how good to -sort of-catch up again.sounded like fun, the irish farm.did you learn how to make nettle soup as well?one of our dumb right wing governors swears by it,the ideal detox , he says....and praises his wife who serves him soup when he gets home from work.eeehhhhmmmjust beware of austria and their politicians.love, b.
My hopes Alex,it seems extraordinary but all u have expeienced i always hoped for u .I thought it would be later.Where as Robin may follow in his 30"s.the value came before corporate world imprisoned you+school stiffled Phoebe.Spk soon ACxo
wierd I know this is going to sound odd, but I can pronounce that town name (the extremely long one). A random useless skill I've held onto since I was 7. I will have to display my skills when you get home.
Its great to see you're meeting extended family, and that you've caught up with your mum.
Miss you guys.
Travel safe.
love Chrissie
istanbul What great architecture,Bath was a giggle.Japanese baths r more sedate + followed by cold spas outside under the sky.Eb was a bit shy. So invigorating.When i look at the stars i think of Phoebe. Enjoy Scotland.love AC
Gallipolli Nick, you would be a great history teacher or lecturer.I learn't lots to confirm the little knowledge i had .Think of the holidays u would get too.Love AC
subscribing thanks so much for the postcard Ruby has taken it to school to show everyone and i have now subscribed to your travel blog. great photos and love your comments, must admit very jealous its freezing here and has rained for 24hrs. we are still knee deep in our rennovation of the shop and Ed starts school next term so busy busy.
Turkey Norman waxes turkey.i hope i can go one day .good to go to villages,despite effort.By now u will be in comfort.Life will be so unchallenging. U will take time to adjust.Love AC
man, am i glad you had some quality beachtime as well,so even young travellers need to chill.....,hihi.am on my way to a party at my ''old ?'' uni (40 years - klagenfurt university).love, b.
Hi Phoebe Hi, we have just been going through all the photos of you! Looks like you are having a great time. We are thinking about how excited you would be to see Grandma Janet. We are going to visit Ben in Newcastle for the weekend, flying up tomorrow and back Monday night. In August I am going to Bali to the Green School for 3 months and is very excited. Lots of love Maya
singing +dancing So natural for such a place.Now am home colour +paintings every where,life away leaves vibrancy.Love to keep hearing Your equisite places x Ac Keep dancing Phoebe
and yet another fantastic blog-i am so happy for you that turkey seems to be THE country,wish i were there too.lukas admires phoebe for doing the great walk....and canĀ“t wait to read about the car trip.we are spending the weekend in the mountains with my parents,back to the roots-surreal, still.take good care, hugs, birgit
lucky you This part of your journey sounds almost magical. Perhaps you should offer some of your stories to the travel section of a Newspaper. This one is quite evocative. You will be in the UK soon and leaving all that wonderous scenery behind you.Happy travelling!Love Grangi and Grandpa Tom
Travels Glad you guys like Aleppo and had a good ride into Turkey. We ended up loving Damascus and stayed nearly a week! I now understand why you guys were keen to see landscape other than desert. We love Jordan but have had our fill and it's getting really hot. Hope you like Cappadocia as much as us.
and I forgot... as we were stumbling up the hill to get to the castle we found many, many little sea shells. I'm not sure what time these would have dated to but they were clearly from the bottom of the ocean once upon a time....it was fascinating!
hi to turkey.i am sitting in our backgarden, enjoying the sun which has finally decided to come out after the most miserable, freezing cold week.glad to hear the busses and people are nice so far,hope it will stay like that.ahhmm,well,nanning does have a so called partner city-klagenfurt.i do have to enquire why .
love , birgit
A little I think! I'm sure she must have grown but I can't quite tell, at least her leggings are getting a little short now. I think you will find that the thing that's changed the most is her outlook, she's very worldly now. Also, she's getting much better at her times tables, but I'm sure she will tell you all about it when she gets back.
I am wondering if Phoebe has grown taller. She looks as though she has in the lovely photos. I would love to return to Turkey. A real crossroad for east and west. Little Turkish boys out in the countryside know our soccer team and they all seem to have a cousin in Thomastown. Love Grangi
hi phoebe,
while your poor mum was sick and while you and dad were going in hard with the chucks lukas and i finally made our way home.we arrived in london and got the warmest welcome from our friends, we arrived in klagenfurt and got the ultrawarmest welcome from family and friends.now we are busy settling in again,it all feels a little weird.guess what?lukas went to see the new zealand soccer team play serbia in our stadium last night ,apparently they were doing a testmatch for the world cup.congrats.new zealand won!!!!enjoy your turkish bath,keep writing such good blog entries and look well after mum and dad.lots of love, birgit and lukas
cubby houses Hi Phoebe,how good are cubby houses,kids from,every where make them don't they .We used cuddly mohair blankets. Hope mummy's tummy is better love Aunty Chris.
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how good to -sort of-catch up again.sounded like fun, the irish farm.did you learn how to make nettle soup as well?one of our dumb right wing governors swears by it,the ideal detox , he says....and praises his wife who serves him soup when he gets home from work.eeehhhhmmmjust beware of austria and their politicians.love, b.