
2025 – August – Finland – Day 3
I decided that sleeping on a train was more akin to trying to sleep in Business Class on a plane.

I decided that sleeping on a train was more akin to trying to sleep in Business Class on a plane.

After a good night sleep, we were back in breakfast by 8.50am. The scrambled egg was only a 9/10 today.

Moi. After a good night’s sleep (Karen does like rooms where they have two single quilts on the bed) we

Another month whizzed by some days it was sunny and some it wasn’t. Some days Karen had medical appointments, some

The weather forecast for today was much better and so we decided to press ahead with our plan to visit

Our planned early start for our drive up north was put back an hour after Karen’s sister said she couldn’t

The drive back to Atlanta was easy enough without any of the horrendous hold ups that had been predicted by

This morning the elderly lady demonstrated that she had been practising overnight her Paddington hard stare at anyone who dared

We didn’t have the best night’s sleep as Karen was in some discomfort overnight with what we are still hoping

After a good night’s sleep, we enjoyed the usual Holiday Inn Express breakfast. They provided small paper grab breakfast bags

Our final breakfast in what Karen was still calling Cell Block H was as the other days except we got

‘It’s Dollywood day – baby’ We were in breakfast early ready for our exciting day ahead. The very old lady

After deciding all the reviews were correct about how comfortable the beds are, we made our way down for our

Long drive moving day meant we didn’t hang around long having breakfast and we were packed and moving for the

It was a lazy slow start to the day as we were in no hurry to get anywhere in particular.

We didn’t have a sleep in at the Sleep Inn Hotel, instead we were down for breakfast at 8am. Breakfast

After a good nights sleep our breakfast this morning consisted of porridge made in the hotel communal microwave and jolly

“I hear her voice in the morning as she calls me” saying ‘what are we doing for breakfast?’ as soon

“What day is it” asked Pooh “It’s today” squeaked Piglet “My favourite day,” said Pooh Today was the first of

The usual jet lag meant I was wide awake by 5.30am and catching up on news from home on my
Oh dear – the morning after the night before was bad enough when I was younger but at my now

A whole month a home – well almost. We’ve had birthday celebrations: There have been a silly amount of other

It was a turn right sort of day but again we were in no hurry to get going even if

Whisper it quietly but today I got out of bed carefully without the nerve in my back being pinched. It

I was not in a good way when trying to get out of bed. I was reluctant to take another