tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45062667359883921722024-02-20T09:44:13.011-08:00Macer's EuropeMacer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-37838277899601498812010-09-21T19:30:00.000-07:002010-09-21T23:28:55.635-07:00Day 84 Last Day!<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;">Day 84 Last Day's Thoughts......<br /></span><br /><br />Our last days in London were like living on a real life Monopoly board. We shopped on Oxford Street and The Strand; we ate on Regent Street; we caught the underground trains at Kings Cross Station; I took a <em>Chance</em> card by speeding in Southampton and will have to pay a 'Tax'; we didn't collect $200 for passing 'Go' but did have a win with cheap theatre tickets and Free Parking, Debbie almost got sent 'directly to jail' for trying to smuggle a Finnish hunting knife and a Swiss Army knife through security at Heathrow airport; and thankfully we had no trouble with out <em>Utilities</em> or<em> Water Works</em>.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 219px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519560210701476226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKnyIJEpl6eOrIvCFYeigN79GlscuFH-I_HTP67h2fCuINYKBz-C28fz-fi6OWFQDFVOds8FvPez23g6mbtUMiE6dBYQgGljdVRGSx9U5TDCRUgr5ldeew1OjvKMPHV7ryGmRkPPlgiU/s320/Monopoly+2.jpg" /><br />We loved the theatre in London, especially Henry IV at The Globe, the Jersey Boys and of course Mousetrap - although I did find myself scanning the crowd for dastardly murderers in the subway on the way home.<br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 245px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 151px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519560338095312722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRl0Q-aB9l6rcjvzUFy6Mzcw7bOly-8xJLALCnQafnzFo-x393uMPTY11a9XU1-C1pZOMci9Plw1vWz2MZZ8pQghiELRrHhKv4yT2IKDStZptYR6ZRlmyxicseEt7vU6hYnRSdknq9fww/s320/Monopoly+1.bmp" /> Well that's about it really. We reckon <em>random touring</em> is defintely the way to go! All you need is a laptop to book the next night's accommodation and a Eurail pass. </p><p>Hope you have enjoyed reading this blog as much as we have enjoyed making it.<br /></p><p>Tony and Debbie</p>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-84145268863238474692010-09-21T18:39:00.000-07:002010-09-24T14:54:32.748-07:00Days 82 & 83<span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Day 82 & 83 London</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September</strong></span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 429px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 279px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519549908788143666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2QzJTyaC88V27emMFRhDjqIfPOx5MYU0UDPVJyQGrOXEopPGo9BPSv6dE_0n6h_91mfq94DbsJi6W9LgN-Cv0gamIXvFkcf9p5ujr4uG8MMhVXOEt1gu3tW6y81Ff4JjBnug9i_FlRM/s320/Web+The+Globe+2.jpg" /><br />The highlight of the last couple of days of the trip was our night at The Globe where we saw <em>Henry IV</em>. Put a night at The Globe as a <strong>must see</strong> on your list! As usual we were a little late in purchasing our tickes and could only get standing room. Standing ended up being the best seats in the house as you are right in the thick of it in front of the stage.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDlZqcMvro6g49xLaR5266zLgpicncq7wmWoyR22vf_qPoK6bXSOXrin63El0m0eEUCDlxURJeWUv5yDYNwQDvslpsr4eLfQQyNccX57huzpfPaZqu4AVv_L0cQzrlCa_TKpD3yNRCEw/s1600/Web+The+Globe+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519549287259519058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDlZqcMvro6g49xLaR5266zLgpicncq7wmWoyR22vf_qPoK6bXSOXrin63El0m0eEUCDlxURJeWUv5yDYNwQDvslpsr4eLfQQyNccX57huzpfPaZqu4AVv_L0cQzrlCa_TKpD3yNRCEw/s320/Web+The+Globe+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>The middle section of The Globe is in the open air and you get a taste of what theatre must have been like in Shakespeare's time. There is so much more audience interection and fun than I had thought - at times the <em>Henry IV</em> was quite bawdy indeed!! This is the ONLY way to see Shakespeare where you are buffeted by actors and mintrels running past, where the cast are obviously Shakespeare specialists and where you can experience the electric (pardon the pun)atmosphere of The Globe.<br /><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7qlz3z_1v9sHH-1W1Aubx9wXmTmTIOrlP7KVPkgaGaDYIY_9W1un8XBHS4CyCGfYqY20X336jRc5Jdeap6ofjHTiMmgny1soddI3xB91KYSloguOmIVStcx2rqLYH3OYeDqiAddXgL4/s1600/The+Globe+4.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519549713048476658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7qlz3z_1v9sHH-1W1Aubx9wXmTmTIOrlP7KVPkgaGaDYIY_9W1un8XBHS4CyCGfYqY20X336jRc5Jdeap6ofjHTiMmgny1soddI3xB91KYSloguOmIVStcx2rqLYH3OYeDqiAddXgL4/s320/The+Globe+4.JPG" /></a><br />Left: The Globe from the outside.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Below: Downing Street - very welcoming.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyZbK-qk78fZ6BNC7Mo3Fzc2ZqQiJXbpqjXh7CA0yyPqQgtvK4vpFEk35xqu54gWQ-RQCeEb_b0HjdJP-O58qTA5O-h0YDvFpIExpVnHHkXIoLB9CKUs4xYCBuKNA-kRzGIoi4ab2eFA/s1600/Web+Downing+Street.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519549041691838898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyZbK-qk78fZ6BNC7Mo3Fzc2ZqQiJXbpqjXh7CA0yyPqQgtvK4vpFEk35xqu54gWQ-RQCeEb_b0HjdJP-O58qTA5O-h0YDvFpIExpVnHHkXIoLB9CKUs4xYCBuKNA-kRzGIoi4ab2eFA/s320/Web+Downing+Street.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dBixcryMc47MVYwalrQCFAzuEv017zmXVOe-ZQLxGLhqsDDOMI-BfLRyVcAuEyARpfbREmWU8IAzcFg-D6DNRXZAsHZj8CMPBCx1fIZiyoRYF4_fXfJoZ_96qiPlz7f8Shav4Bp_I4M/s1600/Web+Stomp.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519548801110382450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dBixcryMc47MVYwalrQCFAzuEv017zmXVOe-ZQLxGLhqsDDOMI-BfLRyVcAuEyARpfbREmWU8IAzcFg-D6DNRXZAsHZj8CMPBCx1fIZiyoRYF4_fXfJoZ_96qiPlz7f8Shav4Bp_I4M/s320/Web+Stomp.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gu-NDGig9kxoTZpCjMcgjbFIftJRnXC36Ak-WFICTpcpvanQyHd_NuGTKUHva5qZYNG148RrAPg-_Xcw7DZgLKYWQow3NgwSAqOd7vFHlf7YGfPt_myD9j2-AAt8iN8828JjE0SEtjM/s1600/Web+Westminster+Abbey+side+view.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519548418307417826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gu-NDGig9kxoTZpCjMcgjbFIftJRnXC36Ak-WFICTpcpvanQyHd_NuGTKUHva5qZYNG148RrAPg-_Xcw7DZgLKYWQow3NgwSAqOd7vFHlf7YGfPt_myD9j2-AAt8iN8828JjE0SEtjM/s320/Web+Westminster+Abbey+side+view.jpg" /></a><br />The set of <em>Stomp </em>- a very lively show! Got in trouble for taking this photo!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMrKgIQwCszaVsGpPKcpFSxTg8HuVoZBX951-XarxRQYXljlz9pR48XoXynmoF_3OfJaS72c4kNIQXY-bQBhU90dKMlJ2Ttjn7maYrNMPPZtPqpQZdC_PCeDpOK580MxspC6RkjK-b4M/s1600/Web+Westminster+Abbey.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519547660057524066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMrKgIQwCszaVsGpPKcpFSxTg8HuVoZBX951-XarxRQYXljlz9pR48XoXynmoF_3OfJaS72c4kNIQXY-bQBhU90dKMlJ2Ttjn7maYrNMPPZtPqpQZdC_PCeDpOK580MxspC6RkjK-b4M/s320/Web+Westminster+Abbey.jpg" /></a> Winchester Cathedral.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWsQ1eY3-RarDHm3vDCDcsuOulA3pxtYkL8ywlJnEWjR_huj8tgymfchTRiRJgPLY81cDDFRyMSqC-qZ0zZ-LhJ1I33gkPGqppRAALa-QuR88JhIUtmEpYztMzcp9tKFJQW_SZoWzkFw/s1600/Web+Museum+calvelry.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519547493805323634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWsQ1eY3-RarDHm3vDCDcsuOulA3pxtYkL8ywlJnEWjR_huj8tgymfchTRiRJgPLY81cDDFRyMSqC-qZ0zZ-LhJ1I33gkPGqppRAALa-QuR88JhIUtmEpYztMzcp9tKFJQW_SZoWzkFw/s320/Web+Museum+calvelry.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW3g5UQccTtc9jy17CV4k7DTpG3Ey48ZsLvjM6X1cL_Z04WKkxMDSZbTp8H37FdZe1m55MyhVp6t_sQSZ1Gx-JhnfGC-YlZpznxoIZ-tdtoto94Z6Xa95occmlOZX1BuRUvn1ft73VQ0/s1600/Web+Big+Ben.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519547321211764434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW3g5UQccTtc9jy17CV4k7DTpG3Ey48ZsLvjM6X1cL_Z04WKkxMDSZbTp8H37FdZe1m55MyhVp6t_sQSZ1Gx-JhnfGC-YlZpznxoIZ-tdtoto94Z6Xa95occmlOZX1BuRUvn1ft73VQ0/s320/Web+Big+Ben.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Above: Outside the Calvalry Museum.<br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Right: Big Ben.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBTvW2YPUYCtInCLa0gAbVfyO1524F95v_IlQpUm9P5dnP3jQNjRy5ffbz8GTl5iA-xfLSMYOmZ6IeqprQ6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-60603872562656250142010-09-20T17:37:00.001-07:002010-09-21T18:38:14.999-07:00Day 79<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;"><strong>Day 79 Southampton.....Winchester.......Stonehenge</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;"><strong>Friday 17th September<br /></strong></span>No prizes for guessing where we went today....good ol' Stonehenge. One of history's greatest mysteries - how <em>did</em> they get these huge rocks here 5000 years ago, especially the ones from Wales?? How did they stand them up and lift the <em>hanging stones</em> to the top? And what does it all mean? It seems like everyone has had a crack at coming up with a theory. Originally people thought the stones were put there by giants! Others think Stonehenge came from outer space. A more popular theory is that the stones were dragged there, on wooden rollers perhaps?<br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519163565590419458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgdhAM6xwdSPvK2o8OLUSgtztSKmRojPboYD_h_4giL_jEiuib5WlF-x0lhgQmOStqNp_w3fEv563ZXoHWTNuOzBSYqisBw32Lvrsch6JTKSJda_T6Dei3dqOsxaRxBwN-LCeiEvie3s/s320/Web+Stonehenge+3.jpg" /> I think it was designed by the same people who designed MEC! Either way, Stonehenge is an impressive sight as you drive over the hill. Debbie didn't want me to put this photo in. I reckon she looks like Liza Minnelli and I look like....ummm...I'll think of it in a minute</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWrHEe8BNLJegOQY8QV8_K_gBPRtJHbGCeMN9D_vW4KE5cC2H5orwGJEczFX-fICLeUxUXy0QhFcBvdYCh976FGXxZy4iOd3dIf1V4l-7Cnlr6Lv43UDWsqrJXuLGMacyJV0bxCDG2Pk/s1600/Web+Stonehenge+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519162812584313202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWrHEe8BNLJegOQY8QV8_K_gBPRtJHbGCeMN9D_vW4KE5cC2H5orwGJEczFX-fICLeUxUXy0QhFcBvdYCh976FGXxZy4iOd3dIf1V4l-7Cnlr6Lv43UDWsqrJXuLGMacyJV0bxCDG2Pk/s320/Web+Stonehenge+2.jpg" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519163230458435378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyadGh1RDBGpsQdBLifMijKmGdZ3AmU3R2jRUiYlG76v0w9digQXC76F75J4mlo0Ej69sQCfExEeLcrv-k1I_x4mVMpULHCYRjL4rQpD0Ixofl26e9iyiSR4YePPkfS1OOZo2LBJ1JXY/s320/Stonehenge+1.JPG" /><br />Below: The mounds behind Stonehenge are called barrows - ancient cemeteries.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2bkKOQqmfNh8itdjaqm8Br2ZfU58puiHFsXx-Y2cWsoaHykyEHe-kFu1KX3HEds_6CyhPAlUMFd7u1E9-joZrQ2NrcYAqmIgfXhPX34DNlcAqhv_D8c1LmyHOy2902W_OJk7npGkTC4/s1600/Web+Stonehenge+4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519162588030406930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2bkKOQqmfNh8itdjaqm8Br2ZfU58puiHFsXx-Y2cWsoaHykyEHe-kFu1KX3HEds_6CyhPAlUMFd7u1E9-joZrQ2NrcYAqmIgfXhPX34DNlcAqhv_D8c1LmyHOy2902W_OJk7npGkTC4/s320/Web+Stonehenge+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9rn8Wf9dn6Jrtamma14abbMOq_4CyGJl6lu5kGWVv7iOvkxgDdkZMi8gqA5bsmdJ_DSCLn184a8zZhTQZFLtqvT2FA0YqJibHPmf7URuooAXZoPMkJsF9GBQEY1FiHI2y526yrl5R4c/s1600/Web+Michael+and+Mary%27s+house+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519162328795434802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9rn8Wf9dn6Jrtamma14abbMOq_4CyGJl6lu5kGWVv7iOvkxgDdkZMi8gqA5bsmdJ_DSCLn184a8zZhTQZFLtqvT2FA0YqJibHPmf7URuooAXZoPMkJsF9GBQEY1FiHI2y526yrl5R4c/s320/Web+Michael+and+Mary%27s+house+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgSeyF1CrsFYEf4_qU04l-xwwqEEUpDCsM0BN4ZBJwr0c9DuBBDJaydB7QoCLdAodgri89rioHOxGAQyULRcTFmIpoosnrYsyWiBVKrykzq8Pm5e4IFLdggf-PFceacjXImdiVeHNTyo/s1600/Web+Michael+and+marys+house.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519162134223560002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgSeyF1CrsFYEf4_qU04l-xwwqEEUpDCsM0BN4ZBJwr0c9DuBBDJaydB7QoCLdAodgri89rioHOxGAQyULRcTFmIpoosnrYsyWiBVKrykzq8Pm5e4IFLdggf-PFceacjXImdiVeHNTyo/s320/Web+Michael+and+marys+house.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are two more shots of Mary and Michael's house. Nice!<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqd89zgiVFRuuCxC3hEMlxHzbB_yKH1LILmYetkIs48BWGN17l6tAp_xErz52o0yHaZITKJeqna3a43Z4bU_ST8ChMuzsrpoEj2nsbwLXJjhGRzjsonAJYmPUtXkW8iHcGI8xQs5FP0I/s1600/Winchester+1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519161736706986978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqd89zgiVFRuuCxC3hEMlxHzbB_yKH1LILmYetkIs48BWGN17l6tAp_xErz52o0yHaZITKJeqna3a43Z4bU_ST8ChMuzsrpoEj2nsbwLXJjhGRzjsonAJYmPUtXkW8iHcGI8xQs5FP0I/s320/Winchester+1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJSR4BaEFY3hFjIINzIP39Yk_5In4Fl06bp4j8qtVeexLeL8tn6i1OcmXVN5eWpDgvYxX7F7aeszvHItkv6rLr2AK_ktYsGBJ8G25Ri0n1beSj6m9r3It0L-tQh5oZV0sxRPQ0pRvsIM/s1600/Winchester+cathedral.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519161384074035602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJSR4BaEFY3hFjIINzIP39Yk_5In4Fl06bp4j8qtVeexLeL8tn6i1OcmXVN5eWpDgvYxX7F7aeszvHItkv6rLr2AK_ktYsGBJ8G25Ri0n1beSj6m9r3It0L-tQh5oZV0sxRPQ0pRvsIM/s320/Winchester+cathedral.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Spent the afternoon in Winchester, a lovely old city with, of course, a magnificent cathedral.<br /><div>Winchester Catherdral's OK I suppose...it just kept <em>bringing me down</em> though.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2IWIF-UOYqOvFouWOUuQfBeusr2WDS41Q07KYNVWK4W80LmJjvZVjC448S_Zv2ynRqAXFXR4r1BP2aoILYG4SL79Byalu86PCzUbzjcF3lFDtPwy90VfPyXR4Q9V4alK75DrOxWEyek/s1600/Winchester+lunch+1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519161112342210930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2IWIF-UOYqOvFouWOUuQfBeusr2WDS41Q07KYNVWK4W80LmJjvZVjC448S_Zv2ynRqAXFXR4r1BP2aoILYG4SL79Byalu86PCzUbzjcF3lFDtPwy90VfPyXR4Q9V4alK75DrOxWEyek/s320/Winchester+lunch+1.JPG" /></a> It just <em>stood and watched as, Debbie and I left town</em>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QnB4khWupeXT0GBtA9JiOvQeKhEacYuKJT7Gyi_Zkuh49g_QlHXdt70gcBBmpHS3iZUxm70yDFiRQ-GkSLZLEoOEEf4F9m2iwG1kfe42cHqcaPUKz5pn4g5hHVuNyk_byACR3FMg1XE/s1600/Winchester+lunch+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519160907609713026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QnB4khWupeXT0GBtA9JiOvQeKhEacYuKJT7Gyi_Zkuh49g_QlHXdt70gcBBmpHS3iZUxm70yDFiRQ-GkSLZLEoOEEf4F9m2iwG1kfe42cHqcaPUKz5pn4g5hHVuNyk_byACR3FMg1XE/s320/Winchester+lunch+2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lunch in an upstairs bay window in Winchester.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Pbi-wzBdTOa4X-RzAfdqIPJmxBbRIgh9W5msZqgR6biE1Z7YRceb4lQLTf4GqJzFEF2b-6UauUt-nygMGbm4TPPV81r7pVIH2z5Zpjy_1xO7tP0fBIdG2E9VqCULNkoyy1nX7Ff8iuk/s1600/Web+Pebble+beach.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519160377434885394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Pbi-wzBdTOa4X-RzAfdqIPJmxBbRIgh9W5msZqgR6biE1Z7YRceb4lQLTf4GqJzFEF2b-6UauUt-nygMGbm4TPPV81r7pVIH2z5Zpjy_1xO7tP0fBIdG2E9VqCULNkoyy1nX7Ff8iuk/s320/Web+Pebble+beach.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuhoYVCmSZ3F1QEsspLT9YatBwHZP_9VcbvVt-wHWnRNxlTyp24hye-wXT4_D93SI05Fz3HADj48tAj0_3nFOPpvhkr9fgbSuduiU9dI0SDx_9MZ0rm6OM3BFHhR_gP1fE75_bHTgZaM/s1600/Web+Hanging+chapel.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519159891969443250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuhoYVCmSZ3F1QEsspLT9YatBwHZP_9VcbvVt-wHWnRNxlTyp24hye-wXT4_D93SI05Fz3HADj48tAj0_3nFOPpvhkr9fgbSuduiU9dI0SDx_9MZ0rm6OM3BFHhR_gP1fE75_bHTgZaM/s320/Web+Hanging+chapel.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Hanging Chapel in Winchester.<br /><div></div><div></div><div>Ahh yes....it was Robert Redford I thinking of earlier!!!!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-43260857284550410862010-09-19T15:47:00.000-07:002010-09-19T16:58:36.983-07:00Day 77 and 78 Mon 13<span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Days 77 & 78 Plymouth, England</span></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>14th and 15th September</strong></span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 410px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518766128388614130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8IyWgX0HNetKX-CIqm2TeNKLgJi5Q0ECG6jmFaN5rsjjQtJrAVeOD_oi-lkghE-GbHsgvEfA963r8mmp4_02lb3OuJAoe7Obd4SXEFFJoP_FvkCjlhQAkwDReqFaRSBVfnhVggcLthc/s320/Web+Port+Hotel+Mary+Michael.jpg" /><br />Mary and Michael treated us to a magnificent stay in Plymouth. Not only did they put us up for a couple of nights, they also took us on a fascinating tour (in their flash Jag) of the inland moors and the south coast of England.<br />Michael and Mary have been successful business people over the years, including owning and running hotels and owning a tile business. They took us to the clifftop <em>Port Hotel</em>, where they recalled the many years of hard work and amazing experiences. The picture above says it all as they proudly look back on their former life there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98Fx_AR09VGsUpMvG2b8ZVBcrOOBMF0tvFIqbtne1wOjT9_Eis0EgOP2tZTu0wF6jdV2hW9n4VuM2ECynSDMccj7TlBRV2H2_wq6w1N0cdCupyVrLY3MNwgj-g5_9A7vpqddRJgUu7TQ/s1600/Web+Port+Hotel+Michael.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518765991839520626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98Fx_AR09VGsUpMvG2b8ZVBcrOOBMF0tvFIqbtne1wOjT9_Eis0EgOP2tZTu0wF6jdV2hW9n4VuM2ECynSDMccj7TlBRV2H2_wq6w1N0cdCupyVrLY3MNwgj-g5_9A7vpqddRJgUu7TQ/s320/Web+Port+Hotel+Michael.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-_e0Wu6htWLBF8EyapVFaKmZGos7qXpIeXY1nEpoIaMhzPNfyaHht9UdWlNPB7djUnE0AHJbEGKQhMRhazrwo77ZjE5b0xAM-YLuju4IQ9QAHps-JfjC4E2ALPvr_sCmB0S7Lw1PXKY/s1600/Web+The+moors.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518765394292521314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-_e0Wu6htWLBF8EyapVFaKmZGos7qXpIeXY1nEpoIaMhzPNfyaHht9UdWlNPB7djUnE0AHJbEGKQhMRhazrwo77ZjE5b0xAM-YLuju4IQ9QAHps-JfjC4E2ALPvr_sCmB0S7Lw1PXKY/s320/Web+The+moors.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>The moors of Dartmouth.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHtHsY3qz2BdaI0eLW3rNDV0R2ctj9NVFy-6FDCQkelWWOUO37j36tgG126YvHmz0EH9YehTNBMrXvDqRwozL9uLNZlgABDeOWNg0TG8a6CsuHxzpIzFDKkW17rG8szvYsyKAorDyC8Y/s1600/Web+Michael+and+marys+house+view.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518764846456035698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHtHsY3qz2BdaI0eLW3rNDV0R2ctj9NVFy-6FDCQkelWWOUO37j36tgG126YvHmz0EH9YehTNBMrXvDqRwozL9uLNZlgABDeOWNg0TG8a6CsuHxzpIzFDKkW17rG8szvYsyKAorDyC8Y/s320/Web+Michael+and+marys+house+view.