Life's Cruising Along

We haven't sent a blog for a while because we've been doing slightly less exciting but restful travel. Yesterday we did a very Southampton thing and watched a cruise ship coming in to Docks. In fact this wasn't just any cruiser but the new biggest passenger cruiser in the world. It is called "Liberty of the sea". It's docked in Southampton this week before heading to the Carribean for the rich British tourists to see the sights from aboard. The fog horn was like an earthquake!! On board there is a rock climbing wall and ice skating rink (greg was very impressed by that!- but not impressed enough to buy a ticket).


Check out the people standing at the prow for the scale. We counted 14 floors. there may be more beneath the deck. On the left of this picture you can see a passenger standing on his private balcony!
Working backwards in time, we went to a proper football match. We were blown away by the supporters cheering! This was a division two Coca-cola championship match between Leeds and the Southampton Saints. we felt obliged to barrack for Southampton (especially after they won 1 - 0). We saw our first goal after some embarassing cheering by us when two previous "goals" went through, only to be disallowed due to the off-side rule. Can anybody explain that to Jane? Greg's tried several times now!



Leeds in yellow. Saints in red and white. No goal came of this penalty shot. 1 red card and 3 yellow kept the Leeds fans in their box. The St. Mary's stadium holds 30,000 and was built reasonably recently.



















Last weekend we drove down to Dorset to see Jane's mum's cousins, Jane and Hew and their daughter, Anna. Their house has just been built recently and they're the second owners. Its huge inside. There is a herd of 40 wild deer that wander around their property eating their roses!! The weather was amazing (clear blue skies, sunshine and 25 degrees) and still is which is fantastic but also slightly scary since its only April. Global Warming is the whispered phrase on the street here as in Australia.
Jane has been working hard on a talk for the radiographers and it was received very well last Thursday. Now, as planned, she's been moved to work in CT where there's supposedly more sitting around and scanning and obviously no more operating theatres!!! Yay!!!!
We'd love to hear from you. News of home and Australia is always greatly welcomed. We'll try to respond promtly. Our email addresses are:
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