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The night before
School's out, work is on pause and the cottage industry is closed for Christmas. It's finally here after months of waiting and we're all beside ourselves with excitement.
The bags are packed (with space to spare thanks to Annette's frugal choice of clothes) and we have even managed to find room for Ellie much to Esther's relief.
We've got so many exciting new experiences ahead of us crammed into a 7 week trip. South East Asia here we come!
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Morning of NY
... was 5:45 a.m. We had a knock at the door at 5:40, not quite ready had a nervous rush on, despite a calm morning. I was greeted by a lady claiming to be the taxi driver. All seemed nice at first, but after precisely 16 seconds her persona changed to very frustrated and asked, "what time is the flight?" Of course I had no idea so asked Charlotte..."10:30". What happened next was simply uncalled for. [taxi lady] "your flight is at 10:30...it's 5:45 now, ...
Liverpool.....Yeh, Yeh, Yeh
... t leave Liverpool without visiting The Beatles Story, a whole museum dedicated to the most famous product to come out of the city. It was full of amazing memorabilia and non-stop Beatles music, and even non-Beatles fans would likely be humming their songs for days afterwards. It was also hard to believe that here we were in a museum celebrating the 60s and 70s, a time that we lived through. We felt old. After visiting so many museums, cathedrals, and galleries ...
Liverpool is way cool :-)
... which was quite interesting. The Liverpool accent is something you need to hear first hand it's bizarre throw in booze and you might as well be listening to another language. Went back to the local haunt for a few warm ups and a couple of games of pool. We then ended up at the cock and bottle. The owner lady heard my accent and then went on to introduce us to everyone then got me to sing men at work's land down under on ...
Easy day =)
... through the woods, and they were exactly as I had always pictured. It was overcast and the clouds threatened rain, but we continued our walk to the beach. In Formby, they had red squirrels... I wanted so badly to see one since I had heard about them so much in the past, but alas, I was not lucky enough to encounter one due to the weather Uncle Dave said.
Once you walk through the woods, there is an open walking area with beautiful serene scenery. ...