an udpate

Went into the travel agents today to pre-book the seats and arrange for the special meals (as Ellie is lactose intolerant we figured she needed a meal she could eat) and was told that they can’t prebook the seats for Manchester to Amsterdam as it’s such a short flight!  Good job we’re getting to the [...]

8 weeks to go

have made a start on the shopping, figure we need a weeks worth of gear really and then we can get extra stuff while we’re out there.
have got ellie’s main present sorted out (all day riding through the rain forests) - she’ll love it, just need to get Jenny to make the arrangements for us [...]

Checklist

Flights booked tickets in Ruby Gloom bag in xmas cardboard box
Passports all arrived with tickets (Hope’s 2 passports are in her own bag in box)
Insurance - have got a good quote, just need to pay for it now!
eVisas - done, printed confirmation with dad
Money -

Welcome to our holiday blog

If you’re reading this then you’re either a family member, friend or forum buddy of Fiona, Hope, Jonathon, Eloise and/or Isabelle. 
We’ve set up this blog so that people can keep up to date with the latest news on our holiday (sorry, vacation for all the American readers!!) and see what we’ve been up to.  Apologies [...]