Roundhouse Bournemouth
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Sea Day
... the table set and gourmet selections, I found myself effectively settling into cruising life, almost thinking that 4 months may not be long enough. One of our table companions indicated that we were sailing in the Bay of Bisque (sp?); and that traditionally is the most turbulent section of the voyage.
After lunch we established computer connections, caught up with our schools, emails and I wrote yesterday’s blog entry. With that ...
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...
... a small little photo memory book to take with me, almost fits in a pocket, of family, friends and places and things important to me and I will be showing people I meet on my travels to strike a conversation or just as a reminder of what's at home when I return.
So what's left to do... well thanks to 'Runaway Jane's' site , if you are a female traveler go check this site (http://www.runawayjane.com/travel-unde ...
The calm before the storm!
... ready to meet up for our trip of a lifetime! Lauren is flying from Australia, and I from the UK so it will be the first time we see each other in over a year. The New York airport run up embrace will be embarrassingly cringe worthy on the 3rd Jan (think Love Actually)...I cannot wait! From there we depart for Lima.
A quick background on us – if we were in Gladiators ...
The adventure begins!
... a very small figure dressed in dark clothing was waving frantically from high up on the ship as it left Southampton Docks at 3pm and majestically sailed past Southampton Town Quay where Mum (wife Yvonne) and I were the official send-off committee. If it wasn't him . . . ???
I can report he had just enjoyed his first lunch on board - squid! - and was looking forward to octopus for dinner (which turned out to be ...



