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The night before
School's out, work is on pause and the cottage industry is closed for Christmas. It's finally here after months of waiting and we're all beside ourselves with excitement.
The bags are packed (with space to spare thanks to Annette's frugal choice of clothes) and we have even managed to find room for Ellie much to Esther's relief.
We've got so many exciting new experiences ahead of us crammed into a 7 week trip. South East Asia here we come!
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Morning of NY
... of being late especially where aviation is concerned, would be a little rattled by the little woman at our service and should by default be reassuring us that we will catch the flight no matter what, I tried to go into the bedroom to reassure her. It was too late. Stress had hit her face like a wet gibbon and all I could do was match that with a moan about the transporter woman who had brought so much cheer to our doorstep. We arrived at Malc and Ce's met by ...
Liverpool.....Yeh, Yeh, Yeh
... it was discovered that we were not supposed to be on this train. Our strategy worked, and that train got us there!
Our hotel room was located over a pub, and though our accommodations were pretty basic, the hotel had a lot of character and was run by a friendly pair of Liverpudlians. We did do something that we haven’t done since our university days—we had to share a bathroom with the other hotel guests. Putting it mildly, this took ...
Liverpool is way cool :-)
... another dozen times upon knocking back his whiskeys. Jo his mate was giving him a heap of **** and telling us about the lay of the land here all the while Simons having a great old chuckle playing his shots on the pool table. Played a few games of pool then headed home for the night. Next day checked out the city centre and walked around the dock area which was pretty cool and took a few pics. then in the evening did a mini ...
Easy day =)
... from Southport and is a port town where a lot of English people vacation. It is a nice little town, but it is mostly shops. And since it was raining, we didn't go into any shops.
For tea, Edith made me extremely happy. We talked, chopped, and cooked dinner together on her new cooker. I missed cooking my own food since all of my meals were eating out or getting takeaway. This was such a treat!!! Together (well mostly Edith) we made spaghetti bolognese ...