Ever since we have decided to come back home to Australia, I didn't really give a hoots about the blog anymore cause I didn't think it was necessary to write anymore about our travels, and I'm still not sure if anyone is still reading our blog. But then I thought that even though we are coming home shortly, it's still worthwhile writing about what we have seen.
We have moved into our flat in Beggarwood just on the outskirts of Basingstoke, it's a nice unit and much smaller than our 5 bed house in Croydon. Chloe is at St Marks Church of England Primary School in yr 3 and has made new friends and enjoying it very much. She is on mid term break next week and will hardly be there when they go back as we are in Paris the 1st week, then at the end of the following week, we fly back to Melbourne via New York.
Just to put you all at ease, we are ALL ok, so please don't stress. It's not because of the freezy cold that we are coming back, but lets just say that it just hasn't worked out. It's pretty hard to get a job here in the UK at the moment - not even the Brits can get a job let alone a couple of Aussie people. But I am looking forward to going to New York! We all are. Even though Chloe has made some friends here both at school and at Basingstoke Salvation Army, she is excited to come home and go back to Sacred Heart. Maybe her cold that she's had for weeks will also go!
But, in the meantime, we have been on a few travels..
We went to the end of England last weekend (Southampton), and it's where the Titanic left from to go to New York on that fateful night when it hit an iceberg.. The QE2 ports there in the warmer months, along with other many big ships, but as it was cold, nothing was there except the ferry that goes across to the Isle of Wight.
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| Titanic memorial in Southampton to those who perished |
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| A groosome way to die if I say so myself |
While Chloe was at school yesterday, Jeff & I went for a drive to Salisbury in Wiltshire. Again, like all the towns/suburbs we have been to, it's quite quaint and lovely. Stone paths everywhere, but the reason we went there was to see Salisbury Cathedral. Spectacular (like all the other cathedral's in this country).
While we were walking around, Jeff found something of interest relating to his family. The McMillin's are part of the Fry family from England, who had a part to play in setting up the Salvo's here in England (I don't understand the whole story!), but it was Jeff's grandma's grandparents who have a connection with this Cathedral.
We have booked a few days at Disneyland Paris, so watch out for more photo's...
Bye to you all,
Lis, Jeff & Chloe x
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