r ellenberger

Been a while since our last blog, lots has been happening. I quit my job at Nero because they wouldn’t let me take any more leave. Was a joyous day as I was getting frustrated with the boss and stupid policies – but I really enjoyed the experience and got to meet some cool European kids. It also gave me a lot of perspective on what a job should be like in terms of enjoyment levels, and the fact that we don’t need loads of money to be happy (I say this with Jackie being the major breadwinner haha). Not having lots of stress in a job, or rather, not stressing about a job also seems like the right move. Jackie also got a new job at a food box delivery company called Gousto. She did an amazing presentation to them which she stressed about crazily, but she got the job in the end after the company had been looking for someone for a good few months. The job is a permanent gig which means less travel for us, but they said they would be open to sponsoring her so let’s see where that goes. ...

An afternoon flight meant we have a rather relaxed start to the day compared to our usual trips. Caught the bus from Stratford and then boarded the flight without any dramas. Ryan airs new policy of deliberately separating people on the same booking even if there is an empty seat next to each other. The flight left at around 2 and we arrived in Majorca at 5 p.m., where we took a shuttle to pick up our rental car, a Kia picanto (quite ugly). We drove for about an hour to our accommodation, or where we thought out accommodation was, unfortunately the description that airbnb and the owner had sent to us was a somewhat mangled translation of German instructions. We eventually, after driving around for about 20 minutes, managed to find the place. The owner is a lovely German lady who speak Spanish and German and probably a number of other languages, but she doesn't really speak English. She tried to convey to us in German what she wanted us to do because the house has solar power and it...