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Sea Day
... we met with some friends then returned to our cabin to get ready for the Commodore’s cocktail party, a formal dinner followed by a Black and White Ball. Everyone was beautifully dressed, and we fit right in. What fun. There was a live band, and gentleman hosts in the ballroom to dance with women both single women and women with partners. It all worked out. When the band took a break, professional Cunard dancers presented ...
And there's something else.
... normal TV channels will be devoted to coverage for most of the day and evening. So I will be enjoying the beauty of the Pyranees with similarly minded friends, over a glass or two or maybe three of local wine. And if we feel the need to be competitive, we can indulge in some light hearted drinking games.
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Coming to England
Here I am in the beach side town of Bournemouth in England where I am about to commence the "Overseas Nurses Program" at Bournemouth University. This will complete the process of obtaining my nurses registration to work in UK which I commenced over a year ago and should lead to some nursing work for me from time to time. It was only just over 7 hours flying time ...
An epic trip begins with preparation...
... have packed the right mix of travel underwear, I made up on my own first aid kit based on some basics that lots of sites recommend for long travel, I'm now doing the admin items like loading more music onto my mobile phone music player, replying to lots of emails and phone calls, seeing more relatives and friends and finally I need to now pack the backpack... I'll let you know how that goes.
A few words borrowed from Steve Jobs (yep the IT ...
Christmas has come and gone
... be seeing the boss in the next few weeks to find out if he will let me go part time. This will determine whether we buy the motorhome next year or we have to leave it till later.
We are watching the temperature in various parts of europe, to see what the weather is like as a guide to where we might spend winters. Faro looks good at the moment.
There are so many variables at the moment. We need to start reducing these.
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This hotel was formerly known as: Clarendon Hotel