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzft-bLFW_si97GsyTCKCIeJvmYJwX7m9m00y5yRV1inXYKQNS-3H8T1FnB794ymd5akkV9Qu_FMTtCl9fhd89Qa1Pkee6addlQhZ52RlF9K6YGHmQPtspIIhmFYXu7apaZxTved6NLQ/s1600/Tour+of+Britain.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518764457560629058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzft-bLFW_si97GsyTCKCIeJvmYJwX7m9m00y5yRV1inXYKQNS-3H8T1FnB794ymd5akkV9Qu_FMTtCl9fhd89Qa1Pkee6addlQhZ52RlF9K6YGHmQPtspIIhmFYXu7apaZxTved6NLQ/s320/Tour+of+Britain.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Above: View from their beautiful garden.<br /><br /><br /><div>Tour of Britain... bike race. We got stuck here as the traffic just stopped. There must have been at least 25 police motorcycle escorts - but no-one was on the roads controlling the traffic!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8VxKRBtEQkHXGzTf5eALTVgGw0_ho8EEGAH_rvgjshaNo3u4dJ3Sql4qSKyWdKooaSNjaoQ23IFRMHWo5nYsDiv9Ueiqtcm5Z2K2OXSxZpl_T6aLn6JMEHVfWHRUZWLV3A_1FiF0gN8/s1600/Web+Plymouth+narrow+roads.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518763078413693778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8VxKRBtEQkHXGzTf5eALTVgGw0_ho8EEGAH_rvgjshaNo3u4dJ3Sql4qSKyWdKooaSNjaoQ23IFRMHWo5nYsDiv9Ueiqtcm5Z2K2OXSxZpl_T6aLn6JMEHVfWHRUZWLV3A_1FiF0gN8/s320/Web+Plymouth+narrow+roads.jpg" /></a><br />Narrow roads again! This woman did the wonkiest reversing I have seen for a good while.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6rA0rECyW8Q7eiN7sr0GElBMiGNX94F8TMA-P3DA-l0-CGvjhikpd8e66BnqUH3tmEV7ZYxXZrDNLav4qTfeCbwT3eKHppwIuONz2iZw3cSeIlAI3tsMaewal1FSgwOe9I5nPlGG0Vo/s1600/Plymouth+Mary+Tony+Michael.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518762590878546306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6rA0rECyW8Q7eiN7sr0GElBMiGNX94F8TMA-P3DA-l0-CGvjhikpd8e66BnqUH3tmEV7ZYxXZrDNLav4qTfeCbwT3eKHppwIuONz2iZw3cSeIlAI3tsMaewal1FSgwOe9I5nPlGG0Vo/s320/Plymouth+Mary+Tony+Michael.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mary, me and Michael.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2-iNon4JYboaF6-2eVasTorDyj3arFLx4GY1TO1fhGKwak45Km7wqgr86vJo_KYoXQVhrgsEVKUwgDTyXIHiEzkR9jk1h96MsZKb9sZPFrY7uqDwX-rgRfncu1kuDRZqEs3_PUfdedg/s1600/Web+Dartmouth+area.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518762154432430946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2-iNon4JYboaF6-2eVasTorDyj3arFLx4GY1TO1fhGKwak45Km7wqgr86vJo_KYoXQVhrgsEVKUwgDTyXIHiEzkR9jk1h96MsZKb9sZPFrY7uqDwX-rgRfncu1kuDRZqEs3_PUfdedg/s320/Web+Dartmouth+area.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcob9hXOY3C5aVgvNWaMrSY_G0NX-pqZhPDxtizkyRKnQeSag1QupiUB1_Z3aulbNAQYESPJ3uHigFkQPSJuzBZ_wtO5Ttl1YpMBwmuW4h6B5zi4faRBMHJ89DfXMEn-C9nLYqp0PmqU/s1600/Web+Dartmouth+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518761964393526610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcob9hXOY3C5aVgvNWaMrSY_G0NX-pqZhPDxtizkyRKnQeSag1QupiUB1_Z3aulbNAQYESPJ3uHigFkQPSJuzBZ_wtO5Ttl1YpMBwmuW4h6B5zi4faRBMHJ89DfXMEn-C9nLYqp0PmqU/s320/Web+Dartmouth+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Photos taken around Dartmouth.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfD_jzD4gfnh0SBCfEyEFmAwEH_RflfLw7IsUhdfLF2zBB2uWjVSBtsyiT_HRmZ4uFh2ODNRKVwGuHUJOrvKUdZnnbdtAYBprPslHtW6sSq4WNAz126O9Yt7hUYJMozqjM_56XMoD7t3E/s1600/Wales+dartmouth+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518761710336014866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfD_jzD4gfnh0SBCfEyEFmAwEH_RflfLw7IsUhdfLF2zBB2uWjVSBtsyiT_HRmZ4uFh2ODNRKVwGuHUJOrvKUdZnnbdtAYBprPslHtW6sSq4WNAz126O9Yt7hUYJMozqjM_56XMoD7t3E/s320/Wales+dartmouth+2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdci7nu3q0xp4RssBOnjbx88P6QTO4MkHfGetMCepbm5At63KbVeYujPB_RXnXMG1FoFtrswzX8eH1-agmD41lqTEaWKAgU9dbGb7Kotyip9m40vqYFndc6xF0CaR_R4yM1SliXdkX9kk/s1600/Web+Dartmoor.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518761109664117234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdci7nu3q0xp4RssBOnjbx88P6QTO4MkHfGetMCepbm5At63KbVeYujPB_RXnXMG1FoFtrswzX8eH1-agmD41lqTEaWKAgU9dbGb7Kotyip9m40vqYFndc6xF0CaR_R4yM1SliXdkX9kk/s320/Web+Dartmoor.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wild ponies on the Dartmouth<br />moors. The rolling hills of the moors were lush green with a patchwork of brown ferns.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhkBocr7O56b1lxt7NLtCc8XEikHSU2tNEpN1W3kf9kvFNp5ZnUFewhxHXdG6s53LdjO19sJpF738PBbn9P9oi7puQO1NIDT1u9dQkRXIXH8Eb2XD4ajBUa6-fw7YlyU8XKsnCff9sCQ/s1600/dartmoor+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518760787847712434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhkBocr7O56b1lxt7NLtCc8XEikHSU2tNEpN1W3kf9kvFNp5ZnUFewhxHXdG6s53LdjO19sJpF738PBbn9P9oi7puQO1NIDT1u9dQkRXIXH8Eb2XD4ajBUa6-fw7YlyU8XKsnCff9sCQ/s320/dartmoor+2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-40964377686210466202010-09-19T14:06:00.000-07:002010-09-19T15:35:20.788-07:00Day 76 cont...<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 76 continued.... Cardiff, Wales<br /></strong></span><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 372px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518750009287270050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKztxPJKDDDykfhCx5UoVBp7gJkVNLJI3Lh5AwGloiGUMGo2rozTNiMAoAm6DR7fgreOGNqRcdTRsTNdmE5d5VXlMvj1KAbTCSk1kbBVGj97kjIASAcuaIDhXfsgDncD7fAcs-3ImBJjc/s320/Cardiff+Stadium+5.JPG" />At the risk of beating my own trumpet, or blowing my own drum, here I am holding up another cup for Aussie rugby in the Cardiff Millenium Stadium. The Aussies were short a player so I happily filled in! ....alright, this is the 2008 cup that Wales won against Australia.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518749470797386578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2aXOiBikbnJw7mAVKwUALQDqUKwNYZvIgJj_tGetyz4bl0iZDVneyTCgndv_ADJmtxFvJ2uMGSnby1V39GoCKphimtRqoLLI5phrnES1GVbyfbV9xxClVUlIYtUWozj8tEea8wD4lvo/s320/Cardiff+Stadium+2.JPG" />Another press conference. Couldn't understand ANY of the questions. Bloody Welsh accents!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUVs9m19lcP61KM5YO2-pgUHfDB6qmJ-BVOWQUNsNyDKXb6X0BbPRux59V6XsIcHP0w4RDdltuxHcPlBWBbtWvbzAfRPpX-mGmlT1yQfmFseyMieYaryowaIbZJFGJhBT2XIldI2M-J4/s1600/Cardiff+Stadium+4.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518748882973838754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUVs9m19lcP61KM5YO2-pgUHfDB6qmJ-BVOWQUNsNyDKXb6X0BbPRux59V6XsIcHP0w4RDdltuxHcPlBWBbtWvbzAfRPpX-mGmlT1yQfmFseyMieYaryowaIbZJFGJhBT2XIldI2M-J4/s320/Cardiff+Stadium+4.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vTEjnhWCXx9mi2c8fKDW9rM1vDfCM0SkABFKVVamgCRqhv629Iz8I9mwwql_FdmAQLwd9GQLcblqmvGo9QSfMxaNLtdMPLNOmFNEUS63kKE2ZnU6W60_5YcxJsOu2Gnn9YcROeVcQYo/s1600/Cardiff+Stadium+3+Web.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518748361059924754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vTEjnhWCXx9mi2c8fKDW9rM1vDfCM0SkABFKVVamgCRqhv629Iz8I9mwwql_FdmAQLwd9GQLcblqmvGo9QSfMxaNLtdMPLNOmFNEUS63kKE2ZnU6W60_5YcxJsOu2Gnn9YcROeVcQYo/s320/Cardiff+Stadium+3+Web.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0u42iFQbNmZRfo3QusuClThnUqgPkpm9iVlbAeaFLuNaXoMzhnVguFQOP4Rkpbvf6h0lEvzTfrf4RJmRTFpXYbVnm33G43xMfW4WKzaTaJ_G2-JBv-k9WkfF0hUI9SAaJDEBsK9VmWzU/s1600/Cardiff+Stadium+1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518748208336609746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0u42iFQbNmZRfo3QusuClThnUqgPkpm9iVlbAeaFLuNaXoMzhnVguFQOP4Rkpbvf6h0lEvzTfrf4RJmRTFpXYbVnm33G43xMfW4WKzaTaJ_G2-JBv-k9WkfF0hUI9SAaJDEBsK9VmWzU/s320/Cardiff+Stadium+1.JPG" /></a> Debbie running out through the tunnel to glory.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGzLQOO66dfhIst3PKYyAzHt2RKCXAW1-BYoAa40Gj0ZpBxauYlCPTlr2P2UVcYz9skXVPoHfT0SF001W_GnowU4KBLptQ5Ycbsfk1ToWfjMq43KcwPzU00_o5CUJFTDxEgbb69B05Sk/s1600/Cardiff+Castle+Library.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518747770289371218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGzLQOO66dfhIst3PKYyAzHt2RKCXAW1-BYoAa40Gj0ZpBxauYlCPTlr2P2UVcYz9skXVPoHfT0SF001W_GnowU4KBLptQ5Ycbsfk1ToWfjMq43KcwPzU00_o5CUJFTDxEgbb69B05Sk/s320/Cardiff+Castle+Library.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PaqanknrZLk8JFsTuVuuDzxPpKfSUERe7XiCTGPnAJuMj7aAHM7MXI7O9MtqDZj5hmBwNRAje_yNX80LsSvhf2lwebbGuf3sCXiZFXh3LTdfn0VykYL0TvU2uhAc6SYm8YEcm7QqVLM/s1600/Cardiff+Castle+Interior.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518747460077690002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PaqanknrZLk8JFsTuVuuDzxPpKfSUERe7XiCTGPnAJuMj7aAHM7MXI7O9MtqDZj5hmBwNRAje_yNX80LsSvhf2lwebbGuf3sCXiZFXh3LTdfn0VykYL0TvU2uhAc6SYm8YEcm7QqVLM/s320/Cardiff+Castle+Interior.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Cardiff Castle is one of the better ones. Very impressive but a bit like a loose woman. Originally built by the Romans (strangely enough) it has been used and abused by all and sundry!! It's been a Roman garrison, a Norman stronghold and a gothic Victorian fantasy dwelling. Almost everyone had had their way with it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNBneehnXJ75zV0DuKLQ7v9NTlyGcyIPvoUgKPaTwvcrWTr6wNGIFRK-6Fg2XQdGE9NOmkDzilKjY14IdXZcC5LlFJ33Kb-Pji_5gI5ERxyB3dokaP_QbelDrT7KaN7dj-JXJBrGxDtE/s1600/Cardiff+Castle+3.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518747028946586770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNBneehnXJ75zV0DuKLQ7v9NTlyGcyIPvoUgKPaTwvcrWTr6wNGIFRK-6Fg2XQdGE9NOmkDzilKjY14IdXZcC5LlFJ33Kb-Pji_5gI5ERxyB3dokaP_QbelDrT7KaN7dj-JXJBrGxDtE/s320/Cardiff+Castle+3.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah2vDaz1e5XRsYixhT0rcRelWxJKwaiy30IYq6uc4-LwbstCdPrj_g2cmQtorEKjsffFlrFeeRXjOfpaEcBJizd82MFNIARuLm8NlAmyOs9xGtE3u51vuUvKwtSUNyy4lNaRVl_cW1S8/s1600/Cardiff+Castle+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518746332599685090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah2vDaz1e5XRsYixhT0rcRelWxJKwaiy30IYq6uc4-LwbstCdPrj_g2cmQtorEKjsffFlrFeeRXjOfpaEcBJizd82MFNIARuLm8NlAmyOs9xGtE3u51vuUvKwtSUNyy4lNaRVl_cW1S8/s320/Cardiff+Castle+2.JPG" /></a><br />I won't even mention what this hole was for!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5yWbSSf_fAX7Cnyj5IVEACrSHl_fUUPY-KX0yiZiVd8PzlB7U9GnGYPIkPGhnqjQkKvks60t1sTWAP1XV-ETzzeS4486GyUX0a-XBGeZnWU0MYE7hf8syc6fXB8Uk2jKtUIsAZKL3AE/s1600/Cardiff+Castle+1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518735492456617122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5yWbSSf_fAX7Cnyj5IVEACrSHl_fUUPY-KX0yiZiVd8PzlB7U9GnGYPIkPGhnqjQkKvks60t1sTWAP1XV-ETzzeS4486GyUX0a-XBGeZnWU0MYE7hf8syc6fXB8Uk2jKtUIsAZKL3AE/s320/Cardiff+Castle+1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3OkC4p-EXh3uswHsDhkaywJFaMSxipNQk7UZhoxyxjtwUGpl8JaECUyuzHkiBce6VlZIknx2xRYaVpcaQDKHrj3vFV4YiHEvOoyRTK9IZjETB7CQ1Ra9-AapJxIADTFiovLSnvagVbg/s1600/Cardiff+Bowling.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518735153504292242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3OkC4p-EXh3uswHsDhkaywJFaMSxipNQk7UZhoxyxjtwUGpl8JaECUyuzHkiBce6VlZIknx2xRYaVpcaQDKHrj3vFV4YiHEvOoyRTK9IZjETB7CQ1Ra9-AapJxIADTFiovLSnvagVbg/s320/Cardiff+Bowling.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Debbie showing her style at 10 pin bowling in Cardiff. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><em><strong>Elise, Owen and James - you will be pleased to know that after mum's drubbing of us at Warrnambool, I have restored things to their proper order. Scoreline:<br />Tony 3 games : Debbie 0 games. Yes!!!</strong></em></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-82028351316003390372010-09-19T12:54:00.000-07:002010-09-19T14:04:19.629-07:00Day 76<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 76 Llantwit Major</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Sunday 12th September (morning)<br /></strong></span><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 445px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 343px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518724810795206498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVzQtTeEgn8xSzQ89PNaKqcsMEDVDURIeFkG7TCVJAQ7ADecJKAHel68vpOaJuib4is2tEnCzy0ZYTiP0dlDOklrA8rw04RvhHRERWuZo5kZDarreYHez2BFLP0YCOrj6Yk5z_WQJOYs/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+5.jpg" />Ever wondered what a <em>real</em> foghorn looks like? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnrtCSE0hPI8ykoomqr4_H-JzcbN590dzzXC3E1UZUzAGh-Xa4FNQnluJSl9ZdmIx3Jjx0tIdC4nWgziE1mFV7JIzyI5NHtxtLiyxYYe3R3S5VNduK68BP9TD9ki7rkAXV_brDk4n3cs/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518724687267285730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnrtCSE0hPI8ykoomqr4_H-JzcbN590dzzXC3E1UZUzAGh-Xa4FNQnluJSl9ZdmIx3Jjx0tIdC4nWgziE1mFV7JIzyI5NHtxtLiyxYYe3R3S5VNduK68BP9TD9ki7rkAXV_brDk4n3cs/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+6.jpg" /></a><br />Today we took off on one of our intrepid walks, this time along the cliffs of Llantwit Major. This guy dragged us in to a large outbuilding as we passed by the lighthouse. His topic of special interest was <em>foghorns</em>! Can you believe that this whole building, with it's dual diesel engines, big pressure tanks and black oval shaped horns on the roof -is totally devoted to foghorns?<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZOUHIsb5968y5-LE0EoHmahuamX_sDQjPxhz1V1wbAfrj-NhNLE73kKcXLRMgjcv0f_dqr3JpnK8ko677cI_urWVIoMryrNl-gdJuewcsUHqlyiWJ_sRfMoguPZwXRrmp5QXvqyw7uQ/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518724309662944098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZOUHIsb5968y5-LE0EoHmahuamX_sDQjPxhz1V1wbAfrj-NhNLE73kKcXLRMgjcv0f_dqr3JpnK8ko677cI_urWVIoMryrNl-gdJuewcsUHqlyiWJ_sRfMoguPZwXRrmp5QXvqyw7uQ/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+7.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>.......Three hours later, we continued our walk.... somehow we veered of the main track...but we found an overgrown and very old house.... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLN95rwmj1M5KZSvBHIuzNz5LYTlwhwyuK3PjxRl43tZwQNxuT8kMH_K7tsty2OtIvIn627ud0yU5RxGNO433KwaH1akOnYG7VyqFsjzAiPMuBHWcH48o43tKGX75bVicfbW4HeoKlTlE/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518724073083196162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLN95rwmj1M5KZSvBHIuzNz5LYTlwhwyuK3PjxRl43tZwQNxuT8kMH_K7tsty2OtIvIn627ud0yU5RxGNO433KwaH1akOnYG7VyqFsjzAiPMuBHWcH48o43tKGX75bVicfbW4HeoKlTlE/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDUL9k49maTtXEL4e-JcnZuD_BOh4unEAPG1EygUA2NC-V7ivqUr1whg-YH4r5XE0_1AveRm7Iw3bCcciVSJjibbOSzKsjM9o1qFJXF9pBECkF33GplSdlZNQFWJX0wboouVwHBXEcHU/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518723784882380914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDUL9k49maTtXEL4e-JcnZuD_BOh4unEAPG1EygUA2NC-V7ivqUr1whg-YH4r5XE0_1AveRm7Iw3bCcciVSJjibbOSzKsjM9o1qFJXF9pBECkF33GplSdlZNQFWJX0wboouVwHBXEcHU/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ys3nVvsRZ9a7XoX8C0R20Qo9ulxjpuG0CFbaCHOr5UEaShrf8u0RSdso8gpCJPD3uaI0XWClxDC9A1AV8NRGkgIcol9nN7dfAVg5MbhQSLZtF6CNeApDtyuxynKJllqCVQB8cSC6KkQ/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518723583767788034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ys3nVvsRZ9a7XoX8C0R20Qo9ulxjpuG0CFbaCHOr5UEaShrf8u0RSdso8gpCJPD3uaI0XWClxDC9A1AV8NRGkgIcol9nN7dfAVg5MbhQSLZtF6CNeApDtyuxynKJllqCVQB8cSC6KkQ/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Above: Now this place was interesting. Behind this fortified wall are some grand palatial buildings and an old church. Willam Randolf Hearst owned St Donats in the 1920s and used to frequently enterain members of the breakaway (from MGM) United Artists such as Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Mae West, Mary Pickford and so on. Our forghorn man said they all walked these clifftop paths numerous times.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCG4T74188J6PQSnZ5Nxu0yG0eJZAjupJHHw2q7pXD3YjqVjRYHAzaweSJ9kkWKnCOY5c8kKt7QHEYDkG8jzDX2fGzNy1zT9xdTljVX5hxRmwIOzIwntW9ZcctLYwfvzNDNvnfMygHu4/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518723377197419154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCG4T74188J6PQSnZ5Nxu0yG0eJZAjupJHHw2q7pXD3YjqVjRYHAzaweSJ9kkWKnCOY5c8kKt7QHEYDkG8jzDX2fGzNy1zT9xdTljVX5hxRmwIOzIwntW9ZcctLYwfvzNDNvnfMygHu4/s320/Web+Llantwit+Major+cliff+walk+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyC6hEOxVbxm-Xbbxk4jfvybsLhi7BbUHi4_IW5yPtvUQ6ZKpnBFU5yt4ZjZOZ7rbVRW2_GX_4oOuYzs60zAV14O22B_dp7Ke1Nc23oLdLTuLuy8IghEwDt8R4DkvVkuhLoJ-p4qLvwk/s1600/Web+Llantwit+Debbie+crossing+stile.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518723170898945122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyC6hEOxVbxm-Xbbxk4jfvybsLhi7BbUHi4_IW5yPtvUQ6ZKpnBFU5yt4ZjZOZ7rbVRW2_GX_4oOuYzs60zAV14O22B_dp7Ke1Nc23oLdLTuLuy8IghEwDt8R4DkvVkuhLoJ-p4qLvwk/s320/Web+Llantwit+Debbie+crossing+stile.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm025AedlXLEEAYlp_15uyirCJEmwL6fsE2OL5gMDBsJ1xJ7Anez1124WjOP9Qg5ViSo9CUHIhtqj4vBdlyKErwSLaCxgsYz12zWhwWikDTUcWLwcwPFmnv9CKcRW01Ci8LnCSziy7ZY/s1600/Web+Llantwit+church.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518723035769039138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm025AedlXLEEAYlp_15uyirCJEmwL6fsE2OL5gMDBsJ1xJ7Anez1124WjOP9Qg5ViSo9CUHIhtqj4vBdlyKErwSLaCxgsYz12zWhwWikDTUcWLwcwPFmnv9CKcRW01Ci8LnCSziy7ZY/s320/Web+Llantwit+church.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Debbie negotiating the stiles.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>St Donats Church</div><div> </div><div>The walk took 6 hours, so after a final pint at the inn, we left the very friendly Llantwit Major for a place with a sensible name. Off to Cardiff this afternoon.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-37038192961458611002010-09-19T11:03:00.001-07:002010-09-19T13:20:20.309-07:00Day 75 cont..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxx8y05N6sbI4Rgq_7R5x1OQJa3y_ZPcnZ7RV2MKFAkCOESeLLIkC9n_3W-RE6LYdp4-k8bK7qdlLuNm7LG_EAwzb93y90eiUnwUotXufhFHG_YbjvZ-C5LCQqbMw9jfQWOt0yRjQWwk/s1600/IMG_4403.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 631px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 482px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518689728862852930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxx8y05N6sbI4Rgq_7R5x1OQJa3y_ZPcnZ7RV2MKFAkCOESeLLIkC9n_3W-RE6LYdp4-k8bK7qdlLuNm7LG_EAwzb93y90eiUnwUotXufhFHG_YbjvZ-C5LCQqbMw9jfQWOt0yRjQWwk/s320/IMG_4403.JPG" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;">More pics around Llantwit Major....<br /></span><div><br />Above: a 1907 photo from the book that confirms Debbie's great grandfather as the owner of the <em>Old White Hart</em>.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ8bl4dU4TBAlmsq0XcgyjLpTLmLn1FRVFH5rL78L5TDctan8LBMXj2bShBCUeN4t-ydHoCb9c63Zdd52bJzqyvivdZk_L63-CGyecWXwStrZ2ivbcy1YBTzhto8fpbKhV0yL-lEtKmU/s1600/Web+Village+pics+Tudor+Inn.