Moving on soon !!

We're here in Maccie D's yet again ....... it's for the free internet ... honest !! We've had a very productive few days in Sydney. Having the hotel to go back to has been great, we practically slept the whole of the first day. Tuesday we had a walk around the City and used the present given to us by Mum and Dad Hines (thank you!). That was a Buffet Dinner in the Sydney 360 degree Restaurant located in the Sky Tower .... the same height as the Eiffel Tower ....... FACT !!! Oh and 50 giraffes ...... FACT !!!! Stuffed our faces that much we could only manage one plate of desserts ... very dissapointing.

We've set up an Aussie Mobile now and the number is +61401412977, we can get texts or calls on it. We've set up a bank account now and we bought a car ! We've got ourselves a green Ford Falcon estate, we call her Gracie B ... why? Because the lady we bought it from was called Grace and she had a beard, hence the "B" !!

We're just waiting for the call to say she's ready then it's Vrooom vrooooom up the east coast. We're aiming for Brisbane but not sure how far we'll get this arvo. Going to stay with Trevor & Joy (Ben's Uncle & Aunt), for a while. We've got a booklet on different campsites so we'll just pull over and camp when we feel like it, set off early tomorrow and get a fulls day driving in ...... ROAD TRIP !!

Ta ta for now, Ben & Claire xx

Next time we'll be signing off for three ... welcome Gracie B everyone !!

Sitting in the Airport ......

Hello,

we're blogging to you from our departure gate at Orlando Interrnational Airport. The past two weeks have flown by, can't believe we're leaving Florida already, it feels like we've only just arrived!

We met the Blackwell's at the airport as planned, it was srange being on a flight for 9 hours and then meeting the family! We picked up the tour bus (our 15 seater beast!) and Ben drove to the Villa, expertly navigated by Claire! The Villa was huge! Really nice, pool table, swimming pool, jacuzzi and massive double garage.

We enjoyed many BBQs, Buds and games of Uno and of course the theme parks! Disney was our first few days and it was magical even for us two. Met all the gang there and got some photos, the lasses even got all the autographs!! The water parks were awesome too, going 56mph on your bum is an experience !! Universal had some massive rides, we didn't have to queue for long either which meant we got on all the rides ..... really tiring.

Well here we are ready to start our next journey .... Australia here we come !

Blogg you from Sydney folks !!

Ben & Claire xx

La'al walk with Nellie before we leave

Speak to ya'll when we're State Side!

2 Weeks to go!

Hi there bloggers,

I'm just sitting at work on my lunch break, thought I'd give an update on what's been happening.

We had a carboot at the weekend, managed to shift loads of unwanted bits and bobs and made a tidy profit so can't complain, though it was an early start, especially for a Sunday!

We've still got the Mini Cooper for sale.... anyone? Please! What about a Honda Scooter?

The bungalow is starting to look a bit bare now, we've sold the sofa's but the girl can't collect for a week or so which is awesome! I'd have a sore arse from sitting on the floor otherwise!

Claire had her last shift at Suffolk Doctors last night, as of 11pm she is an official lady of leisure! I've got a further 3.5 shifts to go over the next week or so. Roll on the 21st August!

Well, sorry there isn't too much to report at the moment, we'll keep you all posted on where we are and what we're doing. If you want, you can Follow this blog. There should be an icon to the right of this that says follow, click that and you're done.

Thanks everybody, speak soon.

Benjamino Hinesaradoz

x

Yo s'up peeps

Well I'm sitting here next to my lovely hubster and thought we'd write a blog to tell you whats been happening of recent. WE'VE DONE IT !!!! WE'VE EMPTIED THE LOFT FINALLY !!!!!!! It's all piled in the la'al room at the moment, waiting to be sorted. We've been looking into booking a hotel in Sydney for 3 nights, for when we land. Just so we can get our bearings and see what we want to do next. Going to use some of the wedding money we've been given .... so thanks for that folks !!

The tent was a great success as Ben pointed out. Can't wait to get out in it again.

Bens just ordered some clothes to take away with him, there was nowt for me unfortunately !! I'll be using my last week at work to do some Ebay shopping. Oh yeah, I agreed to stay on at work an extra week...... BOOOOOOOOO.

We've been working as per. Ben was working a full 24 hours from saturday morning til sunday morning, it was wierd us both getting up for 5am. We're having pizza to celebrate and maybe pop into The Bell for a swift pint on the way home from this ????? (Ben here.... "YES!")

Well nowt else to say cos we've got a pub to get to now !! .......

TTFN ...... xx (Ben here..... "bye")

New Tent + Rain = We stayed dry !!

Hello Bloggers,

it's Ben here. We've just got back from our weekend of camping in the Lake District with the Blackwell crew. Good news, it rained and the inside of the tent stayed dry! Wahooo!
I know you should really expect this from any tent but for some reason, we just wanted to make sure..... before carting it halfway around the planet!

Had a fantastic time up t' north. It's probably the last time for a while. We said our goodbye's to those not coming stateside with us.

It's weird to think that the next time we see Claire's Mam and Dad we'll be in Florida! I can't wait for the moment we all meet up together at the Airport. We're both getting really excited now!

The camping was excellent, really nice having all the kids there, had a BBQ (obviously!), camp fires, a few (too many) drinks, paddled down by Pooley Bridge. Didn't want to come home, back to work now, boo!

It's now time to sort out our stuff. We desperately need to get up in the loft and start sorting, we've been successfully putting it off for weeks, think it's about time we made a start!

Anyone want a red and white Mini Cooper? What about some sofas?

Any way, I'd better get back to doing some work.

Ta ra for now,

laters

Ben (a.k.a Shaggy......very funny Geoff!)

One step closer !!!

Well, I've joined my hubby in handing in my notice. I now finish on the 17th July, sooner than I wanted so I just hope that I'll have enough money saved up. We're both so tired now and are just wanting it to be happening soon ! We've booked a camping trip with the Blackwell's. It'll be a 2 night stay in Ullswater, give us chance to try the tent out. We're both really looking forward to it.

We're not done much since our last Blog really, we keep putting off sorting out the loft. We're now doing it when we get back from Camping (we'll see!). We've got Mam and Dad Blackwell coming down to stay at the weekend which is cool. We've put the Gazebo up cos I know Geoffrey Boy will no doubt want to BBQ .... or 2 !!

Lisa and Stu got back from New York loving it, which is great news !!! So the wedding is going ahead there next year, still not sure of a date yet but we don't need to know the date until next year anyway really ... no rush for us. Just wierd that when we say goodbye the next time we'll see them will be in New York !

No other news to report really, bens finished his teaching awards ... no more of them for him which he's pleased about. We need to start looking into our Internet Banking and sorting out a Credit Card for the "just incase moments!".

Really getting excited about Disneyland now, can't believe I'm gonna see Chip N Dale ! And piglet ......... yippee !! It'll be a good send off on our travels, can't wait !

Well better go and look like I'm actually doing some work. Speak soon Bloggers !

by claire