PCR Tests

I deliberately haven’t been looking forward too much to our ski holiday in Austria tomorrow, because I wasn’t at all sure that we would be going! Austria was closed to tourists until mid December, so at that point I think that we all thought that the holiday would be postponed. However it did open up so I got a wee bit hopeful. The current regulations for travelling to Austria require a negative PCR test less than 48 hours before departure, and so many people now have the Omicron variant of Covid that I was resigned to at least one of us testing positive.

James and I went into a testing centre in Howard Street in Glasgow at 9.30 a.m. and paid a hefty £80 each for the 3 hour results PCR test. The centre was very efficient and we then headed up to John Lewis to order the office chair that I’m getting James for his Christmas. After a quick coffee we set off for home and by the time we arrived we got emails to say that our tests were negative. Ewan had already messaged us with his results (also negative) and then in the early afternoon Heather informed us that she too has negative results. Great excitement! We spent the afternoon packing, finally convinced that we really are going on holiday tomorrow!