Day 12 - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy - Olaf

One of the great things about my time on the Doulos was all the amazing people I got to live with for a year. One of these is an Indonesian girl called Shinta, she's now married and living in the Faroe Islands and, as someone who has experienced life-threatening illness, now often has a project to encourage other people who are suffering. So, she sent me a bear called Olaf, who was travelling around the world collecting experiences before being sent to a little girl called Daniella in the USA. To find out more about Olaf (and Shinta) check out

http://hansshinta.blogspot.com/2010/01/olaf.html

Olaf arrived with me three weeks before my wedding, which means his time with me was spent mostly doing wedding preparations! But all the fun ones...
First of all he got to come to my hen (bachelorette) party – it was a very civilised affair, beginning with afternoon tea on the terrace of a country hotel.
Olaf had a sneaky taste of real English tea while I wasn’t looking! He didn’t manage to steal my scone though...



The next day, Olaf came with me to a dress fitting – it was one of the last ones so you get a pretty good idea of what my wedding outfit will be on the day!





Of course, it was soon time to say goodbye to Olaf and send him on to the next person. Hope you had fun helping me prepare for my Wedding, Olaf! Enjoy the rest of your travels!