TravBuddy.com: Stevie_Wes's The Last Days of Brum (a prologue to the rest of the World...) travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/37227 Come about the 4th September later this year I will have been living in Birmingham for exactly 10 years! "My word", the first decade of my so-called 'adult life'. Time for a change of scenery I feel. And so it is, that in 6 weeks or so from now I will depart both beloved Brum AND the UK for adventures in foreign climes. I've quit the job, the car's for sale and I'm vaccinated up to the hilt, but before I leave it all behind some thoughts of home I think. en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:43:35 PST Post cards from Brighton Beach. http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/Post-cards-Brighton-Beach-5 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:43:35 PST Post cards from Brighton Beach. Brighton, England, Jul 23, 2008

"Oh I do love to be beside the seaside, I doooo love to be besides the seeeeea..."I love Brighton.  I often refer to it as my 'soul city' …

]]> The Garrick Inn http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/Saying-Farewell-Shakespeare-4 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:27:21 PST The Garrick Inn Stratford Upon Avon, England, Jul 16, 2008

Reputedly this is Stratford's oldest pub. Sources differ but the building itself dates back to between the late 1400s - 1595. It was not given over…

]]> Saying Farewell to Shakespeare http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/Saying-Farewell-Shakespeare-4 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:26:11 PST Saying Farewell to Shakespeare Stratford Upon Avon, England, Jul 16, 2008

It is Autumn 1999.  My second year of university is just underway.  I have been in Birmingham for just over 1 year now, my sister is comi…

]]> The Dirty Duck (or The Black Swan) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/Saying-Farewell-Shakespeare-4 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:26:34 PST The Dirty Duck (or The Black Swan) Stratford Upon Avon, England, Jul 16, 2008

Another fairly old pub, 15th Century this time. What it loses in aesthetic charm compared to The Garrick it gains by where it is situated, right dow…

]]> Right on my doorstep... ('Little Bits of Brum' part 1) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/Right-doorstep-Little-Bits-3 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:07:16 PST Right on my doorstep... ('Little Bits of Brum' part 1) Edgbaston, England, Jul 14, 2008

I left my job a little while ago now.  2nd July officially, but I was off on 'holiday' a good week or so before that.  It's a str…

]]> The Birthday Party (Part 1) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/Birthday-Party-Part-1-2 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:24:32 PST The Birthday Party (Part 1) Stoke Newington, England, Jul 12, 2008

I guess one of the hardest things about leaving home - for a long period of time - is the relationships that you must leave behind.  For a time …

]]> When do you start to leave Home? http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/37227/When-you-start-leave-Home-1 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:50:57 PST When do you start to leave Home? Birmingham, England, Jul 11, 2008

Well.  Here I am.  A 'free' man. "But what's the plan?" Now there's a question.  And now I sit and think a bit because I'll soon be on…

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