Yep - me!!!!! Both Mandi and I have been scouring the airline sites for a direct flight from the UK to Turkey (well her part of Turkey anyway). There are flights going from the UK direct to Izmir - a city about 75 miles away from her, but the UK airport is over 250 miles from my home!!!!!
The only one that we kept finding, was a flight from Stansted Airport, which is the other side of the country - I'd have to travel there by coach from my home town, but I would have to change coaches twice, making this part of the journey last 9 hours!!!. This is a worry for me, as I have to take my rollator as well as my luggage, and I'm none too clever on my legs anyway, especially at my old age!!!!!!
So okay - let's say I manage to get there - I would then have an 8 hour wait for the plane!!!!!!!! Don't say anything!!!! So the flight is 4 hours and then it takes a 3 hours car ride from the airport to Mandi's home!!!! So that makes the journey around 24 hours - and I know I just can't do that! Mandi realises that this is way too much for me to handle, especially on my own. I think we eventually had to concede defeat, we'd both searched and tried everything. There was a flight which stopped in Istanbul, but then it was an 8 hour wait for a connecting flight to Bodrum!!! They really don't want us down there - do they?!!!! LOL
The return journey was even worse - I think it all added up to 26 hours - so I thought (well I won't tell you EXACTLY what I thought!!) I think it would be wise to stay home until next year. This is such a disappointing thing to have to accept - I was really looking forward to seeing her and sharing Christmas with her and Dogan. Spending Christmas and New Year in another country was a wonderful idea.
So now I have to decorate my home for Christmas!!! When Emily comes on Friday - her first job is to go upstairs and bring down the Christmas tree and decorations, and I have LOTS of decorations. I think she's going to have to help me do some of the decorations on the tree, as I tend to wobble about and I'd be so miffed if I fell over onto the tree - so not a good look!!
So folks you might end up having me around over Christmas. There's also a chance I might just have the odd tot of brandy and ginger wine. The bottles have been there for over 3 years now, they're just behind my couch, I've even got a glass all ready to be used, but I keep forgetting they're there, unless I catch sight of them on one of my many trips back into the lounge!!!! You never know I might surprise myselfand have a drink to toast the festive season!!
I've already written out all my Christmas cards and wrapped up some of my presents. Oh there's no stopping me now!!
Apparently my daughter-in-law, Stevie, has got gallstones and has to have the operation to have them taken out on 21st December - a case of happy Christmas eh? The poor thing must be in agony, it's no wonder why she hasn't been up to see me when Tony comes up. He's running round like a scalded cat, trying to do not only his course to get his two degrees, but also he has a part-time job tutoring the students in the media studies. Then he has to get home and collect the kids from school and get them fed, that's when Stevie comes home. Then when Tony has some spare time, he get to do his homework from the College/University!!!! He's so busy, but it'll all ease off in June, when he finishes his course and hopefully will have his two degrees to help him get a good job. He has already got a job, which could turn into a full-time job if he wants - and he's also been told that he could become a teacher at the college, and also a job in a tv company!!! So at long last he's going to be doing something he's wanted to do since he was a teenager.
Okay that's about all folks. I'll write again soon - probably with pics of my tree - you lucky things!!!!
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Good for Tony! As tovStevie,13 days ? Really? That's ridiculous
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to GracieAs for Stevie - she'd been in hospital for a week, had some gallstones out, but there are still some big ones left behind, so she's just have them zapped through keyhole on the 21st but will be out the same day.
Sorry to see about Stevie too. Hope the op goes well and that she'll be back on her feet in no time.
Maybe put the brandy etc on a table so you don't forget them? No chance of that in this house lol
Look forward to seeing pics of your tree. We have a small tree here, though we might not put it up this year. Neither of us is feeling festive yet, and there really isn't space here, even for a small tree.
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Bee OrchidStevie will be fine apparently - it's something she's always suffered from!!
As for putting the brandy on the table - hmmm - that's a good idea, trouble is,my memory is rubbish and I'll have forgotten this idea by the time I get up!!!!!
Well my lounge is full of stuff, but there is a good corner which can accommodate the whole tree, so that's where it'll go.
Occasionally Newquay Airport is open to Ryan Air flights from Alicante, in the summer only. About one year in 5. Otherwise it is a plane to Stantead (EasyJet or Ryan Air) and a train into London and then a cross town metro at fiendish cost to Paddington for a very expensoive and slow Great Western train to Redruth in Cornwall or to Victoria coach station for a slightly cheaper but incredibly slow (10 hour) journey by coach!. It is why I visit Cornwall (and my parents) once every two years on average, and yes, it pains me deeply.
If my parents still lived in London, I would be able to visit them quite frequently as the journey time in toto would be about 4 to 5 hours each way; eminently do-able and affordable for a few weekends.
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Andy Rodker clubI do understand your frustration - both Mandi and I have spent hours trying to find flights that I could do, but I need assistance and although the planes do supply them, the coaches etc don't. It's a nightmare living in a beautiful part of the UK!!!!
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jenny McIntyre clubIt also means that I used up my Cornwall photos a while ago and so any Cornwall photos I post are oldies and previously seen either on ip or Panoramio. Most of my photos are on an external hard drive that I can't currently access. They are all there but I need to find a way to download them to my current hard drive and I need the help of a friend who is currently not in Madrid. But one day I should be able to access a load of previously unseen Cornwall (and Spain photos). Currently I can access about 10% of my gallery.
Ich bin 2006 von Bielefeld in die Nähe meiner Tochter gezogen - das waren etwa 350 Meilen - jetzt sind es nur 30 Meilen -
ich wohne im Süden von Dresden bei Pirna - sie wohnt im Norden von Dresden bei Moritzburg - ich brauche nur 60 Minuten für Bahn und Bus - darüber bin ich sehr glücklich -
ich wünsche dir trotz allem ein gutes Weihnachtsfest mit guten Freunden - liebe Grüße Albert
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Elbertinum clubIk ben zo blij te horen dat je dichter bij je dochter bent gekomen - het maakt zo'n verschil. In plaats daarvan verhuisde mijn dochter 3.000 mijl afstand (4.500 km !!) en mijn zoon woont ongeveer 80 mijl afstand (120 km) maar ik zie hem niet erg omdat hij het altijd zo druk heeft !!! Skype is geweldig om contact te houden.
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