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518688090600228258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ8bl4dU4TBAlmsq0XcgyjLpTLmLn1FRVFH5rL78L5TDctan8LBMXj2bShBCUeN4t-ydHoCb9c63Zdd52bJzqyvivdZk_L63-CGyecWXwStrZ2ivbcy1YBTzhto8fpbKhV0yL-lEtKmU/s320/Web+Village+pics+Tudor+Inn.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Drinks at the Tudor. The Welsh rugby playing and choir singing owner is in the middle.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztmUAifq352iYSOjFIC-44IPf5s0TDL8W5LK43LxSwk1WLwejvepkNcxYOeVBZUx6MfZUrrXy_CbDDd2I1tb418mq6878gHoOqTpQEwqBlRn8P_FwWUh_W8h1nws1vtT_rHbwwE2kBx8/s1600/Web+Village+pics+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518687884039224770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztmUAifq352iYSOjFIC-44IPf5s0TDL8W5LK43LxSwk1WLwejvepkNcxYOeVBZUx6MfZUrrXy_CbDDd2I1tb418mq6878gHoOqTpQEwqBlRn8P_FwWUh_W8h1nws1vtT_rHbwwE2kBx8/s320/Web+Village+pics+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The Old White Hart from the street (our Volvo outside)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3j7zDJLfOCm2XRcTLC1hyphenhyphenKLyTzZ1961kYECzrxVOzRwolB5jQyiS5tjHkAUovzaoenfS3Rv9_g23bNa6XzA2vg8fV5_lBZ6emBGalxbiLmaL6Y2RIPlz3qJEZgzB0jtmONOHBkc89ec/s1600/Web+Village+pics+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518688266094812450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3j7zDJLfOCm2XRcTLC1hyphenhyphenKLyTzZ1961kYECzrxVOzRwolB5jQyiS5tjHkAUovzaoenfS3Rv9_g23bNa6XzA2vg8fV5_lBZ6emBGalxbiLmaL6Y2RIPlz3qJEZgzB0jtmONOHBkc89ec/s320/Web+Village+pics+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>The Tudor.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV4xPK37jbierP4y2cFOjlJcs-Gpo0w_LqWUz5tftCYjxa7UC9Fb89qX5XwVtdeQts7F5hPitbhwCBdpzjEmBRRIgZZ5k1iJG0ww_nOJdDQRfvAX9f6M2yI-8sQk5yTlaQuDnGLbdksU/s1600/Web+Village+pics+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518687687376229090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV4xPK37jbierP4y2cFOjlJcs-Gpo0w_LqWUz5tftCYjxa7UC9Fb89qX5XwVtdeQts7F5hPitbhwCBdpzjEmBRRIgZZ5k1iJG0ww_nOJdDQRfvAX9f6M2yI-8sQk5yTlaQuDnGLbdksU/s320/Web+Village+pics+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The Old Swan Inn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0KpxildoFSB8Aph5OJtVE5Fh6FrZb0xRfgjMtxlNJgrUX8BUI0VqtKthTzcO6xaygLgsKiloSOoJRcmitLrr42ou2mWq_-GZh16zFu3kATs0DpUEErA18FsyB0yZUgS4nhm-gzpzAZ0/s1600/Web+Village+pics+cliffs.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 412px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 323px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518687408974582114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0KpxildoFSB8Aph5OJtVE5Fh6FrZb0xRfgjMtxlNJgrUX8BUI0VqtKthTzcO6xaygLgsKiloSOoJRcmitLrr42ou2mWq_-GZh16zFu3kATs0DpUEErA18FsyB0yZUgS4nhm-gzpzAZ0/s320/Web+Village+pics+cliffs.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Cliffs in the late sun.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4b6rs0OkrIWAH0naZ6u4tOkeUBftrWQLp1bOPvYS0bbhYHveUQKPr_2MPKcjcxwfbegEub29YhkO3TkZ2RhTkuWVcRNWzn0FpmjnC_PuQqAgsP3BKSTHhla0MLMQX1p0-nGA2TtpfkM/s1600/Web+Village+pics+4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518687267353882706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4b6rs0OkrIWAH0naZ6u4tOkeUBftrWQLp1bOPvYS0bbhYHveUQKPr_2MPKcjcxwfbegEub29YhkO3TkZ2RhTkuWVcRNWzn0FpmjnC_PuQqAgsP3BKSTHhla0MLMQX1p0-nGA2TtpfkM/s320/Web+Village+pics+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Debbie in our Old White Hart room.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mS_Q16PUOKyTAxTZTpaxdHphvYC_KJxXKibjtyXxpLH60GaS6LhgbRQwBDfisoi3fUnUZxSRv3fhchXhls7HOXlccF3FuWALdGxk8x52ALPAHoL9dXzpkxJ50KLE_T1mW4pkoJ7LWCs/s1600/Web+Village+pics+6.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518687084040770434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mS_Q16PUOKyTAxTZTpaxdHphvYC_KJxXKibjtyXxpLH60GaS6LhgbRQwBDfisoi3fUnUZxSRv3fhchXhls7HOXlccF3FuWALdGxk8x52ALPAHoL9dXzpkxJ50KLE_T1mW4pkoJ7LWCs/s320/Web+Village+pics+6.jpg" /></a><br />Thatched roof houses<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw34UjOKqGzmI2RliK7JrS_xjFDT8ZB9NaCOwHl68AA1SX8um--7pVG8m83JmsCdGudz7ZnADjFnkYYreJcTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-70281787004331197522010-09-17T16:40:00.001-07:002010-09-18T17:55:55.425-07:00Day 75<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 75 Llantwit Major, Wales</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Saturday 11th September</strong></span><br />I can now undertsand why people can get excited about tracing family history. It wasn't even my family but I was blown away when we had a pint in <em>The Old White Hart</em> which was across the road from the <em>Old Swan Inn</em> and the <em>Globe</em> (now called the <em>Tudor</em>).<br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 435px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518393278193416050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYoLSNWNDr6IswkgOmPTQzMJMQslEAUsfrId3pwlDJZfBdLR9Zz7FBmMQAQP9C0mLlINAuyztL9JiaibF25-3xu5BGpfZ8Qw0QUveM59_ZrkhnJOM4Bz6XFPt5oH_79L-_pwo8ymVykQ/s320/web+Old+white+Hart.jpg" /><br />The owner of <em>The Old White Hart</em>, Graeme, was quite knowledgeable about the local history of the village and dug out a few books for us. Still not sure which inn belonged to Debbie's great grand father, I came across a page with an old photo of <em>The Old White Hart</em> and the text comfirmed we were indeed sitting in William Frederick Amos' inn! Graeme also told us that the Amoses owned many neighboring houses and that the Amos name was 'notorious'. Apparently the Amos family was mean and niggardly with their money - a genetic throw-back that seems to have eluded Debbie in shoe shops!!<br />We asked Graeme if we could stay the night in the pub and he found a room for us upstairs.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 424px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 347px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518393015022399634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid21jlCCkyduhp3dfsmBkqCE1RQ0o1pH6z8L21eWmF3xWlT3SjuHaaL1TkSAVcMKsmioUW7iJAjcuL6GjnA0rnYhDRPSyAFmLdiZ1H0lLEH9Cm0YpZFVRNvcjFurEsDKReOYZ5AVCIVNs/s320/web+Old+White+Hart+fireplace.jpg" /> These small hotels date back to the 12th century, boasting large stone fireplaces, low roughly hewn timber ceilings and of course, the very stairs Debbie's grandmother sat on as a child (the stairs are just to the right of the dartboard). </p><p>We thought we'd better have a pint in the <em>Tudor</em> as well (this was called <em>The Globe</em> when Frederick's brother, Albert Amos owned it) Within minutes of ordering our drinks, a huge Welsh man appeared, "Your not from 'round 'ere are you?" Turned out he had toured Australia as a rugby player and sang in a Welsh male choir in the Opera House and regional centres. "D ya know where Ballarat is?" he asked. The world is shrinking!!</p><p>To spread our custom around, we had tea at the <em>Old Swan Inn </em>before retiring to our room above the disco at the <em>Old White Hart</em>. What a day!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH89WsW7o1RC_48kaLZi_sa77kgEi71upd23VzBQ9Ssm6TD7T7rMbratuTOcTmVtDRIfffwZwIG7U7H6h8Ao5iLmNaVm0gxTfUiwpFMvHwasOdjFoGAXmVVWQExvkN-ltdhF6L_AxCb54/s1600/web+LLantwit+Major+pebble+beach.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518392837780839746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH89WsW7o1RC_48kaLZi_sa77kgEi71upd23VzBQ9Ssm6TD7T7rMbratuTOcTmVtDRIfffwZwIG7U7H6h8Ao5iLmNaVm0gxTfUiwpFMvHwasOdjFoGAXmVVWQExvkN-ltdhF6L_AxCb54/s320/web+LLantwit+Major+pebble+beach.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCf5-yJtQGty2ZwIMfMBX5Lgyy8i1PC6Po_-xcX1ebouAkjJEh4k96vZCS32OYgr2B4qfEtRISaBhjA7TXiV1aX4ukgJfUFcjuXVjz_iUeS3SNva5RfFzmy_Ni-KoyS_Lk7c3jlEgg9U/s1600/web+llantwit+major+sunset+clouds.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518392630118155858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCf5-yJtQGty2ZwIMfMBX5Lgyy8i1PC6Po_-xcX1ebouAkjJEh4k96vZCS32OYgr2B4qfEtRISaBhjA7TXiV1aX4ukgJfUFcjuXVjz_iUeS3SNva5RfFzmy_Ni-KoyS_Lk7c3jlEgg9U/s320/web+llantwit+major+sunset+clouds.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><span style="color:#ffff66;"><em>Took an afternoon stroll to the beach. Lots of round rocks 'as big as bowling balls' dividing the sea from the magnificent cliffs</em></span>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT5QWeCi8fwOYYOR-YX9tX7_mBzl2k3FbxVgaOVFYhuL9Uu80NCNNWMgNcFk5Pc6aWW33Oe7C87Gvvkm3UcN_ugg9BDxupIHTiWYop9pKervj7Al6Vpu1medyQ26uaHw8BKlOk3RocKM/s1600/Web+Ogmore+Valley+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518392292673405970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT5QWeCi8fwOYYOR-YX9tX7_mBzl2k3FbxVgaOVFYhuL9Uu80NCNNWMgNcFk5Pc6aWW33Oe7C87Gvvkm3UcN_ugg9BDxupIHTiWYop9pKervj7Al6Vpu1medyQ26uaHw8BKlOk3RocKM/s320/Web+Ogmore+Valley+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHwPO-Qt_n-A9U79s__H3PyUBUrBfVH1fXX6zYcYQEkZBpH77AK4U7XtrzCGy_zQBz3ZlVA26vuorojnT54Z93Mv7J262qWNlgmRgVefLcpf3AJiBQDmtfUiTrXy21MqBue6vZZePxr4/s1600/Web+Ogmore+valley+4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 383px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 345px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518391927655938882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHwPO-Qt_n-A9U79s__H3PyUBUrBfVH1fXX6zYcYQEkZBpH77AK4U7XtrzCGy_zQBz3ZlVA26vuorojnT54Z93Mv7J262qWNlgmRgVefLcpf3AJiBQDmtfUiTrXy21MqBue6vZZePxr4/s320/Web+Ogmore+valley+4.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#ffff66;"><em>Views from the mountains as we travelled south through Wales.</em></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffff66;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffff66;"><em>Left:<br />Famous Welsh 'guard sheep' protecting the valeys.<br /><br /></em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4h7AYWqjIn4yYCVPQkV6iVKqktO1qRaSdocnkHDJ2FPJAht9aGosJuEPvSQ7WlKC1eeBvEIllrCbhxoJLBgjc5iPHgVP_WhP5l0A3jwSeWH-t91X_9MF1LuGEo2XX7kx7h5_zNQlJFJo/s1600/Web+Roads+hedges+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518391777570803122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4h7AYWqjIn4yYCVPQkV6iVKqktO1qRaSdocnkHDJ2FPJAht9aGosJuEPvSQ7WlKC1eeBvEIllrCbhxoJLBgjc5iPHgVP_WhP5l0A3jwSeWH-t91X_9MF1LuGEo2XX7kx7h5_zNQlJFJo/s320/Web+Roads+hedges+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ohf07UrgGT3vPbW8UrX2EmObcM1JitiZOjikynqUJLDL0kA0_tG5Q5apL00Y_iP7_LqHmVMk4nlALb2Y2GETAal6Nbiw4L8OR42jEBDvVk_tdS-mMLnGSkKHMnscSOfsno48QtTdd14/s1600/Web+Ogmore.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518391661986523010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ohf07UrgGT3vPbW8UrX2EmObcM1JitiZOjikynqUJLDL0kA0_tG5Q5apL00Y_iP7_LqHmVMk4nlALb2Y2GETAal6Nbiw4L8OR42jEBDvVk_tdS-mMLnGSkKHMnscSOfsno48QtTdd14/s320/Web+Ogmore.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;"><em>Above: More hedge roads- all hell breaks loose when someone comes the other way.<br /></em></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnycnk0RoVA1TU8MPOY2bfTTXMqU5FFG0XIepKNYNZtDQvvuKqzzrBk_DPPVjbekJOUQeOf5tmbQ1L1RZtrhGDbRM-GZYOGTsfC4dv86BptctuNv1jwlG6EmzyAvU6H47m05R2_6sj7uo/s1600/Web+Ogmorevale.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518391558577882546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnycnk0RoVA1TU8MPOY2bfTTXMqU5FFG0XIepKNYNZtDQvvuKqzzrBk_DPPVjbekJOUQeOf5tmbQ1L1RZtrhGDbRM-GZYOGTsfC4dv86BptctuNv1jwlG6EmzyAvU6H47m05R2_6sj7uo/s320/Web+Ogmorevale.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX2skfGx-LZFuZUO_LVaDzWvarm4tPBikTXdV0IdoEak5qzqzspJiKDl9DdkfznrgjPhMtomGoEx6HMSePEN4Wy7YvnHIcoVr_5b-qAbcgJMbMTuFGZnGoZUt_Bz97zl11Z0VThbfl0M/s1600/Web+Ogmore+valley+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518391371989613954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX2skfGx-LZFuZUO_LVaDzWvarm4tPBikTXdV0IdoEak5qzqzspJiKDl9DdkfznrgjPhMtomGoEx6HMSePEN4Wy7YvnHIcoVr_5b-qAbcgJMbMTuFGZnGoZUt_Bz97zl11Z0VThbfl0M/s320/Web+Ogmore+valley+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVeRqnIASiqv_BiO9F_aWrNYRrh9a20En-7H96KFVOOeBqofgsGlPNhzeaIudvyYpH4R7v2t6Wx2oyr4iFKUraLbPZCv6WcVozFOY3mv2qusK8SiDrGoAKXzv7lGaC7DrJ3k9vgvnJy4/s1600/Web+Ogmore+Valley+A.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518391194085974914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVeRqnIASiqv_BiO9F_aWrNYRrh9a20En-7H96KFVOOeBqofgsGlPNhzeaIudvyYpH4R7v2t6Wx2oyr4iFKUraLbPZCv6WcVozFOY3mv2qusK8SiDrGoAKXzv7lGaC7DrJ3k9vgvnJy4/s320/Web+Ogmore+Valley+A.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHkCaPGwF26r48BZZ4fnxTsejpG8i6IWBcypWW8GD2Z1Uud3fkYbTSvMehaFoHUy29-aV5OeEbZe97vfj0T_tHZC7bSSLuIfAbYARdL2WrZPZqya1nVkK6T3LM0A3Ga8r3t-jIaxemQ8/s1600/Web+Ogmore+Valley+1.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kdegzeaqc0XR5RxsZCYKzEMw-OPVsSsZGGdQ0eCljfdTnSvtAahRNqwnaIZRMhsE5aAj81ICpe4cEoYTjzFl__rVjp-GZasJrHPRSrWS6IXVJCDS5cs75-nV0JH5FWyqKlD1z-QwgOM/s1600/TheBuckleyArms-Front.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518390800947016354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kdegzeaqc0XR5RxsZCYKzEMw-OPVsSsZGGdQ0eCljfdTnSvtAahRNqwnaIZRMhsE5aAj81ICpe4cEoYTjzFl__rVjp-GZasJrHPRSrWS6IXVJCDS5cs75-nV0JH5FWyqKlD1z-QwgOM/s320/TheBuckleyArms-Front.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="color:#ffff66;">The Dinas Mawddwy hotel we stayed in the previous two nights (near Aberystwyth). The hotel was set in luminous green hills bespeckled with sheep (with tails!). It was here that we met Mary and Michael who we clicked with and eventually visited in their home at Plymouth.<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-80520022050301492642010-09-17T14:35:00.001-07:002010-09-17T15:16:28.029-07:00Day 74<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 74 Aberystwyth, Wales</strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Friday 10th September<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><p></strong></span></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518002362487131762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0sHCXTM3jQT4zMHI5NBtd_UnLq9yHRd2gY3NEP32p8-FMXHlUcF0ukK25gT6IXA39oHBfmAXh-3HV_XQFjsObwJRi7Ed0pVRDxoNEPYNBE7OKoxKfRwpwgkeIBpo-HCe9ThUd8t-MLY/s320/Archives+office+2.jpg" /><br />Hot on the trail!! Here is where our search for the Amos family began. Debbie's great grandmother was Doris Amos and she lived her final years with Debbie's family in Ballarat. Debbie can remember her talking one night about how her father (William Frederick Amos) had an inn in Wales. Doris recalled that she used to hide on the stairs late at night, listening to the men around the pub fireplace telling stories about the smuggling that was rampant along the coast. The other information we had was:<br />Geoff (Debbie's dad) thought the inn was called "The White hart".<br />Mandy (Debbie's sister) thought it was called the "The Old Swan". <p>We found the Aberystwyth Archives office and, although the lady energetically flicked through all of the records, nothing turned up. When she went online we found a reference to an Albert Amos who owned <em>The Globe Inn</em> in Llantwit major. <em><span style="color:#ffff33;">(I'm not going to make any joke whatsoever about the word twit popping up in Debbie's heritage. I think I successfully stifled my involuntary spasms in the office)<br /></span></em></p><p>This discovery led us to a copy of the original record of Frederick Amos (Albert's brother) and his family from the census of 1911. Doris' name was there. Bingo!</p><p>Tne only snag was that Llantwit Major was way down in the south of Wales. So that's where we needed to head next.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6qA8s2yAcMdDCJKWmAkrdmuEjeuu45VrFkhp7WOSOToHiEa9uzKu1BrzS2iR0oAjJBJvmHnES1qvUBzy9XNf2ukaNQK1MO3CAF4iWKXNLX0sLWKaIgL82eFXQ4CzEI6Ja6vQlDcRs2Q/s1600/Aberystwyth+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517999769352154834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6qA8s2yAcMdDCJKWmAkrdmuEjeuu45VrFkhp7WOSOToHiEa9uzKu1BrzS2iR0oAjJBJvmHnES1qvUBzy9XNf2ukaNQK1MO3CAF4iWKXNLX0sLWKaIgL82eFXQ4CzEI6Ja6vQlDcRs2Q/s320/Aberystwyth+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvy0oVmISmWc47QHA09it6b5vuGb5p8ZfTt2cmHju9WOjWR3LBBomDg9HX4PxND42VeFyMlAGrvVU9VREZ3Lbfyo_G6NxbCdp8XiyDdT2xBPDHv07idWjcSjExfkyZ8UwPRU5gTtkKask/s1600/Aberystwyth+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517999626376341362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvy0oVmISmWc47QHA09it6b5vuGb5p8ZfTt2cmHju9WOjWR3LBBomDg9HX4PxND42VeFyMlAGrvVU9VREZ3Lbfyo_G6NxbCdp8XiyDdT2xBPDHv07idWjcSjExfkyZ8UwPRU5gTtkKask/s320/Aberystwyth+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Around Aberystwith<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAGcqVKuOZSBrQCxOlkl-JkNJV6FcjsbbynI9tm6dTm9q6hshSmbhmZ_X4pAZ4IYQdUtMsr_sDIM8n32f1GTYnSLrhH5RR6n33ua3CR30hFkLOWYqh9xoDE0shP4lUt7lrIpJ7gzYKfM/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517999490477016418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAGcqVKuOZSBrQCxOlkl-JkNJV6FcjsbbynI9tm6dTm9q6hshSmbhmZ_X4pAZ4IYQdUtMsr_sDIM8n32f1GTYnSLrhH5RR6n33ua3CR30hFkLOWYqh9xoDE0shP4lUt7lrIpJ7gzYKfM/s320/images.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RQ1pVt3xRM5tDChQLrwUbBhVDEXgeHjH8yekhbzNSYNqAGs3E-VJd7d2zrjBDTFFAHoKXYTT5aRq3a5R4WpcFZRmdT4H58GbliKqYzowjrJ_ZRzDgvFcp8-rgkO2zndvg8-cy-5ssE0/s1600/Aberystwyth+castle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 275px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 183px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517999383388004626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RQ1pVt3xRM5tDChQLrwUbBhVDEXgeHjH8yekhbzNSYNqAGs3E-VJd7d2zrjBDTFFAHoKXYTT5aRq3a5R4WpcFZRmdT4H58GbliKqYzowjrJ_ZRzDgvFcp8-rgkO2zndvg8-cy-5ssE0/s320/Aberystwyth+castle.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Aberystwith Castle ruins.</div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-43183472566277072122010-09-17T10:40:00.000-07:002010-09-17T14:22:37.640-07:00Day 73<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvGrPvOz8AnSo-Z1tZjsGcREeCwJPKLkct4rxlgqm50nFnhmEQC4Gu-NygDZK9bSNwcytqUOpGyUeqcBCmzBUCgCmrAUZegeV7Fq8oM3YC7nt2ks9he-q8YlvBvDr2CBEgNWaUDBbrLA/s1600/Web+Tewkesbury+haircut.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517988835922789378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvGrPvOz8AnSo-Z1tZjsGcREeCwJPKLkct4rxlgqm50nFnhmEQC4Gu-NygDZK9bSNwcytqUOpGyUeqcBCmzBUCgCmrAUZegeV7Fq8oM3YC7nt2ks9he-q8YlvBvDr2CBEgNWaUDBbrLA/s320/Web+Tewkesbury+haircut.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Day 73 Trip to Aberystwyth<br /></span>Thursday 9th September<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Stop press!!!!</strong></span> It happened today. Finally -after 10 weeks- I found the traditional Italian barbershop with the red and white candy poles, the sticker of a fat barber with a big handle bar moustache on the window etc in, believe it or not, far west England!! Who ever thought I would find this in Tewkesbury.