I wish the foreign office would quicken the pace with this damned apostile stamp.

To 'waste time' i have booked flights to Portugal to see my dad. Atleast then I will be able to produce some 'actual' travel blogging as opposed to 'waiting with trepidation' blogging or 'time killing' blogging.

So bye for now and look forward to next week and my guide to Porto, Povoa and the bits inbetween. (undoubtedly including a 'review' of ryainair and stansted airport...)

Have also eaten into my 'Korea Fund' yet again by ordering Rough Guide to Korea and CultureShock! Korea from amazon. Took the free delivery aka snails pace mailing option so i will probably be on the plane before they actually arrive.

Have also moved a step closer to footwear choices (after some fairly indepth research). I am considering patent black doc martens...

xx