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<\/span>It took me twenty-eight hours to fly from Australia to England…<\/span>
I was there twelve nights <\/span>
then it was twenty-four hours (whooo hooo!) to get back.<\/span>

<\/span>That’s hardly time enough to get over the jet lag… Is it?<\/span>

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It was a busy, busy, busy <\/span>
 whistle-stop* tour<\/span> to catch up with family <\/span>
and wave off my daughter on her African adventure.<\/span>
Happily we also celebrated a couple of birthdays, mine included.<\/span>

<\/span>We started with a day out in Burford, <\/span>
a picturesque Cotswold market town <\/span>
chosen for some good clothes shopping and a pub lunch.<\/span>

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Cotswold stone cottages in Burford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We had some lovely days out to the Cotswolds and Oxford<\/span>
and stayed in Bristol, Stratford on Avon, London <\/span>
and I even managed to buy a house!<\/span>
Now that’s a story I’m saving for a rainy day…<\/span>

<\/span>Here are some of my favourite blue photos from the trip.<\/span>

<\/span>Thatched cottages which look good at any time of year, <\/span>
look even better when Spring is in the air <\/span>
and the daffodils are dancing in the sunlight outside the front door.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Daffodils and thatched cottages, so British!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In Bristol, the Harbour is always so picturesque<\/span>
With the colourful terrace houses of Redland and <\/span>
the brightly painted house boats on the water.<\/span>
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Bristol Docklands with SS Great Britain

<\/span>My eldest daughter arrived from Australia,
Forty-two hours her trip took her
as her flight was delayed, then eventually cancelled in Dubai!<\/span>
Still there was no time for her to get over her jet lag,
 we were straight off to London to get her visa for her new job in Africa.<\/span>

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<\/span>The Liberian Embassy in Fitzroy Square <\/span>
is in the basement of an impressive London terrace house<\/span>
<\/span><\/span>The house next door had a sign saying Virginia Woof lived here!
There is a massive Liberian flag flying
which could be easily mistaken for a US flag on first glance…<\/p>\n

The door was propped out with a hand painted sign saying
“be careful, wet paint”
This was oddly reassuring, and in stark contrast to <\/span><\/span>
when we went to get my other daughter’s visa for the US, <\/span><\/span>
security was so tight in Melbourne, that I stayed outside.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Liberian Embassy flying the national flag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Inside the Embassy at 2pm there was no-one.<\/span>
Hmmm people are obviously not queuing up to visit Liberia!<\/span>
My daughter gave in her passport, <\/span>
 a letter of support from her organisation, two passport photos, <\/span>
One hundred and sixty pounds, <\/span>
yes it’s not cheap to visit the second most poorest country in the world!<\/span>
and was told to return the next day…<\/span>

The next day she collected her passport, easy <\/span>
and was now all ready to work<\/span>
in a remote community in Liberia.<\/span>

<\/span>Our family is now spread all over the world.<\/span>
One in America, one in Liberia, one in England and two in Australia<\/span>
But next week we will have four of us in New York!!<\/span>
I’ll sing to that!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Linking with thanks to Sally at Blue Monday<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/span>Thank you in advance for your comments <\/span><\/div>\n

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