Hi all we are in Moscow, Russia has been a real supprise to us both, we did not know what to expect but lovely people and wonderful scenery. I left you in St. petersburg and the next day we went to the Hermitage Museum or palace, well about 10 km s of walking and viewing of fabulous rooms full of paintings, van gogh, monet, and to name just 2 that all I can remember, but there were certainly lots and lots more, will think of then later, plus all the royal jewellery from the Szar dinasties, back to arund the 14th [View Full Entry]

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hi all we arenow in St. Petersburg after an eventful time in Warsaw or on the way there. First time I think I have been slack about things and bingo my wallet was gone, set up I think went to the station at Krakow, was told wrong platform by our driver, found the right one and stood there a little perplexed and a person came up and said do we need help, i saidare we on the right platform, he looked at the ticket said yes, sent us down the platform a bit, train arrives our carraige is 50metres other way, [View Full Entry]

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Hi everybody, getting good at finding the computer in these hotels. Left Prague at 7.40pm and flew to Krakow in a ATR340, thats a smaller plane only carried 46 people, 1h 10m flight, then night rally drive from the airport to our hotel. Did not have any doubles lrft so guess what, 2 rooms no just kidding we finished up with a suite, 4 rooms. City tour was great, firstly to the Jewish area where the Nazi war machine remove them to gettos crowding 100,000 plus people into area big enough for 20,000 till they established the extermination camps. Next a [View Full Entry]

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Did not think I had so much time. Prague is a beautiful city, as I said very old. At Prague Castle we took a self guide tour with audio. We went first too St. George Cathedral , old with the many preists buried there, then down an alley ful of small houses ,these belonged to the soldiers so it was easy to get up to the ramparts in case of attck, never happened, huge ditch around the castle and high on a hill. Next along the ramparts they now have adisplay of all the weapons and armoury from many years ago, [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, We are in Prague . what a beautiful city, arrived Sat. in the rain from Buderpest in a propellor driven plane, cannot remember the last time i went on one of them. Our hotel the Leonardo is seperb. ond style rebuilt when was flooded in Italian style, quess because the owner is Italian hey. Went walking Saturday from around 11.00amtill 7.00pm, so much to see so little time. Very old with many buildings dating back 100's of years, Charles Bridge the most photgraghed in Prague was packed even though it was raining, had some local food for lunch and [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Especially Taylor, Aidan, Luke and Joel, and their mum and dads. We have now reached the Danude River at the other side of the mountains they have a monument tto recognise the continental divide, from this point the Danude runs east and the Rhine / Main rivers run to the west. Beautiful country with mountains, villages along the way, our next stop is Regensburg a preserved medival city, not bombed during the war, with very narrow streets, old stone bridge still being used by traffic, not so cold here, walked around the city , no shops open, no trading [View Full Entry]

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hi everybody, so the adventure continues, today we were in the village of Mainz, famous for the gutenburg museum, the person who invented the modern print, and has on display printing from around the world, plus the gutenburg bibles. The next stop was another cathedral, mainz Cathedral , and St. Stephens Church. We had some free time to wonder atond the ci8ty, had a local pretzel and many great sights, both very old 1000 to 1600 ad. we3 were to stop at Mittenburg but had to forgo that with the river running so fast we have taken longer than expected. today [View Full Entry]

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hi everybody we are well on our way up the Rhine River after a great guided tour through the canals of Amsterdam, what a fasinating place this is, even now they are extending Amsterdam and as they do they are making more canals and with the soil taken to build the canals adding extra island for buildings. We then went by coach to the Rhine Canal this links Amsterdam to the Rhine river, through 2 huge locks to lift us up about 10 metres and then into the Rhine River. next morning stop was in Cologne, we were taken on a [View Full Entry]

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hi everybody we ae here at last, just a few hours in singapore like 6, then 12 aprox to Amsterdam. We are on board the ship WOW is this good, nice cabin, sliding door to look out of, no balcony, bit of an irish balcony I suppose. tomorrow off on canal tour, although we sort of did one today, then on the Rhine river . good flight over, must say singapore Air we think is probably the best we have flown for a while, more leg room, good service ,plane alway very well presentesd inside and out. After about 24 [View Full Entry]

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Luke and Joel You two look after Mum and Dad till we get back, We will bring back a surprise for you luke, Joel ,Taylor and Aidan. Love Mama and Grandpa [View Full Entry]

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