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March 18, 2005

LEAVING DO

Its always sad to say goodbye...

We just want to say thanks to the friends that we have made in London.

Here are some photos of the special people who have made our experience really enjoyable and memorable.

WE WILL MISS YOU HEAPS....YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO THE WEDDING!!!!

YOU ALL HAVE A PLACE TO STAY IN AUSTRALIA. Just don't all come at once.

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Here are two of Paul's workmates, Paul and Ryan. Paul has gone out a few nights and got very drunk with these two.

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Paul's other workmates on one of his leaving do. Paul had about three leaving do. Paul got a Nintendo DS from his work and he loved it!! Paul will miss everyone at EGS.

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This is our Quiz team, the South Wapping Wife Swapping Pissimists or SWWSP. Isn't it a cool name. Our team is so diverse in ages and nationalities. There are so many characters in the team. We will miss going to the quiz every tuesday but it is now thursday. The picture even has the quiz master, Richard in it.

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Another photo of the good looking quiz team.

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Hey Rana, I knew you wanted to be on my website. Rana is the wise man sitting next to me. He thinks that he is a Guru. If you ever need words of wisdom see Rana. Rachel is sitting beside Rana. Rachel makes me laugh and her laugh is infectious.

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Emril in her sexy hat and Pauline sitting next to her. By the way thank you for the lovely earings.

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Claudia and Caroline were from my team at West End Lane. Caroline and I used to play managers when there was no one around in our team.

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Cathy and her lovely boyfriend.

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Everyone got me a bracelet from Links London. It was really nice. Here I am showing it off to Michelle.

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This is Dione and Pauline. I will really miss both of them. They have taught me a lot and we have had lots of laughs.

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Michelle and Terry...Michelle calls me Rodney and plonker. It sounds really mean but its actually really funny. Its from Only Fools and Horses. I have the video so show everyone now. I don't think I'm like Rodney though.

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This is a nice group photo with Yasmine and Sabrina. My going out girls!!

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This is the beautiful Jackie.

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My wonderful team from the Royal Free Hospital, Becky, Claudine and Rachel. They are all crazy. Claudine is addicted to Starbucks and Becky is a Candian who doesn't think she has an accent. Rachel has twins and has made me want to have twins. I dont know how Paul feels about twins.

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Claudia used to be my supervisor and now she is a team manager. Claudia has a very distinctive voice and laugh. Its great!!

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This is Becky, Byron, Helena. Byron is a very funny guy...

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This is me and my manager Paul. Paul is such a laid back and cool manager!!

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This was at Ryan's birthday party. It was a casino night. This is Paul and his workmates at blackjack table. I won the Roulet at the end of the night!! My number actually came up...

Did you know its really Buda and Pest?

This is our last short break in Europe to Budapest, Hungary. It was a very relaxing trip. Most of our time was spent in Roman baths which had natural hot spring water and also walking around the town. We were also consistently being serenades by musicians in resturants. Budapest is a very romantic town. However, we did get ripped off a few times. I got a fine for not stamping my tickets on the Tram. I also over tipped the musicians in the resturant and got overcharged by taxi drivers. Apart from that it was a really nice weekend.

Enjoy the photos....

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This is a beautiful photo of the sunset on our first day in Budapest. We were standing by the river of the Danuabe. There has been many songs written about this river. The hills in the background is Pest.

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I thought this was a really cool photo of Paul, it looks very scary. Through the trees is Parliament. It must just be Paul that looks scary. hehe.

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Its a beautiful night photo from the banks of the Danuabe. In the background is the bridge and royal palace.

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We had a lovely dinner in this Hungarian Resturant with a string quartet playing for us. It was very romantic.

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Behind Paul is the famous Gellert Spa Hotel and the Elizabeth Bridge.

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Paul in his sexy bathers at the Gellert Spa.

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This is me after I had a massage. This is the swimming pool. The actual hot baths is behind doors because people go naked. It was very relaxing. All the locals go to the baths before or after work. It is a very popular past time. There was lots of old people there...it was a bit like cacoon, the movie.

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This is just a cool photo...it looks like I have a blue screen behind me.

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This is on top of the Fisherman Bastion. Its like something out of a fairytale.

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There is a really interesting church behind Paul with a mosaic tiled roof.

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More photos of the castle...

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I couldn't find any police officers but I found a police station to stick with the theme.

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I was thinking isn't the scenary beautiful or my feet really hurt....

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This is another spa that we went to...its outdoors. Outside was a bit chilly but the water was 37 degrees in the water. There was also a wirlpool and jacuzzi. We went on a public holiday so there was lots of people there.

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This is another castle...

March 17, 2005

Paul Proposes to Tram

On the 16th of March Paul took me to Trafalgar Square. It was a beautiful day and he proposed to me. Paul had grand plans of getting down on his knees in his board shorts and nothingelse but chickened out at the last minute due the large number of school students, tourist and security guard. It was very funny because he was very worried about the proposal and I had no idea what he was going to do!! Then the best part came when he gave me my engagement ring. We had designed this ring and it looked amazing. We were both very excited and went to show my friends at work who were very impressed with the ring. Can't wait to show everyone back at home.....see you soon!!

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