<br />I sauntered, in expecting to hear <em>him</em> singing 'Ol sole mio' and saying 'What's a matter fora yooo?' Unfortunately <em>he</em> turned out to be a rather attractive young female. I nearly asked her if she would mind if I stuck a black cardboard moustache on her upper lip and if she could, perhaps hum a few bars. Had to settle for just a friendly chat and a haircut. People certainly love to talk to Aussies over here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrr7X2wLjX-N0gfXNuUAbEQ2yYWcZVqL9DC9gVQYuyjJk1w-pxKcaa_XekFe1uhbSG8RwXKeLF5A-CXJ4TnBfP0elRDVJOMqpCBEHE39s1qd6fUAbb9VBL0NqT5y3EuMh3jrikl96duiM/s1600/Web+Tony+Haicut+Tewkesbury.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517988663381600194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrr7X2wLjX-N0gfXNuUAbEQ2yYWcZVqL9DC9gVQYuyjJk1w-pxKcaa_XekFe1uhbSG8RwXKeLF5A-CXJ4TnBfP0elRDVJOMqpCBEHE39s1qd6fUAbb9VBL0NqT5y3EuMh3jrikl96duiM/s320/Web+Tony+Haicut+Tewkesbury.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDT5lZlRXRm79NuiVRkQz6Xz8rTVIFlPlwgzkU8ck2KMxdvAV3TnmB59Fl7NjSfp6fJVeHDxFIFz_UsZF30EYViES5imLSoWa4WvY76hNaqe9SiWzItLmHgTsyrIbceVUuZSF2deeM6I/s1600/Web+Tony+Haircut+Tewkesbury+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517988536719636626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDT5lZlRXRm79NuiVRkQz6Xz8rTVIFlPlwgzkU8ck2KMxdvAV3TnmB59Fl7NjSfp6fJVeHDxFIFz_UsZF30EYViES5imLSoWa4WvY76hNaqe9SiWzItLmHgTsyrIbceVUuZSF2deeM6I/s320/Web+Tony+Haircut+Tewkesbury+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This barber shop had one draw back - <em>wobbly</em>!<br />I dared not sneeze!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcsSSHN8tBu3c_e9QwtiVpdwvHV4kAAZJCW3dmWQdOYTOywIQEOc1CjgF8GHxwwTpxzpYBG9It4Rjf1yEsh0TvKgbV-MiJnd77V3dCeWwsykwfao5RO8MGadokq_D1SYa1pK0wIVR9lM/s1600/Web+Tewkesbur+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517988191844216530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcsSSHN8tBu3c_e9QwtiVpdwvHV4kAAZJCW3dmWQdOYTOywIQEOc1CjgF8GHxwwTpxzpYBG9It4Rjf1yEsh0TvKgbV-MiJnd77V3dCeWwsykwfao5RO8MGadokq_D1SYa1pK0wIVR9lM/s320/Web+Tewkesbur+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VEAW-VeOIbGN_ZoDdEuVhGA20TSiV3giYuRNgMZHqyin31eCQBMG6PJiFvtu9YNB-JGPeEp8fP-YMm3sn9i4S6rBOGIzB9zyiLbIX13pAze-SXhVJwUgjvkEBSJsr0wkoAcY5npJ_HI/s1600/Web+narrow+hedge+roads.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517988326398728146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VEAW-VeOIbGN_ZoDdEuVhGA20TSiV3giYuRNgMZHqyin31eCQBMG6PJiFvtu9YNB-JGPeEp8fP-YMm3sn9i4S6rBOGIzB9zyiLbIX13pAze-SXhVJwUgjvkEBSJsr0wkoAcY5npJ_HI/s320/Web+narrow+hedge+roads.jpg" /></a> Above: Wobbly!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yV4sBzAifjxZObqbx_ps0UUsp6gY-worvD0t9Fb7Lpuy3sQWKT0fF_woA506sTCx8VEZ0j2aZDP7GKa09VU-6VedHcEsiXGIW5EZJJrODpW3V4biTv4U9rvNWX7hYpwScsw-mzHREbc/s1600/Web+Elan+Valley.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFD2I0OyqAZm_vQZt7e_fNuazxD_uQtE2LKxPW9XSZG_Zo9CXCt2zlU6Z54nPyaJRqgpc8Y4VteXFdeYmAh6s-drwjU0qKb01JyYFh6qJxl-eCyZLwxwNtmwp9aqhhwQu5w621LZtn74/s1600/Web+Wales+Elan+Valley+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517987773608319890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFD2I0OyqAZm_vQZt7e_fNuazxD_uQtE2LKxPW9XSZG_Zo9CXCt2zlU6Z54nPyaJRqgpc8Y4VteXFdeYmAh6s-drwjU0qKb01JyYFh6qJxl-eCyZLwxwNtmwp9aqhhwQu5w621LZtn74/s320/Web+Wales+Elan+Valley+2.jpg" /></a><br />Narrow hedged roads.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggH1ut6eLwZVUH0uIW1APsSCUwzmM8vO9twWDeLPorzGgpV5D4ss83txcyrG-aBQorZE7HHpOcRQKzhROFBc2LrPb5j0OlMDHLQ7kdFWSUjrfyyUo7xEXKyOKgRvyW4nKmE6bVsqM-ghE/s1600/Web+Wales+Elan+Valley.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517987633300210914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggH1ut6eLwZVUH0uIW1APsSCUwzmM8vO9twWDeLPorzGgpV5D4ss83txcyrG-aBQorZE7HHpOcRQKzhROFBc2LrPb5j0OlMDHLQ7kdFWSUjrfyyUo7xEXKyOKgRvyW4nKmE6bVsqM-ghE/s320/Web+Wales+Elan+Valley.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elan Valley - national park.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpuZ4-C5Y8Sw0Yi3BZAzgWoFOXqVdUbrmVDaORiYQirs9xdCn5gxEh1QI0xRVFqDgKfmvDsnJok-jz6sJa1t2WJ7EPAzV1jTo8yZ9OtTDkWqr1_YGdvQUjwTW7rbDm0eS2f06bALkQmA/s1600/Web+Elan+Valley.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517987514638367618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpuZ4-C5Y8Sw0Yi3BZAzgWoFOXqVdUbrmVDaORiYQirs9xdCn5gxEh1QI0xRVFqDgKfmvDsnJok-jz6sJa1t2WJ7EPAzV1jTo8yZ9OtTDkWqr1_YGdvQUjwTW7rbDm0eS2f06bALkQmA/s320/Web+Elan+Valley.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlvGoTh3zzPVCWJLMJaXbm30wV8ubCalPvw_MCIwA1BY8mGyS2GJwIXoIJBYVL2diiumAw5G57T8E3ohWa_h54eK_ICEApWcQsMer7IIPfAsm9QuJ9mbPhxrWhyqjDwrXA9jjqZ_LqyA/s1600/Web+Tewkesbury+Abbey+5.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ytcbBvz3fIPhqXBpif0dIjmxmhmFy7nivTZQOz2yg16ryalC0Js9eDpn5TYP1urOaswwHQLUY_uFwNLNOh02r_bdvusy8TAL6Gs26GUXeoWGA6_8OAKUuGl5Mre6_K5nNDDMHt4tBfI/s1600/Web+Tewkesbur+4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517987062572726338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ytcbBvz3fIPhqXBpif0dIjmxmhmFy7nivTZQOz2yg16ryalC0Js9eDpn5TYP1urOaswwHQLUY_uFwNLNOh02r_bdvusy8TAL6Gs26GUXeoWGA6_8OAKUuGl5Mre6_K5nNDDMHt4tBfI/s320/Web+Tewkesbur+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Tewkesbury Abbey.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tvCr7DKKrXw_mClO-nV7TkvNmRsCX4epwhwkhlF2N2z9uEb2VXO84YTP14zrvcviKvwX4pPIVsfQ15k38agXMKkH7LqQBDSVRpfm-TocIHxi_T3aPrx5N-F8yCPPxKtzNl2fr_ClKYc/s1600/Web+Tewkesbury+Abbey+5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517986841687622642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tvCr7DKKrXw_mClO-nV7TkvNmRsCX4epwhwkhlF2N2z9uEb2VXO84YTP14zrvcviKvwX4pPIVsfQ15k38agXMKkH7LqQBDSVRpfm-TocIHxi_T3aPrx5N-F8yCPPxKtzNl2fr_ClKYc/s320/Web+Tewkesbury+Abbey+5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2PkEp3nRzmLYzpsWcA9Wlp3GEnFQWM0SXZpuIKvNVT-zQegIvCafeum1tMZsr6JEBXNvsrdEVNk4AmVgUwSJ87QRvwURbjCiOPQYqlEjpWkpezTuewhPSTJfrDzQ6U3MI8lUmxIJjr0/s1600/Web+Tewkesbury+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517986485325307474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2PkEp3nRzmLYzpsWcA9Wlp3GEnFQWM0SXZpuIKvNVT-zQegIvCafeum1tMZsr6JEBXNvsrdEVNk4AmVgUwSJ87QRvwURbjCiOPQYqlEjpWkpezTuewhPSTJfrDzQ6U3MI8lUmxIJjr0/s320/Web+Tewkesbury+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Downtowm Tewkesbury<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOLctyIMwU7uX9mhUwa4zMIWXzs7uywxmu94rPum5fxfEL3yWX7nZA_Tdxd-pC-wJ-YiagQ7xBk57YJL8ZQz4UmM1-9zXV6pZ-fy-dTyWs8jRB_MMqBFFrfYaisOpeR0XySot5Gqosok/s1600/Web+Wales+Cambrian+Mountains.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517986156272015234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOLctyIMwU7uX9mhUwa4zMIWXzs7uywxmu94rPum5fxfEL3yWX7nZA_Tdxd-pC-wJ-YiagQ7xBk57YJL8ZQz4UmM1-9zXV6pZ-fy-dTyWs8jRB_MMqBFFrfYaisOpeR0XySot5Gqosok/s320/Web+Wales+Cambrian+Mountains.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cambrian Mountains.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLv5BknBl8crYeSfg5xxS-_aQ6GiOdZrPMxXsWFZ6NhgbBTkROibVlmfs-3PilGO8XpTwfBNOdVyCZY5rBL0hSlNn8-FC5Ta_VpqsE9Gbg2epy7fRI3HbJZFjowH3W9BPyut7W7Gh0WQ/s1600/Web+lunch+at+Tram+Inn+Eardisley.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517985345060778114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLv5BknBl8crYeSfg5xxS-_aQ6GiOdZrPMxXsWFZ6NhgbBTkROibVlmfs-3PilGO8XpTwfBNOdVyCZY5rBL0hSlNn8-FC5Ta_VpqsE9Gbg2epy7fRI3HbJZFjowH3W9BPyut7W7Gh0WQ/s320/Web+lunch+at+Tram+Inn+Eardisley.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lunch in the Tram Inn at Eardisley.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-79161330601842089812010-09-17T09:34:00.000-07:002010-09-18T01:32:18.807-07:00Day 72<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SF05f15dcwKtXemWltlMpn0Jet-4Kx2LPbYRmLv11hmYEWFPvdgUQod2n01-GrCnavZEZ77C0KCoC7M-6hPHjTUPl4jeCsPel48rXrjYn4PtwHSNOwa6MYFbp3vkHIIiIBxsGT0zvsw/s1600/Web+Burford+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 452px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 359px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517942757639316722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SF05f15dcwKtXemWltlMpn0Jet-4Kx2LPbYRmLv11hmYEWFPvdgUQod2n01-GrCnavZEZ77C0KCoC7M-6hPHjTUPl4jeCsPel48rXrjYn4PtwHSNOwa6MYFbp3vkHIIiIBxsGT0zvsw/s320/Web+Burford+8.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 72 Oxford</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Wdnesday 8th September<br /></strong></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2b7xQHOpsFVv1q2DNgUUS_SUq5N8pThwiOtSIM-y-H3u3iENbUAhd_KTmGkRx3t-ehSNJb9LKKc_5iZkSwvI_ioNNChK_A6q8SUz_HhOaK8n59NXtSKVwrD34yP-5xnVw5hNjpiyKATg/s1600/Web+Burford+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 403px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517942624847975682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2b7xQHOpsFVv1q2DNgUUS_SUq5N8pThwiOtSIM-y-H3u3iENbUAhd_KTmGkRx3t-ehSNJb9LKKc_5iZkSwvI_ioNNChK_A6q8SUz_HhOaK8n59NXtSKVwrD34yP-5xnVw5hNjpiyKATg/s320/Web+Burford+3.jpg" /></a><br />More wobbly buildings!!! I'm probably developing some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder because I am completely distracted all this <em>wobbliness</em>. Just look at them.... It's enough to make you throw up your Devonshire Teas when you are inside!! These wobbly shops are in Burford.</div><div></div><div>We have hired our car (got an upgrade to a Volvo Wagon no less) and are heading west towards Wales to track down Debbie's family history. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Made it to Oxford where we walked around the ancient buidings and the university campus.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXSYe9rDPto60e1fd7fJzu4Y_sFsVIq3n6CUyyM9a49gHUpCUP9DoULf-LvvUCXTx0E3cDM4IK4i1SUhFTOX_R9KgZgu5QardDVzZOza-Q5nLqY_Z6JGPEkU7HKB2LgGjkbWXFsiiHCQ/s1600/Web+Oxford+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517941989632163474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXSYe9rDPto60e1fd7fJzu4Y_sFsVIq3n6CUyyM9a49gHUpCUP9DoULf-LvvUCXTx0E3cDM4IK4i1SUhFTOX_R9KgZgu5QardDVzZOza-Q5nLqY_Z6JGPEkU7HKB2LgGjkbWXFsiiHCQ/s320/Web+Oxford+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAHLUadh6kBkhjfpVdgftShBK9uzDPncWSssrlwmyYaWaTJJD0A0zGThMnQf_N_2Nz-eA6yOVedvKUeepa5rQP2xKo59S4AYAlwgHzYYQsGfj-yAb-zlXytKmOibpFajbxaHtu07LeP4/s1600/Web+Oxford+5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517941850447673138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAHLUadh6kBkhjfpVdgftShBK9uzDPncWSssrlwmyYaWaTJJD0A0zGThMnQf_N_2Nz-eA6yOVedvKUeepa5rQP2xKo59S4AYAlwgHzYYQsGfj-yAb-zlXytKmOibpFajbxaHtu07LeP4/s320/Web+Oxford+5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwarjbDxg9T5vBMn6tNWV5VZFrX1RDueTlnypU37WgNZMi6-mzP3ZQFnvPw5nq4nNT4twtv2Y77aNUTynuUPopL6vvXC5BUKBz30flFebDOwh9kPYToBVFAboactawKXGfZfZdh-WB8s/s1600/Web+Oxford+B+and+B.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517941236432003138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwarjbDxg9T5vBMn6tNWV5VZFrX1RDueTlnypU37WgNZMi6-mzP3ZQFnvPw5nq4nNT4twtv2Y77aNUTynuUPopL6vvXC5BUKBz30flFebDOwh9kPYToBVFAboactawKXGfZfZdh-WB8s/s320/Web+Oxford+B+and+B.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Booked into B&B - a bit like staying in some wealthy aunt's place in Toorak. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXW-5bOxmoJLawghTf5yi3VCWOcC1tByj5dgbjyLxhCJ7R48Mr2Tu0cLa2e48rhwjrd7TbDHH4vtJDb3A5QaudO2358g709PB1TmBdixvS35jEbMK1cdAovzeczpz4VVbpXjVg72zxVg/s1600/Web+Oxford+Bridge+Of+Sighs.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517941078879972066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXW-5bOxmoJLawghTf5yi3VCWOcC1tByj5dgbjyLxhCJ7R48Mr2Tu0cLa2e48rhwjrd7TbDHH4vtJDb3A5QaudO2358g709PB1TmBdixvS35jEbMK1cdAovzeczpz4VVbpXjVg72zxVg/s320/Web+Oxford+Bridge+Of+Sighs.jpg" /></a> Felt like we had to be in by 9.00pm and ask permission to watch the telly. Ian and Leslie (the owners) bent over backwards to make us welcome though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6Lat74cGWLfKNc1Mdq8_Ko4owvaFJUpEHaSIDdq19JZf90NUwfCFe0OIwvqIuDTdB7SlB6tXMgio2FcAcuHQJq1vCteJmqnoQXSVnXgI2jSjhNAdwuFbQTbqAyg2AHKwqdrBU-gx0r0/s1600/Web+Oxford+Castle+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517940945598861570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6Lat74cGWLfKNc1Mdq8_Ko4owvaFJUpEHaSIDdq19JZf90NUwfCFe0OIwvqIuDTdB7SlB6tXMgio2FcAcuHQJq1vCteJmqnoQXSVnXgI2jSjhNAdwuFbQTbqAyg2AHKwqdrBU-gx0r0/s320/Web+Oxford+Castle+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWZF1_Sys22OlOkSF0AjhY4hyphenhyphenBpTkb-8acmGng0yENzPm2FpegDHS-aKfXTC8F40yytOTEeadSAyZ1SLFePJ6PY7vt-bUeOJp8K_l9noCK4bG2Yabuha9_CdLxvd-_KzpN9nFrXTEl20/s1600/Web+Oxford+Castle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517940829591015858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWZF1_Sys22OlOkSF0AjhY4hyphenhyphenBpTkb-8acmGng0yENzPm2FpegDHS-aKfXTC8F40yytOTEeadSAyZ1SLFePJ6PY7vt-bUeOJp8K_l9noCK4bG2Yabuha9_CdLxvd-_KzpN9nFrXTEl20/s320/Web+Oxford+Castle.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Oxford Castle ....yes we have seen a few of these now. Medieval folk mustn't have had much to do way back then.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjd9vDpcwWNdhVqQJvMaJTYCDIz3ppnOhCsF7t406Oz6TBnyLm2XIlMF9qcM8bGeqKwMIAvsBL2diYOgWocPGGxHePHvpu4mPJJix-LEVkNx7TE51PsKyiwBRnMckTGFlo0BeVFYiFGI/s1600/Web+Oxford+ddecker+bus+home.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517939965791776946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjd9vDpcwWNdhVqQJvMaJTYCDIz3ppnOhCsF7t406Oz6TBnyLm2XIlMF9qcM8bGeqKwMIAvsBL2diYOgWocPGGxHePHvpu4mPJJix-LEVkNx7TE51PsKyiwBRnMckTGFlo0BeVFYiFGI/s320/Web+Oxford+ddecker+bus+home.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Debbie is excited to finally get a front seat on the top deck of the bus! She fell on the floor every time we turned right.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Kgm6Rtkqk7Uv51X44H8R3NMSljwk5-yUpNFkKZTctBfNQ57vDOdQiCJR9N9raJnbbOAKW8mGAdcS6kE1GsqQBeGK4MLDqN3Agljg5HwYRbhy2_ZCz_Zi5k_SfK9XvIT1JJYhrp5z1IE/s1600/Web+Oxford+Uni+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517939733203488962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Kgm6Rtkqk7Uv51X44H8R3NMSljwk5-yUpNFkKZTctBfNQ57vDOdQiCJR9N9raJnbbOAKW8mGAdcS6kE1GsqQBeGK4MLDqN3Agljg5HwYRbhy2_ZCz_Zi5k_SfK9XvIT1JJYhrp5z1IE/s320/Web+Oxford+Uni+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistlq_ZRrEPBgS97W0ciuBYrNNK9ffVV6R2hAd-AfsaRrljDXjv1c_SdeOzx1NRjOEnvJ65x7_j7UhyphenhyphenETkpqmDX0sOUZiHr0tt2IWciVtzah3T4gFzxCvlJI-iwQLbCyFk9VXkPhgmA-c/s1600/Web+Oxford+Uni.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517939569463065314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistlq_ZRrEPBgS97W0ciuBYrNNK9ffVV6R2hAd-AfsaRrljDXjv1c_SdeOzx1NRjOEnvJ65x7_j7UhyphenhyphenETkpqmDX0sOUZiHr0tt2IWciVtzah3T4gFzxCvlJI-iwQLbCyFk9VXkPhgmA-c/s320/Web+Oxford+Uni.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oxforn Uni - what must it feel like to be a student here?<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjQ7UHgKcAOrRxfsGF0r6INo1pQeqNXJAjngLVa-Y9VDdqNHzvaE765FESoI2aM1_NGfVB2vK2wPLCTeJRWv2Ykf79EpVsp94sUvzo7bnVPDp-kissOhJ4ma6z1Jqh1nIvNzPtK4hvUQ/s1600/Web+Oxford+Uni+5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517939401848449410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjQ7UHgKcAOrRxfsGF0r6INo1pQeqNXJAjngLVa-Y9VDdqNHzvaE765FESoI2aM1_NGfVB2vK2wPLCTeJRWv2Ykf79EpVsp94sUvzo7bnVPDp-kissOhJ4ma6z1Jqh1nIvNzPtK4hvUQ/s320/Web+Oxford+Uni+5.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Had to dodge Harry Potter and his mates playing quidditch on their broomsticks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvW563EMze6RQo0uBGktKGARnLiKOz4M-71dagiUo_ay79wLPZKj_-8PRfneO4mmAl_R19U_Ln6vZVQT82oWNNjPEHVOvwcY5FsB9Ut9-ZrWK9fyz17C-vf8Yo_28l83iZdz3rCzo6jg/s1600/Web+Oxford+Uni+6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517933277993182882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbkNreLlbqN_Ej4g6eLVJPwvbH6K4zpK4iFqBgbKtpP5SnVLBR6eMoY7ZlfXtPSdqetJ_bsDC3fvqNFl9sC83x5kg7-Or7nWXulY4q499cCyZMrdTqfROP1YJ8yTnCvpbj12ghD3j3HI/s320/Web+Oxford.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjYLfJ_uMx7OpzSahqa-1hokQDNVAP7EoYq3VwSbSnUJpD5kQ-3V7q0zl8M_BLVbZNaGhSquTvQ83fG2mpGeX_KkfOLuZzLvco83oT0fmF9FQUfffat3vWX5BdncGIybEhVZJpPBnPSQ/s1600/Walk+to+Oxford+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517932924503422930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjYLfJ_uMx7OpzSahqa-1hokQDNVAP7EoYq3VwSbSnUJpD5kQ-3V7q0zl8M_BLVbZNaGhSquTvQ83fG2mpGeX_KkfOLuZzLvco83oT0fmF9FQUfffat3vWX5BdncGIybEhVZJpPBnPSQ/s320/Walk+to+Oxford+2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We only got a tad lost on our walk from the B&B to Oxford.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsV9K2CLnm1KdiCYPPeh9nRjgqitK8CeOJzaQIBvBlmPw9VoeCvu5pEH44LGpm-NgzCabvF2k7r4EuPbn5MXCUVMfxrYnkUsQN60dRR1QeXAxEOTtElo23PjZ9aTCAa1UX53x_EOvfrBg/s1600/Web+Burford.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517931565452362946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsV9K2CLnm1KdiCYPPeh9nRjgqitK8CeOJzaQIBvBlmPw9VoeCvu5pEH44LGpm-NgzCabvF2k7r4EuPbn5MXCUVMfxrYnkUsQN60dRR1QeXAxEOTtElo23PjZ9aTCAa1UX53x_EOvfrBg/s320/Web+Burford.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Around Burford.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m-G058RoMfwEdDtKATzoUsR4xpgyjQB1OCawJsTcxPMrSEnlfSZ7VSvfX1_uV-52PHWfHgK0M0R7CbAjnODu2U9HLDjEa32Lt0kPNE5HgG-D95Rhto7dVnu44CbAkG7Nk3z2l-ji6Cg/s1600/Burford+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517931288675779394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-m-G058RoMfwEdDtKATzoUsR4xpgyjQB1OCawJsTcxPMrSEnlfSZ7VSvfX1_uV-52PHWfHgK0M0R7CbAjnODu2U9HLDjEa32Lt0kPNE5HgG-D95Rhto7dVnu44CbAkG7Nk3z2l-ji6Cg/s320/Burford+2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-57050950732347455922010-09-14T02:37:00.000-07:002010-09-17T09:33:55.566-07:00Day 70<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>London still - things I forgot..</strong></span><br /><br />Trivial Pursuit question: what is the longest running continuous play in the world?<br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 372px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516718213400340146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfk50XCxBl1pgxQaH2FuyW30rW5IQCsoOdNheClZYmn1aR4idnXcfvvDT_jf-97Dce4kNlgVmEnCu_MmYJNs_uoRkfoiqvwwaWT76zW30XaCBQgbfrOVgt4XQOZjDTNI99sfJNvm8RmY/s320/Mousetrap+St+Martin%27s.jpg" /><br /><em>Answer: Mousetrap. 58 years non stop.</em><br />We couldn't come to London without going to see Mousetrap!!! Had another victory here as we bought the cheapest tickets possible (right up the back) and, being a Monday night which is a quiet night, we were allowed to fill up the seats down the front (3rd row). Yes!!<br />The play was great. A typical Agatha Christie murder mystery. During the curtain calls for each of the perfromances over the past 58 years, the audience is sworn to secrecy and so sadly I cannot divulge the murderer.