Date: 4/08/2009 17:51:25
From: bluegreen
ID: 61269
Subject: BG on holidays

Hello from London.

Gosh it’s a long way! 9hrs from Melbourne to Bangkok, then another 12 from Bangkok to London. And that’s not counting the wait at Bangkok and the 2 hr queue through customs. Managed to stay awake for the first leg and sleep through most of the second, which meant that when we landed about 7am London time I was theoretically ready for a new day. That mainly consisted of getting through customs, picking up the hire car and driving through London to Mr BG’s cousin’s place, where we are staying for the next few days, in time for lunch. Struggled to keep awake in the afternoon and managed to make it to 8pm when I succumbed and went to bed. Woke at 7.30am this morning and it is now 8.50am Tuesday morning. Going to have a bit of look around Greenwich today and visit the Cutty Sark.

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Date: 4/08/2009 18:35:33
From: pain master
ID: 61271
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Awesome stuff BG, keep the travel diary going!

:D

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Date: 4/08/2009 18:46:21
From: Lucky1
ID: 61278
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Great to know you arrived okay……:)

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Date: 4/08/2009 18:56:34
From: Happy Potter
ID: 61282
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Great to know yous are ok. Hope yous are having a ball :D

(I know how tiring that trip is)

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Date: 4/08/2009 19:25:32
From: Dinetta
ID: 61283
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Happy Potter said:


Great to know yous are ok. Hope yous are having a ball :D

(I know how tiring that trip is)

that’s ewes, Happy: ewes…

We are having specialty lamb and rosemary sausages tonight, shades of Kel…I’d forgotten what a pain mashed vegetables are to prepare….

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Date: 4/08/2009 19:47:52
From: Dinetta
ID: 61285
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Dinetta said:


Happy Potter said:

Great to know yous are ok. Hope yous are having a ball :D

(I know how tiring that trip is)

that’s ewes, Happy: ewes…

We are having specialty lamb and rosemary sausages tonight, shades of Kel…I’d forgotten what a pain mashed vegetables are to prepare….

Whoops! Sorry BlueGreen, I thought I was in the Chat thread…

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Date: 6/08/2009 00:20:35
From: colliewa
ID: 61307
Subject: re: BG on holidays

>Going to have a bit of look around Greenwich today and visit the Cutty Sark.

Been past that on the was to Greenwich observatory. It (the cutty sark) got burned if I remember correctly, they were going to fix it…

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Date: 6/08/2009 10:51:22
From: bon008
ID: 61328
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:

Going to have a bit of look around Greenwich today and visit the Cutty Sark.

Oooh, let us know how that goes! I saw the Cutty Sark before it had that awful fire.. curious to know how much of it is left!!

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Date: 14/08/2009 02:47:17
From: bluegreen
ID: 61847
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bon008 said:


bluegreen said:

Going to have a bit of look around Greenwich today and visit the Cutty Sark.

Oooh, let us know how that goes! I saw the Cutty Sark before it had that awful fire.. curious to know how much of it is left!!

didn’t get to see the Cutty Sark – it is under repair from the fire and all covered up.

have seen lots but have to upload some photos to photobucket yet. have had limited computer access but hopefully have fixed that by buying a little netbook. An Asus Eee 1101. Trouble is we bought it in Germany so the keyboard layout is a bit different and Windows is in German!

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Date: 14/08/2009 06:39:27
From: Dinetta
ID: 61853
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Oh yay, missed BlueGreen…off to check that cutie’s facebook…

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Date: 15/08/2009 06:59:24
From: bluegreen
ID: 61880
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Hi folks. In Bath, England. Called such because of the hot spring fed Roman baths that were built here. Also for a time the home of Jane Austin.

We were told that the city we see above ground is but the half of it, as there is as much under our feet as can be seen above. So tomorrow we are going down below! It seems the current buldings which date from the Georgian era were buílt over the original Roman city which now consists of tunnels under the city. The 4 story buildings have another 2 floors below, with swimming pools that extend under the roads. Many owned by movie stars and other celebrities.

The age of places here is mind blowing!

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Date: 15/08/2009 08:24:10
From: Dinetta
ID: 61881
Subject: re: BG on holidays

It wouldn’t happen in Oz: we’d knock ‘em down for $$progress$$ and more particularly, $$development$$

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Date: 16/08/2009 10:14:55
From: pomolo
ID: 61977
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


Hi folks. In Bath, England. Called such because of the hot spring fed Roman baths that were built here. Also for a time the home of Jane Austin.

We were told that the city we see above ground is but the half of it, as there is as much under our feet as can be seen above. So tomorrow we are going down below! It seems the current buldings which date from the Georgian era were buílt over the original Roman city which now consists of tunnels under the city. The 4 story buildings have another 2 floors below, with swimming pools that extend under the roads. Many owned by movie stars and other celebrities.

The age of places here is mind blowing!

That sounds so interesting. Aus is such a young country compared to Europe etc.

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Date: 21/08/2009 06:13:47
From: Dinetta
ID: 62393
Subject: re: BG on holidays

BlueGreen, that box garden at that restaurant in Bath: was it just herbs, or herbs and salad greens? What do they use for a divider, and how tall were the sides???

