17th November Perth
** And I'm home. "Hello! Perth"
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15th November travelling
** Today is the last day of my journey. ** It's now quite hard for me to comprehend that I have actually been away from my wife, my children, my home & Perth for 17 weeks but I leave for terminal 2 at Heathrow airport about mid afternoon and my flight to Singapore and then onwards to Perth where I arrive about Wednesday midnight. I certainly miss all back in Perth, maybe some a bit more than others. If you wanted me to miss you too, you needed to be as cute a my wife. ** I will have more to say in my overall reflection of the trip. This might take me a few days of contemplation so give me a bit of time to overcome my jetlag. ** It's 7:15. Just an hour twenty to go before take off. ** Going through security I witnessed a terrible example of American privileged white trash at its very worst. A youngish white blond US woman, extremely loud, extremely obnoxious & obviously feeling very privileged, refusing to follow security instructions, complaining that "this did n...
12th, 13th & 14th November London
** 12th & 13th November ** The week end has been left for final catch-ups with family friends and family, especially my aunt. I won't bore anyone with details other than to say that on my way home I side tracked to the beigle shop in Brick Lane to buy some saltbeef on rye. The queue went round the block but the slight annoyance from the time spent waiting in the line dissolved as the food found my mouth. ** 14th November ** My last full day in London and the last day of my 17 week trip. I spent about 3 hours back in the British Museum and then went to see a BAFTA screening of the movie "Living" with my sister. In my opinion, the film was excellent. ** Images from the museum. The Cyrus scroll One of the earliest known artifacts showing a couple having sex. Babylonian map of the world The sun god Shemesh/Shamash The cannanite Storm God, possibly the god that evolved into the Israelite god