Just got back at lunchtime from the magic convention in Southport and I'm now getting packed to fly off to China tomorrow for the festival that starts this week. Have my visa and fingers crossed that all the documentation is in order for next week. Plans at the moment are a bit vague but it looks like we will be performing the act twice a day along with two busking sessions with another 14 balloon acts. Looking forward to the event and meeting up with others that I've not seen for a while but not looking forward to the flying as for some reason things never quite go to plan

Hi G,

Wishing u a safe smooth easy journey,have a great time a look forward to hearing how it all goes at the convention,just get there first

Have a safe trip

Normski


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Hey Graham,

Have a great time, I hope the travelling goes better than you expect.

Just remember you can get a nice cup of tea when you arrive!

have fun,

Danny

Have a great time graham

Here I am in China now and for the very first time everything went OK with my flights, we were 20 mins early arriving in Amsterdam and then the plane took off on time and we arrived 45 mins ahead of schedule in Shanghai with my ride picking me up 20 mins after touchdown. The most scary moment was the taxi ride to the hotel, wow the driving is amazing
The food on KLM flights is very good with plenty of food and drink being brought around throughout the flight. The bestpart of the journey was when we flew up over the clouds and then we seemed to be in between two lots of clouds below and above us and then flew up higher so that we could see the lower clouds through the gaps of the higher ones. It was worth the journey just to see that, I was so impreessed by this that I took some pictures but they just dont do the view that I saw justice, will try and post them when I get a few minutes.

Some fluffy clouds somewhere up above Amsterdam;

Enjoy, Graham. Good to see you and Thelma at Southport.

I wonder if Thelma has wakened up yet

Dave

Dave, she also fell asleep during the gala show, making it every evening show that we saw she fell asleep, that could be a record
I think I made her work too hard on the stand during the day.

The food is a bit hit and miss but we had a more european style dish tonight which is the best food so far. It seems best to avoid lunch as no one knows what we are getting, below is a picture of an omlette in some soup? we think.
Prepping for the start of the shows tomorrow and a parade to help sell the tickets for the evening gala and fashion shows.
1, Koen and Marie Dadow
2,The omlette?
3, My flower and pot, the idea is I will wear the pot and have two flowers coming out the top while walking.
It stands about 7ft tall, the colours could be so much brighter but as yet we are still waiting for the balloons to arrive and we are using what was left over from last years event.

1, Bidou and myself
2, Sofie and Debbie Stevens