<br />Unfortunatley the man in front of us seemed to have a sneezing problem- really 'splattery' sneezes. He continued throughout the entire play and appeared to choose all the crtical and quiet moments to 'splat' everwhere.</p><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516707385761831986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUE2MamRiLIWO-oHRmuTvp3j3-APHUQ_4GfD5T35_sWP_bn7IQCXnFxUeotpvZgFdm8VEz7TcHMhUhMSd7nc_gnOlZlwWiiHoliegaGeIjXho_44xz-05qOdW7hgk2tWnGHaeKZHla8s/s320/IMG_4173.JPG" />Our Paddington hotel.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516701903820269154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1rR3Vsx8kjWBY5E6_d7VTOOixPma8YIsaRn9AcV0QB2QEZk_-D9r46gmlNcEVp5KEi_-9wWilihI4u-RF3moFrXpXDh3-bQxh36Fx49pYAwCNO9xDVn_SyJ5daZFWW8OCaRGPw7vOag/s320/IMG_4019.JPG" />Leicester Square.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516707669680098754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlwGzfEBbLaCmfdxTgTr4GWeVWzorQPdwGUp9y59gLsqSxSutCieCbys4g44CVj3sd2kSnb390qG8OXKgjc1qgrwM_HbaossoF8aZoFI9sYCQoxrPpIdDOe4LWngzQlBR4sX-rje6Mjc/s320/london+marble+arch.JPG" />The Marble Arch</p><p></p><p>Below: two movie clips from the Women's Adidas fun run in Hyde Park.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzO5mm3FLcd9zJB-0H2CMdo49G0BDwN-fp8zsNo9BfYUmBAX34wprSInGVoN7fF8gu5HdWYL0Hgzxgt4CYCyw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3vBLN-giCOMXABSDiyy4NW6KZKzQr3S4YJ6EFbl7_crhiXMFU-NdEbGtqiOea9pkXTT8DUoig5Ge8BjGqFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-61177530467999709802010-09-12T16:08:00.001-07:002010-09-17T09:33:05.728-07:00Day 71<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 71 Sid and Rita</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Tuesday 7th September London (Ealing)</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopD5l6ZNbLG6al_QdC_ksnTBFKXsXYd09a61G67IN1ynBW8qBnSDUqwm1wv9ESpFhmLHvMfxSl_0frOvG3aczoJuAsonisCWd8yCPMhcNDX7bQIGlV4LSBy6HRn-kn5mlVzO_8HRRVcU/s1600/IMG_4181.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516172314840980034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopD5l6ZNbLG6al_QdC_ksnTBFKXsXYd09a61G67IN1ynBW8qBnSDUqwm1wv9ESpFhmLHvMfxSl_0frOvG3aczoJuAsonisCWd8yCPMhcNDX7bQIGlV4LSBy6HRn-kn5mlVzO_8HRRVcU/s320/IMG_4181.JPG" /></a><br />Sid and Rita have been long time friends of Anne and Geoff's (Debbie's mum and dad). Rita actually went to school with Anne. Sid and Rita have always been spoken about fondly in the Nott household and it was our pleasure to meet them at last. It felt like we had known them all our lives. Sid was a documentary producer and Rita was a teacher/artist. They took us out for a lovely dinner.<br />Rita reminded us so much of Anne and it is not surprising that they 'clicked' as kids.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoSMBZigBUoxbN5CP2KjdkMhicWGWwH5ebtAA9CJDr3qfBuhb-nq5DNQZoqza737ZDQ4x6_4dgNoMKq57QAVvGhd_2Bh1TCc1Ac8-FEjfVvj5d84VOC813GMyCNwdTb14aK3khAgjrIE/s1600/IMG_4179.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516171973571403986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoSMBZigBUoxbN5CP2KjdkMhicWGWwH5ebtAA9CJDr3qfBuhb-nq5DNQZoqza737ZDQ4x6_4dgNoMKq57QAVvGhd_2Bh1TCc1Ac8-FEjfVvj5d84VOC813GMyCNwdTb14aK3khAgjrIE/s320/IMG_4179.JPG" /></a><br />Outside Sid and Rita's house in Ealing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxLMp_rbU3LHQaTLrlxQL6dU6tYY8Vv10assqanSANeButLDejr9RBk-jEPLP0lZFanGLVg5lRIjLP_byEvwRNdaPQVH24uvoqxtbm1CGqvASaPpjd3tTQKLkwzQpmMzZRLp5PJu-6Ms/s1600/IMG_4177.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516171607540224098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxLMp_rbU3LHQaTLrlxQL6dU6tYY8Vv10assqanSANeButLDejr9RBk-jEPLP0lZFanGLVg5lRIjLP_byEvwRNdaPQVH24uvoqxtbm1CGqvASaPpjd3tTQKLkwzQpmMzZRLp5PJu-6Ms/s320/IMG_4177.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9p_zv3By4_ZHs_2hiRyFouIsVwuUEJu_7D3kPpj6cGdDsDYyWo2IIO6jRq8CuFG5aJ04nxEdu6Fi7Plg44Lz2Wx1ov6HOBM4s8rbDbtnGEL0geG0EQQ2R5eW-_K8e-xA7PLjs029rsI/s1600/IMG_4176.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516171403816509970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9p_zv3By4_ZHs_2hiRyFouIsVwuUEJu_7D3kPpj6cGdDsDYyWo2IIO6jRq8CuFG5aJ04nxEdu6Fi7Plg44Lz2Wx1ov6HOBM4s8rbDbtnGEL0geG0EQQ2R5eW-_K8e-xA7PLjs029rsI/s320/IMG_4176.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Going to Sid and Rita's was our chance to finally ride in a London cab. We got more than we bargained on however .... the driver was a West Indian lady who loved to talk through the rear vision mirror while driving!! She was Whoopi Goldberg with coke bottle glasses. We thumped over the curb <em><strong>three</strong></em> times when she turned left. From the back floor I could hear her apologising profusely each time! </div><div><br />My cunning is slipping. Earlier in the day we came around a corner and happened on Harrods - if there was <em><strong>one</strong></em> place I wanted to side step, it was this place!!!! Debbie's eyes were like dinner plates!!! While Debbie instantly got herself knee deep in cosmetics (oh no$$$) I wandered off, only to find a rather macabre in-store monument to Di and Dodi. There is a glass pyramid with the lipstick smudged sherry glass Di had her last drink from in that restaurant with the awnings we saw in Paris.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEr45L4sW5FjCf1C8GTlkg9cl7eooV5tu5asTGHGa5GYk6yPJc8bO9Cju7HGdbsAm72ksIpGVfs0lSXxmQmJj6fU-uldEqd5g2UsxfJtlpNdR0V1UozQXxh5ZFn8hQ6KV59cj6IEgnBV4/s1600/IMG_4155.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516170789721695970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEr45L4sW5FjCf1C8GTlkg9cl7eooV5tu5asTGHGa5GYk6yPJc8bO9Cju7HGdbsAm72ksIpGVfs0lSXxmQmJj6fU-uldEqd5g2UsxfJtlpNdR0V1UozQXxh5ZFn8hQ6KV59cj6IEgnBV4/s320/IMG_4155.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63scdN0rLP3VLEevoRrGL05-fbwh7zE2_mvupek8TGMpsvJPIZVNF_AsBsHoyUJubFRBIvvCzcZLHGrQiWbqqse7cPg9P27-yMtk4hDCr-iRtBhbgmdCahDAFc5fTC8IE3qLR740jy_U/s1600/IMG_4154.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516170490295380498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63scdN0rLP3VLEevoRrGL05-fbwh7zE2_mvupek8TGMpsvJPIZVNF_AsBsHoyUJubFRBIvvCzcZLHGrQiWbqqse7cPg9P27-yMtk4hDCr-iRtBhbgmdCahDAFc5fTC8IE3qLR740jy_U/s320/IMG_4154.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArOOLtren3nUYQfumL55Zt0qy05yvSM5dCb89F4PygZ0U25_HGzE8xr-S8Te8-hxmVl7TTGwj5YFVtB6AzlW6qO3Sk8lk_-6AwgHJeRpogsq56u9IDkUYg5xjetqev3V5XUGZAieFyq8/s1600/IMG_4164.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516169765415014290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArOOLtren3nUYQfumL55Zt0qy05yvSM5dCb89F4PygZ0U25_HGzE8xr-S8Te8-hxmVl7TTGwj5YFVtB6AzlW6qO3Sk8lk_-6AwgHJeRpogsq56u9IDkUYg5xjetqev3V5XUGZAieFyq8/s320/IMG_4164.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmgjnWCT7hrJkDyN_es4EK7r82GI0vRH_fQi6m9k-nRBTDqXswOJmONW85sFYdvTXVcW_xOi-dH5DnqKE67152af1kgzsg2zKdGVyf18QN9g9WnsS1kL95yIOR9kHY859zcNfEVrHUL8/s1600/london+hyde+park.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516172955152101586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmgjnWCT7hrJkDyN_es4EK7r82GI0vRH_fQi6m9k-nRBTDqXswOJmONW85sFYdvTXVcW_xOi-dH5DnqKE67152af1kgzsg2zKdGVyf18QN9g9WnsS1kL95yIOR9kHY859zcNfEVrHUL8/s320/london+hyde+park.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>A royal squirrel (above - not right)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Speakers Corner - thought I'd give it a burl and gave them <em>'what for'</em> over that terrible Di and Dodi monument. "<em>Fair cop</em>! That would never happen back home laddie!" I said.<br />No-one listened of course- even Debbie was gone.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcWY3B0t9LQNRvgKhHXrVZNBjmCDiftLFFLn5hCyUSu0cy0MDTFHXfxwYzo_imc5-pcvV0QRG8MsQ_8D8AkDnwQItKO2JexeD077Ci9dV1SO_oPM1VS9F47j1yjZv81-tGD8xvVWVs3w/s1600/IMG_4143.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516168873122118178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcWY3B0t9LQNRvgKhHXrVZNBjmCDiftLFFLn5hCyUSu0cy0MDTFHXfxwYzo_imc5-pcvV0QRG8MsQ_8D8AkDnwQItKO2JexeD077Ci9dV1SO_oPM1VS9F47j1yjZv81-tGD8xvVWVs3w/s320/IMG_4143.JPG" /></a></div><div></div><div>...found her outside Buckingham Palace! That look tells me she doesn't want me make a Hyde Park speech EVER AGAIN!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#ffff66;"><em>.....next edition.... some action at last on the haircut front in a traditional barber shop with the candy poles out the front and the man with the<span style="color:#ffff66;"> large</span> curly moustache who sings 'ol sole mio"...</em></span></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-40372358703868534272010-09-12T14:30:00.000-07:002010-09-17T09:28:33.186-07:00Days 69<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkG0kxOVouigd-GtJQaBoCfj9h9PJfKc6knvcrN4-q_MEwsO6mjV7HkQNGwByw7MeT3O4xNU-ljqhdfW44uNsv3F2FJK-GLRj8NAGtDJAhbO9-hWcSeQqcM5FglBLRpgrLvYehto7v2WU/s1600/IMG_4087.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516151957724007122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkG0kxOVouigd-GtJQaBoCfj9h9PJfKc6knvcrN4-q_MEwsO6mjV7HkQNGwByw7MeT3O4xNU-ljqhdfW44uNsv3F2FJK-GLRj8NAGtDJAhbO9-hWcSeQqcM5FglBLRpgrLvYehto7v2WU/s320/IMG_4087.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Day 69 London</span><br />Sunday 5th September</strong></span><br /><br />Ahh.....the West End!!! Like Broadway in New York, where there is live theatre around every corner, you can get cheap tickets to great shows. Our first show was Jersey Boys - I've gotta say I enjoyed this as much as any musical I have seen.<br /><em><span style="color:#ffff66;">Above: it's Father's Day so Debbie bought me the CD.</span></em><br /><br />Since the show I have been embarrassing Debbie<br />in the streets by singing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvTietRByKUuIVrlUMlGKrk4CwxaTwPChylV7NXrtPzUBCvv3wmCq3rvI9li2GpmmwSsncYUESUkJi2hhwdleRPkCODweC7cF05I77Qht3JXqn7Z2TH143qdhkRIVrHQ0_8n7lIgn9J4/s1600/IMG_4088.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516151459925251266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvTietRByKUuIVrlUMlGKrk4CwxaTwPChylV7NXrtPzUBCvv3wmCq3rvI9li2GpmmwSsncYUESUkJi2hhwdleRPkCODweC7cF05I77Qht3JXqn7Z2TH143qdhkRIVrHQ0_8n7lIgn9J4/s320/IMG_4088.JPG" /></a> "Big Girls Don't Cry" aloud in fasletto - just like Frankie Valli.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5JBoZHiTSOza_d-DIv0G7qNQcZjHy5pAEpu8fev7n-adCV4kiqxtFd1pmKzTaODwSk6t-d3x9o0BpLHUPRvrqYU6iUbW03dCldX8O7VIch1bw_BL7O09mF_ZCISPnX5u8g_58zRjtsc/s1600/Show_261.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516150934580275746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5JBoZHiTSOza_d-DIv0G7qNQcZjHy5pAEpu8fev7n-adCV4kiqxtFd1pmKzTaODwSk6t-d3x9o0BpLHUPRvrqYU6iUbW03dCldX8O7VIch1bw_BL7O09mF_ZCISPnX5u8g_58zRjtsc/s320/Show_261.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzrORDeIq2MxY4ngcNNTUTJKUqpn1bGs6uKBWBgIWjXQv6N6qN_Kvfma9nK_XahPP8KKJWQpmFOEfXYBLJQ-fyZg6f7Nu6sMsRooeU61JCC2RYMaaGPpyiwPuggcG_QscMqOaa_aUe_w/s1600/IMG_4140.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516149894553105154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzrORDeIq2MxY4ngcNNTUTJKUqpn1bGs6uKBWBgIWjXQv6N6qN_Kvfma9nK_XahPP8KKJWQpmFOEfXYBLJQ-fyZg6f7Nu6sMsRooeU61JCC2RYMaaGPpyiwPuggcG_QscMqOaa_aUe_w/s320/IMG_4140.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Father's Day called for a (another) celebratory dinner at a classy and very English, English<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrC0fip0ua1LhmvptuyydYT9sDJLCqocjjw3ueK1hGU3sSNo9hvTW-72sPTYHbyH-f29LqPj_IfPR3JKhSjd3hDlBVFLSymiRPS_Tji3aVt_FM0yO5Fx1-PCqDnTLAKy3LcM-_i1SGxQ/s1600/IMG_4142.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516149559577959266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrC0fip0ua1LhmvptuyydYT9sDJLCqocjjw3ueK1hGU3sSNo9hvTW-72sPTYHbyH-f29LqPj_IfPR3JKhSjd3hDlBVFLSymiRPS_Tji3aVt_FM0yO5Fx1-PCqDnTLAKy3LcM-_i1SGxQ/s320/IMG_4142.JPG" /></a> pub. As you can see, we enjoyed our bottle of red - labelled "<em>Pig In A Poke</em>" no less.<br /><span style="color:#ffff66;"><em>"Ello ello ello. What's all this then?"</em></span><br /><br />Unfortunately there was no <em>spotted dick</em> for desert.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yE5hAyWovawsMqLyEt66PkCnAX9w3EjiRlnhYWl3p6AZhLwIg-07iaIvovqFuzGb3Hh04TB9ia1PwGrOdehYooi5WqrDSm5EHcf47wf9xhBK-PdpMAMK9TQ5vRC5C3YBr53cDIf5HhY/s1600/IMG_4138.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516149197913519010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yE5hAyWovawsMqLyEt66PkCnAX9w3EjiRlnhYWl3p6AZhLwIg-07iaIvovqFuzGb3Hh04TB9ia1PwGrOdehYooi5WqrDSm5EHcf47wf9xhBK-PdpMAMK9TQ5vRC5C3YBr53cDIf5HhY/s320/IMG_4138.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Woke up under this lion beneath Trafalgar's Column. Needless to say, he gave me quite<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_DllPSyy4mbjDySwz-1zX4oJ8OMXtxg6ZHSn068gDuW-RP_IEy5MqVslIKMV04_c_ehuR1ijIKdKlykWUFii4eX3QSyBdvBo5hMieKi28cB3-nVa85e5vMDLXWVIXl368Pi2m3-oAfI/s1600/IMG_4124.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516148705361734466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_DllPSyy4mbjDySwz-1zX4oJ8OMXtxg6ZHSn068gDuW-RP_IEy5MqVslIKMV04_c_ehuR1ijIKdKlykWUFii4eX3QSyBdvBo5hMieKi28cB3-nVa85e5vMDLXWVIXl368Pi2m3-oAfI/s320/IMG_4124.JPG" /></a> a start.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGTFQqnnIkBLWyCnevYG8FQNxNz_DJYlvscEDj3A3gXZ2gVZgioiJOLUDRrD-eYp-R5nO97IJNdMFrR3UiamYjRXbEsN4iJYfvyPEPURQD6dpTx_o0u-ckPlN4ZwSFE9QZTwKRfl48hU/s1600/IMG_4118.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516148207666792146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGTFQqnnIkBLWyCnevYG8FQNxNz_DJYlvscEDj3A3gXZ2gVZgioiJOLUDRrD-eYp-R5nO97IJNdMFrR3UiamYjRXbEsN4iJYfvyPEPURQD6dpTx_o0u-ckPlN4ZwSFE9QZTwKRfl48hU/s320/IMG_4118.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_sMpf9ccJiV-NHyzNmub8Jomr-LUQuDAg10Y_-Yuh6yzqBTYHKSkd1_yDk9aIOOfq4fplKanI_KR9S6ogaN0C5Ju8bdSNLgZFlA6DgYlGIwGmeKBbeGGB0-vTW8L-mAfPSf5rRx-IGw/s1600/IMG_4103.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516147876599754050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_sMpf9ccJiV-NHyzNmub8Jomr-LUQuDAg10Y_-Yuh6yzqBTYHKSkd1_yDk9aIOOfq4fplKanI_KR9S6ogaN0C5Ju8bdSNLgZFlA6DgYlGIwGmeKBbeGGB0-vTW8L-mAfPSf5rRx-IGw/s320/IMG_4103.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Time for the tourist sights!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMo09Siq8wgSpRpt2rwwDUFnzQFv1vih57eJP6E6HqPa6nhU_uy0Ljxigb_BSZSTTZVq_JMK-HnnlwFViKoBhwTUUXdL29d5CCC8S0x5zjfQZnp8q2r05uoedkbFg7n5AgSHop6bBoMA/s1600/IMG_4098.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516147544463652002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMo09Siq8wgSpRpt2rwwDUFnzQFv1vih57eJP6E6HqPa6nhU_uy0Ljxigb_BSZSTTZVq_JMK-HnnlwFViKoBhwTUUXdL29d5CCC8S0x5zjfQZnp8q2r05uoedkbFg7n5AgSHop6bBoMA/s320/IMG_4098.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJW36LCtGROGarg2YlQkX41Q-7lPNOagpwBOhqcYiVKHiPoVJKeDwMQklbBXD_5fhI2GzJml-R-gvLVZknGcALxIK3qfwZcvyym2LxXrfVP54eTTNyb5Yxe70H2dwkYfeVl6KS0DKWww/s1600/IMG_4093.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516147145677044322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJW36LCtGROGarg2YlQkX41Q-7lPNOagpwBOhqcYiVKHiPoVJKeDwMQklbBXD_5fhI2GzJml-R-gvLVZknGcALxIK3qfwZcvyym2LxXrfVP54eTTNyb5Yxe70H2dwkYfeVl6KS0DKWww/s320/IMG_4093.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Globe.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyel2WQRcprukrb1vG8Z502rixQkL7_5ypBjyp2vwConoZDn4MvAob4ECEtSpktsFwJy6nsTm7Rv_nkdOIHHFQFvFOvWCdSOOPssw6L0McqSIXDXAx0WwqtX6k5kME2zMn6JU075G5ch4/s1600/IMG_4089.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516146856357804290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyel2WQRcprukrb1vG8Z502rixQkL7_5ypBjyp2vwConoZDn4MvAob4ECEtSpktsFwJy6nsTm7Rv_nkdOIHHFQFvFOvWCdSOOPssw6L0McqSIXDXAx0WwqtX6k5kME2zMn6JU075G5ch4/s320/IMG_4089.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn7TwH_tpEtRh9bj7k8-bVHypZF5I6T8z0hcCnCejx4OuUtRjBPEU3WvC53lJCsOyfKFB2VOvkJ9O8LXW0uiV_9CbwSofCleGKCIabQlj7humeUcQoI0q0dPNUCVHeCF0jTnSattTfMs/s1600/IMG_4085.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516145583901212642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn7TwH_tpEtRh9bj7k8-bVHypZF5I6T8z0hcCnCejx4OuUtRjBPEU3WvC53lJCsOyfKFB2VOvkJ9O8LXW0uiV_9CbwSofCleGKCIabQlj7humeUcQoI0q0dPNUCVHeCF0jTnSattTfMs/s320/IMG_4085.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBE96rLmhOg4GTxT6MNza_PKryFHXi7xlAM1pq5HbJNs-Axs6X64uE2UvbsB9fTi4ug9G88xQZ28Zb6Qm4R9xB1n9hLA_egcR8t-pG280i0UTGI3HqKtuAOa_vDwc6ntSgLKO9fNah_Pk/s1600/IMG_4082.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516145036908182802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBE96rLmhOg4GTxT6MNza_PKryFHXi7xlAM1pq5HbJNs-Axs6X64uE2UvbsB9fTi4ug9G88xQZ28Zb6Qm4R9xB1n9hLA_egcR8t-pG280i0UTGI3HqKtuAOa_vDwc6ntSgLKO9fNah_Pk/s320/IMG_4082.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Believe it or not (Ripleys).... this is a life sized statue of the tallest man in the world. Debbie was still a bit disoriented from the previous night's red and was asking him which room breakfast was in.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidovrNrcKYa0IHf6XQw6Zr0wW9IxO8LzFOGS_yd3Of6bcgIZAlkWHj59M3HPUX14SGXg1WVj1c1lIc3CWKiEO_WOXShQOzMF7gaRq_6vgalz5Yj05uhqzl5eODz6NYf7t4p0Tzd9dMxuY/s1600/IMG_4081.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516144712506991794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidovrNrcKYa0IHf6XQw6Zr0wW9IxO8LzFOGS_yd3Of6bcgIZAlkWHj59M3HPUX14SGXg1WVj1c1lIc3CWKiEO_WOXShQOzMF7gaRq_6vgalz5Yj05uhqzl5eODz6NYf7t4p0Tzd9dMxuY/s320/IMG_4081.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Picadilly Circus with its Eros statue, neon signs and Debbie.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsQzp3aPFI4Oe0doVf_PAKOOWPW75C3m81aJV-AEXyAXGESaANFdA_FbkDw1tfc4FBY8Ah-jEqIAs9EsBz-83ZdMeDlRkwjUdzCkZCiHslzvN-BFGqC9BH0IZK-nDGN9hw1w9G6z5sss/s1600/IMG_4072.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516144240710972946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsQzp3aPFI4Oe0doVf_PAKOOWPW75C3m81aJV-AEXyAXGESaANFdA_FbkDw1tfc4FBY8Ah-jEqIAs9EsBz-83ZdMeDlRkwjUdzCkZCiHslzvN-BFGqC9BH0IZK-nDGN9hw1w9G6z5sss/s320/IMG_4072.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hyde Park.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEf278FiePdK-IxPS7aotX6j_R0jD2BDY2n9RMOHdRUrZiHk1jwet1MBg_I9ybuSssRi5tkuLmYW7ml22tYQqWkAXhGtBkFav3LRYvf1MX34ZXboXlvc3yN04yNp8vid1wgcqbAcDVWg/s1600/IMG_4069.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516143793333164114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEf278FiePdK-IxPS7aotX6j_R0jD2BDY2n9RMOHdRUrZiHk1jwet1MBg_I9ybuSssRi5tkuLmYW7ml22tYQqWkAXhGtBkFav3LRYvf1MX34ZXboXlvc3yN04yNp8vid1wgcqbAcDVWg/s320/IMG_4069.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Happened to be there for the Women's Adidas charity 5km run so there was calypso music galore!<br /><br /><br />There was a veritable avalanche of women running through the park. Who was looking after the kids, preparing the dinner and ironing the clothes? This could bring London to its knees!