Sling me! We arrived in Singapore last night after 7pm and boy did we notice the difference in the temperature. The humidity hit us straight away. We had to drive around a bit with our driver to find another couple taking the same transfer. The drive to the city was interesting. Such different views to what we had been experiencing. The city looked so clean and neat and so lit up! We arrived at the Stamford and it was HUGE! It was very busy too. Our room was a deluxe and it was magnificent. Perfect luxury to relax and recover [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 14 October. Farewell Europe! We packed up and filled in the morning visiting the Trocodero. Good view of the tower and walking around the Champs de Mars again. The Paris 20k Marathon was on so we had to detour a lot. Amazing how many people there were. We had a banana and nutella crepe at the Trocodero and watched the sellers. We ended up buying a flying bird for Britt. I talked him down to €7 from €25. Our transfer arrived at 2:30pm. We were the last in and I had the front seat. VERY scary going around the Arc [View Full Entry]

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Saturday 14 October French Footy We went to find the Metro station to go to Montmartre. It was very scary. Luckily the lady helped us. We made our station change and felt a lot more confident about using the Metro. We walked up the steps of the Sacre Coeur. It was lovely. We lucked out. They were having a special fete this weekend. It was stressful at first as we couldn’t find a toilet. After walking around and around we stopped to get a cappuccino (€11) I used their loos. There were artists and musicians everywhere. A fun band left the [View Full Entry]

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Friday 13 October Where's the bus? NO WAKE UP! Well - what a day. We slept in and went to breakfast late… on our own. I felt very very lonely. It felt horrible after last nights high. There was noone to compare notes with and noone to chat too. I felt bad we hadn’t been up to say goodbye. I decided to go off for a walk on my own. I went through some lovely parks up to the sport stadium. I turned to take the road back. Unfortunately I ended up in the middle of nowhere. I eventually could see [View Full Entry]

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Day 19 Thursday 11 October Croissants and Cancan Meet 8:15 Breakfast was delicious this morning. The French know how to do it right! There were crème caramels and rice puddings. Mmmmmmm This morning we met Beatrice for our city sightseeing. We drove through the traffic and revisited some sights. We lined up for the group entrance at the Eiffel. She is very beautiful to be near. Unfortunately the day was not kind. It was limited visibility. The top floor was totally under cloud. We could still see quite a bit from the 2nd floor and it was nice to just be [View Full Entry]

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Day 18 Wednesday 10 October Gay Paree Wake up 5:45am Bags and Breaky 6:30am Leave 7:15am Off to Paree! It’s quite flat again leaving Switzerland. We passed through a section of the Black forest. Little light comes through when you are walking through it. We crossed the border at Basel and entered France!! Plain scenery for most of it and cloudy skies. We stopped for a quick coffee and were on the road again. Lunch was at another self service autogrill. Our entry into Paris wasn’t very spectacular, as we were staying in the Bercy area. We did catch our first [View Full Entry]

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Day 17 Tuesday 9 October Cloud Soup Wake up 7:30am Breaky 7:45pm Leave 8:30 Breaky was okay. Nice lot of bacon and eggs. We left for our country excursion at 8:30am. There was a lot of cloud cover, so we couldn’t see the mountains. We had 2 Swiss Carriages (more like wagons) waiting for us near the local school. The ride was quaint and peaceful. There was ZERO noise in this sleep town. It was lovely looking at all the little local houses and gardens. We stopped at Han’s house for some beautiful home cooked cakes, drinks and wonderfully freshly squeezed [View Full Entry]

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Day 17 Monday 8 October 2007 The Lake and the Lion of Lucern Wake up :6am Bags 6:30am Leave 7:30am Breakfast was pretty average again and my shower was cold. Not a good start when you don’t feel very well. We left for Lucern. There was a nice drive through the Apennines and then a stop at an Autogrill. Rob ordered a hot chocolate and virtually got pudding in a cup. Hilarious. It came out with the spoon standing straight up in the middle. It tasted nice, but not as a drink. Mostly a travel day today. As we crossed the [View Full Entry]

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Day 16 Sunday 7 October Day of the YMCA Wake up 7 Leave 8:30 Today was our day in Tuscany. We drove through the gorgeous Tuscan countryside. Gary took us through back roads that he use to hike through. It was beautiful scenery. We stopped next to a vineyard for a lovely view of San Gimignano from below. The views continued to be beautiful as we made our way up the mountain. San G was delightful! Right up there with Bruge. It is a 14th Century medieval village. Gary took us on a walk up to the top tower for a [View Full Entry]

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Day 16 Saturday 6 October Bring on the Shopping Wake Up 6am Breakfast 6:30 Leave 7:30am It took us about 4 hours to get to Florence. We only had an Autogrill stop and pushed on. We stopped on the hill overlooking Florence for a group photo €10. This view was spectacular. They had a copy of the David there. We arrived in the historical centre. We went to the Gold centre for a jewellery demo. They had some fantastic and unique jewellery. I went back here to get my nomination links. We moved onto the leather outlets. I didn’t like it [View Full Entry]

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