Stoke

I am right now in Stoke-on-Trent with my dear boyfriend. I haven't told him about my blog so I am writing while he is out in the car.
As my mind is already in Mexico, I am planning ahead. This time will be the last time I visit my boyfriend before going on our holiday so I decided to take my medium sized bag full of my summer clothes I plan to wear in Mexico.
People in my office were shocked and a little amused that I was taking such a big bag for a short weekend trip.
Here is the explanation. Domestic flights within the UK only allow 1 checked bag of 20 kg, especially in the low cost airlines as bmi baby I always take. Our flight for Mexico departs from Birmingham and they allow us 2 bags of 23 kgs for both of us. So I decided to take a bag full of clothes this time and on the 18th December I will bring my other bag full of presents.
Excessive? Obsessive? Too much free time to think about all this?
Maybe yes to all.

Suresh and I have spent a very nice time together. He came to the airport to pick me up, for the first time since we got a car, having to drive 1 hour from his town to Birmingham. It was just great to see him and we arrived home in less time than if I had taken the train and taxi.

This nice gesture stopped me from taking the train. Trains.... There are no trains in Mexico so I had a romantic idea of what trains were like.
There is a famous song that says "viajar a tu lado en el tren, un sueño dificil de creer" which can be translated as "to travel next to you on a train, a dream hard to believe".

In soon found out that trains are not exactly that romantic. They can be packed at peak times, there can be nasty people around, timings are not very exact, they can be dirty, train stations are full of stairs (in case you have to change trains) and they are expensive.

I would rather take my ADO first class coach as in Mexico. Coach is the name they give here to the buses that take you to other cities, but I will talk about them later.

The weekend was lovely. We did some shopping, chose a satnav, went to the movies and he took me to the airport yesterday. Miss him so much already.