💖🎂🎉🎁Birthday Time

 January and its time for Princess Leen's birthday.. and busy month at her school as lots of others got birthdays too.. so days of treats 

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💞👑Happy Birthday Princess Leen 8 yrs tomorrow.. 

🎁your Birthday Cadeau Geshenk parcel is still on a Magical Mystery Tour Adventure with our Royal Mail.. 😥🤔😊 it will be a truly surprise parcel when it arrives..🎁🎈🎉

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But her birthday parcel that I posted 11th Jan has been caught in a nationwide postal problem for international post out of UK ... her parcel now in possibly the bottom bag of a mega pile up of parcels in Heathrow Cargo Depot 

Found this archive photo of when she was 3 years and getting my parcel then .. was so easy before brexit ... look how much they enjoy getting parcels 

Now this weekend is exciting not only Princess Leen's birthday but something so beautifully amazing to happen for Prince Theo my Ukrainian Professor of Linguistics here in London .. but you will have to wait for me to share .. 💖👑🎶

New Year Messages 💖

 

Been missing calls from my Syrian Princesses over the month of December.. but New Year's Eve got a video message in Dutch from Leen and Celine.  Then New Year morning a lovely video message wishing Happy New Year in both Dutch and English. I sent this to Juliya my Ukrainian refugee family here in West London.  We were saying will be so good for our Professors of Linguistics children to meet .. would be fascinating which language they would use to chat.. between them they speak English Arabic Dutch French Ukrainian Russian and Turkish .. with Leen learning more languages on Duolingo!  Theo and Vera sang Christmas songs in English for facebook friends .. so cute .. But soo sooo good to get messages from Leen and Celine.  Loved our calls over the years and fun learning and sharing together.  💞

Parcel from Germany

 Lovely surprise parcel from Sabine my friend in Germany.. some of her yummy homemade pear puree from her garden orchard and some cookies and chocolate treats.. guess what no brexit customs tax for me to pay to receive.  Now I am wishing I had sent Christmas gifts to Sabine when I was in Belgium as the post within EU is no problem just like it was before UK left EU!! So frustrating. Crazy as if say I nipped over to Ireland then post a parcel from Dublin no customs issue for my family and friends to collect.  but if I posted from Belfast same issue as if posted from London to family and friends in EU. 

Now this month of January got parcels to send to Sabine in Germany and for Leen's birthday in Belgium... must track and try to negiotate no customs be charged for them to receive my gifts!  Brexit Parcel Issue