The journey begins!

Hi All,

welcome to hereandthereclaire 2019!

It’s  been a while, 91/2 months to be precise.

So, having left my apartment over 3 weeks ago, and finally leaving Newquay 10 days ago, having said goodbye to various people numerous times! (It started to get a tad embarrassing 😳) I am finally on my first leg.

It has been wonderful catching up with Family and friends, celebrating new gorgeous babies,  Babies yet to arrive and special birthdays! Thank you to everyone who has put me up and run me around, Alison, Ruth, Sandra, Hayley, Tish and Tracey! You are stars.

The first leg started well, Tracey very kindly drove me to my Heathrow Airport Hotel using the postcode on the booking form…..except there are 2 Ibis hotels on the same road and I was at the wrong one! The lovely receptionist told me that this happens all of the time, Helpful…not. My options, go and stand outside by the large busy duel carriageway and wait for a bus or order a taxi, so Taxi it is then! At this point I can hear an American guy trying to check in who is in the same situation, so I said I’d ordered a Taxi which he could share, he grunted an “OK” then ignored me till the taxi arrived at which point he climbed into the front seat and when we arrived at our destination, climbed out leaving me to Pay,  Rude!! I think perhaps he had had a stressful day.

The Hotel, is fine, if a little dated, I have just discovered that my aircon doesn’t work….. this is a major issue for me as I can’t open the window far enough and I am known as Cryogenic Claire 🥶!

I now have a rather inadequate looking fan, but I’m sure it will suffice.

Off to bed soon, early start, airport for my first ✈️ Singapore awaits! 😍

photos to follow, as I have momentarily forgotten how to do it!!

Author: hereandthereclaire

Hi, my name is Claire and I am 60 years young, welcome to my blog. I am new to the whole travel and blog writing world, so no judging! I recently made some big life changes, leaving my job in education and moving myself and my younger children to Newquay in Cornwall, I then started a business with some fantastic friends #coffeeonthecornernewquay. And now I am about to embark on my first big travel adventure...I would love to share this with you. Since starting this blog in 2018 I have made more changes, and now in 2024 I will be traveling full time for the next year! Please join me in sharing my Big Adventure! ❤️ View all posts by hereandthereclaire