Hi Friends and Family, We were going on a day trip to Sintra. Sintra is the former summer residence of Portuguese royalty and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1995. It boasts two extraordinary palaces, a semi-tropical garden and a Moorish castle with views over Lisbon! We took a train from the Rossio station in Lisbon and 45 minutes later, we were in Sintra. Apparantly, its a common commuter route as trains leave every 15-20 minutes! We bought a Day Rover ticket for €9 as we wanted to go to a few places including the famous Caba da Roca. We waited for bus 403 as this was the bus that would take us to Caba da Roca or Cape of Rock. Caba da Roca is a coastal resort and is the most westerly point of mainland ... read more

Hi Friends and Family, As promised, I said that I would be travelling to Portugal and indeed, here I am! Yesterday was Easter Saturday and also the birthday of "The Small Young Gentleman". He had had his birthday party on Good Friday and Saturday was thus spent relaxing and doing something with my hair! By 7. p.m. I hadn't started packing not to talk of finishing it! By 10 p.m. I was done with everything including no longer wanting to go out for a few Easter drinks with my friends... I set my mobile to 4.a.m and woke up with a jolt when the alarm screamed into my ear. A quick bath, pate and cheese sandwiches, the final squashing of my suitcase and then I practically leapt out of the house as the bus was about ... read more

Hi Friends and Family, It was soooo good to wake up whenever we wanted to but not exactly whenever as breakfast was available until 10:00 and it was 08:30 already. By the time we had jumped into the shower and got ourselves looking decent, it was 09:15. Not a lot of time really. Ah well! We had a really nice buffet breakfast which was full to the core. It consisted of cooked stuff like sausages and bacon (Yeah!), fried eggs, potatoes, boiled eggs, a huge variety of German breads and cold cuts, cheese, fruit and veg, cereal, help-yourself-hot-chocolate ( the children did! ), milk fruit juice, tea, coffee delivered to the table and cake. Chocolate and Marzipan cake. We had quite a few slices I can tell you! Today, we put on our ski suits and ... read more

Hi Friends and Family, As promised, a new journey is beginning yet again. "The Small Young Gentleman" and I are going to Oberhof in Thuringia, Germany for (hopefully) a spot of skiing and a means to which we can spend some quality time together. We’ll be leaving early on Friday morning and returning late on Sunday evening. Oberhof is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district of Thuringia, Germany. It is a winter sports center and health resort. It has roughly 1,600 inhabitants (2005), but is visited by tenfold as many tourists every year. Situated directly on the Rennsteig - a classic among the long-distance hiking paths in Germany due to the marking of almost 168 kilometre in length - it is home to many famous sportsmen and women. The holiday region of Oberhof is a venue ... read more

Hi Friends and Family, We arrived at the Main Central Station - Hlavni Nadrazi, a little after 09:00. Ann needed to wait for her girlfriend who was on another coach so she gave me some money to pay for their tickets, and then I set off. I bought a 24 hour ticket costing 80 Czech crowns (about €3) and then proceeded to go to “Jama - The Hollow ” which wasn’t opened. Jama is a Tex-Mex restaurant and also the restaurant where we were going to see in the New Year. It wasn’t opened until 11:00 so I went to the Post Office and sent off some New Year cards to Canada and the UK. I then proceeded to look for a booking office for the Black Light Theatre as I didn’t want to spend all ... read more