Some of you may recall an incedent with Wilbur the pig. This time there were three, only not nearly as big, but we´ll get to that in a bit! ...
We had an ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC three days hiking in the Lake District (Patagonia not to be confused with the one in England). On the path we met 2 nice American climbing lads who were carrying at least 20kg each. Compare this to our 9 or 10kg and you won´t be wondering why they took a bit longer to reach the campsite.
After a very nice dinner with them and even after all Steph´s enthusiam, we still managed to miss the stars! (To be fair, it wasn´t star watching time until about 11pm ... definitely past our bedtime.)
We had a spritely start to the day, with much scrabbling and huge packs (well, huge in Anna´s mind). Though we did get to the top and passed a slightly older couple on a day hike. From there it was down a nice slippery scree slope through a valley with lots of nice BIG BLACK FLIES (Steph took to calling them a number of names, none of which will be repeated here). Walking up out of the valley we encountered a group of Isrealis who commented on "how difficult it was for a couple of women to be walking by themselves" this was greeted with a "hmm" smile by Anna, who changed the subject immediately (Steph the "not as strong" hiker in their eyes, was still cursing the flies).
On the decent, the Isrealis were surprised to find that Anna and Steph weren´t "skiing" down the 2nd scree slope, in hope of killing other hikers below them even after it was suggested that we should. Anna didn´t smile and change this subject with that one.
Once we´d reached the basin, we found ourselves a BEAUTIFUL campsite and did manage to see the most amazingly spectacular stars!
Breakfast was spent with a Londoner named Nigel (no worries about any hanky panky ... he was in his mid to late 40´s ... that´s too old even for Anna!) After an "apparent" 7 hour hike, we would reach the main road. After 4 1/2 hours (including a leisurely lunch and pee break by the river) we encountered the main road. There we met an adorable Argentinian family, who were on their holidays in Bariloche and all too delighted to give us a lift to our hostel door. (The husband had done the same in his day).
Leaving good olde Thomas and Bryan (our favorite hostel thus far), it wasn´t until we were an hour or so down the road to El Bolson that Steph announced she´d left her shorts at the hostel, this left her with one pair of shorts - good thing she hadn´t left her boardies!
We spent a fantastic 3 days, camping in El Bolson. Compared to Bariloche it was much more in the wilderness. Unfortunately, the rangers didn´t seem to understand that when we said we´d like to hike for more than 6 hours, we didn´t mean 5 or 4, we did actually mean 6 ... or more. This met us with some beautiful walk on the first day with a 2 hour kip in the middle of the day by el Rio Azul.
The second day hike was more of a hike, the back of Anna´s shirt is proof of that. She was, in a word, REPULSED. About 30 minutes into the hike, we happened upon a farm and Anna had the presence of mind to wave hello to a family of 3 pigs that were, doing what pigs do, behind a fence. About 5 minutes later, we heard the distinct noise of pig grunts as then trundled up the hill after us. At some point Anna asked if one could run from pigs ... and then choose to run ... and the pigs ran too. So we went for out smarting them ... and hid in a bush. This seemed to work until we heard the pigs ahead!!! After listening for them in a bush, we decided the pigs had disappeared and it was time for us to move on. And then the mum was infront of us again!! So people, humans can NOT out run pigs ... or atleast not Anna and Steph. After our 3 hour hike to the top, which was supposed to take a grand 4 hour OR more (due to it´s steepness), we started our decent.
Crossing the "Indian Jones type bridge," we were greeted by a nice Argentinian man who said that for A$ 10 he would drive us back to the bus stop and for A$10 extra from there he would drive us to El Bolson (the bus was A$8 and wouldn´t be arriving for 3 hours). Did he think that after a 5 hour, rather than 71/2 hour hike that we wouldn´t be able to walk our 1/2 hour to the bus stop?? Who knows! But we got him in the end ... 5 minutes from the bus stop, he stopped and clarified that he would charge A$10 there to El Bolson. Well, that beats a 3 hour wait for the bus!
Being back in town so much earlier than expected, there was only one thing to do ... eat more ice cream! We had 2 new flavors: Chocolate con naranjitas (that´s chocolate with orange bits) and Almendora (sp?) - almeretto. (This was on top of the 2 new flavors the day before being Canela (cinnimon), chocolate brownie and the leading marscapone con frambuesas).
Back at the campsite, we took the opportunity to use the flint to MAKE FIRE (don´t worry, it was safe and in a fire building place) - only twigs and sticks were harmed. But we succeeded!! The 2 Argentine cyclists in the tent next to ours were impressed with the fire and checked out Anna´s tent (she was exstatic).
