STAy Working Holiday with United Holidays; Sri Lanka  Saturday night and I’m scrabbling around Terminal 4 Heathrow seeking STA agents who’s mug shots I didn’t possess, mobile phone tingling every now and again to touch base with who was stuck in what tube or elevator, groaning at the site of the queues developing, excitement pains growing in the pit of my stomach…… and there I found them all – in front of Costa Coffee.Wi...

With London doing my head in, I up-ed and headed over to Turkey to seek out my long lost Emma.  2 weeks of intense heat, sand and salt; catch-up, great food and many drinks were so in order. Flying out from Gatwick at 4 in the morning was a little tough but then landing in Dalaman mid morning and being hit with a heat blanket was a "breath of fresh air"!  I came over with family friend, Ingrid, and her 2 boys - but intended on catching up...

Friday the 20th October saw excited STAy faces, clutching coffees and various luggage, converge at Waterloo Station.  Our long awaited 3-day weekend aboard Easycruise had finally arrived. The drizzle and morning commuters were quickly forgotten, tickets were issued and 25 of us boarded Eurostar all eager to stow bags and be the first to crack a Heineken in the 'Bar Carriage'. 2.5 hours later a string of us were hauling through Brussels station i...