Oh no the time has come for us to leave this amazing city and head home. London is a great place to visit. There is so much to see and do so much history and so many great pubs. Getting around is easy with the underground and trains but we still managed over the last few days to walk miles. We played tourists and had to squeeze as much into a couple of days as possible. A visit to Greenwich and the obligatory photo on the meridian line. Sadly the time ball was...

Well that was an exciting experience. Picked up the bikes at London Bridge then panic "how do we get out of here". Saw other cyclists and jumped on and followed them across London Bridge and down onto the embankment where there was a great cycle highway "safe!" It was great we rode along the Thames past all the rowing clubs through Putney and out to Richmond Park. London is full of the most amazing green spaces it's hard to believe. Richmond Park is huge with...

Au revoir Ile de Re. Again more good byes as we leave France and our grand children once again. We hhave had a such great 5 days on the island. Every day we cycled to a village for lunch or gelato it was cool so many people all biking around the island and the busy time is still to come. We have enjoyed the French patisseries and every morning down to the boulanger for fresh baguettes and pain aux chocolate for breakfast. They even have surf beaches although ...

Departure from Split may have been a good thing. It was jam packed full of people. With the change over of all the cruise boats, music festival week and the start of summer holidays it was crazy us poor kiwis aren't used to these kinda crowds. We flew to Paris- Charles de Gaule airport and caught the train to La Rochelle. The trains in France were busy too with families heading off for their summer hols. 5 weeks, 5 countries and 5 different laungages im star...

Sadly we end this week of cruising the Adriatic sea, laying in the sunshine, sampling a few local wines , walking the streets of small and not so small Croatian villages and enjoying the company of more new friends from near and far. The boat "Agape Rose" could not have been more perfect and the crew so amazing. The crew work the whole season until October continuously, one voyage after the other, no time out but were so helpful and fun to be with.Following on f...