Today lead to much excitement as we spent 4 hours in the Bariloche bus station picking out other traveller´s nationalities (you can spot them a mile off)! There was a short side trip for Steph as she spent a whole A$6 to pick up her shorts which were being held at the Green House Hostel ... see, really the best hostel!
After a drawn out border crossing and 2 drug dogs, we made it to Chile. Here we will spend the next 4 or 5 days trekking. While this is no Green House Hostel, it has it´s own 1970´s ski lodge appeal and the owners have opened their home as well as bunny, dog and 2 cats up to us backpackers.
Until next time ... hoping there aren´t too many pigs chancing us!
Anna and Steph
Monday, 31 January 2011
Monday, 24 January 2011
Yet Another Uneventful Journey ... I Wish!
Hey Everybody!
We last left you getting ready for our 20 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to Bariloche. We did make it ... however the trip lasted closer to 24 hours due to a protest of some sort which closed the road. Mind you there is only one very very very long road to Bariloche, so there was no going around it! If this was not enough, we were forced to watch a scary movie where a guy is killed by flies. Well we think he was, to be honest we'd both stopped watching at that point and fortunately could only hear every couple of words and the screaming!! Case 39 is NOT a movie I would recommend, especially on a bus with small children!! HONESTLY!!! Well, atleast it was in English?
Bariloche is a nice town and we are ranking this hostel as our top one so far! (Green House Hostel) And possibly the best food we've had/will have on this trip ... Di Como - it was this amazing trout sorrentini!!!!!!Then walked to the Alpine Club Information Center ... tossers!
We're both in agreement that today has been the best day of our trip so far!! Out to the bus stop for our 9.20am bus which would take us to Colonia Suiza (or the stop just before it). Bus number 11 drove passed us at 9.20am, Steph said, "it's not the number 10" as the bus headed around the corner Anna said, "that was our bus!"
Hmm, well this was a slight predicament as the next bus wouldn't drive by until 11.20am ... so we waited and diliberated and decided that maybe we'd just catch the number 51 bus and find the village where it ends. Okay, not great, but oh well, these things happen ... and then bus number 11 was heading towards us!!! It was flagged down and we jumped on! How the heck that happened, we still have no idea - must have just been lucky?!
Jumping off the bus, we started our hike! This was our first meeting with, "the wanker in red!" (I have a feeling only a few people will get this ... he wasn't even wearing red!) As we trod up the hill this guy went by, this is normal for Steph as she will get to the top ... she just takes more time than the average person. About 20 minutes later we passed him. We continued to leap frog back and forth until he stormed passed us grumpy that we were ahead again!
The "3 or 4 hour hike" that 3 people had told us it would take to get to Refruigo Lopez took us under 2 hours ... as it wasn't even time for lunch we continued up the scrambly rocky mess to the peak closest to us. And WOW!! I thought the Colorado Rockies were amazing ... well, this does not compare!!! It would be like comparing the Yorkshire Moors to Glen coe!
We had no problems catching the bus back to the hostel and even treated ourselves to ice cream at Jaula's. mmm!! The day culminated in us queing at the gas station behind 6 other cars ... needless to say the guy driving the car behind us was amused!
We're off on a 3 day trek tomorrow and hope the views are as good as they were today!
Later gators!
Anna and Steph
p.s Ice Creams Tasted:
Tiramasu, ***Mascapone y rasberries, Chocolate Brownie, Mint Chocolate Chip, Lemon Pie, Seuco con dulce de oveja, Cherry, Pistacio, Kiwi, Coconut, White Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Banana Split, Dulce de Leche con Neuz, Plum, Watermelon, Lemon, Fruits of the Forrest & Sambrueyo
***denotes the winning ice cream thus far
We last left you getting ready for our 20 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to Bariloche. We did make it ... however the trip lasted closer to 24 hours due to a protest of some sort which closed the road. Mind you there is only one very very very long road to Bariloche, so there was no going around it! If this was not enough, we were forced to watch a scary movie where a guy is killed by flies. Well we think he was, to be honest we'd both stopped watching at that point and fortunately could only hear every couple of words and the screaming!! Case 39 is NOT a movie I would recommend, especially on a bus with small children!! HONESTLY!!! Well, atleast it was in English?
Bariloche is a nice town and we are ranking this hostel as our top one so far! (Green House Hostel) And possibly the best food we've had/will have on this trip ... Di Como - it was this amazing trout sorrentini!!!!!!Then walked to the Alpine Club Information Center ... tossers!