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbfQTbXPdbu1EhpLOW85tj_8ZaiZHSnafZkbY6b6iTlLYGdZaeW1nYNPKXGSPtlFk-woV1AkKkUxYXzn0LkQDyZhUVxkQEAkUDuwHHBih4Ys1Xs_aO4g_QMkiNa4AC2su2yTA032U18k/s1600/IMG_4075.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516143442372535762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbfQTbXPdbu1EhpLOW85tj_8ZaiZHSnafZkbY6b6iTlLYGdZaeW1nYNPKXGSPtlFk-woV1AkKkUxYXzn0LkQDyZhUVxkQEAkUDuwHHBih4Ys1Xs_aO4g_QMkiNa4AC2su2yTA032U18k/s320/IMG_4075.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-3228362710944822822010-09-10T16:03:00.001-07:002010-09-17T09:29:36.573-07:00Day 68<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgLQR2EgfOAUw9DsJGEef6UFvVAELXyPQRMZftgl0lwT4wJin7F9yyg-Cg3tbdxg3Zqzju5mJDyqoDEd3DSA5Jg_pyk0q9kpDduzFctxm0hveD4q9B25Rg4TocA7H0p4laASWmxoPzw4/s1600/IMG_4030.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515427609561910002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgLQR2EgfOAUw9DsJGEef6UFvVAELXyPQRMZftgl0lwT4wJin7F9yyg-Cg3tbdxg3Zqzju5mJDyqoDEd3DSA5Jg_pyk0q9kpDduzFctxm0hveD4q9B25Rg4TocA7H0p4laASWmxoPzw4/s320/IMG_4030.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 68 London</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Saturday 4th September</strong></span><br /><br />It's time at last for me to put my terribly British accent to work now that we are in London. <em>Jolly good and top ho!<br /></em>The train took us <em>under</em> the English Channel and, as you can see below, we were well looked after. <em>Positively spiffing!</em><br /><br />Above: me with Big Ben (strictly speaking, you can't actually see Big Ben) and the Houses Of Parliament behind. <em>Tally ho! What!<br /></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Q4VXdRnz3x7LRLxu53itm_sLOG6OvCrjANDAmRj6GdAdzdaISJJoJ5wyM9qF3XVW0A5lZwCEaaxO6xhPrPw3-b1lYWQEDSGre5srXnZWsECh3vvmQGdBe5XElJWgCpVEl_GXGxD-hCs/s1600/IMG_4054.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515427201209122866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Q4VXdRnz3x7LRLxu53itm_sLOG6OvCrjANDAmRj6GdAdzdaISJJoJ5wyM9qF3XVW0A5lZwCEaaxO6xhPrPw3-b1lYWQEDSGre5srXnZWsECh3vvmQGdBe5XElJWgCpVEl_GXGxD-hCs/s320/IMG_4054.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Right: Decided to go on the London Eye (massive ferris wheel) tonight. <em>I say..what a view!</em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCIxTnns9wOTQA5Mnffw9vURar9p0iiFniEnIs4gu5aHFdwZIOgzAJRH19cWMcwqHEL-_tgmuEaDJK6XIjcLZ7jNAtA72JBkTqu7lw7o1-XMJR0VijL6IW7rlWNEaRe85Tj6CaPYRPWU/s1600/IMG_4064.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515426337068289506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCIxTnns9wOTQA5Mnffw9vURar9p0iiFniEnIs4gu5aHFdwZIOgzAJRH19cWMcwqHEL-_tgmuEaDJK6XIjcLZ7jNAtA72JBkTqu7lw7o1-XMJR0VijL6IW7rlWNEaRe85Tj6CaPYRPWU/s320/IMG_4064.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubmAiElGBPfOu_2Vu6CckW1FRgisBDYmA95R9UeHKWhuS28UuM6u4Y3LvZ6eJWLqVjqETK851vLjQKX6RylNlpag2Op-yPDwZVGpccJofJFhzIf7dY_WWpk6O6r_aAjf5e9kCduDU99I/s1600/IMG_4044.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515426735339443090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubmAiElGBPfOu_2Vu6CckW1FRgisBDYmA95R9UeHKWhuS28UuM6u4Y3LvZ6eJWLqVjqETK851vLjQKX6RylNlpag2Op-yPDwZVGpccJofJFhzIf7dY_WWpk6O6r_aAjf5e9kCduDU99I/s320/IMG_4044.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bWLREznt5BOKwSCn_BVMMMIg2N-E4mZD0JGSjP7ODfQWQcJzIxbytYHJUDR3V3uuBLvsQUusFifMMMrzUjCuF6cZ3v50lbE3LwW7WSkiNPUwGTpk5KveMTtZ5l8yULb8LVPYRzqnAxY/s1600/IMG_4027.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515425549953926018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bWLREznt5BOKwSCn_BVMMMIg2N-E4mZD0JGSjP7ODfQWQcJzIxbytYHJUDR3V3uuBLvsQUusFifMMMrzUjCuF6cZ3v50lbE3LwW7WSkiNPUwGTpk5KveMTtZ5l8yULb8LVPYRzqnAxY/s320/IMG_4027.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvlxiahnMpIXeH1_JbMBEidmIKAjhYeYMb4JFJQweDKUqHCBTYgwXWmen1UamXwatd2A0EYATB4DqDMBy5UEqwOFg2v_-O0lUKWZ0CQonXS8VwsoKefkRKD85ZBEoLTXcloQCKV15-t8/s1600/IMG_4015.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515425146693510210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvlxiahnMpIXeH1_JbMBEidmIKAjhYeYMb4JFJQweDKUqHCBTYgwXWmen1UamXwatd2A0EYATB4DqDMBy5UEqwOFg2v_-O0lUKWZ0CQonXS8VwsoKefkRKD85ZBEoLTXcloQCKV15-t8/s320/IMG_4015.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Above: Debbie in front of Trafalgar's Column. </div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-36517871362958860582010-09-10T15:07:00.000-07:002010-09-10T16:00:21.861-07:00Day 67 - 68<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoEvcr_xls5cfq1wlig4V11_57peYKNzGln9NUmgz9A3xbfpQJU9qONmqicMnONqGMk-unMYXJBFjGOvC2Lurxa3GA2CLSvZD2BWu011wI8gctPJDlvg63-7uYeAi8tOGJ-tW7b8cN_A/s1600/IMG_0885.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 407px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515415951406774162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoEvcr_xls5cfq1wlig4V11_57peYKNzGln9NUmgz9A3xbfpQJU9qONmqicMnONqGMk-unMYXJBFjGOvC2Lurxa3GA2CLSvZD2BWu011wI8gctPJDlvg63-7uYeAi8tOGJ-tW7b8cN_A/s320/IMG_0885.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Days 67 -68 Pernes</span></strong></span><br /><div><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Saturday 4th September</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><br /></div></strong></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515413937014646578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KeGW2DOm0OvP1BWhWmPNvFN1d-mKnbQTy9ykfvEA0cpt5RnrTvrfSS-5eQEVqDaQex5i1RXJd7wOdD3QMAH9Re3xxh0ZQ1iLinrdKY_gnP6EtYMCXEaApjUPmfgkKoZM8HPtA6bUIp8/s320/IMG_3970.JPG" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOoXLLlEDGx7qHNTGVwc2LOJbox9nEOzukGxy13xhsfIsznxTIdHNEkvQkhyphenhyphenwGu6JP-GeONpsizf_I1sLqBRmzMvOFYAP45kJirRdeb7U3ykfE3bsgIxAwLaLvJrUaOOVKbkUtYPHjq4/s1600/IMG_3974.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515413663017507634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOoXLLlEDGx7qHNTGVwc2LOJbox9nEOzukGxy13xhsfIsznxTIdHNEkvQkhyphenhyphenwGu6JP-GeONpsizf_I1sLqBRmzMvOFYAP45kJirRdeb7U3ykfE3bsgIxAwLaLvJrUaOOVKbkUtYPHjq4/s320/IMG_3974.JPG" /></a> Well, it's farewell to sunny Pernes, Avignon, the Provence district and Aud's bikinis! Where <em>did</em> that week go?</div><div>It was a tough life for the four of us and we will have a few stories to tell when we come home. We laughed (ask Greg about the French comedy on TV and ask Rhonda about Greg's ear lobe gristle), we cried (ask Debbie about the above mentioned French comedy), we ate (ask Rhonda about the green apricot ice cream) and we conquered (ask the lady in the museum who told us off for storming into her precious 2000 year old antiques dripping our ice creams all over the place)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06kZ7FrhwSko00ZvFXFq_d_f6lREgn0n0ve8-ahp9J4yj58OOozjIopJ6XNwyi_ZcBsvRvQ3eZqJO6D-Z5-o9otLCxbetAIrKXV8OwrNAN6dTbq2zuauBCcPMwlwOFjAEqpyadgYvr8Q/s1600/IMG_3986.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515413069542293346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06kZ7FrhwSko00ZvFXFq_d_f6lREgn0n0ve8-ahp9J4yj58OOozjIopJ6XNwyi_ZcBsvRvQ3eZqJO6D-Z5-o9otLCxbetAIrKXV8OwrNAN6dTbq2zuauBCcPMwlwOFjAEqpyadgYvr8Q/s320/IMG_3986.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Jamo looks suitably at home with the three wheeled pizza delivery truck.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpG-t6VZRNDv-IZ-BN9y4Mi7KLaOdogktVRVpop4bmug9H7vrpQcAr8hm7yPlOoFJH9c2d03cc4t8C41F_alrVKcjW6jruLExfDiJyRQeUW_SCvN8As0Fxy7NXZnGuKy61L05nZA2Plg/s1600/IMG_4011.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515412390560374354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpG-t6VZRNDv-IZ-BN9y4Mi7KLaOdogktVRVpop4bmug9H7vrpQcAr8hm7yPlOoFJH9c2d03cc4t8C41F_alrVKcjW6jruLExfDiJyRQeUW_SCvN8As0Fxy7NXZnGuKy61L05nZA2Plg/s320/IMG_4011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL97SHisLsAY_IyYjh7AVA7TDRTC6P3F5pDfu3wcpm1VTXIpCRrQMAkjtdhtdrPFszXuqMV-573t4elMPGzSUFHBc1mFNygkyi9VX245RUlixoBD1bVCUgNaCfBIbxxQMco2YeCOvpsZU/s1600/IMG_4007.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515412019622226034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL97SHisLsAY_IyYjh7AVA7TDRTC6P3F5pDfu3wcpm1VTXIpCRrQMAkjtdhtdrPFszXuqMV-573t4elMPGzSUFHBc1mFNygkyi9VX245RUlixoBD1bVCUgNaCfBIbxxQMco2YeCOvpsZU/s320/IMG_4007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Debbie's had too much red <em>again</em>.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfbC7dKgaWBNxTQbc2RkPWdymMo0vz8_ptGbWQN0Jv1PmmDoKVgsda-CgdFPFlJKJCbsgKmvTqnukZuLiY1hVapq3UlWHe-9f4Jt_KdpKFgMnl3HR8pikRO2zDRPezS5V23AHFnbk7tw/s1600/IMG_3997.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515411683538806178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfbC7dKgaWBNxTQbc2RkPWdymMo0vz8_ptGbWQN0Jv1PmmDoKVgsda-CgdFPFlJKJCbsgKmvTqnukZuLiY1hVapq3UlWHe-9f4Jt_KdpKFgMnl3HR8pikRO2zDRPezS5V23AHFnbk7tw/s320/IMG_3997.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The four of us tried a 'macer-type' ramdom tour on the last day and came up with some 'gems' - like this 'spooky' bicycle museum in the dungeaons.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ovb1W4KCy7G1j-3VQEVg1AollMLNIMhT9iNe9QRMIt1DEZIim6Jl08cu1pVH_1O5HIvAMDc6UuvyFAUjZo463G0J55NDkdqaeyJLnh8I9rM4CV6yjJUkpFXrXSv1_uMnKhDVKLvAzx8/s1600/IMG_3990.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515410971891934274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ovb1W4KCy7G1j-3VQEVg1AollMLNIMhT9iNe9QRMIt1DEZIim6Jl08cu1pVH_1O5HIvAMDc6UuvyFAUjZo463G0J55NDkdqaeyJLnh8I9rM4CV6yjJUkpFXrXSv1_uMnKhDVKLvAzx8/s320/IMG_3990.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />I finally convinced Greg to take us up to Mount Ventoux. Senstational views and <strong>very</strong> expensive jubes (see the colourful stand above). Bought a few handfuls for 17 Euro (that's about $24)!!!</div><div></div><div></div><div>I won't forget the distinctive Provence landscapes and the way the pale stone villages seem to emerge naturally from the olive green vegetation. It has a relaxed rural atmoshere all of its own.<br /><br />Thanks Jamo and Rhonda for a fantastic week!<br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-17002938326791286952010-09-09T14:47:00.000-07:002010-09-09T16:28:30.261-07:00Days 64 - 67 Highlights<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>St Remy</strong></span><br />People often ask me how I manage to impersonate famous people so convincingly. <em>Method acting</em> is a speciality of mine. Debbie was having trouble working out which one was the <em><strong>real</strong></em> Vincent Van Gogh. I don't think anyone else noticed, but I think she called me <em>Vinny</em> a couple of times later in the day. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515048085297505170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7TFK9bvsapTnfhDqmzvlF804apXQVxjnVVfNPpGIKMsv1UsCHaHp1vFSZgmOci5_VMlhceIyjOSNORthRdDXTgbQc1jVQgF5psz3sOW3KvM7VzWQJLrweLF0RBFLmV03x5xHFAA3ZK4/s320/IMG_3945.JPG" /> I love the way threads start to develop in trips like this. A few weeks ago we were soaking up the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. We read about the final chapter in his life when he admitted himself to the sanitarium near St Remy. In between psychotic episodes, his work output was prolific in the last year of his life. Here we are today, walking the very olive groves and sanitariom gardens that are featured in many of his famous paintings.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515048949249960530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Kz4VjT8JaArMzRtOwwM9HE9AUXXKmgbrYclrDs_HR6wOLhhCsNxxYtvKuZV3Ms5wwnW7RWBiGKPB1t9fGp0NaVaPW35eaC8b39LhnBH2xX2R1rr6nG0OLPGeDJrch0CTOsf1829wT74/s320/IMG_3957.JPG" /> We could go in the room that Vincent Van Gogh lived in at the sanitarium. You can read Jamo's description of some of the awful treatments that were dished out to the unsuspecting patients.<br /><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515048643864252754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0SpIElJ-d-_wGOE13fyRDSaLyaECVZqnlWGqrJv_5RrBAnrB3HzLXUXZhBaKVSHis73H2crYN6is1ka785DtqHAl5UF0eqXFH_YtfTW0lHUuyd6D0NCmxmWE_MazYN5yqPPA8sTx9hs/s320/IMG_3955.JPG" /> There are still some sunflowers left! I did a few sketches myself but gave them to some Japanese tourits.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz6auVGjJZ-guLoKL3CMHRuAAY3BA2dGLetLa9m7VRseHPZEbajCY5b2RsFccXNZ2345Uo4GtfZ7f2ygwqo6NoHqgDRccKjknAJA_r0pUE8uk403eX7ZEnEaMnAk7yNToWYm4tyFDwO0/s1600/IMG_3940.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515047123565944786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRz6auVGjJZ-guLoKL3CMHRuAAY3BA2dGLetLa9m7VRseHPZEbajCY5b2RsFccXNZ2345Uo4GtfZ7f2ygwqo6NoHqgDRccKjknAJA_r0pUE8uk403eX7ZEnEaMnAk7yNToWYm4tyFDwO0/s320/IMG_3940.JPG" /></a><br />MARKET DAY IN St REMY<br />Elise - we got you a little something from this Madagascan lady at the St Remy market.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk02KxlS_cNJDIs95WXRbYSZOkWPj_kO38kA151dVDzNE_ISk1s3MyjgeDI67_BB2IIkNA9LmsYDCD06emCQIApM0WHfcpFSNKhHvjGnzUP5sibprLifBGho2BWYSXJ7VkeT9A6ZdOXNA/s1600/IMG_3937.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515046818664829266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk02KxlS_cNJDIs95WXRbYSZOkWPj_kO38kA151dVDzNE_ISk1s3MyjgeDI67_BB2IIkNA9LmsYDCD06emCQIApM0WHfcpFSNKhHvjGnzUP5sibprLifBGho2BWYSXJ7VkeT9A6ZdOXNA/s320/IMG_3937.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br />Just look at that cheese!! - made with love, pride and spoken about with passion!! He's cutting us a piece here. And what about the sausages eh - made with... well meat and stuff. Forgot to take a photograph of the nougat maker - he <em>loved</em> his nougat so much I would have needed a wide angled lens to fit him in the shot. </div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515045923324634866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1Ps7g5zLPupkLLo5pjKMVRB8SxFiwgyYH2Z-m_CYuRvm62iiDVlls6ozBjj-qX2qA7DS1GLFj-osMK6QzglyXN-n1gaXodPlQG9hb_3nxB1eG-EU0KlO5n4z1LbQn5dy1jEta1xWecs/s320/IMG_3935.JPG" /></div><div><em>I really want to go the Mount Ventoux. At breaky every morning I ask, "Can we go to Mount Ventoux today? Can we go to Mounr Ventoux today?"<br /></em></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Gordes<br /></strong></span><br /><div>Nothing like a nice place to sit down, relax and eat your baguettes for lunch .......... and this was nothing like a good place to eat your baguettes for lunch!!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 470px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 346px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515036898035062930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDeqD0WvUriprQMV6sKRCxa5zqXFZ5xIBZrlf0e-g7OshwmuSoQ969Xr38SQj5Dh1YJ21-bClxizT1PNM-Lh8JBJQenmIg4mcRcXmbRSKPz6RLoRZiV05WSLtgwlLMkj2J-SM1Dmkduw/s320/IMG_3911.JPG" />Yes, here we are (please ignore Jamo's attention getting antics!!) eating lunch on the roundabout. We noticed Europe has a slight deficit in the park bench department.<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsxBv2e8ImlGgFZQKoPR40XH5qlw9qldjSMBoLMEPG8K1Ho7adSLIJ8tyxfqV5_Da30VLrD-WGwHyOx0aQXthVX8c5MQXTgKOtO01iiKL_vUX3eUM_OylPWq8LOf8wYIgT-0cp10OSNY/s1600/IMG_3908.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515036518944035378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsxBv2e8ImlGgFZQKoPR40XH5qlw9qldjSMBoLMEPG8K1Ho7adSLIJ8tyxfqV5_Da30VLrD-WGwHyOx0aQXthVX8c5MQXTgKOtO01iiKL_vUX3eUM_OylPWq8LOf8wYIgT-0cp10OSNY/s320/IMG_3908.JPG" /></a>Market day. This man made us what was possibly the best Eritrean cappucino for the trip.<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515036078650131778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFN8m8eIheJm2ZsAafWf07lfvrX6eHPDqy3A917AARrRgv2B9RIYhZcHtZK5AhPDVqw6TZkifCN1DLoUeyjure1K5GUJVPnckEzwkHME-ZNBT5sPUT4XDlG1vJ5qYOr2dvYsR-gp3Rug/s320/IMG_3900.JPG" /> Gordes, once occupied by the Romans, is a quaint hilltop village, and yes, it has a castle! </div><br /><br /><div>The chapel has survived earthquakes and a lifetime of neglect and has maintained its honest beauty.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox6LWyYPSrnf277YXoA2ldwFVfr312qcobVXEuUaP3TJyBmHxfn24gKEX14m76dj25qCsXWwKT99k5QQENDJQyQVUNkXr4AfxGa72i3i_P6JJv0VNYV3BtC_ZjicEQScs1P2ciyBBK6A/s1600/IMG_3905.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515035721309167858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox6LWyYPSrnf277YXoA2ldwFVfr312qcobVXEuUaP3TJyBmHxfn24gKEX14m76dj25qCsXWwKT99k5QQENDJQyQVUNkXr4AfxGa72i3i_P6JJv0VNYV3BtC_ZjicEQScs1P2ciyBBK6A/s320/IMG_3905.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVNpv99uYhsUgkCHf8d4f9jgmRvYSVJowJseNIyRMOnHhY2rJO4lQkIc-O8h-Ye3RGOCN_HoUiRn173IpgGXn-oJEmZ3vDqO6BQXyOApoxHaRRmSQSK1KyzOsRa3bCX10t_qDAAzYZlo/s1600/IMG_3894.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515035347590942194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVNpv99uYhsUgkCHf8d4f9jgmRvYSVJowJseNIyRMOnHhY2rJO4lQkIc-O8h-Ye3RGOCN_HoUiRn173IpgGXn-oJEmZ3vDqO6BQXyOApoxHaRRmSQSK1KyzOsRa3bCX10t_qDAAzYZlo/s320/IMG_3894.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6KfH8UQ0sGW_wjnnv4VXPFcrlwufKxKJNSGOl6SpJFtquTG3ZgTRPX7oNI7rYk297FKFcm5yvT3YXtAZ09_QWmDOTxMToqUyoqrwr8ul9hFD5ZTDR3CErMXdtMoAe_hvcChLxMXZkU8/s1600/gordes.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lx92XGkOAZHYil7WfcoL-Oz-oJ5GGDdQkK-907h14PUq8cIjuFHAzeGLqPCXKWObP6RT_oNpfuYk_TlZm0THuJXU3Kj7UzcTS_ojj_b5PvVzdJL4_27L2ztowP1z-IDgDKYjfMTJrE8/s1600/gordes.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515034559736309282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lx92XGkOAZHYil7WfcoL-Oz-oJ5GGDdQkK-907h14PUq8cIjuFHAzeGLqPCXKWObP6RT_oNpfuYk_TlZm0THuJXU3Kj7UzcTS_ojj_b5PvVzdJL4_27L2ztowP1z-IDgDKYjfMTJrE8/s320/gordes.JPG" /></a><br />Jamo negotiated the hairpin bends withgreat skill. </div><br /><div>Can't we go to Mount Ventoux yet?<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-82565322393013562912010-09-09T14:05:00.000-07:002010-09-09T14:46:09.461-07:00Day 64 - 67 The Gite<span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">The Gite</span></strong></span><br />Here's the <em>gite</em> (pronounced 'geet') we stayed in. Not bad eh! Great work Greg and Rhonda!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 374px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515030610628947554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPoyOHvLaK3-Ki2oNNEUbrIONmXGDeRd3H8qZ-N7RzTqB0chY00-vxAaJq-1ZfQ1F8zdauA5mcsJ6qhqc-mKiuErlCiFnoWlbVW-UI9ggdp0eDCMUVvy6eXE9-NFjyo73Ab9ZqSKbv4w/s320/IMG_3925.JPG" /> A bathroom you could swing a cat in! Debbie is demonstrating how the French brush their teeth.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515030281343968354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEgA7HSbY1ttD5Z6B1hMjCfrYeEmnjUctUE3Yu-sQEI0FPpCP-KFbq-1sP-3UJ4oeWnGcScvcJaKghOobN0XphzW3V7dQwbtO0oDXU0N6TXmYgiFgkRpve9T3VzSOD-uWS3ioJDK6f1g/s320/IMG_3933.JPG" />Our upstairs bedroom.