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Wednesday 27 March 2013

THAT WAS THE WEEKEND THAT WAS!

I may have lost my reading glasses and I may have felt colder than I have  for a long time...but those were mere trifles when compared with all the  fantastic experiences I  had this past weekend!


 I left Alicante Airport at 7.30 on Friday morning, and by about 11 am was checking into my hotel in central London. I knew I was meeting up with DEB TURTLE and her daughter CARRIE, but that was to be later in the day; their plan was to take one of the 'official' bus tours that morning. Imagine my total surprise and excitement when I happened to turn round and see them walking through the Reception area...after a bit  a lot of frantic waving and jumping up and down, they caught sight of me and the first (but certainly NOT the last!) of the weekend's hugging began.

When we eventually calmed down and I got checked in, we decided that I should join them for their City Tour.




It was FREEZING on top of that bus, but after a stop at the Tower of London we re-boarded and got off at Piccadilly to hit the HARD ROCK CAFE, where -despite the weather- Deb and I shared a long-promised Margarita!



Saturday saw us heading off to meet up with DENISE and KAREN at DEB'S house, where she graciously hosted a mini-crop for us! Karen and Denise provided a kit for each of us, and after Deb's long-suffering husband took JUST the right photograph of us all, we each scrapped a page using it.

Deb provided a yummy lunch and Karen brought a variety of her DELICIOUS cupcakes (yes, I DID have to sample all three varieties..but please don't ask me to choose a favourite!). After much chatting, laughing,eating and tea-drinking we set off to one of the local Pubs and had dinner...then, sadly, Deb, Carrie and I headed back to London.


On Sunday morning, HELENA met us for breakfast in our hotel, then she, Deb and myself had a  wander round Covent Garden...I especially liked the  Giant Easter Egg display!



Then it was time for me to check out and for the four of us to head off to MAGGIE JONES'S RESTAURANT in Kensington..



to meet up with Karen and Denise again (unfortunately Deb couldn't make it!), along with six more blogfriends.....BECKYHELENAJACKYMELRUTH and RHONA.





For all that this was a first meeting for many of us, it was amazing how quickly and well we all 'gelled' ...it was as if we had all been friends for years.....and in many ways we have. Through our blogs, we have shared many of the joys and sorrows of everyday life: our triumphs and adversities...we had just never met in real life! That has now been rectified, and I for one sincerely hope there are many more meet-ups to come!



Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx








32 comments:

  1. What a great weekend. You certainly packed in a lot.

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  2. looks like you had a fun packed weekend. I like the look of the easter egg display x

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  3. How lovely to read about your wonderful weekend get together on all your blogs this week. I am so glad you had such a lovely time with each other. I wish I had been along to

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  4. I love your recount of the weekend Alison, the details have helped bring it to life for me!

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  5. Thanks for sharing the details - I've seen pictures but haven't heard the whole story. Such a great adventure! I wish Sian, Amy and I could have been with you!
    Rinda

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  6. Well, what a wonderful weekend you had ... I'm so glad I was part of it!!

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  7. great collages and lovely to see the whole story set out - and yes lets hope for more meetups now we know how easy and relaxed it can be

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  8. looks like you all had fun despite the cold.

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  9. Looks like you had a wonderful weekend, how lovely x

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  10. Oh this is such a great recap of the weekend Alison - what a fab fab meet-up! You certainly packed a lot into it!

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  11. It sounds like you had a really great time. I nearly popped to Covent Garden on Sunday to see the eggs, I wish I had now! x

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  12. It was lovely to meet you on Sunday and I couldn't agree more about it being relaxed and like being with old friends. I hadn't realised just how much you had packed into your weekend and love the look of the Easter Egg display in Covent Garden. Hope we'll meet up again one day soon :) x

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  13. How wonderful for all of you! I so wish I had been along for the ride!!!

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  14. That all looks like so much fun! Love those giant Easter eggs.

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  15. What a great post. Isn't this weekend going to seem flat in comparison?!

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  16. Looks so totally fun! Great photos!

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  17. A lovely collection of photos to record the weekend and scrap with! So lovely to meet you and we definitely need to meet up again (somewhere warmer perhaps!?).

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  18. Sounds great! Sorry the weather was so cold though! Fun photos:)

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  19. It was lovely meeting you and your post has brought back such happy memories.

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  20. You've written it in such a way that you made me feel I was there with you :). Looks like you had so much fun

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  21. Your weekend looks amazing,Alison.....I certainly enjoyed Sunday.

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  22. What fun! That Deb and Carrie are amazing I'm so glad you all got to meet.

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  23. What a brilliant recap of a wonderful weekend. As Sandra says, I felt like I was right there with you. How exciting for you all :o) I would so love to meet some of you one day.
    Fiona xx

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  24. What a very happy post Alison. The pictures of your weekend are just so lovely.

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  25. What a wonderful weekend! When I met up with other BPC students that I've known online & through blogs, it was like we had known each other for a while & everything went so wonderfully. So fun that so many of you were able to get together!

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  26. Wow, this sounds absolutely wonderful. You absolutely made the best of your weekend. Talk about blog heaven...

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  27. It has been so fun to see all the different photos of the same event on so many blogs - glad you were able to come back over again :)

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  28. Paper Turtle Deb is soo beautiful! Looks like you all had a fabulous time.

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  29. Oh, Alison, I loved reading your recap of our lovely weekend in London! I'm smiling from ear to ear right now. I'm so happy that we were able to hook up early in the day on Friday, and really happy that we finally shared those margaritas we've been talking about for so long! ;o)

    Looking forward to having you visit Arizona someday so we can do it all over again. And I PROMISE it will be warmer climate! xo

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  30. How exciting! It looks like u had a gr8 time :) Fab pics

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  31. Sounds like you had a FAB time! We did an open top bus tour of London in February once, it was FREEZING! But worth it for the views.

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  32. Looks amazing Alison! I am well jell indeed!! Oooh yes the tops of those buses in winter is enough to snap your head right off! I really want to meet you, and many other bloggy buddies, I'm entering the lotto here every month for a chance to travel on a world tour!!

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