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Bye bye Blankie
... cooking done. It felt great to chop veggies and stand over the stove stirring. It's funny the things you miss when you are away. This quote always rings so true to me "The grass is always greener on the other side but your grass is still green". It was so true, here I was in England, where I've been traveling through Europe for almost 2 months and I was dying to do something normal. I finished the night with a nice soak in the bath and more Downton Abbey, I am obsessed with that ...
Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
What can I give this Christmas?
This year 6,657 Christmas shoeboxes were donated to The Trussell Trust for distribution in Bulgaria. This is another record and a reminder that there are a lot of you out there that really care about others much less fortunate than yourselves. If the children and adults who will receive the presents this year were able, they'd say a huge thank you to everybody who gave shoeboxes or their time to help sort them. It's really good ...
The last day
... was something going on above the hotel. A sprint out the way and a look up revealed two guys hanging off the roof on the guttering breaking off ice, big chunks of which were crashing down! Just check the photos out! So the final hour's before leaving for the airport was an opportunity to do a bit of shopping for some presents and things to bring home. Followed by a lunch with a last vodka (umm..nice) and back to the hotel to get ...
Back to Southampton
September 14: It is Day 14 of the Baltics and St Petersburg cruise, and we`re on our way from Oslo to Southampton.
Christine, together with many other passengers, not feeling the best on account of the effects of the rough sea we are ...
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