We're both in agreement that today has been the best day of our trip so far!! Out to the bus stop for our 9.20am bus which would take us to Colonia Suiza (or the stop just before it). Bus number 11 drove passed us at 9.20am, Steph said, "it's not the number 10" as the bus headed around the corner Anna said, "that was our bus!"
Hmm, well this was a slight predicament as the next bus wouldn't drive by until 11.20am ... so we waited and diliberated and decided that maybe we'd just catch the number 51 bus and find the village where it ends. Okay, not great, but oh well, these things happen ... and then bus number 11 was heading towards us!!! It was flagged down and we jumped on! How the heck that happened, we still have no idea - must have just been lucky?!
Jumping off the bus, we started our hike! This was our first meeting with, "the wanker in red!" (I have a feeling only a few people will get this ... he wasn't even wearing red!) As we trod up the hill this guy went by, this is normal for Steph as she will get to the top ... she just takes more time than the average person. About 20 minutes later we passed him. We continued to leap frog back and forth until he stormed passed us grumpy that we were ahead again!
The "3 or 4 hour hike" that 3 people had told us it would take to get to Refruigo Lopez took us under 2 hours ... as it wasn't even time for lunch we continued up the scrambly rocky mess to the peak closest to us. And WOW!! I thought the Colorado Rockies were amazing ... well, this does not compare!!! It would be like comparing the Yorkshire Moors to Glen coe!
We had no problems catching the bus back to the hostel and even treated ourselves to ice cream at Jaula's. mmm!! The day culminated in us queing at the gas station behind 6 other cars ... needless to say the guy driving the car behind us was amused!
We're off on a 3 day trek tomorrow and hope the views are as good as they were today!
Later gators!
Anna and Steph
p.s Ice Creams Tasted:
Tiramasu, ***Mascapone y rasberries, Chocolate Brownie, Mint Chocolate Chip, Lemon Pie, Seuco con dulce de oveja, Cherry, Pistacio, Kiwi, Coconut, White Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Banana Split, Dulce de Leche con Neuz, Plum, Watermelon, Lemon, Fruits of the Forrest & Sambrueyo
***denotes the winning ice cream thus far
Friday, 21 January 2011
Doing 360s in the Rio De La Plata
Hello All!!
We are currently in Buenos Aires (BA) after a very long trip over the water. What was suppose to be a short uneventful ferry crossing across the Rio De La Plata turned out to take us all day. It all started when a massive thunderstrom appeared just as we were going through immigration. We both got our passport stamped when they announced that the port was closed until the weather calmed down. Thankfully the terminal opened again after an hour so we weren't that delayed. All back on track!! Or so we thought....
The boat was suppose to take us about 2 hours. After about an hour and a half we began to think we were almost there. A curly haired dude appeared with a microphone and started to jibber away in spanish, only which Steph managed to catch a bit of. We promptly turned around to ask the couple behind us what was happening, as people started shouting at the poor curly haired dude. The boat was broken! and instead of heading to the big city of BA we had infact, been going round in circles 10km away from Colonia (where we had left). It then proceeded to take 3 and a half hours to turn around and head back to Colonia where a wee tug boat appeared to take us to the port when we were close enough to shore. After a 45 minute lock down in what can only be described as a holding bay, another company took us to BA. So folks, if you ever want to get the ferry from Colonia to BA, pay the extra and take the Seacat!! (we would however like to say thank you to the express colonia for providing us with 2 free sodas, a sandwich and some random ham flavored crackers!)
We have now spent two nights in BA, with one more to go. BA is a lovely city, which reminds us both very much of Paris in places. The pair of us have both also heared that you must eat steak when in Argentina and so thats whats on the cards for tonight. Steak the Argentinian way... we'll tell you what way that is once we've found out!!
I think the last time we spoke to you all we were in Montevideo heading to Colonia. Colonia was a Portuguese smuggling port and very pretty with its small cobbled streets. It is a very sleepy town, with lots of cafes and a beautiful sunset, which we went and watched both nights. There were also 7 museums in Colonia, of which we did 4 in an hour, had some Mate (type of tea out here) and continued our new daily ritual of an ice-cream a day. (As of right now Argentina is leading in the ice cream battle, followed closely by Urugauy).
The two of us are now getting ready for our next long bus journey to Bariloche tomorrow, which takes 20 hours. I am 100% positive that both our bums will ache after that one!
