Tagged: UK

Back in Brizzle…

(And I’d promised myself I’d never call the city that…  )

So… I was on holiday/vacation for the last month. And for the first time traveling, ever, I didn’t write so much as a word.

On top of that, I pretty much “forgot” to take any pictures. Woops.

I got to spend time with my family (which, when you only see them once a year and live on a different continent, is a glorious thing indeed!). After running around Nice and Paris and briefly dropping by Cambridge (long enough to find me a place to live next year)…. Continue reading

All’s well that…

[Synopsis]

I’m back, I’m fine, I’m busy getting things all sorted out, don’t have internet where I’m staying (with friends) but I’ve found a flat and should be moved in and hooked up by the weekend.

[Summary]

I’ve made it back to Bristol – in one piece!

One piece, minus my appendix and a litre of mysterious unidentified pus that had been in my abdomen, the last remnant of an infection that I’d probably had for weeks if not months. We’re still not certainly what exactly happened – typhoid fever? bacterial infection? – but appendicitis was only a secondary infection to the peritonitis. It was the last straw to finally get me to admit I was ill. I’d put the fatigue, cramps, and nauseia that I’d had on and off for weeks down to