Well hello everyone, yet again it's been some time since I up together a blog.
I always have the plan to put a new blog together but.....and there is always a but, I do not seem to get a post put together.
Well in my last blog. I wrote that it was holiday time again. Well since that blog I have not been on one holiday, but taken two breaks. The first one as I previously mentioned in my previous blog was to southern France and the city of Nice.
Nice is a really nice city. Very expensive as I discovered, and very nice. The only drawback of Nice is that there is no sand on the beach, but large rocks. Mind it still did not deter holidaymakers and locals from sitting on it enjoying the sun.
The city has some great shops, and sitting on top of the hill where he old town used to be overlooking the two parts of Nice and taking in the vista was so nice though.
During our holiday in May at Nice we also went to Cannes via train. Cannes I think is a better holiday place than Nice as it has the sandy beach then it's old town on top of the hill and the newer town which is at sea level. There are loads of great little streets whith lots of tourist shops an regular shops. The day we arrived in Cannes was also the first day of the film festival, so it was smothered in Hollywood people and cameras.
The other trip was to Monti Carlo. That trip was 1 week before the F1 show arrived in town so all the stands, pits in the pitlane and the like we're set up. Surprisingly Monti Carlo was cheaper to buy food in than Nice.
The conclusion of my Holiday is that I would go there again.
The second holiday I took was to Alghero in Italy. It's the second time that I have been there and we chose to go there cos I wanted a holiday where I could crash out.
I am not sure if I wrote about Alghero before, it is a city in Sardinia that as once ruled by the Spanish from the 1300's to the 1700's.
Of course during the summer we had the Olympics. During that time I volunteered and was a travel champion based a Fenchurch Street.
I did not get over to the Olympic Park apart from picking up my magenta and purple uniform. But I met 4 team members of the Mexican handball team, along with 4 team members of the Parraguie handball team. Then I met a Cannadian Swimmer. It's a shame I did not get their names.
Well that was the upside of life. Now to the down side.
While I am writing this blog my grandmother is in hospital. It's terminal cancer I am afraid.
My Grandmother has had a long life and is 94 years old. I will be honest there are not many 43 year olds who have still any of their grandparents still living....but I have been so lucky.
So my Grandmother has seen the world change and has met lots of people.
Before the war my Grandmother trained to be a Salvation Army Officer (like her mother) and that was how she met my grandfather. She gave up being a Salvation Army Officer do she could look after my Great Grandmother when she was ill. Then later on married my Grandfather. There is a lot more to my Grandmothers life to which I do not know about, and I wish that I could know about. But I know that her life has affected so many other people's lives for good reasons and I thank god for her life and the prison she is and has been.
Well I know that this is a low note to end on, but I will be back. When I am I may write more about my grandmother and her life, or more about my holidays.
See you soon.
