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Hello alll we are now in dubai with the mcinerneys after a couple of days in rome. Rome was very interesting and thankfully not that busy. We had been warned about the long lines to get in to places like the colosseum but we basically walked straight in. It's a truly amazing building especially when you try to visualise it in its complete state with 50000 screaming fans. its about the size of subi oval but apparently could be filled or emptied in less than 15 minutes. Most amazing given that it is nearly 2000 years old. we didnt manage to do too much more than that in rome - i think we had reached our limit and a couple of days downtime was needed - i even slept through half of the open top bus ... read more

Paris really lights up when its wet - these photos were taken on my phone, in the st michel district of the latin quarter. it had been a lovely day so we were surprised to hear the rain from inside the cafe. we went to have waffles for dessert hoping it would stop but the rain just got heavier. so it was cheap umbrellas from the ubiquitous souvenir shops and we had a romantic walk home in the rain. even the kids didnt grumble too much....(did i say romantic?) ... read more

yesterday we left lonon to go to paris we nearly missed the train but luckily it was fine when we got to paris we got on a train (with some trouble along the way with the french aspect) when we got t our flat the lady that owns it showed us everything we needed to know about then we went for a walk around the town and it was really cool this morning me and dad went down the road to the patissere to get a baguet now we are going to the fruit and veg market i am missing every one tones love georgie... read more

big day out in london yesterday took the boat trip from westminster to greenwich went to the observatory, stoood either side of the meridian authentic chinese in china town mamma mia at the prince of wales - that was a highlight, nearly converted me to musical theatre - nearly... read more

there is nothing more amazing than the sound of rain on the roof of one of these biomes... read more