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Pre-Trip
I am so excited about going to Australia and becoming a teenager. It shall be great. Santa will come and he will give me lots of present, I hope! I've got one more day of school left and then we are driving to Manchester to get our flight at 2pm on Thursday. I think the flight is going to really bad because its 24 hours long. What am I going to do? I hope there will be a lot of movies and nice food. ...
Planning everything
So we're at the stage of planning everything. We know the basic route we want to go on, first Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands for a while as mark is heading out to work there for a bit then we can head to South America to travel around until the money runs out. Now we need to get all the details sorted but its difficult to know how much to plan because you don't want to be stuck ...
Leaving Haggis Land!
Even though today was the big day I didn't really feel nervous or excited about the fact I was leaving Baltic Scotland indefinitely, just taking it as if I was just nipping to Edinburgh on the train really. Saying goodbye to mum and dad and the brother at the airport wasn't nearly as emotional as I envisaged it to be, even if mum was a little bit teary as I headed through security. But it was nothing compared to the bunch of kids who were wailing inconsolably ...
A day to catch our breath
Thursday 26 July 2012 - Glasgow
We had a slow start to the morning – I slept in but must have needed the sleep.
After breakfast, I managed to get onto the internet and rang Carol Vertigan on Facebook. It was so great to see her and speak face to face. Modern technology is great.
During the day we organised hair dressing appointments and got our washing organised. Ian's cousin helped us out so much, so did several loads of ...
Glasgow - out and about
... them so legible.
Back on the bus, and a partial circuit later, I alighted at the cathedral precinct mainly to see the Royal Infirmary where Patrick attended classes. It is still an active hospital, but the main buildings date from 1915, not his time. However I found a very helpful receptionist at the main hospital entrance who left his desk to show me the entrance to one of the old remaining lecture ...