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I intend to get a photo of myself drinking a coffee in every city
we visit. Sometimes I will even get video. I will post them here
and possibly set up a site specifically for it, too. It will be
fun!
To start off, here is a pic of Allyson drinking coffee
overlooking Rio de Janeiro:
Okay it looks like the Thailand trip is postponed for the time
being. Both Allyson and I agreed that it would be difficult to
carry our luggage around for that long. Natasha was okay with it
too, so now we have worked out what we’re doing
We will be leaving on the 17th of July 2007. We’ll be flying
Qantas with a three-night stopover in Hong Kong. We’re going to
arrive in London on the 20th of July. So we’ll be there for four
nights before leaving on our European tour.
The great thing about this is that our flights will be
syncopated; we won’t be on as long a haul as when we flew to
Buenos Aires.
From our brother (who has just become a travel agent), we bought
return tickets that are valid for a year - so we will need to fly
home before the 17th of July in ‘08. We also bought insurance for
the year, which didn’t cost quite as much as I’d expected but
still hurt the hip pocket. We’re down a lot of money
now, so we (me in particular) need to find some more work in the
next 5 months. Temp jobs are looking tempting
(yay I made a pun!).
And our parents are now buying a house in the Illawarra, meaning
we won’t be able to mooch any money off them. Nooo!
It is fortunate, though, that they got a loan approval. Until
recently we all thought Mum and Dad would end up in a housing
commission because they didn’t own a house. Things are looking up
all around!
Correct me if I’m wrong, Allyson, but I believe we have booked in
for the Gold Anthology Package at Beatle Week. Here are
the details:
Package 5
(The Gold Anthology Package) |
Friday 24th,
Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th and Monday 27th August 2007
Price includes 4 nights’
accommodation (Friday / Saturday / Sunday / Monday).
Entrance to Beatles Solo Years at the Adelphi, Cavern 50th
Anniversary Concert at the Carling Academy, Beatles at the
Movies plus party at the Adelphi on Friday, LIPA auction
and catalogue, Rain in concert, Penny Lane Festival
(including return transport), Adelphi party on Saturday,
Beatles Convention, Prellies Second All-Nighter, Mathew
Street Festival, Merseybeat 800th Birthday Party, The
Overtures Liverpool 800th Birthday Party, and Denny Lane
at The Cavern Club on Tuesday. |
Mulberry Court / Tudor
Close (self catering)
Grand Central Unite
Thistle Hotel / Adelphi Hotel / Liner |
£ 239 per person based on single occupancy
£ 259 per person based on single occupancy
£ 329 per person based on twin/double
occupancy |
Marked in red is the place we’re staying. Allyson thinks that we
might have been the first to book. 
Damn I’m excited!
—
In a side note, it looks like we may be getting a bit of a crowd
when we go to Thailand in July. Can’t say much more right now.
Hey everyone! A little while ago, we booked into Beatle
Week in Liverpool. Today, a little birdie told us that The Beatels have been invited
for next year. If they’re able to go, it will be awesome news for
us, being practically Beatel groupies. We’re actually going to one
of their shows on the 30th at the Vanguard. It nearly overdrew my
bank account in the booking process, but I love them that much.
Musically, they’re really authentic. Their voices don’t sound a
LOT like the Beatles, but they play the instruments well and sing
well too. Their rendition of I
Want You (She’s So Heavy) sounds SO MUCH like the real
thing, it’s uncanny!!
Hey everyone, if you’re interested in linking to us, please use these
banners:
I tried to give you the code to use, but for some lame reason
WordPress doesn’t interpret PRE tags or textareas. So you’ll have
to be web savvy to figure it out for yourself. You CAN direct link
to the images so long as they are linking back to this site.
Enjoy!
We made the front cover of a magazine!
Sure it’s only the SDA news magazine, but it’s a magazine all the
same.
From left: Allyson, Me (Natalie) and Natasha (who is coming to
Thailand with us just before the Europe trip)!
Well, we may be spending lots, but what we are getting is fairly
cheap for what it is.
2 rucksacks and 2 sleeping bags cost us a total of $160 - if
there hadn’t been a big sale at Paul’s Warehouse, just one
of the rucksacks would’ve been $160.
We also
bought ourselves a microfibre travel towel each, a couple of AU -
UK power converters (we already had EU ones from when we went to
Brazil - btw did you know Argentina uses the Australian
power point shape??) of which we will probably buy a couple more,
we got a Lonely Planet Europe phrase book, and “Let’s Go Britain (on a Budget) 2006“.
On the right, you can see Allyson modelling the rucksack, but you
can’t really see it well because it’s black. Suffice to say, it
fits the dimension regulations set by Contiki and should do us.
Other Things to Buy
- Compression sacks (to make the sleeping bag and clothes
smaller!)
- Thermal underwear for winter in the UK!!
- Camping clothesline / laundry bag
We’ll probably think of more as we get closer.
Ciao for now!
Okay! We have now confirmed bookings for the camping
trip for 24th July to 14th August, and we have also got
confirmed accommodation and tickets to Beatle Week in Liverpool!!!
We also plan on going to Thailand during July, on our way to
London. A flight from Bangkok to London is only $AU 600.
Allyson’s good friend Natasha will be joining us in Thailand.
We’ll be going to Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai- well, that’s
what Allyson says.
We had been planning on going to Greece first, but decided on
Thailand because it’s cheap. We plan on going to Greece after Anzac
Day, when we plan on going to Gallipoli, Turkey.
Well, we’ve checked out the Contiki Tours website
and decided on an extremely budget tour - CAMPING!! Click
“read more” for the Itinerary.
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