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:28:04
From: bluegreen
ID: 63154
Subject: re: BG on holidays

I’m back! Can’t guarantee I’m going to make any sense in the next few days though :)

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:35:14
From: Dinetta
ID: 63155
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


I’m back! Can’t guarantee I’m going to make any sense in the next few days though :)

Already!

…but you only just got there…I’ve just settled down to my armchair travel, courtesy of Percy’s blog…

Anyways, good to see that you’ve arrived back in Oz safely…

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:38:51
From: bluegreen
ID: 63156
Subject: re: BG on holidays

thanks Dinetta. Still a couple of posts to go up on Percy’s blog, but Lucky has been too busy with Pa, and parties, and gardening ;)

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:39:49
From: Happy Potter
ID: 63157
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Welcome home the BG’s.
Glad to see you safely back on Oz soil :)
Hows the garden after the gales , and whatever else was thrown at us southerners weather wise..?

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:44:02
From: colliewa
ID: 63160
Subject: re: BG on holidays

>I’m back! Can’t guarantee I’m going to make any sense in the next few days though :)

Good to see you back BG!

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:49:13
From: Lucky1
ID: 63162
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


I’m back! Can’t guarantee I’m going to make any sense in the next few days though :)

Oh great …safe and sound:)

Still have 2 posts to put up from Percy…….just so busy with Pa here…..

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:49:48
From: Lucky1
ID: 63163
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


thanks Dinetta. Still a couple of posts to go up on Percy’s blog, but Lucky has been too busy with Pa, and parties, and gardening ;)

Yeah… need an overseas holiday to relax…..lol

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Date: 5/09/2009 09:59:02
From: bluegreen
ID: 63165
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Happy Potter said:


Welcome home the BG’s.
Glad to see you safely back on Oz soil :)
Hows the garden after the gales , and whatever else was thrown at us southerners weather wise..?

haven’t had a good look over the garden yet, although my tank garden has grown heaps and there are goodies to be harvested :)

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Date: 5/09/2009 10:35:15
From: orchid40
ID: 63168
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Welcome back BG! It’s good to see you here, glad you got home safely.

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Date: 5/09/2009 11:58:53
From: bluegreen
ID: 63177
Subject: re: BG on holidays

well, I have been up about 3 1/2 hours and I am ready for another sleep. Think I’ll set the alarm so not to overdo it…

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Date: 5/09/2009 12:01:31
From: bon008
ID: 63178
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


well, I have been up about 3 1/2 hours and I am ready for another sleep. Think I’ll set the alarm so not to overdo it…

When it is time to be awake, I found sitting out in the sunshine doing nothing really helped me recover. If you’ve got some sunshine available..

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Date: 5/09/2009 12:04:04
From: Lucky1
ID: 63179
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


well, I have been up about 3 1/2 hours and I am ready for another sleep. Think I’ll set the alarm so not to overdo it…

Bimbo went back to work the next day and though she struggled, she pulled up better than her travel companion, who took a week off work.

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Date: 5/09/2009 13:04:58
From: bluegreen
ID: 63181
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bon008 said:


bluegreen said:

well, I have been up about 3 1/2 hours and I am ready for another sleep. Think I’ll set the alarm so not to overdo it…

When it is time to be awake, I found sitting out in the sunshine doing nothing really helped me recover. If you’ve got some sunshine available..

yep, I was doing that this morning, going outside in the sun. Couldn’t sleep in the end so got up again. My brain feels sleep-deprived but the rest of me is not tired. Just can’t focus on anything for long.

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Date: 5/09/2009 13:06:43
From: bluegreen
ID: 63182
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Lucky1 said:


bluegreen said:

well, I have been up about 3 1/2 hours and I am ready for another sleep. Think I’ll set the alarm so not to overdo it…

Bimbo went back to work the next day and though she struggled, she pulled up better than her travel companion, who took a week off work.

Mr BG although more experienced at traveling didn’t go to bed until after I got up this morning, so feels worse than me I think. And he has got to go back to work on Monday!

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Date: 5/09/2009 14:02:53
From: orchid40
ID: 63183
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

well, I have been up about 3 1/2 hours and I am ready for another sleep. Think I’ll set the alarm so not to overdo it…

Bimbo went back to work the next day and though she struggled, she pulled up better than her travel companion, who took a week off work.

Mr BG although more experienced at traveling didn’t go to bed until after I got up this morning, so feels worse than me I think. And he has got to go back to work on Monday!

Jet lag sucks!

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Date: 5/09/2009 17:42:09
From: pepe
ID: 63187
Subject: re: BG on holidays

bluegreen said:


I’m back! Can’t guarantee I’m going to make any sense in the next few days though :)

so what’s new – oops sorry LOL
- welcome back and thanks for the updates as the trip progressed.
- and sleep well – thats a long trip.

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Date: 7/09/2009 17:11:32
From: Dinetta
ID: 63259
Subject: re: BG on holidays

How’s poor little Percy coping with all this jetlag? I guess because he’s so young it doesn’t affect him as much?

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Date: 7/09/2009 17:14:10
From: bluegreen
ID: 63260
Subject: re: BG on holidays

Dinetta said:


How’s poor little Percy coping with all this jetlag? I guess because he’s so young it doesn’t affect him as much?

you kidding? he’s been asleep since we got home! lol!

better get him up for his last leg back to Adelaide!!

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