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 And back to England

August 4th 2022

Flying in to Gatwick

Flew in to Gatwick over the English fields on EasyJet on 4th August, after a really great month in Almere where we were slowly able to get to know not just the twins Emily and Sophie, but also sister Hayley, a lot better.  Still hard with the language, and we are, after all, strangers suddenly appearing after 2 1/2 years of their lives, but with the help of Maltesers, we are definitely making progress ! 😂.  And it was great to spend some decent time with Nick and Tanja after being forced to keep apart by Covid for the past 3 years.   As always, good friend John picked us up in Gatwick - Di was away in Italy with her sister for a few days. 

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 19th October 2022.

 Sunrise in Surrey

Off to Europe !

On June 29th we set off to Europe for 3 months.   Janet's brother Peter and his wife Celia came up from cold and wet Melbourne to babysit the house, and to enjoy some Queensland warmth ! They drove us up to Brisbane airport and we caught the evening Singapore Airlines flight to London, via Singapore.  Cattle class - But actually Singapore Airlines were very good - I have been on a lot worse flights over the years.  But post Covid, travelling really is beginning to be rather tiresome - queues seem longer, crowds seem bigger, and then many facilities (restaurants, shops etc) in the airports seem to be closed -  "Lack of personnel" !!  Even the Duty Free places were closed 😡.     Hmmmmm.   Anyway, we eventually arrived safely, if tired, at Heathrow, where John and Di were there to meet us and take us back to their lovely home in Surrey and a welcome meal and Gin & Tonic - or two !