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Bye bye Blankie
After the two drunkies came in around 9 am, I was up for the day! I made myself breakfast and coffee and watched a bit of Downton Abbey (a UK time period drama which I am now obsessed with). I had no idea what time they were going to get up, so I decided to walk around for a bit on my own. I was feeling really under the weather, and since there was only one set of keys and Blankie was leaving in the early evening I decided to stay in Basingstoke as oppose to going to London.
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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?
... the support of so many people for whom the first question this Christmas is not "what do I want?" but "what can I give?".
From the 10th Dec we'll be posting regularly on here with pics and video and blogs to keep you updated on where we are giving out the shoeboxes and bringing you some of the stories of the individuals who will receive them. We hope you'll join us; you never know, you might even spot your shoebox!
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The last day
... wait for the taxi at 3.00 and on our way back. So that's it folks and blog watchers, another trip and our second blog. Must say we struggled to get the blog done each day as our time went so fast and opportunities to do it were not many. By the time we got back to the hotel in the evening it was late and after a full day sight seeing and walking the large sumptuous bed was calling!! So that's it till the next trip...where might that ...
RUSSY!!!!!!!!!!
... hopes we were going to see each other that day, but neither of us were sure if we were going to see each other. It was a very pleasant surprise indeed.
Then Russy Bear arrived! Yaaaaaaaay! I hadn't seen Russy in about 6ish months, so I was really happy to see him, Andy hadn't seen him in almost 4 years and Timmy saw him last year. It was like a cute little reunion for us all. We ended up in this crazy huge buffet restaurant. Only fitting ...