<br /><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515029801727055634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZFXlfraRrrdaHInt3imncH5o3OeRDjZU4_JyY8KH9kDHoc63QFRVAZOKC3vb19U4pOkFI-YD4sU8CbNI1pdjFUbpZK7q5OesU0NZdUUlABn9ZNBAG87HxtE4Yn3VV-xBbZfmhesQKbU/s320/IMG_3932.JPG" /><br />The <em>bracing</em> pool.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uMmKNI__3gWxi-9H0U3SQcs_vCB-ydkdauzczhXTpowD7T6M8PXhPIAUJEeo3S3ZsYRYVpZVebcioswOe6IuoHdpP8j-pZ5t2irnW7wrxpf8gCkGAb6OfWzTu6Euq3ilfkQ__KmnxOs/s1600/IMG_3924.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515029348920886306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uMmKNI__3gWxi-9H0U3SQcs_vCB-ydkdauzczhXTpowD7T6M8PXhPIAUJEeo3S3ZsYRYVpZVebcioswOe6IuoHdpP8j-pZ5t2irnW7wrxpf8gCkGAb6OfWzTu6Euq3ilfkQ__KmnxOs/s320/IMG_3924.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Looking out the front door.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0WRG0MTkDDKL45tqlbJW-WvSQ4d84MO_AzxvgAqQ0t-MXoociZOidVS5p-ocXzZbSFuX56MVTlZ6RGv-l4xfIIa3a_DFsLrPWKqcSh6xiHvzZDOPWZILRty6K2KHpvVPt1xaOBICRqE/s1600/IMG_3921.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515028832707364146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0WRG0MTkDDKL45tqlbJW-WvSQ4d84MO_AzxvgAqQ0t-MXoociZOidVS5p-ocXzZbSFuX56MVTlZ6RGv-l4xfIIa3a_DFsLrPWKqcSh6xiHvzZDOPWZILRty6K2KHpvVPt1xaOBICRqE/s320/IMG_3921.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPINPWuHnTf78_6L3VwHPivubeTXc1Z0HuLo_3MomKUKAFnmN-nvp2wV-4EDhtHMJny7mK2ivnIukheyHcRemRuehKxbMKB3G36BBliieApq5sKTWsgYfLOK5XJ5TSRDgzUfJbjuW2O2M/s1600/IMG_3920.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515028232402793858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPINPWuHnTf78_6L3VwHPivubeTXc1Z0HuLo_3MomKUKAFnmN-nvp2wV-4EDhtHMJny7mK2ivnIukheyHcRemRuehKxbMKB3G36BBliieApq5sKTWsgYfLOK5XJ5TSRDgzUfJbjuW2O2M/s320/IMG_3920.JPG" /></a> Living area.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcPB_ywui8PlIDqg8i0sTlqD6sU9MRjFL8pnyCKai7Hw2xVLDgm5l-sKtANUvrqNQhFWwkXGZoPkJhux50diJGxf9-Ism4Pwo3vkRLhOKDx4K-KFMWo0Guu3Yf4nbCNMosXe4b7uFliI/s1600/IMG_3917.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515027895125353618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcPB_ywui8PlIDqg8i0sTlqD6sU9MRjFL8pnyCKai7Hw2xVLDgm5l-sKtANUvrqNQhFWwkXGZoPkJhux50diJGxf9-Ism4Pwo3vkRLhOKDx4K-KFMWo0Guu3Yf4nbCNMosXe4b7uFliI/s320/IMG_3917.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKoIB5TsZByc1NOknhftN0GQzA5JLsjG83o0ubEyXF1ap4F4yPlNx_bMxeies7HnR6ODnaAX38QrnUg55_Oymi86kSAxd_m4hlMsumLzv1QbKpseKd7kBCN2JueReWe3o318eFLTXojg/s1600/IMG_3895.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-4389714929494516192010-09-08T16:11:00.000-07:002010-09-08T16:32:10.180-07:00Editorial<div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Jamo's blog and <em>Macer's Europe</em> seem to be at odds here and there with our recounts of particular events in the Provence district. Honestly... who would you believe? Jamo - with his reckless attention to detail, his well documented tendency towards hyperbole, his obvious addiction to bikinis and his dicky knees??</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Or, Monsieur Macer's meticulous commentry ??? I rest my case!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><em>You can read his ramblings at:</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.jamo46.blogspot.com/">http://www.jamo46.blogspot.com/</a></span><br /></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514688947930921090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHvwkj7shu3tOu7zfn-WTaEWPImoKoUTYAmZV-FNJWekEBsVXWspDe8crNm-FujD-8RY9SkfP_rM_yFujeAIMcIlULZUOOOVEwLjhDL29gGxCGeP396HkN3ZCfugSFPKiZFuScECV8ac/s320/IMG_3896.JPG" />Talk about shady!!! There are two pieces of edam and a criossant in those pockets!Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-25282220027016563772010-09-08T14:58:00.000-07:002010-09-08T16:37:08.211-07:00Day 63<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6GPXusr8tYGnP8aIHtk8UrEPDBzFheaBK6pdDboNb56y9qkOwFFcBf5lqTlj8jexhE-DkFVtxlxc80-PlhHgffD4Tn-sd2mbqRWmlbppL4jFF9y2YkMT3EB4CFtWD5n9tHFkUeGeC4s/s1600/IMG_3853.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514672296295663330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6GPXusr8tYGnP8aIHtk8UrEPDBzFheaBK6pdDboNb56y9qkOwFFcBf5lqTlj8jexhE-DkFVtxlxc80-PlhHgffD4Tn-sd2mbqRWmlbppL4jFF9y2YkMT3EB4CFtWD5n9tHFkUeGeC4s/s320/IMG_3853.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 63 Provence -Vaison la Romaine</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Monday 30th August</strong></span><br /><br /><em>Right: Roman theatre at its best! Tony playing the part of Jamo in the hilarious French 'carry on' comedy, "Carry On Up The Fontaine'". </em><br /><em><br /></em>The roman ruins at Vaison were impressive. Like Pompei they remind us that, in some ways, we haven't come all that far with technology and comfort over two thous<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJITn4MrQneIjLtiwW_9KgdG1M7nZaJu-dM8T5CZSLscBsK6wVqGttAaVki2bItakA3A0cSL4KXu15in2Sxzb6bqyhLfOWgBXX5xHkeaY87WuHJeKA0pl26R0hI7obq5S7zq4jqJo9_g/s1600/IMG_3887.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514672030028251378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJITn4MrQneIjLtiwW_9KgdG1M7nZaJu-dM8T5CZSLscBsK6wVqGttAaVki2bItakA3A0cSL4KXu15in2Sxzb6bqyhLfOWgBXX5xHkeaY87WuHJeKA0pl26R0hI7obq5S7zq4jqJo9_g/s320/IMG_3887.JPG" /></a>and years.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVfW6N_FN8Ua9DaQVNgKJ79D12a7gC04qeEtKMTIv4aASehV1JImm8BNwJX8cVUmxHDEjG3W1jRasZi5vBSsd_aZhIQRy-Q-TN8bwYSzp9l6MYHhDQ4tbr9jjsYl4UjvYdOyjenRhxR0/s1600/IMG_3882.JPG"><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514671810829341106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVfW6N_FN8Ua9DaQVNgKJ79D12a7gC04qeEtKMTIv4aASehV1JImm8BNwJX8cVUmxHDEjG3W1jRasZi5vBSsd_aZhIQRy-Q-TN8bwYSzp9l6MYHhDQ4tbr9jjsYl4UjvYdOyjenRhxR0/s320/IMG_3882.JPG" /></span></em></a><br /><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Above:</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em> mmmm... Jamo, Rhonda and Debbie seem to be lost in the ancient alleys again!</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em>Right: View from from the castle overlooking Vaison.</em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLp6rMDQa-cbTkpPG-m99DMrZdhbkLJpHrk5Ftc_qCQvCmJr5I9MZO5vfMFFVr_OFLFr8wKPT6Gr3MQkQJvNUxlkXqzFNZTcEEhXxmTBCxGIgphlD8sIaLNmojwUS26jcfhoHffuAAxo/s1600/IMG_3876.JPG"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514671111148123138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLp6rMDQa-cbTkpPG-m99DMrZdhbkLJpHrk5Ftc_qCQvCmJr5I9MZO5vfMFFVr_OFLFr8wKPT6Gr3MQkQJvNUxlkXqzFNZTcEEhXxmTBCxGIgphlD8sIaLNmojwUS26jcfhoHffuAAxo/s320/IMG_3876.JPG" /></em></span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em><br /></em></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuvJ3-8OTl8XEq098USI8J9SUoN4uNaIXjG6PZuuYUV4xdzMIimRCD0WIrmGjUOxISwjJgf1kaylMSL0tR4m2eYxI-1UFh03rgUWVDyGDSgWPbBgCH9LZLm3UP7E62-QfU12S7KHLkCA/s1600/IMG_3861.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514670913048472018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuvJ3-8OTl8XEq098USI8J9SUoN4uNaIXjG6PZuuYUV4xdzMIimRCD0WIrmGjUOxISwjJgf1kaylMSL0tR4m2eYxI-1UFh03rgUWVDyGDSgWPbBgCH9LZLm3UP7E62-QfU12S7KHLkCA/s320/IMG_3861.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8n6VixqaKCmyQbYg8AL5wE6kLK3LwkrYufOebzuyPXZIJwxMfWQ7blAeSp1GiSFUUPYknLydNPM6zAJGjQZRGJa2I_n_5Js8Qpzq3OxdfP6YJj8JuFb-hg1xcP7Yod3YuqVs4FpRHc8/s1600/IMG_3873.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514670549225831154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8n6VixqaKCmyQbYg8AL5wE6kLK3LwkrYufOebzuyPXZIJwxMfWQ7blAeSp1GiSFUUPYknLydNPM6zAJGjQZRGJa2I_n_5Js8Qpzq3OxdfP6YJj8JuFb-hg1xcP7Yod3YuqVs4FpRHc8/s320/IMG_3873.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em>Above: I'll never forget this famous Vaison bridge .. what's its name again??</em></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGET1Ayo7YuhzdNw68qEBfFzpVej109yK5j6i-mUzXKh7_zivnSzHePDsaCn1pZdIAnThNMcIQm7ak6EioVYBCDGll0HpsA1MkRvfSAI4DW77SgmD9Y76FrihdRUcJbvZy6hNDAbj4bdM/s1600/IMG_3858.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; 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WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514668614162939938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJLNpvJDUWYVUpREBtUZPAM-vDEYvszkNSDWXV29DeFRUgD2YnbYiLey5vB8cjR91sw2S93O_n4RdOMT4g908SqQ0mdQvdWrTsZ8QrGc-PkvyYYbYqcjKtrjtPi5NsOS2u8LWr9qK4cc/s320/IMG_3850.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t0_MKD2YcTCFLTAi8kbRMFHjDyrTWQUNYhxU7lg8qTZka5Cqnes6hqE3SWWFSy75FGJOn88YyR56_dlPOmdrmZnPGJIjKPfHZwbgErQsjlwSfqkv7W6Ah3qCow8B47Lre8iFaFKbFYo/s1600/IMG_3849.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514668373754147106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6t0_MKD2YcTCFLTAi8kbRMFHjDyrTWQUNYhxU7lg8qTZka5Cqnes6hqE3SWWFSy75FGJOn88YyR56_dlPOmdrmZnPGJIjKPfHZwbgErQsjlwSfqkv7W6Ah3qCow8B47Lre8iFaFKbFYo/s320/IMG_3849.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em>Like in Pompei, the Romans invested a great deal in the performing arts.</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq5WzTy1hQ5uuKdRy-QPwhyl7DoJgvBOhnR96syI059n7-elLToQMHTHg5Y-2e7jZl1RHyODsyoDShZtJ_BCMkvH1zENgobD12uELDF1jDzh2U6E8wXwaPNdm-PsKUniwf7XVVfEr8qc/s1600/IMG_3845.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514668016037014546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq5WzTy1hQ5uuKdRy-QPwhyl7DoJgvBOhnR96syI059n7-elLToQMHTHg5Y-2e7jZl1RHyODsyoDShZtJ_BCMkvH1zENgobD12uELDF1jDzh2U6E8wXwaPNdm-PsKUniwf7XVVfEr8qc/s320/IMG_3845.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><em>Left: Ahhh.. the ruins! This was an old kitchen or something.<br /></em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Mb0T72FksVps9mvDQRkkzVViPadgAyzfPd5YfnXHjqMaXoGbqXU_Rb-T1vWeRL837EeUixU23tv6b5tfaqXX4d0_C7_vyxZqRcUOY9uc3Ln5zu6PKNfCK9LbyVaEMeTCmtIX9AQJLg/s1600/IMG_3839.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514667585662911442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Mb0T72FksVps9mvDQRkkzVViPadgAyzfPd5YfnXHjqMaXoGbqXU_Rb-T1vWeRL837EeUixU23tv6b5tfaqXX4d0_C7_vyxZqRcUOY9uc3Ln5zu6PKNfCK9LbyVaEMeTCmtIX9AQJLg/s320/IMG_3839.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Left: There's nothing like a bunch of Aussies, in a F<em></em>rench rural town, tucking into Chinese food and singing bawdy Swans and Saints club songs.</em><br /><br /></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Debbie appears to have joined another table.</span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-63629459845335514782010-09-07T16:38:00.000-07:002010-09-08T14:57:39.804-07:00Day 62<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuw-a6GfA67mh3qfiIWIH4ojzOTnywxzbQrfyWSkmZIbjcbqaZT-3o8-bqd0LQ0_H565I0XUuiWAJtVLGt8lBlGXlXArhT3GFrsK682ouakKsQTogySES7Folmhq_6Kp_bCcSFmLdHAo/s1600/fountain+restaurant+no+brekky+here.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514325681241429122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuw-a6GfA67mh3qfiIWIH4ojzOTnywxzbQrfyWSkmZIbjcbqaZT-3o8-bqd0LQ0_H565I0XUuiWAJtVLGt8lBlGXlXArhT3GFrsK682ouakKsQTogySES7Folmhq_6Kp_bCcSFmLdHAo/s320/fountain+restaurant+no+brekky+here.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;">Day 62 Provence</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">Sunday 29th August</span></strong><br /><br />Ahhh.. breakfast by the babbling brook!! Well... can you believe this restaurant only had <em>one</em> croissant left!!! So it was off to the local bakery. Suited me because they had cakes and pastries like you wouldn't believe!<br />This is going to be a pleasant break from the big cities.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjMJo5anNFkTVtIehs6LHabGjix-QTf9Fw3e5Y_zygOhsbMyv4NymBnMh1FmPas05Zgs05WPhGgfVCSVxU8pMzou0ebut39wL6mNN3Ukoi8pAJVKhcQ_PbUAcmDs1GciH09RBHs0t3rE/s1600/IMG_3838.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514325452954717058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjMJo5anNFkTVtIehs6LHabGjix-QTf9Fw3e5Y_zygOhsbMyv4NymBnMh1FmPas05Zgs05WPhGgfVCSVxU8pMzou0ebut39wL6mNN3Ukoi8pAJVKhcQ_PbUAcmDs1GciH09RBHs0t3rE/s320/IMG_3838.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>Tough life this!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIn4xL6IJfeusu_XBFav9Dtemh46lxK98p6tkZhHfGSnJgwHjBVSZbVeNVlwFuv24u-I_n1CVLtvnFjMs0po5U_d0N4wsMBxQv4lvsVqRM4vbmkGALk8BJHlK5MvJfw7dSyv8CzMdSjVg/s1600/IMG_3803.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514325165416216450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIn4xL6IJfeusu_XBFav9Dtemh46lxK98p6tkZhHfGSnJgwHjBVSZbVeNVlwFuv24u-I_n1CVLtvnFjMs0po5U_d0N4wsMBxQv4lvsVqRM4vbmkGALk8BJHlK5MvJfw7dSyv8CzMdSjVg/s320/IMG_3803.JPG" /></a><br />Castle on the hill near the Fountain of Vaulcluse<br /><br /><div>Greg and Rhonda lost in the Vaulcluse alley ways <strong>again</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdk6j4JMrPlh0VvhPqMDLtPB3aLeGK-K5pkE5nfm_lqoQRGztk3hkZX9N2h0AW2oNfs3BgducRv5Iji32G_UQrDUAJr7m2R74_gn0tBd9xJxknorxbfcUsfA9OiNFJZrV_Ea89P_hcziA/s1600/IMG_3836.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514324759044724930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdk6j4JMrPlh0VvhPqMDLtPB3aLeGK-K5pkE5nfm_lqoQRGztk3hkZX9N2h0AW2oNfs3BgducRv5Iji32G_UQrDUAJr7m2R74_gn0tBd9xJxknorxbfcUsfA9OiNFJZrV_Ea89P_hcziA/s320/IMG_3836.JPG" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM5q1ptjkYIFSBjXJRmlGlFwH7aAFL8AUCtZlGStrkQL4EglpEkAMXV33AV2pUpYmzjxW2-rdns_bBNtCTwnmpUM7dldjrt2pxIFSxkg7bXi_MGjlp3G9ghTLopyid9BiFtjEY7AY2Us/s1600/IMG_3810.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514324474575735922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM5q1ptjkYIFSBjXJRmlGlFwH7aAFL8AUCtZlGStrkQL4EglpEkAMXV33AV2pUpYmzjxW2-rdns_bBNtCTwnmpUM7dldjrt2pxIFSxkg7bXi_MGjlp3G9ghTLopyid9BiFtjEY7AY2Us/s320/IMG_3810.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUQCWpMnb9vsdz8PpHQ7TtoAs_o5qM_6vXN85_ehvKsJ4N2yqhTlbbgDjELu9-wBPJQcc9MXzNKvyDiDbkY8jaFRWX7mbzHmSPNm_6YPybBpoM9YonSBf-dIEIqeIHclYxgZNtuzcz70/s1600/IMG_3831.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514323686924230546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUQCWpMnb9vsdz8PpHQ7TtoAs_o5qM_6vXN85_ehvKsJ4N2yqhTlbbgDjELu9-wBPJQcc9MXzNKvyDiDbkY8jaFRWX7mbzHmSPNm_6YPybBpoM9YonSBf-dIEIqeIHclYxgZNtuzcz70/s320/IMG_3831.JPG" /></a>The old Vaulcluse papier machet factory.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyaLqoWAJDNIQRFeatjSTqbkKadpq27n_c-NSPfVL9Kd_-uQ_WUCeJN0pFNvwWRrx9lYiRIOQODc6IdkJL7cE-GqcSWSGT8zhvxv46xZ0d7XgObhRqXy2_jkRbkiniZwqqEtaA8XXxPM/s1600/IMG_3829.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514323895027296994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyaLqoWAJDNIQRFeatjSTqbkKadpq27n_c-NSPfVL9Kd_-uQ_WUCeJN0pFNvwWRrx9lYiRIOQODc6IdkJL7cE-GqcSWSGT8zhvxv46xZ0d7XgObhRqXy2_jkRbkiniZwqqEtaA8XXxPM/s320/IMG_3829.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Right:Prentending to be French with thier black t-shirts and sunnies<br /><br /><div><br /><br />Above:Ooops..It's only midday and Debbie has had one too many again! And Greg's falling off his chair, prentending to be a Frenchman!! This is almost an international incident!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt-cFCKi7kHQQoc8TGgDnBwpWF5FjcpA6zCfxPoOstOQqQ8FE2EE0-8hIqGezGDpIpstrJJE9pwLh6daOmSJtJPcdJTQg9t4gTtVQ_IIWEvV7Z2C5BAvt7XKwBBRUcSniLyGsdz6Hq3c/s1600/IMG_3827.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514323034159766050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt-cFCKi7kHQQoc8TGgDnBwpWF5FjcpA6zCfxPoOstOQqQ8FE2EE0-8hIqGezGDpIpstrJJE9pwLh6daOmSJtJPcdJTQg9t4gTtVQ_IIWEvV7Z2C5BAvt7XKwBBRUcSniLyGsdz6Hq3c/s320/IMG_3827.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskxKUcV_mZ2-kYw_80LwPhB2yFld1G2qtnirmlXcwGpuU7ZCR-t5davs9NLXJltzl8IDpyMRqZ5xk3OfZF_t1F-qKe2stzRGwPkuwGjOXr1wM_gExD_5HTPd4EhCk8SZ_cTo07O99Jn8/s1600/IMG_3807.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514322794283458130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskxKUcV_mZ2-kYw_80LwPhB2yFld1G2qtnirmlXcwGpuU7ZCR-t5davs9NLXJltzl8IDpyMRqZ5xk3OfZF_t1F-qKe2stzRGwPkuwGjOXr1wM_gExD_5HTPd4EhCk8SZ_cTo07O99Jn8/s320/IMG_3807.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglag4dmxDkTLY4P92213o2RgOOC9X56fSimX8P64BYp94SegQ02h5NFFKScaggaNZpk_wsf5Z5oJ7YoW-VdrtmbgkvP4uySz7ZH3gQRXMZJvs7o-JbI9CJtji4wlJGZ67c98V4Or1Ef78/s1600/IMG_3818.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514323377228387650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglag4dmxDkTLY4P92213o2RgOOC9X56fSimX8P64BYp94SegQ02h5NFFKScaggaNZpk_wsf5Z5oJ7YoW-VdrtmbgkvP4uySz7ZH3gQRXMZJvs7o-JbI9CJtji4wlJGZ67c98V4Or1Ef78/s320/IMG_3818.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I had never heard of the <em>Fontaine De Vaulcluse</em> but smarty pants Jamo knew all about it. It's a mysterious deep water hole. Jaques Cousteaux once lost his probe (pardon the expression) trying to reach the bottom. Jamo said the water rose and fell metres, app<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5EFg_9oNItlnNMTDybixVmGhWsz0-8BjpaJ9ugi-p2IlkXX1rfsUtzIVBdfj9VHGIFy1PPTA2tsSpdZfHslIn63yHZnqXc3aneMiHO0yW5Q4LYrAGE6DrFfXHnhLbjsDSAbc1_UkC2c/s1600/IMG_3802.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514322344514398962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5EFg_9oNItlnNMTDybixVmGhWsz0-8BjpaJ9ugi-p2IlkXX1rfsUtzIVBdfj9VHGIFy1PPTA2tsSpdZfHslIn63yHZnqXc3aneMiHO0yW5Q4LYrAGE6DrFfXHnhLbjsDSAbc1_UkC2c/s320/IMG_3802.JPG" /></a>arently inexplicably. A complete mystery. Found out that the cause was lots of rain. Sorry Jamo - another of life's mysteries struck off your list.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxWNG9HIgAghHomF7e5CqxEkcvfn4LLfKQHJjQ1jX8PuyoNTXv-bGNbKCV2IgaR8SBPXtpPr5bfOZWsZMW3O-BstECsBviiQdOOcSzq2EAMg0e1CN_kWXtal0gaaz_omKrcIzF_XQuI0/s1600/IMG_3799.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514321579505310898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxWNG9HIgAghHomF7e5CqxEkcvfn4LLfKQHJjQ1jX8PuyoNTXv-bGNbKCV2IgaR8SBPXtpPr5bfOZWsZMW3O-BstECsBviiQdOOcSzq2EAMg0e1CN_kWXtal0gaaz_omKrcIzF_XQuI0/s320/IMG_3799.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBBne-nLrn98qxlHfYTYTH5eALTpHaFY_xCTpDPAGCbLrvRWPKtGdqx8bROnz9veNHQbow5AuAsSnj1ztN5Os6hOgpJ86tQUm_rfCgtq1uZ5x4l8EB6ktZCoGcVpX5rqCFTSnGsuNg_8/s1600/fountain+spring+source.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514321171270878402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBBne-nLrn98qxlHfYTYTH5eALTpHaFY_xCTpDPAGCbLrvRWPKtGdqx8bROnz9veNHQbow5AuAsSnj1ztN5Os6hOgpJ86tQUm_rfCgtq1uZ5x4l8EB6ktZCoGcVpX5rqCFTSnGsuNg_8/s320/fountain+spring+source.