Heya Colonel Pascoe,

Well here goes......4 days until the flight (i will be sober he he), 5 days until our night out in Budapest celebrating bdays and 7 nights until the overnight train through Slovakia arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! An experience it shall be ohhhh my, he he a crazy fool im starting to think i may well be BUT here goes chickadee we shall soon be up, up and away! CANT WAIT!

Hairdryer is staying at home :-( as too are the straighteners :-( instead backpack living here i come.....OH MY GOD never even owned one let alone lived outta one, the whole concept of my life being in a back pack is quite concerning but ill cope he he just!

Cant wait to see ya saturday to start our lil trip of some great highs and no doubt some tough moments to.....

Love to all Corporal Bartlett xxxx