Monday 27th June 2022

I was up really early this morning, as I was feeling a bit anxious about having deliver a presentation to a group of Croatian English teachers, as part of their In-Service Training Day today. I was catching a government bus at Blackpool Junction at 07:30 - a 55-seater bus I think, with about 100 people on it - 99 little Sri Lankans and 1 very tall, overweight white guy - it must have looked very funny, I think!

I was at The Grand Hotel by 08:00, so I had breakfast there, which was a first for me. I had one of the best buffet breakfasts I have ever had in my life for 4,000LKR (just under £9). I explained that I needed a quiet room to prepare and deliver a presentation in, and they gave me an amazing room downstairs free of charge, which I thought was extremely kind of them. It made my day working in it!

The presentation went fairly well, with the Croatian teachers seeming to think it was better than I thought it was. I had prepared very thoroughly for it, but I still wasn't entirely happy with how it went, even though Mima seemed very pleased with it. I was relieved to get it over with, and I stayed a while longer at the hotel to relax a bit before heading back to Blackpool in the early evening.

Daya had arrived by the time I got back, and it was lovely to see him. He is going to be lodging with Yad and her family, so I will see quite a bit of him in my last week here. I hadn't been back long before there was a power cut, so Daya and I just chatted for a long time in the dark. Yad was loving having Daya around, as they are both very avid film buffs, and we chatted about films over dinner tonight.











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  1. AnonymousJune 28, 2022 at 12:16 AM

    With the Croatian presentation under your belt (and Daya to talk to), perhaps you will be able to treat your last few days as well-earned holiday time before beginning the long journey back to the UK and making the adjustments which First World living will demand of you?

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