Reunions

Jamie and Ally are back from their travels!
The first to arrive was Jamie on Sunday afternoon. It was so great to see him all handsome and happy! He is such a positive person to be around. We had a steak dinner to celebrate his homecoming and Grandma was there too. He was telling us all about his adventures in Peru and showed us some of his photos, although we will have to see the rest at a later date because he headed back to Dundee in the evening to get ready for university which was to start on Monday. He gave us lovely presents from Peru - a brightly coloured scarf for me, gorgeous alpaca wool jumpers for Ally and Davie, and chocolates for James which he had made himself with strange ingredients, one of which is a herb nicknamed "The Chilean viagra!"
And Alasdair and Cat arrived back from South East Asia this evening. They flew in from Dubai where Cat's cousins had treated them to an amazing last night of their holiday at a boutique hotel. They looked really well, tanned and happy after their three and a half months of travel. Christine and Gerry were of course there too and instead of going straight home we all had an extended coffee at the airport while we all chatted and Ally and Cat told us more of their travels. Ally and Cat had also got us some great presents - a pair of slippers for me from Laos with elephants embroidered on them, and rice wine and a Vietnam t-shirt for James. For Davie they had got a pressed penny from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, a pack of United Emirates playing cards, a pen from the Marina Bay Sands hotel, and best of all a collection of rocks from volcanoes they visited including Krakatoa! David was thrilled. They had also got a very interesting and bizarre present for Jamie; coffee beans that had been pooped by a civet!