This morning we boarded the Hop on Hop off bus to see the sights of Athens. We had a great day. We were surprised by the mixture of people, traffic and motor scooters all jostling for their place on the road and the footpath!! We got off the bus close to the Acropolis stop and took a lovely long walk through the ancient city of Pyros and up to the Acropolis. It was all very interesting. We had lunch at a lovely little greek cafe, below the acropolis. We then re-boarded the bus and went to see the Ruins of Zeus, the ........? (will add later)arch, the old baths- ruins that were discovered when they were digging out the ground to put in a metro rail system. We visited old churches and many more old ruins. ... read more

This morning was a another lovely fine and warm day, almost hot, even. We have been so blessed with the weather. We were booked on a bus tour today to see the Paris sights. We walked to our departure point and while we were waiting to board the bus we had a good look at the shops. The sightseeing tour was great and very informative. It also helps you to get your bearings. We arrived back at the Tuileries Gardens at 12.30 and went looking for some lunch. We had walked quite a way to find a cafe. A lovely girl, at the cafe, packed us up a picnic lunch which would have liked to have had back at the gardens but we were so exhausted we could not walk back. LOL! We decided to go ... read more

Today Steve and I headed off to Buckingham Palace. We had a lovely time wandering around in the surrounds. There was a huge water fountain in front of the Palace Gates. There was also quite a bit of security around the place, as expected. We were suprised by the fact that the area beside the Palace was over-grown and untidy. It looked out of place to have this overgrown area here beside the Palace. We then walked to Hyde Park and spent some time at the Diana Memorial Fountain. It was lovely in Hyde Park, very relaxing. There were lots of people enjoying the sunshine. After our stroll around Hyde Park we went in search of a new camera. It was getting close to 12.30 by this time and we had organized to meet cousin Chris ... read more

Sadly, we farewelled Frank and Margaret. Thankyou for having us! We then drove to Colchester to visit Martin, Vikki, Jen and Sarah. We had a lovely visit with them and it was nice to see them before we leave the UK. We then drove on to Romford to meet another one of my cousins, Simon. We spent a few hours with Simon and two of his children - Ellis and Rhiannon. We enjoyed our time together and all got on extremely well. (Thankyou for lunch, Simon) Unfortunately, Lorraine was at work and we had to leave before she got home. We then drove on to Heathrow airport to return our hire car and catch the train to London. The trip to Heathrow was quite a bit longer than we thought because the fabulous Navman took us ... read more

This morning, whilst in York, we popped our washing into the laundromat and went to explore. We wandered up through the "Shambles". These little crooked buildings were very interesting. We then went on to York Minster. This is huge!! See photos. Then we went to a very small very old church with boxed seats. We left York at about 11.15and drove through Doncaster and into Nottinghamshire (home of Robin Hood). Heading toward KingLyn we ran into a lot of traffic, there were many trucks on the road. We visited the Town of Norwich at about 4.30pm and drove around, in quite heavy traffic, and saw the cathedral and part of the old stone wall which surrounds the old Town. We then drove on to Great Yarmouth. We had some very heavy rain on the way. We ... read more