One way to the UK?

Okay, so over Christmas time my work closes for a few days, and they automatically deduct 4 days off your annual-leave entitlement to cover this! This means I work for Dec and Jan and my holidays are already allocated to Christmas (kinda sucks!). Mara’s heading to Jersey to see her grandparents, and I hadn’t planned anything until Kristy was also going to be left in London – and so we are now going to Budapest! We fly out on 23 Dec and back on 27 Dec and hopefully it’ll be snowing there in Budapest! We don’t know what to expect really, or what will be open because it’s Christmas but I think just getting away from London will be good fun!

Umm also on 1 December (i still need to book train tickets) I’ll be heading up to Birmingham to meet and stay with cousin Laura, and we are going to see the Concertgebungeow (spelling) Philharmonic Orchestra from Amsterdam which will be great, so say the reviews! Cousin Brett from Melbourne is coming over to the UK starting on 29 November, and I think he’s going to visit Birmingham with me too so that will be good! I’m not sure how many of the UK relatives he has already met.

The other winter holiday, the one I might chuck a sickie for, is for Mara and I to celebrate my birthday with a weekend away, including the Friday, for 2 nights at a ski resort in Italy! We’re flying into Bergamo, again, but this time we’re missing Milano (thank god) and instead heading north to the Alps! Fingers crossed it’s snowing, which it definitely should be in January, but if not they also have great man-made-snow machines there. We get discounted ski school lessons and a day pass for the slopes (lift pass) and free ski/boot hire so we should be set! Boarding costs and extra £8/day, so I’m not sure if I’ll try it this time around or not! Depending on what money I don’t have I might have to use of one of my days off (once I’ve earnt it) in late February to go skiing! … hmm when is the next Bank Holiday (public holiday) in the UK!!??

Oh also, on a side note, I think I need to get an X-ray of my right ribs, as one seems to be ‘underneath’ the other rib but I can ‘pull it forward’ by pulling my skin up, but then it ‘slides underneath’ again! Ewww I know! It’s especially noticible after doing sit-ups or planks and using the muscles there… excuse to stop exercise? nah. 

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