Holiday!

[ailbhe]

Gulp. We're off to Malta for our holidays. On 8 December, returning 20 December. We are going on a holiday. The three of us, together, with no dishes to wash for 12 days, no laundry to do, nothing but lying in the indoor heated pool, using free broadband, talking seashore walks, and arguing about the diary content of food.

We're going to stay in a hotel.

Rob has to pop into London on Tuesday to get his passport renewed. It expired in October. We might all go if someone would like to meet us for lunch. Hm?

(Holiday!)

Comments

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

Don't buy any black enameled falcons!

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I loved Malta. But for the entrenched misogyny. The rest of it was cool. And they have three pin plugs.

[ailbhe]

pol didn't warn me about the entrenched misogyny. Hm. Worse than the UK, even?

[caerleon.livejournal.com]

Be prepared to be ignored..

[lizka.livejournal.com]

Ooh holidays are always fun! We're about to go to Uae for a while to visit my husbands family. Though that isn't much of a holiday because they annoy the hell out of me and I know it'll turn into a 'make fun of Liza and Syoma because they don't know how to take care of a baby' fest. Argh. And there will be plenty of strange things said like 'DON'T CLOTH DIAPER UNTIL THE BABY IS 3 MONTHS OLD OR ELSE HER LEGS WILL NEVER COME TOGETHER NORMALLY' and 'No, slings are dangerous. Keep her in the stroller'. And I know if I won't be breastfeeding they'll all make fun of me. My cousin in-law is coming and she does and everything she does it perfect for them.

I don't waaaant to go! But I have to. Sorry I probably totally took your good moment away with my bitchiness. ;)

[papabearnz.livejournal.com]

Excellent - I wish you all to enjoy yourselves immensely! Have a terrific time!

Feel free to update us on the fun things you get up to in Malta. I've never been tehre nor even do I know much about the place so I, for one, would appreciate your views :)

PB

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

How cool :) Enjoy :)

We'd meet you for lunch if it was a bit closer :)

[nwhyte]

Wow! Have fun.

[nitoda]

Have a lovely time! Hope it will give you all a chance to relax and be happy together without the stresses of everyday life. And that any stresses added by going away to strange places are minimal and easily overcome! :-)

[ailbhe]

1) Cloth diapering is used to treat "hip click", a temporary disorder of the hip joint in newborns. My sister-in-law had to be in double cloth nappies for the extra joint support until she was at least six months old.

2) But you said you managed a feed! You can try again! Or you can always feed out of sight, claiming that she is too distractable to feed in public, so that at least actual times of feeding are low-stress.

Your cousin-in-law might be able to help, too, if you can bring yourself to ask - I don't know whether she herself is irritating or just the fact that the family worships at her feet. Obviously if she's a pain in the butt you'll just stress yourself more by asking.

Would you like me to delete this comment after you've read it?

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Have fun!

I'm doing nothing on Tuesday, but I live nowhere near the passport office. I think it's in Victoria somewhere. Don't actually know anywhere there to find food for lunch, but there are other places in central London that are do-able - bearing in mind that I need vegan & strictly low-fat. (Making it tricky, because several of the places I know that do vegan don't also do very low-fat - all Indians & Chinese/Japanese places are out unless I know the owner well enough to be able to ask for my food to be cooked differently!).

Assuming that places that are entirely veggie/vegan are ok, there's Country Life near Piccadilly Circus. They have loads of salads & fruity things as well as hot stuff, and you pay for your food by the weight. There's also a place called Beatroot on Berwick Street, which I've never ever been to, but been told that it's very good & cheap. They do lots of dairy-free cakes, apparently.

By the way, if you're out & about in London and can stand jazz, the jazz cafe in Foyles sells Montezuma's chocolate and does several vegan cakes, including the most delicious-looking chocolate fudge gateau. I wandered in there to use the loo and was drooling at all these cakes that I'd be able to eat if I didn't have evil gall bladder :(

Malta

[flybabydizzy.livejournal.com]

We went to Malta about 15 years ago. dd was 6 months, ds 4 years old, then again a year later. We had a great time , once I twigged to give timeshare salesmen a torrent of Welsh - puzzled the heck out of them! I found the place rather dirty, but so very interesting, especially the buses and the prehistoric monuments. I think a visit to Mdina is a must - look at the doorknockers there, plus a tour of the catacombs in, umm, Rabat, I think. I also enjoyed the glassworks. The first time we went I was still feeding dd, and had absolutely no problem feeding her wherever we went; I just draped a shawl discretely round me - I dont know how L would take to that, tho! I found the people very taken by the kids, possibly because my kids were very blond when young. Be prepared for some bad weather tho, the first time we went was the Bush/Gorbechev summit meeting, and it was like autumn on Morecambe prom - blew more than the cobwebs away. Didnt put us off - we went back the next year!!! Be prepared to struggle to get dairy free stuff, tho.
Have fun

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Weegirl was in double nappies for the first two months or so, to settle down a clicky hip. Worked a treat, and now you'd never know there was ever anything wrong.

[ailbhe]

OK, that looks like a great place to go for lunch, and I'd also love to go to Foyle's. How would it be if I met you at [time] at Country Life and you me and Linnea ate together, while Rob eats something cheesy with whipped cream elsewhere, and then go to Foyle's? I have been meaning to go to F anyway for ages - I've only been once ever in my whole life and it was a Saturday and awful. I do feel the need for a native guide when in London these days. It's sad but there you go. At least the buggy can go in a black cab like a wheelchair does and there's no need to worry about carseats.