by pennifold 19 Oct 2012

Thankyou for the welcome wishes for being back home. We were away for 6 weeks touring Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Dubai. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed every minute of it.


It was wonderful to catch up with a Cutie friend Christief in Germany and I thank her very much for her hospitality. Here we are sitting at a cafe outside of the train station at Rheinfelden.

I am now back in the swing of the "routine" day to day things and can't believe it has gone by so fast.

Love and blessings Chris

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by kiffuri edited 21 Oct 2012

Beautiful photo. Thanks for sharing.

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pennifold by pennifold 22 Oct 2012

Thanks very much for commenting, love Chris

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by emily16838 21 Oct 2012

How fun...now the big question, Did you buy any fabric? LOL

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Emily, I bought some in Europe and some in Dubai. The fabric in Europe is for patchwork etc., but the fabric from Dubai is for me for some jackets, duster coats etc. Love Chris

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by sdrise 20 Oct 2012

Glasd you are back ... Happy you had a great time too. Suzanne

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Suzanne, it sure was wonderful overseas, but so glad to be back home here in Australia. Love Chris

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by clawton 20 Oct 2012

Sounds like a great trip especially since you were able to meet up with another Cutie!

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Maria, yes it was a great trip and wonderful to meet up with Christie. We had a great day, coffee, lunch and then back to her place for coffee and biscuits (and she had bought all gluten free ones for me!!! bless her). Love Chris

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by edithfarminer 20 Oct 2012

What a fantastic trip you made. Love the photo.

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Edith, I didn't feel like me in that photo, I had just had all my hair cut off and it was too short! Love Chris

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by grandmamek 20 Oct 2012

Welcome back Chris. We missed you. So nice to see you got to meet up with Christief. Such a nice photo of two lovely smiling ladies. Hugs, Mary

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Mary, I could only pop in occasionally as we had our son in laws ipad and I could only use Wifi - so I commented on a few posts. Thanks for your comments. Love Chris

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by janetedna 20 Oct 2012

When you go on holiday, you really go on holiday! Glad you enjoyed it, Chris. Welcome home. Jan

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Hi Janet, because Australia is so far away us Aussies make the most of our holidays. We did it 4 years ago too, but next time we will only go for 4 weeks. Love Chris

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by gerryvb 20 Oct 2012

it's obvious you had fun being together. Thanks for sharing this cute moment. And good you are back home safe, after your touring trip. hugs, Gerry

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Gerry, it was great to catch up with Christie and find out all about her home and life. Love Chris

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by lidiad 20 Oct 2012

Thank you for sharing this great, happy photo, Chris!
Hugs, Lidia

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Lidia, it is my pleasure. Love Chris

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by spendlove Moderator 20 Oct 2012

A normal week will be a shock, I'm sure! Welcome back.

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

You aren't wrong there! Love Chris

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by cfidl 20 Oct 2012

You two look beautiful! I wish I could have been there with you! So glad you got to meet in person!

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pennifold by pennifold 21 Oct 2012

Thanks Chris, I didn't feel it, I was absolutely bushed. It was lovely to finally meet Christie. Love Chris

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by airyfairy 20 Oct 2012

Great to have you back Chris - really missed your posts. Bet the family are thrilled to have you back. Sounds as if you had a great time. Lovely photo of you and Christief. Hugs Sarah.

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Yes, the family are thrilled to have us back, we're already back babysitting! Nothing seems to change. Off to church tomorrow and then back to my normal week next week. Love Chris

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by shirley124 20 Oct 2012

Lovel photo. Thanks for sharing. Hugs Shirley

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Thanks so much Shirley, love Chris

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by sewmom 19 Oct 2012

Friends around the world!

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Yes, and to think this site brought us together. Love Chris

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by capoodle 19 Oct 2012

Wonderful picture. Can see the charm of the building and the bus in the background. And you two are definitely charming together.

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Thanks so much Anita, it was a charming village. Love Chris

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by noah 19 Oct 2012

well hello both of you !!This is a great pic. of you both hugs carolyn

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Thanks Carolyn, love Chris

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by beatie58 19 Oct 2012

Wow! how great to catch up with someone on the other side of the world. You both look wonderful! Hugs Sally

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Thanks Sally, it was a dream come true to meet an overseas Cutie. Love Chris

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by jrob Moderator 19 Oct 2012

Sweet joy on your faces! ;)

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Thanks Jerrilyn, love Chris

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by meganne 19 Oct 2012

And Christie even gave you the hug I sent you. LOL!!!
I was so glad you two did get to meet up. Isn't is wonderful to think such things can happen all thanks to CuteE and the wonderful members we have here.

I was just imagining the confusion of calling one of you when you were together........ Chriiiiiis? Yes. Yes. hahaha!!!

Can't wait to see the rest of your photo's.
See you this arvo for ten minutes, if you're home.
Hugs n love, Meg

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

Yes, she did Meg, she gave me a hug just from you. I'm still trying to sort through them. There are 3 and a half thousand pictures!!!! Love Chris

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by 02kar Moderator 19 Oct 2012

You two are glowing in the picture. I am so glad you were able to have such a wonderful trip.

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pennifold by pennifold 20 Oct 2012

We were so happy to finally meet. Love Chris

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