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-15644250555044517532010-09-07T15:11:00.000-07:002010-09-07T16:37:07.116-07:00Days 61<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 61 Avignon (South France)</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>Saturday 28th August<br /></strong></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong></strong></span>4.00pm: Arrived at the Avignon station precisely on time.... we have a reputation for this!!<br />4.30pm: Our rendezvous with Jamo and Rhonda is imminent. They had arrived earlier, picked up the hire car, driven out to the farm house (Gite) we were renting for the week and would be there to collect us at around 4.30pm. <em>Sutts had predicted this plan to be a little loose</em>.<br />5.00pm: No Jamo yet. Probably took longer than expected to get the car etc. The famous Avignon mistral (wind) is picking up and is messing up my hairdo (still haven't found the Italian barber with the big moustache yet).<br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 288px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514300549030040002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGO2vh_duv6_TMAzI4bkfFNgexmcwAFlfMZON79SkVozx8DUx8dcJW_13CIzjjfIHaJLswBMU5qmXHFDudrWmIWS3MaseA2oqO_yIlPsFE9hFO0KouSFr-O3WKEM993wAj_VC6xDvxXOI/s320/IMG_3793.JPG" /><br />5.30pm: Debbie is getting a tad concerned. We have no idea where to start walking. No phone contact. No-one at the station can speak much English. The mistral is now messing with Debbie's hair!!</p><p>5.45pm: Still no Jamo. I've got Debbie by the foot to stop her blowing away. I finally concede - something is not quite right here. We wonder...could there be TWO Avignon stations?</p><p>5.50pm: I attempt to converse with the ticket lady and yes, it seems there is another station - 4 kms away! Oh dear! </p><p>6.00pm: Just as we are trying to explain the whole episode to a taxi driver so that he could take me to the other station, we hear, "Toot toot!". Just in time. </p><p>Can't say I've seen Jamo with beads of sweat on his brow very often. As usual he mangaged admirably, trying to park a left hand drive car on the wrong side of the road while we were scrambling in, throwing our bags in the back giving Rhonda a quick hug with traffic piling up behind us. The GPS was malfunctioning, Debbie's hair was sticking straight up, the windscreen wipers kept going on instead of the blinkers and we were in a totally foreign city. </p><p>The Gite was a rural paradise though and hosed down everyone's stress levels -well apart from a few twitches on Jamo's behalf.</p><p>I need to mention Aud here. She's the Gite owner who took every opportunity to prance around with her immaculate long blonde hair and a new bikini every time she stepped out to work the horses, feed the geese or water the garden... as you do!! Jamo thinks of everything when he books a Gite. </p><p>Aud couldn't speak a word of English but her sumptuous chocolate cakes and fluffy aubergine mousses did all the talking for her (and her bikinis). </p><p><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">This photo below is for the Suttons. We passed this winery on the way to Provence.<br /></span></em></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514299710676083298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVIlOYkqVAlAElFd29jljXUvC9zPW3X9ZPHDhvAvnlzUarP90YYXeo4QJqO5YDQcHSgdRANknDadTGmDylET55IhFo1OpnW7VaFyE1L9b48bNnP_AZxdFSIgeFXasaEUwvIu9ysR16xk/s320/IMG_3791.JPG" />Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-61319637679744510392010-09-06T16:34:00.000-07:002010-09-06T17:27:56.460-07:00Day 60 - Part 2<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 405px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513954138636664226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa-QJHxD3iWwvIPpjliHk3qkF-dvs-bmPOM_le-xxrMFWLpmIFW3FovdXJA8v9X6bB8IB13rGLj4AfBYcww-b-jiEymjaWXgdYTC-c-z1mH6ksWqYms9VvWuythGdk5WOZP18TocCpdg/s320/IMG_3721.JPG" /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 60 - Part B Lucerne</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">Friday 27th August</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">Mark Twain called this lion carved on a small cliff in the centre of Lucerne the saddest rock sculpture he had ever seen. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">It's actually a dying lion (you can see the broken spear in its side) and it represents the loyalty and bravery of the 600 Swiss Guards who lost their lives defending the French King during the revolution.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 531px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513957292804142690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSQ0RPOBHnjaUZ39kEq9Zr0VgouX2suTZR1bc7PzONDY0rvdUlzBwB8nZWMMGfRk7RVZMMuxJ0qWwLa4AE_9wLUMDposefeQgmpqSBn9WLX69S_nHDkNu9hP-FAnO4dSE8bL4UxMlcFk/s320/Twain+oon+Lion.png" /> I have to agree with Mark Twain, the face of the dying lion is incredibly moving.<br /></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UPxILiaaz44YaQviMotXWKpP8D41E2RPSZVjuxdUmkMetye6eqBe_bjEP9SjTq9dRHmseYQWV8kms4BjjcjyGCG_jC-To01rqczOMbraK8Abf5GATxIsLABTHz1PqmDZr2i6XYZUVPc/s1600/IMG_3698.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513953634248314754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UPxILiaaz44YaQviMotXWKpP8D41E2RPSZVjuxdUmkMetye6eqBe_bjEP9SjTq9dRHmseYQWV8kms4BjjcjyGCG_jC-To01rqczOMbraK8Abf5GATxIsLABTHz1PqmDZr2i6XYZUVPc/s320/IMG_3698.JPG" /></a> The Chapel Bridge<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5b-owyGS8SUfjBPb_yIuIhmZyqThDkdqaLRXvlbsiRXuXEK1uNFwZy00knb0PqneEhDTM3pE_3sNRR_w1SIKeEu14JGpiQ44PYY0OsVEfCKOcTNUaTB299-Jr-VSIOVr6POZaKb95o0U/s1600/IMG_3722.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513953211749487714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5b-owyGS8SUfjBPb_yIuIhmZyqThDkdqaLRXvlbsiRXuXEK1uNFwZy00knb0PqneEhDTM3pE_3sNRR_w1SIKeEu14JGpiQ44PYY0OsVEfCKOcTNUaTB299-Jr-VSIOVr6POZaKb95o0U/s320/IMG_3722.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneBecIMTA7kyYd_sn6-Uw4xlpzzTzA7Ij7piuCW0dqOBcaArJDAXHCaeqw4mC-n29hXygrjyMLiDlV2ffT8TKJ3c6sSnlcAq2uILdLSGjEF6kzkky1BO9B1CdVfXI-gEdp3tNBVDSBb8/s1600/IMG_3739.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513952761443938658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneBecIMTA7kyYd_sn6-Uw4xlpzzTzA7Ij7piuCW0dqOBcaArJDAXHCaeqw4mC-n29hXygrjyMLiDlV2ffT8TKJ3c6sSnlcAq2uILdLSGjEF6kzkky1BO9B1CdVfXI-gEdp3tNBVDSBb8/s320/IMG_3739.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>View across the lake.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIQyDBdQnGThBQQmR7qbpPUtEH3kUUd8e6RwL1b1hGifc3B4fW1RpJ2yb5B2rvuFU6G_AYzLvV-vS9hm_sOBTN33f8cl4fi1XjZ9-GlIeZk_X0ZbFqo7RxTSqkHN7gf_bhutBdqBXAQc/s1600/IMG_3737.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513952330165430354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIQyDBdQnGThBQQmR7qbpPUtEH3kUUd8e6RwL1b1hGifc3B4fW1RpJ2yb5B2rvuFU6G_AYzLvV-vS9hm_sOBTN33f8cl4fi1XjZ9-GlIeZk_X0ZbFqo7RxTSqkHN7gf_bhutBdqBXAQc/s320/IMG_3737.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc-Q9xQabSrOsp1AF6hnMMAlDfxWPP3RWQ5GbRRuerpbequGLTWpB3TJgbFWFdlVuXDZr2MO-Z2LQfcihGSZSniNKjEH9d8aVoxs9fhw3Av2nUisaZUf-PCLSbZGVENDXc2IHiH8RRCM/s1600/IMG_3729.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513951914764173474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc-Q9xQabSrOsp1AF6hnMMAlDfxWPP3RWQ5GbRRuerpbequGLTWpB3TJgbFWFdlVuXDZr2MO-Z2LQfcihGSZSniNKjEH9d8aVoxs9fhw3Av2nUisaZUf-PCLSbZGVENDXc2IHiH8RRCM/s320/IMG_3729.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkG1uQdPJFsGbiHR9-hVyhRzqQ50oqQR4KJtgwNm5V1Bz7QQIwq6SUwhGYpgMyNkS2SVtdCxSUz8nJAtQ8v8LzBchkhBjxy1-8qj5hQ0XqEgRmfYn6PUexuthD6aV-uobv3iS9O8OjXY/s1600/IMG_3742.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513951537377803778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkG1uQdPJFsGbiHR9-hVyhRzqQ50oqQR4KJtgwNm5V1Bz7QQIwq6SUwhGYpgMyNkS2SVtdCxSUz8nJAtQ8v8LzBchkhBjxy1-8qj5hQ0XqEgRmfYn6PUexuthD6aV-uobv3iS9O8OjXY/s320/IMG_3742.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Above: Don't know what this fellow was doing in the city!!</em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkIHBAGFZwS4FbFOC5uNWHaZBLAZUzBMN9RcBqHuo5IENN2EeJQtbDxTDXgt_RNv0ic47n27p02_u4yYGKuZM_BvxakZYGiATIQ7vFuizbNLItti8fHPayoLBvQHDRPOCiRSgKRx_udA/s1600/IMG_3744.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513951083724620258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkIHBAGFZwS4FbFOC5uNWHaZBLAZUzBMN9RcBqHuo5IENN2EeJQtbDxTDXgt_RNv0ic47n27p02_u4yYGKuZM_BvxakZYGiATIQ7vFuizbNLItti8fHPayoLBvQHDRPOCiRSgKRx_udA/s320/IMG_3744.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><em>Above: Me on top of the wall.</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em>Right:The clock on the side of the watch tower.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierU713D3W72a-vJl45-8gTw5Os7bCjQVfXAib8SKPzPTIv4fQRxmjFgDHMzC3j5SeQiKFCW0dSwCda-KjTphGgPjm6xYcurkIsoAPL7L2dg9owq39RBFxr-0_jJvEilrNnKh9QhZnItw/s1600/IMG_3748.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513949089957905730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz_acfTCYNi73Gcvkvc5vx4tJtVshS5xpmMZAyypJMchfTNE7QfpId1kcqeK9CoDl6_9Dmr_9M7l1S1vd88qEQoP25LvC5t3aoGTbHrja7xpzw4sAkcaLqiixrceNKl4t_z92HL_X3Cs/s320/IMG_3783.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Debbie on the train with the panoramic windows.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx5YkY7DVwjPnZBR5QtV3tknbqOPNXG1WCsIYijm43sPn7Bt3GHTWV0Tb9RQYH-Zbry07WcjxK_NCbv-fgRwiuE4siVpVbiLSQ1vTPUmZ3CJ7kdQux2v8bvKiQdr5kkOmE4Uav5od3Dg/s1600/IMG_3695.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513948766228031730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx5YkY7DVwjPnZBR5QtV3tknbqOPNXG1WCsIYijm43sPn7Bt3GHTWV0Tb9RQYH-Zbry07WcjxK_NCbv-fgRwiuE4siVpVbiLSQ1vTPUmZ3CJ7kdQux2v8bvKiQdr5kkOmE4Uav5od3Dg/s320/IMG_3695.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-74951808408987828982010-09-06T16:24:00.000-07:002010-09-06T16:33:30.411-07:00Day 60<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHCUnXnFl8LeQ7ZTLT3sdFXzXQKY2zXN7LbsGckg3wexl-aHbUksSsaex71FjUmhEAOZXSqj64HB7fG1HGCNSE6bBQsBFlv76FQHJBHCoT6Ij9WP6Qyd4T9ptYPZWMxMl8klsbf-pFwU/s1600/IMG_3684.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513946958821325682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHCUnXnFl8LeQ7ZTLT3sdFXzXQKY2zXN7LbsGckg3wexl-aHbUksSsaex71FjUmhEAOZXSqj64HB7fG1HGCNSE6bBQsBFlv76FQHJBHCoT6Ij9WP6Qyd4T9ptYPZWMxMl8klsbf-pFwU/s320/IMG_3684.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 60 Interlaken -</strong></span> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong> Panoramic Train Trip<br /></strong></span><br /><br />Not sure why we chose today for the 2 hour Panoramic Train trip from Interlaken to Lucerne!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35VVThFH1zhVqMfJvl4EYbCDHEiy51JWQwtzaGdXC7Au9F3ttjTfKG2v9OoAeVE4pd8jhIrZRHvijWg02J50SVhYE8pLpKy0D4RrDorvkthp9odqELrscIFH1_YI01F3umcs9TCtVE5Q/s1600/IMG_3683.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513946601841344226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35VVThFH1zhVqMfJvl4EYbCDHEiy51JWQwtzaGdXC7Au9F3ttjTfKG2v9OoAeVE4pd8jhIrZRHvijWg02J50SVhYE8pLpKy0D4RrDorvkthp9odqELrscIFH1_YI01F3umcs9TCtVE5Q/s320/IMG_3683.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyKALUCYjMCRkxXuWVeUcsuTILlbWNR1V5TyvJbvdKJU4YuHinrscmTSOeA-L_FAsFwezlLLC8PSgdrVlLpoYvBCF4vQEg_lOEAfh2LCB7EoLTQxOoJtJcN2S5T4b39O6SUjFCEk9VU8/s1600/IMG_3679.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513946269647688258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyKALUCYjMCRkxXuWVeUcsuTILlbWNR1V5TyvJbvdKJU4YuHinrscmTSOeA-L_FAsFwezlLLC8PSgdrVlLpoYvBCF4vQEg_lOEAfh2LCB7EoLTQxOoJtJcN2S5T4b39O6SUjFCEk9VU8/s320/IMG_3679.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506266735988392172.post-66698119677511483012010-09-06T15:10:00.001-07:002010-09-06T16:20:58.535-07:00Day 59<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBBmoybecHUrugXyfbkFuyjL9ojQ4E0SSLc5K1Ena4at1OlW9kFSmEbeblM-KTS5dx9Cm2P5F8pR3ubpo4vlKB0Ajyu10SwvkxOHFnxsdJVsezbW-7kVJTynZ7iIyJoPQeQ482TG_Cxs/s1600/IMG_3647.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513932141990011186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBBmoybecHUrugXyfbkFuyjL9ojQ4E0SSLc5K1Ena4at1OlW9kFSmEbeblM-KTS5dx9Cm2P5F8pR3ubpo4vlKB0Ajyu10SwvkxOHFnxsdJVsezbW-7kVJTynZ7iIyJoPQeQ482TG_Cxs/s320/IMG_3647.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Day 59 Interlaken<br /></strong></span><span style="color:#ffff00;">Thursday 26th August</span><br /><br />"Clickety walkers" have taken over Switzerland. If you stop anywhwere and listen carefully, you will hear "Click...clickety ....click .... click.." I don't get it!! They <em>have</em> to use those noisy aluminium poles on perfectly fine roads, sometimes even on flat smooth footpaths! The Swiss must be particularly awkward people. Take away the sticks and the entire Swiss population would be scraping around helplessly on their tummies.<br /><br />Today we found a ne<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbk25hFBPaD4PsDWVqniCeBxcZfd_aKhHM9IzHIFLWs59Y3O8TvPL785zJs2QRjjWFXfqqnLHVkIy3IMcDrlcBKLYr051Dh1tlipNA9NFOqzvrGnVsLUIj-sowKbBOSOFKc9FO2ghcNc/s1600/IMG_3638.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929274119905170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbk25hFBPaD4PsDWVqniCeBxcZfd_aKhHM9IzHIFLWs59Y3O8TvPL785zJs2QRjjWFXfqqnLHVkIy3IMcDrlcBKLYr051Dh1tlipNA9NFOqzvrGnVsLUIj-sowKbBOSOFKc9FO2ghcNc/s320/IMG_3638.JPG" /></a>w way of wiping yourself out. In the mountains behind Gridelwald, you can catch a cable car up and tear all the way down on trotterbikes (scooters). Debbie's dare-devil instincts came out here and she even took her hand off the brake once or twice! She certainly gave the 'clickety walkers' a hell of a fright!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLm5GnxvVEt_Nd7u70ZKVPNHSDsgi60egFY6Ei-iztBdvOAtd_RNydPokriHNVYhyAVXwZgTsa7hU3rvBLqooeRk678YmIi1Duyem8G0jHF3tWdEVd17VKHtfq0EzRlQ6fz3GOhDf-vE8/s1600/IMG_3629.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513931716689309890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLm5GnxvVEt_Nd7u70ZKVPNHSDsgi60egFY6Ei-iztBdvOAtd_RNydPokriHNVYhyAVXwZgTsa7hU3rvBLqooeRk678YmIi1Duyem8G0jHF3tWdEVd17VKHtfq0EzRlQ6fz3GOhDf-vE8/s320/IMG_3629.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Debbie enjoying a mountain top lunch.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMCWxoWFKKLPC1lTuNqZwEm-UwDyvkfdRYsSMKFPLBgu9lqtM_R4lejCj_wzAQ0oeuTjSI4iZ9r5o4CO4R93d7i9gVvZVo17TmnmFw0NM5EdH4ZW6wg7fXxSCfspaFSIUkuqI1G0Dnjc/s1600/IMG_3597.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513931458372707138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMCWxoWFKKLPC1lTuNqZwEm-UwDyvkfdRYsSMKFPLBgu9lqtM_R4lejCj_wzAQ0oeuTjSI4iZ9r5o4CO4R93d7i9gVvZVo17TmnmFw0NM5EdH4ZW6wg7fXxSCfspaFSIUkuqI1G0Dnjc/s320/IMG_3597.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTEQdvB9B5v46UiNqxiQj2wL3llwD480xhvLKeiHoWwroutTBy_1VKxddxfV96kBGG_4eGvlz3CbP6JoO7I3PQBcJhWYwCHqqNf9T7IGKipqOTW3mPyXP33yU-Gbx0B68DvJgNuUD52k/s1600/IMG_3595.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513931088208534354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTEQdvB9B5v46UiNqxiQj2wL3llwD480xhvLKeiHoWwroutTBy_1VKxddxfV96kBGG_4eGvlz3CbP6JoO7I3PQBcJhWYwCHqqNf9T7IGKipqOTW3mPyXP33yU-Gbx0B68DvJgNuUD52k/s320/IMG_3595.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Grindewald village.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwujhoKT-OKMW9A_dkBwbAZYeKekXjzCRS1FdzPhr8A9b4rCjutPbKiYTLt0yIMcdqA3OzZlaYac2Mm15RPX-J9_sjfK78StIX3siByej3a14rA2SgBhODrJ8JHuHG4Z5vMhByTm0Zrs/s1600/IMG_3609.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513930630171801090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwujhoKT-OKMW9A_dkBwbAZYeKekXjzCRS1FdzPhr8A9b4rCjutPbKiYTLt0yIMcdqA3OzZlaYac2Mm15RPX-J9_sjfK78StIX3siByej3a14rA2SgBhODrJ8JHuHG4Z5vMhByTm0Zrs/s320/IMG_3609.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvYeDPG_lBC7PKSCpLWkgAh58FMlx55FK7PzzaCCAZe-VSTSgOMmxuaHrBXPGtk-yCCix_1sujw8kes-DOyiS_DySpKC1VnziTfqjutUiomyMMvvw1xf0BbToXzjhYcsgKgkjGH6EeXI/s1600/IMG_3631.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513930198482232834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvYeDPG_lBC7PKSCpLWkgAh58FMlx55FK7PzzaCCAZe-VSTSgOMmxuaHrBXPGtk-yCCix_1sujw8kes-DOyiS_DySpKC1VnziTfqjutUiomyMMvvw1xf0BbToXzjhYcsgKgkjGH6EeXI/s320/IMG_3631.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yp6YGDFcvm5bNrklSL0ZaDhRy7_L5TGc9KLXuPpGnI-3dg3ZkSq9O-EaHyIJHMgniHvI7Q-OJT4n3FNlBgX_6cQjMuavwdg0s3gPGc3B0Q0KXIwNGxw8a11WKtWATZ1dtBcba78kGGs/s1600/IMG_3641.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929701419433810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yp6YGDFcvm5bNrklSL0ZaDhRy7_L5TGc9KLXuPpGnI-3dg3ZkSq9O-EaHyIJHMgniHvI7Q-OJT4n3FNlBgX_6cQjMuavwdg0s3gPGc3B0Q0KXIwNGxw8a11WKtWATZ1dtBcba78kGGs/s320/IMG_3641.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Yes, the cows really do have cow bells.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_kEM7Wx9IaWLx1EhTstCL5f0FYBPOR9INjxGaxVTB-UTV6P58lvXRS0GCYWm_z_Lk15NU4LPy1_m8MN2N4Q2rHs9TuTU9em1e2lKZ3Y5MsSlIw1JdUDUvZF-XFaypefk-uGqlJelV4o/s1600/IMG_3648.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513928706906169490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_kEM7Wx9IaWLx1EhTstCL5f0FYBPOR9INjxGaxVTB-UTV6P58lvXRS0GCYWm_z_Lk15NU4LPy1_m8MN2N4Q2rHs9TuTU9em1e2lKZ3Y5MsSlIw1JdUDUvZF-XFaypefk-uGqlJelV4o/s320/IMG_3648.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqm88ixm4l4oATp4kUGI0myoCIag5bRA5O6blu1peiSQTWH8RS61IW_BLw42RBCFoZ8rS2OwRcG7R0D3f8fF7h2_FfXrrf-azJp843JxjEztY-jbhbC2OAZ70ovJ0m4HpP8UrhTrn5zA/s1600/IMG_3666.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513927209709171618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqm88ixm4l4oATp4kUGI0myoCIag5bRA5O6blu1peiSQTWH8RS61IW_BLw42RBCFoZ8rS2OwRcG7R0D3f8fF7h2_FfXrrf-azJp843JxjEztY-jbhbC2OAZ70ovJ0m4HpP8UrhTrn5zA/s320/IMG_3666.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdEA6o3pH-2EX1OvDAi6bD6AkyhyphenhyphenfJdEQe1vCJ-Zr4CyA4OqL9eiRot603TMnhsgMf58D4e7gJ4Ldnrtnz7tMBLA61ewzUaQJ7srRZPonYz53C10oFxIfhmMDeIg-LlCc_uNw-BTlonY/s1600/IMG_3668.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513926792785906306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdEA6o3pH-2EX1OvDAi6bD6AkyhyphenhyphenfJdEQe1vCJ-Zr4CyA4OqL9eiRot603TMnhsgMf58D4e7gJ4Ldnrtnz7tMBLA61ewzUaQJ7srRZPonYz53C10oFxIfhmMDeIg-LlCc_uNw-BTlonY/s320/IMG_3668.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br />We attempted to walk to this glacier filled gorge.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwSrc3eZix-cBAjO9w-dkiPflckzvNqDpc-axfkFqsSHQxQrkel_C_hPzUa-Zwcct1YPjY_nft_jXftNKSpoQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Debbie made me take this movie.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwk3LoMiTmhhZrQMRaL7kK-aov2PmF4GGE663xP6sBdqIw2JWEBU-1_t1leTfRxmRia_Lbu-LMoVL5O6diKTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Trotterbike Hellrider demonstration.Macer's Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354441250684183202noreply@blogger.com0