On the way to Verona

Yes, today we are heading to the Dolomites for our ski holiday with Heather and Ewan. I’m on the plane at Edinburgh Airport so just a quick wee blog. The last week has sped by with various pleasant and useful activities, and we finished our packing last night in plenty of time to have a cup of tea with the cats sitting on our knees. 

The highlight of the week was my meet up with my school friends, always a pleasure, but this time Helen, Wendy, Libby and I had planned a special post wedding celebration for Maggie, who got married to John in November. When Maggie arrived we had flowers and a gift (a beautiful bird bath for her garden chosen by Helen) waiting for her, as well as a little “bride” tiara with a veil! The rest of us all wore wee tiaras! Maggie was completely taken by surprise and was delighted. Many photos were taken before we had a delicious meal with complimentary Prosecco from the restaurant, organised by our very friendly waitress Blanca. It was a great afternoon. 

The cats know very well that we are going away on holiday, and have been climbing on the cases. This morning I thought that Floof was staring at me very reproachfully and I gave her a cuddle before we left. Tom had been around earlier but was nowhere to be seen when we set off, he was probably hiding just in case we tried to load him into the car. 

We had a good run through to Edinburgh and bagged an excellent parking space very near the terminal. After checking in we went to All Bar One with Heather and Ewan where we raised our glasses to celebrate the start of our holiday. We will be setting off to Verona shortly.