Catch you all when we're in Patagonia!
Steph and Anna
We are currently in Buenos Aires (BA) after a very long trip over the water. What was suppose to be a short uneventful ferry crossing across the Rio De La Plata turned out to take us all day. It all started when a massive thunderstrom appeared just as we were going through immigration. We both got our passport stamped when they announced that the port was closed until the weather calmed down. Thankfully the terminal opened again after an hour so we weren't that delayed. All back on track!! Or so we thought....
The boat was suppose to take us about 2 hours. After about an hour and a half we began to think we were almost there. A curly haired dude appeared with a microphone and started to jibber away in spanish, only which Steph managed to catch a bit of. We promptly turned around to ask the couple behind us what was happening, as people started shouting at the poor curly haired dude. The boat was broken! and instead of heading to the big city of BA we had infact, been going round in circles 10km away from Colonia (where we had left). It then proceeded to take 3 and a half hours to turn around and head back to Colonia where a wee tug boat appeared to take us to the port when we were close enough to shore. After a 45 minute lock down in what can only be described as a holding bay, another company took us to BA. So folks, if you ever want to get the ferry from Colonia to BA, pay the extra and take the Seacat!! (we would however like to say thank you to the express colonia for providing us with 2 free sodas, a sandwich and some random ham flavored crackers!)
We have now spent two nights in BA, with one more to go. BA is a lovely city, which reminds us both very much of Paris in places. The pair of us have both also heared that you must eat steak when in Argentina and so thats whats on the cards for tonight. Steak the Argentinian way... we'll tell you what way that is once we've found out!!
I think the last time we spoke to you all we were in Montevideo heading to Colonia. Colonia was a Portuguese smuggling port and very pretty with its small cobbled streets. It is a very sleepy town, with lots of cafes and a beautiful sunset, which we went and watched both nights. There were also 7 museums in Colonia, of which we did 4 in an hour, had some Mate (type of tea out here) and continued our new daily ritual of an ice-cream a day. (As of right now Argentina is leading in the ice cream battle, followed closely by Urugauy).
The two of us are now getting ready for our next long bus journey to Bariloche tomorrow, which takes 20 hours. I am 100% positive that both our bums will ache after that one!
Catch you all when we're in Patagonia!
Steph and Anna
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Another Overnight Bus... Why Not?
Rio... floods?? Where?? Know nothing about it! We're on holiday!
We have moved around a lot since we last spoke to you all and are now in Uruguay. We spent some time in Florianopolis, which is a coastal town, on an island, 18 hours south of Rio. Anna's bum took a good day or so to recover from that one. We spent one day on the beach and another walking to a waterfall on the edge of a lake. The walk took about 3 hours in total and oddly, after some searching and a slight tumble on Steph's part, no waterfall was ever found. We think it may be very very small and so only ants can find it!! They have big ants!
After a couple of days there we took a very quick over night bus to Porto Alegre. So quick in fact we arrived three hours before we thought we would. Instead of arriving at about 8am, a nice safe day light hour, we arrived at 5am!! The next two hours were spent in silence, staring into space, attempting to stay awake waiting for the sun to come up, with the exception of a Brazilian jibbering away to us at 5.30! As you can imagine, we weren't very responsive!
Porto Alegre was alright, the tourist office women quickly started highlighting more things once she heared we were there for 12 hours. Aparently people don't spend much time in the area... We would recommend the park tho, good for a quick nap while the other cuts up wedding magazines.
Last night, after wasting hours in the bus station, we got an overnight bus to Montevideo. Dinner and breakfast provided!! Although Anna didn't stay awake long enough (half an hour) to get hers. Montevideo, so far has been amazing, cooler, lovely people and cheaper!!
We are here for a couple more days before heading to Colonia Del Sacramento and onto Argentina.
Hope you're all having fun at home!
Anna and Steph
We have moved around a lot since we last spoke to you all and are now in Uruguay. We spent some time in Florianopolis, which is a coastal town, on an island, 18 hours south of Rio. Anna's bum took a good day or so to recover from that one. We spent one day on the beach and another walking to a waterfall on the edge of a lake. The walk took about 3 hours in total and oddly, after some searching and a slight tumble on Steph's part, no waterfall was ever found. We think it may be very very small and so only ants can find it!! They have big ants!
After a couple of days there we took a very quick over night bus to Porto Alegre. So quick in fact we arrived three hours before we thought we would. Instead of arriving at about 8am, a nice safe day light hour, we arrived at 5am!! The next two hours were spent in silence, staring into space, attempting to stay awake waiting for the sun to come up, with the exception of a Brazilian jibbering away to us at 5.30! As you can imagine, we weren't very responsive!
