More swimming for me today, and Judy has another “regular” day at school.  I posted a few pictures below of the pool area at the Marriott.  I’m still trying to nail down travel details for our future fun.  I meet a delivery lady from our local travel agent, who’s picking up payment and delivering receipts for airfare and hotel rooms for our trip to Amsterdam.  I still have a lot of planning to do on other segments of our travel.

It’s Friday, so it’s Bluche for the BISS group after school.  After a week of swimming laps and spending an exorbitant amount of online time on travel sites, I’m ready for some human interaction.  It’s a fun evening of listening to holiday visit stories, and discussion about Chinese New Years destinations.  These discussions are great for learning about good and bad places to visit.  I also get to hear a comparison between the Australian and British retirement systems.  I don’t understand all of it, but it’s a treat to hear about it from the people that are living it. 

Some views from the pool area at the Marriott. Our apartment is the gray building, far off in the distance, just over the top of the brown building in the center of the photo