At the Waves of Madness: May 2013

6pm Friday 3^rd May

The last few days in the Falklands were fun. Sunday the container gang worked bloody hard until 5pm while everyone else went off for walks and nice times. It kinda sucked. But in the evening we went into Stanley for a few drinks. We started in the Globe… which was weird! There were very few people in there and they were trying to do karaoke. On a Sunday. In Stanley. Tom the Steward started looking excitedly through the song book… and the rest of us beat a hasty retreat to the Victory. It had a more pubby vibe and was a much more chilled out venue. We met up with Moff again and had a lovely evening. Gwen and I were up early the next day (feeling a bit worse for wear. I hadn't drunk a drop in over a month so even the few ciders left me feeling pretty rough!) We spent the morning packing and cleaning our cabin. The afternoon was spent blissfully wandering around the gift shops of Stanley in the sun, trying on giant penguin onesies and searching for that perfect souvenir (penguin bobble hat knitted by a sweet old lady!) in the evening we all went out for a lovely dinner at the Malvinas restaurant in Stanley. Everyone was very excited to learn that the special was South Georgian reindeer burger! Then it was back to the ship for a few hours shut eye before up at 5am for the flight. Urgh. Less said of the journey the better. Looong wait in the airport, looooong flight to Asuncion (where we waited in a cage on the air base for two hours) then even longer flight to Brize Norton, tearful goodbyes to some, bus to Cambridge (more tearful goodbyes- funny to say goodbye to Gwen after a very intense 6 weeks!) then taxi to Norwich and I am home!

I am not entirely sure I have fully adjusted yet. I got very overexcited at the organic veg stall in the market and got completely carried away at the cheese stall. I also spent a fortune in Lush so I could have a long awaited bath! And then slept for 16 hours.

But I am back. So. Until next time then.

Thank you for tuning in. Look forward to seeing you in person! Lots of love Siobhan x x x x x x

Highlights

Home sweet container lab…..