ENGLAND AND WALES

WE FLEW IN TO LONDON ON THE 16TH FROM BUENOS AIRES PREPARING FOR A 15 HOUR FLIGHT VIA SAU PAULO IN BRAZIL. WE FLEW BRITISH AIRWAYS WHICH GAVE US GOOD FOOD, GOOD SERVICE, SO OVER ALL A GOOD FLIGHT. IT WAS QUITE BUMPY FOR  A FEW HOURS WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP SO WE WERE REALLY TIRED WHEN WE GOT OFF. AFTER WE HAD CHECKED OUT, MY NANA HAD KINDLY ARRANGED A TAXI TO COME AND PICK US UP AND TAKE US TO MARIA'S HOUSE. SHE IS MUM AND DAD'S FRIEND WHO I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE. SHE IS REALLY NICE AND FRIENDLY TO US! WE ARE STAYING AT HER HOUSE FOR 6 NIGHTS IN LONDON. WE WILL THEN CATCH A TRAIN TO TIM, BRIDGET, RACHEL, MATT AND MATTS KIWI'S GIRLFRIEND ALI'S HOUSE THAT WE WILL STAY AT FOR A WEEKOVER X-MAS. FROM THERE WE DROVE TO LONDON IN OUR NEW CAR TO STAY AT ELAINE AT FRANKS HOUSE (ELAINE IS MUMS FRIEND WHO SHE MET WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT) WE STAY THERE FOR 3 NIGHTS. NEXT WE  GO TO ANNA , DONAL AND EMMAS PLACE WHERE WE STAY AT FOR A NIGHT. WE THEN GO TO A YOUTH HOSTEL THATS BACKED ON TO A PUB AND STAY THERE FOR A NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO ANDY'S PLACE IN  SWANSEA. SWANSEA IS IN WALES AND WE WILL STAY THERE FOR 5 NIGHTS. THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO TIM AND BRIDGETS HOUSE WHERE WE WILL STAY FOR A FEW NIGHTS THEN TAKE THE CARAVEN TO PORTSMOUTH WHERE WE WILL CATCH THE OVER NIGHT 24 HOUR FERRY. IN LONDON WE WENT ON THE LONDON EYE, WE WENT THERE FOR ZOE'S BIRTHDAY ON THE 20TH. WE ALSO WENT TO THE TOWER OF LONDON AND SAW THE CROWN JEWELS THAT WERE AMAZING AND VERY SPARKLY. WE SAW THE TORTURE TOWER TOO WHERE THEY DID HORRIBLE THINGS TO HORRIBLE PEOPLE!! COOL!! WE STROLLED DOWN REGENT STREET, PICCADILLY CIRCUS, BANK STREET, CARNABY STREET AND SAW THE GREENWICH LINE!  WE WALKED ROUND LEICSTER SQUARE AND TRAFALGER SQUARE AND SAW ALL THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS! THE NIGHT OF ZOE'S B-DAY WE WENT AND SAW A SHOW AT PICCADILLY THEATERE! GREASE! IT WAS AMAZING AND DEFINITELY AN EXPEREINCE!WE ALSO WENT ICE-SKATING!! 
IN CREWE WE PLAYED IN THE SNOW AND MADE A SNOW BLOB, A SNOW ANGEL AND HAD A MASSIVE SNOW FIGHT WITH ZOE, MATT, RACHEL AND ALI!! CHRISTMAS WS REALLY NICE AND IT SNOWED!! YAY A WHITE CHRISTMAS!! GOT A PORTABLE DVD PLAYER, A FLUORO GREEN BEANIE, BOOK LIGHT, CARD BOOK, MICHAEL MORPUGO BOOK AND LOTS OF OTHER COOL STUFF!! WE WENT FOR A WALK AND IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL, EVERYTHING WAS WHITE!
BACK IN LONDON WE DIDN'T DO MUCH BUT HAD A COOL NEW YEAR AND STAYED UP TO MIDNIGHT!! BOY WE'VE BEEN SLEEPING IN TILL 9 EVERY MORNING!
IN EAST GRINSTEAD WE SAW AN OLD JAIL HOUSE AND THE OLD CHURCH.IT WAS GREAT MEETING EVERYONE AND CATCHING UP WITH THE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO N.Z!WE ONLY STAYED FOR ONE NIGHT WHICH WAS SAD COS EMMA IS 12 AND SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON WE'VE HAD TO PLAY WITH IN A WHILE!
WALES WAS AWESOME! WE WENT OVER THE SEVENS BRIDGE THAT IS QUITE FAMOUS AND TOOK LOADS OF SNAPS. ALL THE SIGNS WERE IN WELSH THEN IN ENGLIGH THOUGH NOT MANY PEOPLE COULD SPEAK FLUENT WELSH.ANDY WAS REALLY NICE AND HIS HOUSE WAS GREAT!! WE WENT AND SAW THE SWANSWEA MARKET AND TRIED LAVERBREAD THAT WASN'T VERY NICE AND COCKLES THAT WERE TINY AND DISGUSTING!! THOSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT COCKLES REALLY ARE!! MET SOME OF MY WELSH RELLIES AND THEY WERE COOL!! WENT TO THE BEAUTIFUL GOWER BEACH WITH ANDY WHO IS DAD'S COUSIN AND HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND AND 3 BOYS WHO ARE 5, 10 AND 13. WE ALSO WENT TO 3 CLIFFS BEACH. HAD A 5 HOUR BUS RIDE BACK TO CREWE AND HERE WE ARE!! TOMORROW MORNING AT 3 AM WE ARER GOING TO PORTSMOUTH TO CATCH THE FERRY AT 11:15 THAT MORNING. EXCITING!! WE ARE TAKING THE CAR AND CARAVAN AS WELL!! MISSING EVERYONE HEAPS!! HOPE EVERYONES HAVING FUN COS I AM!! BYE !!!!
HOLLY!!