Porto Alegre was alright, the tourist office women quickly started highlighting more things once she heared we were there for 12 hours. Aparently people don't spend much time in the area... We would recommend the park tho, good for a quick nap while the other cuts up wedding magazines.
Last night, after wasting hours in the bus station, we got an overnight bus to Montevideo. Dinner and breakfast provided!! Although Anna didn't stay awake long enough (half an hour) to get hers. Montevideo, so far has been amazing, cooler, lovely people and cheaper!!
We are here for a couple more days before heading to Colonia Del Sacramento and onto Argentina.
Hope you're all having fun at home!
Anna and Steph
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Don't worry!
Just in case, you've seen this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079
Please don't worry. We're currently in Floriaopolis, but about to head for Porto Alegre, before heading onto Montevideo the next day.
We'll add more when we find an internet cafe and can spend longer online, but all's good!!!!!! :):):):)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12180079
Please don't worry. We're currently in Floriaopolis, but about to head for Porto Alegre, before heading onto Montevideo the next day.
We'll add more when we find an internet cafe and can spend longer online, but all's good!!!!!! :):):):)
Monday, 10 January 2011
Our Fantastic Beginning To a 3 Month Trip!
We thought this was an appropriate beginning to this blog. Jon (Steph´s fiance) sent this to her parents after we had landed safely in Rio ...
Frank and Sandie,
I'm not sure how much Steph told you about Friday, but I'm guessing she didn't give you the entire picture, so I'm going to tell tales...
It wasn't entirely her fault, but it was mostly!
Due to what we thought would be issues over her Brazilian visa, she booked a ticket from London Luton to Paris Charles de Gaulle, so that she could skip the London City-Paris Orly flight and the transfer across Paris, which left earlier. However, she then failed to tell Air France that she needed to cancel the first half of the flight - something that she claims(!) she's done before. The day before, she was finally gong to do it, but my phone died while we were in London and there office was shut by the time we got home, so she started to organise her packing and generally spread further chaos/mess around the flat - I'm sure that isn't a difficult picture to imagine.
So, this brings us to Friday. The alarm went off at 8am, so that she could ring Air France as soon as their office opened. Which she did, at which point I got wind that this wasn;t as simple as it was going to be, so I looked online and texted Anna to tell her that there were problems and it looked like she was going to have to get from Edinburgh to London City to get the original flight, but I said Steph would ring her back as soon as she got off the phone. I told Anna that she could either get a train, if she left immediately, or to fly in an hour and a half. At which point, she told me that she was in Braemar, 2 hours from Edinburgh.
Steph got off the phone, highly frustrated with Air France, unsurprisingly, as all they could offer to do was cancel the tickets and refund the tax, or change the tickets at a cost of £1300 each. She then rang Anna, who had pressganged her Dad into driving her to Edinbrugh airport and they were on their way. Steph then began packing, at which point I told her we needed to leave at 10am to get to Peterborough station to get a train that would get us in time. This was now 9am.
At 9.20am, I scream came from the kitchen, as Steph had looked out of the window and seen that Uppingham seemed to have been hit by a (UK-style) blizzard and all the cars were driving at about 10mph - this was going to take longer than I thought! So I said we'd leave as soon as she finished packing. She finished at 9.55am!
We jumped in the car and drove to Peterborough. Thankfully, Uppingham seemed to be in a strange pocket of snow, and on the way to Peterborough, the snow turned to rain and we made much better progress, getting there in time for our train, at whcih point we started to relax a little.
What we were unaware of (and I don't think I got the exact details of this), is that Anna had needed to print out her ticket (or similar), but the ink had run out in her printer. So, as her Dad was speeding towards the airport, her brother changed the ink cartridges, printed what she needed out and then sped after her, so that she was able to get to Departures and check-in just in time. I dread to think what her Dad's driving was like!!
Arriving in london, we then crossed over on the Underground and arrived through the airport doors about 5 mintes before Anna came through arrivals.
I have absolutely no idea how they managed to do it, but they made it! It certainly wasn't stress-free and if life is going to continue like that, then my life expectancy will certainly go down!!!! Mind you, so will Steph's!! Rumour has it, her New YEar's Resolution is to be more roganised, including being tidier, so that she can find things more easily when she's packing, especially at the last minute! I'll believe that when I see it!!
