Starting our journey
So, today is Saturday 15th July 2017 and I have done some very good dithering and re-packing. After a pretty uneventful train journey to Gatwick and a quick jaunt via the car park to the Hilton, I am in the Executive lounge with a wine and crisp and cheese starter. My holiday is here !
Just waiting for Em to arrive, smelling of BBQ after baby juggling in Brighton town.
People watching is fascinating - free booze and buffet has been going for 33 minutes. I think the gentleman with a Midlands accent to my right has consumed a significant amount of the bottle of JD and German family have refilled their plates a number of times already - phew!
Feeling a tad underprepared for our jaunt from Bergen to Oslo; life has been so busy I've forgotten to be organised ! Will catch up with myself by the time we land. Quite excited about the prospect of brown cheese and caviar in tubes and lots of nice smoked salmon. Tiny bit unsure about the prospect of lots of pickled herring and things but let's give it a go!
Back tomorrow to share some more interesting things. Going to start one of my Christmas books to keep me entertained. It's meant to be a good one. My increased train travel has helped my reading this week, 2 books in 3 days. I can recommend 'The Dry' for a good crime read, debut novel set in Australia in a drought time. Can't remember the author though sorry, good read, easy to access and nice twists.
So, Em arrived and was appalled at a man taking all the biscuits, but we managed to acquire 2 each for our in room snacks with PT. We had some snacks and fizz and flat wine it obviously have not got the lounge etiquette down. People are very greedy at times. Dissertation angle why do people do that? Too judgy to think about wealth and class and things - dissertation angle, hmmm am I with an information specialist who has been supporting undergraduates?
Just waiting for Em to arrive, smelling of BBQ after baby juggling in Brighton town.
People watching is fascinating - free booze and buffet has been going for 33 minutes. I think the gentleman with a Midlands accent to my right has consumed a significant amount of the bottle of JD and German family have refilled their plates a number of times already - phew!
Feeling a tad underprepared for our jaunt from Bergen to Oslo; life has been so busy I've forgotten to be organised ! Will catch up with myself by the time we land. Quite excited about the prospect of brown cheese and caviar in tubes and lots of nice smoked salmon. Tiny bit unsure about the prospect of lots of pickled herring and things but let's give it a go!
Back tomorrow to share some more interesting things. Going to start one of my Christmas books to keep me entertained. It's meant to be a good one. My increased train travel has helped my reading this week, 2 books in 3 days. I can recommend 'The Dry' for a good crime read, debut novel set in Australia in a drought time. Can't remember the author though sorry, good read, easy to access and nice twists.
Bags collected from the concierge and bants the bar men for wine and aperol spritz night cap (well a. Aperol spritz of sorts, it had aperol in it. Birthday beach hut pjs and caravan pjs for the caravan visits and we're ready for our first holiday night sleeps!
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