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#88717 - 12/01/10 12:08 PM
2010 December/Holiday Plans?
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What do you all have planned for the month of December? Traveling? Visiting Family? Shopping-'til-you-drop? Eating/Drinking too much? Pre-emptive Exercising
I'll be doing all of the above, no doubt.
Saludos, MadridMan
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#88719 - 12/01/10 07:38 PM
Re: 2010 December/Holiday Plans?
[Re: MadridMan]
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Off to England .. flight to London on the 16th ( December ) then a train journey to my mumīs house in rural Sussex .. by the south coast ... theyīve had some heavy snow so it could be a rocky ride ,
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#88720 - 12/02/10 12:39 AM
Re: 2010 December/Holiday Plans?
[Re: steve robinson]
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How 'bout Christmas gift shopping, Steve? Will you wait to do it in England or will you haul gifts from Spain?
I'm very happy to have a "buffer" for gift-buying in Spain, since Epiphany isn't until the 6th of January. Haven't done any yet, of course.
Saludos, MadridMan
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#88723 - 12/02/10 09:00 AM
Re: 2010 December/Holiday Plans?
[Re: teachertraveler8]
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Since we moved to Utah, the kids get ski passes, so that meks that part of the gift giving easy. Everything else, we have to mail, so that should be done son. The tree will go up about a week before Christmas and the lights will be put on, but we will decorate the tree when Juliana is home. That is the nerve wracking part, she leaves Madrid late this year, the 22nd. Last year, it took her 4 days to get home, so that had better not happen this year, or she will be having Christmas at the Philadelphia airport!
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#88726 - 12/03/10 08:57 AM
Re: 2010 December/Holiday Plans?
[Re: jazz]
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I've heard about the Christmas lottery. Tell me more, where to get the tickets, how much etc? Can a student on a visa buy one? Could be her ticket for staying longer . .
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#88727 - 12/03/10 09:44 AM
Re: 2010 December/Holiday Plans?
[Re: jacmom]
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Jacmom ... last year I got diverted to a city in South West England .. London was closed ! Now I just spoke to an old school friend and he tells me the snow in England is really heavy . All trains have stopped , and my airport in London was closed for 2 days . I just hope that things get better . The christmas lottery is famous here with huge queues to buy a ticket in the centre of town . Itīs called "El Gordo " ..Anybody can buy a ticket as far as I know . MM .. because the kids will stay in Russia we decided on no gifts this year . Weīve done that before and itīs refreshing . I get to enjoy the company of my mum and aunts and uncles .. good food , good wine etc.. thatīs all I need . None of us really need anything ( well maybe a job ! ) . HOWEVER , my mum has been so good to me recently and that after my dadīs death , that I do want to get something for her from Spain . Iīm wracking my brains as to what I can buy .
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#88728 - 12/03/10 02:01 PM
Re: 2010 December/Holiday Plans?
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Billy .. thatīs wonderful that youīll see you sister after so long ! I have relatives in NSW and South Australia . Some years ago we celebrated my grandmotherīs 80th birtday . She died aged 87 . Her daughter ( my aunt ) came over with my uncle . The first time iīd met them .. and yet it was as easy as could be . My mumīs sister was great . I got a photo of my grandmother with all her children ... something iīll cherish . Where in Oz are your family coming from ?
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