I am dumbfounded as to how they both got there on the day that they had planned, considering all the things that look set to go wrong, with tickets, UK visas, Brazilian visas, etc. And to top it all off, we even managed to sort her out with her dream jacket, which they'd sold out of in Peterborough.
What have I got myself in?! Love really is cruel! I'm in trouble! (but don't worry, there's no going back, I'm in for the longhaul!)
I hope all's well with the both of you.
Term is all set to start now, and after the last whirlwind week, I feel like a holiday!
All the best,
J.x
We would like to add that when Anna and her dad drove to the Edinburgh airport her mum and Guy (boyfriend) were frantically attempting to buy her ticket.
After a few days in Rio we are now off on our first overnight bus journey to Floriaopolis.
Speak to you again soon!
Anna and Steph
Frank and Sandie,
I'm not sure how much Steph told you about Friday, but I'm guessing she didn't give you the entire picture, so I'm going to tell tales...
It wasn't entirely her fault, but it was mostly!
Due to what we thought would be issues over her Brazilian visa, she booked a ticket from London Luton to Paris Charles de Gaulle, so that she could skip the London City-Paris Orly flight and the transfer across Paris, which left earlier. However, she then failed to tell Air France that she needed to cancel the first half of the flight - something that she claims(!) she's done before. The day before, she was finally gong to do it, but my phone died while we were in London and there office was shut by the time we got home, so she started to organise her packing and generally spread further chaos/mess around the flat - I'm sure that isn't a difficult picture to imagine.
So, this brings us to Friday. The alarm went off at 8am, so that she could ring Air France as soon as their office opened. Which she did, at which point I got wind that this wasn;t as simple as it was going to be, so I looked online and texted Anna to tell her that there were problems and it looked like she was going to have to get from Edinburgh to London City to get the original flight, but I said Steph would ring her back as soon as she got off the phone. I told Anna that she could either get a train, if she left immediately, or to fly in an hour and a half. At which point, she told me that she was in Braemar, 2 hours from Edinburgh.
Steph got off the phone, highly frustrated with Air France, unsurprisingly, as all they could offer to do was cancel the tickets and refund the tax, or change the tickets at a cost of £1300 each. She then rang Anna, who had pressganged her Dad into driving her to Edinbrugh airport and they were on their way. Steph then began packing, at which point I told her we needed to leave at 10am to get to Peterborough station to get a train that would get us in time. This was now 9am.
At 9.20am, I scream came from the kitchen, as Steph had looked out of the window and seen that Uppingham seemed to have been hit by a (UK-style) blizzard and all the cars were driving at about 10mph - this was going to take longer than I thought! So I said we'd leave as soon as she finished packing. She finished at 9.55am!
We jumped in the car and drove to Peterborough. Thankfully, Uppingham seemed to be in a strange pocket of snow, and on the way to Peterborough, the snow turned to rain and we made much better progress, getting there in time for our train, at whcih point we started to relax a little.
What we were unaware of (and I don't think I got the exact details of this), is that Anna had needed to print out her ticket (or similar), but the ink had run out in her printer. So, as her Dad was speeding towards the airport, her brother changed the ink cartridges, printed what she needed out and then sped after her, so that she was able to get to Departures and check-in just in time. I dread to think what her Dad's driving was like!!
Arriving in london, we then crossed over on the Underground and arrived through the airport doors about 5 mintes before Anna came through arrivals.
I have absolutely no idea how they managed to do it, but they made it! It certainly wasn't stress-free and if life is going to continue like that, then my life expectancy will certainly go down!!!! Mind you, so will Steph's!! Rumour has it, her New YEar's Resolution is to be more roganised, including being tidier, so that she can find things more easily when she's packing, especially at the last minute! I'll believe that when I see it!!
I am dumbfounded as to how they both got there on the day that they had planned, considering all the things that look set to go wrong, with tickets, UK visas, Brazilian visas, etc. And to top it all off, we even managed to sort her out with her dream jacket, which they'd sold out of in Peterborough.
What have I got myself in?! Love really is cruel! I'm in trouble! (but don't worry, there's no going back, I'm in for the longhaul!)
I hope all's well with the both of you.
Term is all set to start now, and after the last whirlwind week, I feel like a holiday!
All the best,
J.x
We would like to add that when Anna and her dad drove to the Edinburgh airport her mum and Guy (boyfriend) were frantically attempting to buy her ticket.
After a few days in Rio we are now off on our first overnight bus journey to Floriaopolis.
Speak to you again soon!
Anna and Steph
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