Woke up very early as always. 1am. <sigh> It’s grey and rainy today. The family are compulsively watching the Weather Channel as it’s suppose to be an outside wedding. So far the weather will clear and it will be beautiful and sunny – on Sunday afternoon. The wedding is Saturday. When it’s raining. Best laid plans and all that.<\/p>\n
The hotel is nice; the best bit is the lift. There is an atrium that goes all the way to the roof, the lift is glass so you can ride up looking down into the atrium. Lovely. And there are NOT nose prints on the glass. Honest.<\/p>\n
Everyone else will arrive today. But we’re not expected to do anything until tonight so we’re off to find Joe’s Cafe (yes, there really is one here) for breakfast and then just wander about the little town looking at things. It’s small but there are loads of little shops and things. Probably be bored by, oh, lunchtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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