Posted June 23.

So my plans changed a bit. It turns out the ferry was going to cost £78 and flying back to England was going to be 50 Euros. Hmm...

I headed up to Mainz on June 18th and got to see Frank and Charlotte (they both stayed with me in Canda with some of their other friends). I stayed at Frank's parents house and was a little spoiled by his mother (she did my laundry).

I explored around Mainz, drank lots of German beer, and relaxed. It was nice.

Saturday we went out during the day, played some squash in the afternoon and then went back to have a traditional German asparagus dinner. It was excellent. I was leaving Sunday so we went out Saturday night as well. My bus was leaving at 3:00AM so I stumbled to the bus stop from the club and groggily got on the plane. You develop a strange sense of humour when you're exhausted (and slightly drunk) which you'll see when I get some of my photos uploaded.

I made it back to Portsmouth at about noon on Sunday (still with no sleep). Viv was having a little party at her place so I socialised for a few hours before going upstairs to put on some sunscreen. I sat on the bed and promptly fell asleep until 7:30. This turned out to be good though because a new episode of Topgear was airing at 8 so I was just in time.

I get to relax this week and get prepared and then next week it's off to Belgium!

Whoo!