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The realities of homecoming!

A travel blog entry by margogoes

... any gifts for the kids yet so a shopping expedition is getting higher and higher on the list.

And so it goes. But please don't read this entry as a complaint. We are so lucky to have our wonderful, comfortable home here. Yes, it demands upkeep and when we leave for an extended period of time is shouldn't come as a surprise to us that things need attention.

We are looking forward to the fast approaching holidays, but now need to take care of business!
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Home sweet home

A travel blog entry by margogoes

... a Costco membership! When we discovered they sell our favorite table wine it was a good investment!

We also quickly reconnected with friends, dining or meeting for drinks with many of them during the week. It been a lovely warm return for us.

And while I still look for the flush button on the top of the toilet and try to bag my own groceries in the store, European ways ...

Pottering

A travel blog entry by laura.hailes

... bags off him for fear he would break his back!! (he could hardly lift them, let alone carry them to my car)! Sat on the beach looking at the pier at sunset. Wrote postcards whilst sitting on the sand, watching pelicans swoop for fish in the sea in front of me. It's as idilic as it sounds! Was sitting on the balcony this evening, catching up on some emails-but kept hearing rattles from the trees below me ...(I think it was a snake-eeeeep!!) -so came inside ...

Birthday bliss

A travel blog entry by laura.hailes

... out loud-everyone stared at me, but I didn't care! Made me feel at home :) As much as I absolutely love it out here-I think that it would be hard to be away from family and friends at birthdays and Christmas. Went to watch the sunset on the beach. The water is so clear and the sand so white. It's so beautiful that it's almost surreal. You feel like your watching it on tv-that it must be cgi-nothing real could be this stunning. But it is. Had dinner overlooking the beach. ...

Home for the Holidays!

A travel blog entry by margogoes

Yes...we're finally back home. After seven months away, I feel a little like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, clicking my heels together and chanting "There's No Place Like Home!"

We took an early flight from Newark to Tampa on United Airlines. The trip was smooth and we arrived 20 minutes early! Our luggage came along for the ride and within a few minutes we were meeting our driver from Starlight Limousine at the curb. The day was sunny and warm and we felt ...