Northampton > Ooh So English

The whole of the last few weeks had been a blur - hopping from one form of transport to another - just in time visas, ticketing and what not.

With the post on the italy not yet complete and here i am in an idylic, lonely little suburb (the locals here like to call [pronounced 'cooull' ;)] it a 'village') of Northampton, UK. (its called Moulton)

Ive been here now for a day and my work begins tomorrow.

The ride down to Northampton & then down to Moulton on the bus (called 'coouch' here) was all nice & cushy - thanks to google & my hotel's helpful boss cum manager.

I had a nauseating dinner yesterday of vodka, orange juice, french fries ('chips' here) and some kind of Rivoli made of mushrooms & Goat's cheese at the village pub called 'The Artichoke' - whatever that means. The matronly waitress calls you 'luv' and 'tut - tut's when you say you're vegetarian. ( The dinner put me back about 13 pounds, so that rubs that much more salt in)

Earlier Today - Explored Northampton town square on foot, got back & went out on an another expedition locating the best route on foot to my workplace for the coming week (that turned out to be a 4 mile trek in the rain, in shorts - and back - what now turns out to be a 2 mile route)

Turns out that this stay down might just turn out better than the Italian trip (i was longing for that one to turn out into a dreamy experience and didnt quite happen that way because of work pressure maybe).

The best thing is - Im not in a huge place like London and see things out of Buses & Taxis & Trains - I am staying in an old fashioned country inn (i even have a key to the front door & the owners live in the same building) in a nice & proper ('proh pah') English Village.

Will keep updating !