The Ocean Hotel
Travel Blogs from Sandown
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 ...
Getting Ready a Week to go!
So were frantically working (ro) / seeing friends / packing and buying last few bits and bobs! Insurance paid for and flip flops packed. Roisin packing up her room and thinking about how to take Yannis in her backpack :) We will try and write on ...
Tits and more!
... with a toad. Then the motorhome pitches up, gets the awning out and parks car under the awning - didn't realise that's what they're for. I thought the awning was for those warm sunny days when you sat out in the evening with a barbie and a gallon or two or wine. Pehaps I'm being a big optimistic about the evenings in the UK!!!
Another bacon and eggs breakfast - set off the smoke alarm this time. We need to get a checklist of all the things we do before we move ...
Doing nothing all day
... test our ability to 'live' in Monty without any outside entertainment. And it worked. It was warm, comfortable and with enough space to do the things we want to do without tripping over each other. We were forced into this because it rained for 36 hours non stop. We did not move out of the van all day - except for David doing a rubbish dump and filling up the ...
Back to Southampton
... the middle of the afternoon, however, she has successfully shrugged off the sea-sickness.
The ship put on the usual end-of-voyage chocolate extravaganza, where we got to sample cakes and more cakes made of chocolate and other goodies. I did pretty well here.
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