Saturday 28 December 2019
Thursday 26 December 2019
Friday 27th December 2019
Well Xmas Day passed without too much fuss in Shenyang. YingYing told me that people give each other apples on Xmas Day and that the price of apples shot up just before Xmas. People serving in the shops and restaurants were wearing Xmas hats on the day. As far as the lights go, every night is Xmas in China, in my experience everywhere in every city is lit up with bright colors every night of the year!
Tuesday 24 December 2019
Sunday 22 December 2019
Saturday 21 December 2019
Friday 20 December 2019
Thursday 19th December 2019 - Birmingham
Some bad news today about flights. Our flights from Bangkok to Phnom Penh have been cancelled by the airline so I will have to rebook.....maybe should wait until I get back to China next week. I was in the library in the afternoon and walked back through Birmingham's Frankfurt Xmas Market which is always marvellous. Birmingham is twinned with Frankfurt.
And then went to the Cadbury Social Club to meet the boys for snooker......
Sunday 15 December 2019
Monday 9 December 2019
Saturday, 7th December 2019 - New Forest
This is the place in the New Forest where we scattered mum's ashes in 2014...….
Friday 6th December 2019 - Winchester
Friday morning teaching on line and then in the afternoon I went over to Winchester to get a copy of my passport certified and to deliver my MSc certificate, TEFL certificate and basic police check so that things could be copied and sent to the FCO in London and then the Vietnamese Embassy. I was fascinated by the process of notorising copies of the documents.......
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Tuesday 3rd December 2019 - Coventry
In the morning I went from the hotel straight over to Coventry to get my replacement MSc certificate.
In the evening I met up with the lads in the First Tuesday group in Stirchley, initially at the British Oak and then to Akash for a curry
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