Thursday - Off on my Holiday!

[grangers14]

Well its soon come round

I have far too much to get done, not even looked in the wardrobe at what clothes we all have never mind started to wash or pack anything.
So I wont be about much tomorrow or Thursday morning.

See you all soon, happy hunting.
Jo

[snoopysue]

Hope you have a good trip - looking forward to hearing about it when you get back.

We're off ourselves tomorrow, a bit of a whirl wind tour in the UK (as usual!), first up to my parents, then to my cousins wedding, followed by a family dinner and a trip to Duxford on the way back to the airport!

[kdp]

Hope you have a lovely lovely time JO

[dianel]

Have a great trip, Jo. We'll compare notes when we both get back You too, Snoops.
Love, Di

[snoopysue]

Have a great trip, Jo. We'll compare notes when we both get back You too, Snoops.
Love, Di

Got back last night, only hope Jo has as good weather as we did - hadn't expected it to be that good. The wedding we went to had glorious sunshine - so much so that the photographers were complaining about people squinting in the sun!!!

[kdp]

Have a great trip, Jo. We'll compare notes when we both get back You too, Snoops.
Love, Di

Got back last night, only hope Jo has as good weather as we did - hadn't expected it to be that good. The wedding we went to had glorious sunshine - so much so that the photographers were complaining about people squinting in the sun!!!

covering his back in case they not good ?

hope you had a lovely time x

[snoopysue]

Have a great trip, Jo. We'll compare notes when we both get back You too, Snoops.
Love, Di

Got back last night, only hope Jo has as good weather as we did - hadn't expected it to be that good. The wedding we went to had glorious sunshine - so much so that the photographers were complaining about people squinting in the sun!!!

covering his back in case they not good ?

hope you had a lovely time x

We did, and my other half went to his first British Wedding - a bit different from a Danish one!

[dianel]

I'm back too!

Had a fantastic time! Went to Suzhou near Shanghai. Lovely city with canals - they call it "the Venice of the East" - of course But it is very attractive. Gorgeous gardens.
Saw pandas at the Panda Research Institute in Chengdu - sooo CUTE! Some of our group had their photos taken cuddling baby pandas ... ahhhh! But it cost 1000 Yuan and I'm a tight wad.

Tibet was absolutely marvellous - lots of snowy peaks, golden-roofed temples, and the most gentle, kind, friendly people I have ever met. We were all affected by the altitude, however (5200 metres), breathless, heavy legs, bad sleep, headaches, some with nausea (not me, NOTHING affects my eating!). We had to walk REALLY slowly - like a bunch of post-operative patients, and drink lots and lots of water. And when you drink lots and lots of water .... Think we found every public loo in Lhasa.

The train trip from Lhasa back down into China passed through amazing scenery - lots of yaks, more pointy white mountains, blue lakes, frozen lakes, more yaks, more yaks ... and, did I mention the yaks?

In Beijing did the usual stuff: Temple of Heaven, silk factory (shopping), Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, jade factory (more shopping), Summer Palace, pearl factory (still more shopping), Great Wall (lots more shopping at souvenir stalls), Olympic Stadium etc., (shopped out).

We had a stopover in Singapore on our way home, and guess what I did?

[peterd]

more shopping

nice to have you back di glad you enjoyed it

[mallosa]

Yeh, great to have you back Di, sounds like you had a brilliant holiday

[snoopysue]

I'm back too!

Had a fantastic time! Went to Suzhou near Shanghai. Lovely city with canals - they call it "the Venice of the East" - of course But it is very attractive. Gorgeous gardens.
Saw pandas at the Panda Research Institute in Chengdu - sooo CUTE! Some of our group had their photos taken cuddling baby pandas ... ahhhh! But it cost 1000 Yuan and I'm a tight wad.

Tibet was absolutely marvellous - lots of snowy peaks, golden-roofed temples, and the most gentle, kind, friendly people I have ever met. We were all affected by the altitude, however (5200 metres), breathless, heavy legs, bad sleep, headaches, some with nausea (not me, NOTHING affects my eating!). We had to walk REALLY slowly - like a bunch of post-operative patients, and drink lots and lots of water. And when you drink lots and lots of water .... Think we found every public loo in Lhasa.

The train trip from Lhasa back down into China passed through amazing scenery - lots of yaks, more pointy white mountains, blue lakes, frozen lakes, more yaks, more yaks ... and, did I mention the yaks?

In Beijing did the usual stuff: Temple of Heaven, silk factory (shopping), Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, jade factory (more shopping), Summer Palace, pearl factory (still more shopping), Great Wall (lots more shopping at souvenir stalls), Olympic Stadium etc., (shopped out).

We had a stopover in Singapore on our way home, and guess what I did?

Sounds like you had a really good trip

[grangers14]

We got home Friday evening after a brilliant relaxing time. We didnt do a great deal, just enjoy the sunshine!
Sounds like you, Di and Snoopy Sue, had a great time too!

Been really busy since we came home.
Had to pack up my son for Korea, hes gone there to teach English for a year!

Jo

[snoopysue]

Good you had a good time too!


I'm sure your son will have a great time in Korea. At least it's easy to keep in touch these days. Have you got skype?

[grangers14]

Yes we have skype, once he is settled he will use that.
He has to go to Japan this week for his visa but has already started teaching. Not heard much from him yet just a couple of emails.
Jo

[dianel]

Glad you had a nice relaxing time, Jo. And welcome back!
Mine wasn't exactly a holiday. So busy and exhausting - I slept on and off all day and night on Sunday. But it was all worth it.