So, the day has finally arrived that our family has been talking about for over 3 years. The day that we fly to Mauritius!! My mum has been talking about taking us all to Mauritius since she decided that she would be retiring and using her NHS lump sum for the trip. I cannot described how grateful we are to her for, not only taking us on a magnificent holiday but also allowing us to meet the other side of our family who we have never seen.
My brother is writing an excellent blog about our trip (he is over there at the moment having flown early with my Dad) and I recommend you read that as well, Owadallys Return, but I wanted to do a more this-is-what-we-did-today blog. You see his is a well written commentary about the island, our family and historical events that have moulded society and ultimately lead to our family being our family. But it was something he wrote in this blog that made me want to do this one. He has written a very concise, and witty, bio of us all and in the one about Ollie, our 1 year old nephew, he has said that his blog is going to be of use to him when he grows up as he will not remember any of this trip. And that got me thinking. While he will no doubt appreciate Stewart's narratives and thoughts of the trip he might also appreciate knowing what we did each day, where we went, who we met in a more itinerised form with smaller words! And this is what I want to try and achieve......
We, the Nottingham Owadallys (me, my wife Tracey, 14 year old daughter Elinor and 11 Year old daughter Charlotte), stayed the night in a hotel next to Heathrow and got to the airport fairly early, sitting in the foyer trying to entertain ourselves while we waited for the Newmans (my sister Sara, her husband Jamie and their sons/my nephews 11 year old Liam, 7 year old Ethan and 1 year old Ollie) and my Mum who were all travelling by coach from Cardiff.
It is the first time my children have been to an airport as they have never flown before so this has been a bit of an adventure for them before it's even really started! Having to field constant questions from them was a bit tiring but I didn't mind. It kept their mind off their nerves about flying for the first time!!
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| Charlotte at Heathrow |
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| Elinor at Heathrow |
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| Bored outside Terminal 4 testing my new camera! |
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| The ceiling at Heathrow. Look I was bored! We had a long wait! |
The Newmans and Mum arrived on time and, after a short delay where Elinor misheard my Mum on the phone and sent us to Gate G instead of Gate D, the Owadallys (and Newmans) Assembled!!! (see what I did there???)
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| Me and two of my nephews |
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