52GB Lighter and Wonging

Yep, a digital spring clean was well overdue. It was not until I really started getting into it until I realised how atrocious my computer housekeeping has been. 2 days later and 52GB lighter the Mac is starting to move a little faster again. In addition to this little achievement I discovered a website called Mr Wong http://www.mister-wong.com/. This website has allowed me to bookmark all my favourite websites online, so I don't need to remember them whilst we are on the road. Bloody handy! All I have to do is log on to my Mr Wong page to find all my favourites, EASY! I can see that social bookmarking tools like this are going to become a key tool for travellers.

Outside of such boring domestics, the Syrian embassy in Brussels is not responding to our clarification requests....they need to know where we will staying before they will issue a visa. Obviously its time for some creative story telling.

I must admit to being inspired by this website http://www.seat61.com/ which provides an excellent resource for international train travel. It has also inspired Lute and it now looks like we are largely planning to take trains from Belgrade thru Istanbul to Amman.

I bought my second anvil this weekend....a 200kg sucker! I can already see the sweat of fellow Wildmen falling on its face as they follow forging courses at Dante's Hearth. Unfortunately, we are now probably going to need a reinforced shipping pallet to get all our gear back.