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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton October 28th 2015

Quite a few things on the agenda today so headed to the mall first thing, grabbed breakfast in M&S before heading off to Chichester to visit with Alex's 90-odd year old Grandad in his nursing home. Ron was delighted to see Alex and we wheeled him into a sunny spot in the garden and let them have a good catch up, it was an emotional moment as time goes by so quickly and we don't get over to the UK to visit so often, so it was a nice hour spent. After saying our goodbyes we headed back to Southampton and after some last minute purchases, grabbed some food to go and drove across to the dock and said hello to the beautiful Norwegian Escape, sat on the pier opposite and stared in awe of the ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton June 19th 2015

Assumption - We will sleep on the plane, as we have an overnight flight. Fact: Reagan (at 4 years old) generally gets 12-14 hours of sleep a day. The night before we left, she was up all night with nightmares. She went to school in the morning and I was hopeful that she would nap before we embarked on our day long journey. No such luck. Ok, so maybe she will sleep on one of the 3 planes that we would be on over the next 14 hours - some, but very little. Fact: Reagan had approximately 3 collective hours of sleep throughout our travel. I will spare you the detail of what a 4 year old on that much lack of sleep/food behaves :) and leave it to your imagination. Fact: The complimentary wine onboard ... read more
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Peppa's family
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton May 25th 2015

THE END - it's been fun !!!... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton May 25th 2015

Hi everyone, arrived home safely, was up 48 hours, so very tired and very jet lagged !! Got to the airport nice and early Saturday evening in Melbourne. Remember we were trying to get our upgrade using Sue's points, well Stu went off to speak to customer services, came back and said they received Robert's e -mail from the Melbourne Qatar offices and they have two seats left in business class and we can have them using Sue's points !! Well I was estatic, then he dropped the bomb shell !!! Sue needs to be with us to sign !! Noooooooooooooooooo, then Stu said 'well it's not going to happen as NO Sue', but then said he got the best economy seats booked on the plane !! Well I was baffled as I didn't know there ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton January 11th 2015

It is just one week to go before we set off on our journey. Excited is an understatement of how we feel. In the last few days Lyn has discovered relations in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, who descend from her Great Great Grandfather Simeon Strange. We have already set up meetings in Melbourne and Adelaide; this adds another dimension to our trip. First stop Heathrow airport terminal 3 next Sunday. Bye for now... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton December 20th 2014

Those of you who are regular cruisers will know that every day, whether onboard or ashore, presents itself with new experiences. Some are good, a few are bad. (It's usually the bad ones that are unavoidable!!). With each voyage, although you can expect many similarities for those who prefer the comfort blanket of familiarity, I'm anticipating something different. This cruise is with P & O (a first) and will be over the Christmas period (another first!) For 2000 years people have been jumping on the bandwagon and releasing Christmas editions from within mainstream Arts. In Books: Chaz Dickens a Christmas Carol (which has nothing to do with festive hymns!!); TV: The Morecombe and Wise Christmas Show or the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Extravaganza; Music; Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff or Have a Wombling Christmas by the ... read more
A festive checkin
It's Christmas time..in B132
Chris getting in to the festive mood!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton October 8th 2014

So this is our first blog on our world travel. We are both nervous but excited to go and hope everyone follows us on our travels on here!!! All the best Neil and Vicky... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Southampton August 31st 2014

Hi everyone from deepest darkest Southampton, famous for the Titanic and Jane Austen! To tell the truth, it’s very sunny and bright-the British summer is still in full swing. Not to mention that we are still wearing warm jackets! The flight from Singapore to Heathrow was unpleasant which was to be expected. We had a 5 hour layover at Changi and spent that in the Skyview Lounge similar to QANTAS club. . On this trip I have discovered the world of pay per use airport lounges. The only requirement is that you have to have an onward flight. So for $85, we spent 5 hours in a quiet place with comfy chairs, showers, nice food and pleasant wine. It was well worth the money. So after having been on the move for 15 hours without sleeping, ... read more
Lunch at the beach
Enjoying a quiet drink at the beach
Strange art exhibition at Southampton




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