August 22, 2024
Medieval Chester Daytrip
Five of us, David, Wendy, Tracy & Karen ( sadly cut out of picture) set off Monday morning to explore Chester. An easy 45 minute train ride from Liverpool. Chester has the most complete city walls, oldest racecourse and largest Roman Amphitheatre in Britain, plus a 1000 year old Cathedral and tons of shopping. David's app gave us a narrated tour from atop the city walls. Which we wonder for a couple of hours before the drizzling rain drove us to seek a warm cozy spot for lunch. Then we did some strolling & shopping and returned to Liverpool in the late afternoon. We rested a tad and then regrouped with other for a Thai dinner. An easy fun day!
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This Blog is more than a journal of my travels around the world, it's a major memory tool for me in documenting all the events along the way. You often ask me how we take care of medical things, as we travel non stop and today is a perfect example. A fellow resident had posted on one of our WhatsApp groups ( this is the main way we all- residents, crew and stateside support all communicate ) that she had an excellent contact for anyone looking to get medical appointments in the Pattaya / Bangkok area.
Off the coast of Pattaya, Thailand a talented and dedicated group of residents, the Odyssey Troubadours , performed A Night of Broadway for the enjoyment of all the other residents and senior staff on board. The group of 20 performed, 15 Broadway songs that had some special Odyssey edits, personalizing them to our journey. We loved it ! Such a clever, talented and fun loving group. I was upfront and focused on getting candid pictures of the talented cast.
We were up for breakfast at 7 and then hired a private small tram to take us around the gardens, for an overview, because it came with a guide. Problem was, guide barely spoke English, so we had a hard time figuring out the history of this crazy place. Even with translate app his answers were questionable. Did it start as gardens? What's with all the statues? Is there a master plan? It seems to be growing with no real connections, that we could make out. Web & Chat GPT seem vague on details too! We had fun with it, finding more and more absurd things, until the heat won out!