really am going to miss England and all my lovely friends, family and boyfriend. A couple of days before leaving we all got to the pub and I said my goodbyes... and it felt like I wouldn't be seeing some of these people for years! Keeping things in perspective now though I see that it's only 3 and a half months to go... and these first few days have already gone fast! I didn't expect cards and pressies so thank you very much to everyone that gave me things! And you are the people I will blame for what happened at the airport =P. 

I rolled up with my luggage and of course it was well over. Luckily the man took pity on me and let me move things from my hand luggage to my main luggage without handing out a fine =). Lovely English man with white hair and glasses that works for TAP. I was 7 kgs over on my hand luggage and 1kg over on my big bag, but honestly I only packed the essentials! So my piece of advice for anyone going on an Erasmus year is: take a friend! Then you can split the baggage between you :) If not then pack light. Things like toothpaste and shampoo can be bought there. I didn't pack any of these things and it was still over so if all else fails... flutter your eyelashes or beg!

Countdown to Coming Home!

Click the link above for a live countdown to when I'm home for Christmas! Not that I'm counting ;)

Saying goodbyes at the airport is depressing. Really sad and I did cry... a lot! The thing is... you walk through to departures and there's a lady there waiting to check your ticket! I bet she sees depressed people all the time... Poor woman! However... the clever Heathrow people give you one way of stopping those tears... and it is the duty free!! Oooo... the shops. Oooo.. the spending. I felt better very quickly! In fact I didn't need to sit in the corner and cover my bleary eyes with a newspaper... I didn't care! I thought sod it... I have to go so I might as well take presents and sod the heavy bags too! I got on the plane fine and crammed my entire luggage in the over head boxes. I was sat next to the window so I could see everything go tiny but I couldn't stop the smoochy couple in front of me. I missed Stevey... and it was all their fault! But then I thought to myself... meh... the man looks like a gorilla... and is a schlurpy loud kisser... so maybe I’m luckier than the couple in front after all!


I stuck my nose in a book the whole way (thank you Bridie!) and got lost in the trashiest most brilliant novel about a Romeo and Juliet style drama! We were given indistinguishable meat in a sandwich... but pudding was pineapple jelly so I liked that :) The flight was brilliant... no turbulence for the whole 493 miles. So, Mr. Pilot, I love you. And waiting for me was my Nan and friend Laura. I was so happy to see them! Especially since I hadn't seen my Nan since April. Then we were off and out and the Portugal story begins!