Hi Folks
Here we are, counting the days until we head for the airport. Are we ready? No, of course not! I had to watch the Grand Prix today - as always disappointed to see that DC wasn't placed. Good for young Lewis, on the podium again. He is a star in the making.
We finally picked up our tickets yesterday. Not before time! We were a little anxious about them. We have bought our Singaporean dollars and our Australian dollars. The exchange rates were higher than we expected. Thank you to good old M&S. The clothes are neatly arranged on the bed in the spare room. Not much more we can do, really. Pity we have to go to work this week. It is a pain but we do have Friday off, so with that, and Monday being a bank holiday - (most of our English customers will have their brollies up as they sit by the seaside)makes for a nice easy week for me.
I have to go and get in touch with my friend's niece. She is going to be in Cairns when we are there so I have to make contact to make sure we have the right email address. More of this later.
As most of you know, I have been getting sponsorship for Cancer Link Aberdeen and North (CLAN) I am somewhere in the region of £962 as I type this. I am totally amazed and overwhelmed by the generosity of all of my family, friends and colleagues. I thank every one of you, very much. CLAN were terrific when Ron, my brother stayed their while receiving treatment at ARI. That is the whole reason behind my doing the sponsored climb. Not sure how I will cope with it but with amount of money already pledged, I have to do it. I will need a good long draught of red wine at the end of it!
Hope this isn't too boring. It seemed like a good idea last week so I will continue on and hope it gives you an idea of how our trip goes.
Talk soon.
Christa & Simonwave:
