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:22 Diary
:21 JANUARY
Our New Year started in Madeira, Covid was all over the cruise, but we arrived safely in the UK. David picked us up, spending a couple of days with him at the New Forest. Went to church for David's birthday and also celebrate Jim's Birthday taking him to the Opera. Catch up with Ricky man in London as we haven't seen for a while.
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:21 FEBRUARY
During this month I put some emphasis in refurbishing my new flat so I would be able to rent it out. Valentine's day was quite a nice one, as we have a lovely dinner in London. The days were not that cold and we went to the theatre with Veronica and Julia to see Saturday Night Fever. It was lovely to go out with my besties.
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:21 MARCH
Packed again and this time the destination was Florida. I celebrate my birthday in West Palm Beach with Javier and also at our condo in FTL, Catching up with some friends here and there and visiting Okeechobee to see Jim's old place. First time for Jim to explore a nude beach and he didn't care much about being in his birthday suit!
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:21 APRIL
Came back home and my colleagues at work threw me a nice surprise party. Spring is blooming in London and we met up with Fede and Agus as they were visiting. David and Jose also came to stay with us. Iain also visit us .We saw Jersey Boys and El Zorro here at the West End. Met up with an old friend Juergen, who I haven't seen him in ages.
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:21 Travels
Copenhagen Madeira Gdansk Okeechobee Tallinn Varese
West Palm Beach La Coruna Berlin Lake Como Helsinki New Forest
Uggiate Trevano Fort Lauderdale Gotland Stockholm
:22 MAY
We started the month celebrating Jose's birthday at home and Lyn's birthday in Central London. Enjoying the garden and putting upown trellis. Kees from holland came to stay with us and enjoy some dining out with Charlie, our neighbour. And fin,ally Diego also stay at home as I invited him to see a football match.
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:22 JUNE
So many things happened this month. Went to see Argentina beating Italy in Wembley. We also have the Queen Diamond jubilee which was amazing. It was also my last month working at Enfield Town Library as a manager and tmycolleagues surprised me again at home with a great party.
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:22 JULY
This month I have my sister and my mum visiting me. We visited central London several times and et up with Kees who was visiting the city as well. We went to see Kevin and Alan in Surrey. Saw my Fair Lady with Ian and Richard. We celebrated mum's birthday and started working at Fore Street Library
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:22 AUGUST
Saying goodbye to my sister but my mum staying fo the summer. Meeting up with the boys in town, as Leo was here visiting. Had Camilo staying for a couple of days. Managed to see two nice shows; Sisters Act and Beauty and the Beast. I also meet up with Paul Andrew and Joe who were in London.
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:21 SEPTEMBER
We embarked on a Baltic cruise ship experience and I took my mum with us. In Stockholm, we went to the ABBA Museum and in Berlin, we met Sergio. When we arrived in Copenhagen Jim was not feeling well and was taken to hospital due to Covid and a slight heart attack. My mum continued her trip on the ship and I stayed with Jim in Denmark. Once his Covid was gone we travel back to London.
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:21 OCTOBER
We started investigating Jim's cause of his heart failure, but decided to be on the plane again, but this time to the north of Italy for Enzo and John's wedding. We had a fantastic time with plenty of food and drink and enjoyed the Italian hospitality. We visited beautiful places and cities as well as the picturesque Lake Como. We both enjoyed this trip, so we will be thinking of travelling maybe next year.
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:21 NOVEMBER
The days were getting cold in London but we made the best of it. We went to see Back to the Future the musical, Oh Juliet and Moulin Rogue. We met up with Richard and Iain for dinner and with Kees again. Jim's medical reports were delayed, so we took the gamble to travel to the USA to investigate his condition there. We headed the Florida so we can be there before Thanksgiving, planning to be away for 5 months.
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:21 DECEMBER
Back in Fort Lauderdale and been away from work it gave me the possibility to start getting back into shape and also be able to do things I enjoy doing, like writing and going to the beach. The World Cup came to an end with my team Argentina wining the final in a dramatic style. Xmas arrived and visit Camilo on the 24th and Manuel on the 25th. Looking forward to the New Year and 2023 should be an interesting one.
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:21 In Memory
CarlCarl was originally from Detroit and he loved his Detroit Tigers and watch every game on his TV. He was a paper station manager for the Detroit News for many years.
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WallaceWallace was the partner of Iain, one of my besties. His celebration of life was one of the nicest one I have ever attended. Wallace live life to the full and he was a true icon.
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BobBob was an ex partner of Marty, that I met him several times in London and in the USA. It was sad to hear about his passing.
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RichardI had the honor to meet Richard in 2004 and also met Justin, his beloved partner who died before him. Richard was a proud veteran and a teacher.
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