Quick update before we leave on our cruise. Got a free upgrade and so now we are going to have a cabin with a balcony rather than the interior (cheap) cabin we booked. All looking good. Fly to Genoa, Italy tomorrow morning and have a day there before the cruise starts on Sunday (Nov 21). While very historical and interesting, Genoa is home to the famous pesto sauce, so that will be number 1 on the to do list. Really looking forward to our cruise, relaxing (on our balcony!) and visiting so many different places and countries.
Everything is in for the Chinese visas with exception of our final CELTA (English language teaching) certificates. We need to submit the original certificate for our visas, and so we are waiting while they are mailed from Cambridge (about 100 miles from where I am typing this) to Vancouver, Canada, and then back to us here! But all else is in place, including the surprisingly detailed background checks. All looking good for February in Shanghai.
Other news is that we found a cheap New Year trip to Paris! So we are booked on a coach from Essex to Paris via either a Channel ferry or (hopefully) the Eurostar train for 3 nights in Paris over New Year. That should do it for our travels for now..!!
Colorado is well settled now and is agreeing to walk nicely with mum and dad (but she wasn't sure if she thought that was a good idea initially). Mum and dad have learnt a bit more on how to manage the Princess, including to not leave loaves of bread or the food recycling/compost bin anywhere within reach on counter-tops. So, in addition to her regular diet of kibble, pigs ears and cookies, Colorado has sampled English bread - both wholewheat and white (no preference), coffee grounds, egg shells, tea bags (English of course!) and the like. Mmmm.
We will be likely out of email/internet contact for the next two weeks. Will do a brief update if we can. For now, we're off to Italy, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. Nice!!
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