Shopping, no matter where in the world we could be, this is still central to any good holiday. Couple of hours on Oxford Street, Soho and surrounds before taking in the British Museum with its incredible architecture, interesting collections including the Rosetta Stone, ancestral figures from Easter Island, ancient currencies and jewels. Then some more shopping. We parted so that Stan could do a few more galleries and skirt around a fiery anti G8 protest. Ther...

We were up early ready to see London from high. We boarded the London Eye well before expected boarding time so we missed the dreaded long queues!! It is an amazing structure and a great way to get an overview of the large city. Our next stop was the Tate Gallery of Modern Art before heading back several centuries in time to The Tower of London. An amazing place with a gruesome history, however the crowds were enormous and it was difficult to hear the entertainin...

After 36 long hours of travel, we have finally arrived in London. It is quite cold here, even though it is 'summer'. We rushed out yesterday, straight into our Europe adventure. We saw Big Ben, Parliment house, Westminster Abbey, and Dad showed us around Pimlico. We have already caught a double decker bus and had several trips on the underground tube trains

Only 2 sleeps and 3 exams for each of the girls to go! Almost ready and very excited now.

It's officially 26 days and 8 hours left until we leave for Europe. Getting very excited now. Pretty well organised most things but the time will fly from here. Stan has been busy doing most of the bookings and payments :-) . He is really looking forward to our time on Samos. I've (Ewa) has been checking out maps, how to get there details and tourist passes. I'm excited about the canal boat trip and France in general. Cassie is creating our own travel brochu...