After the night of the most frivolity by the whole group together – wine, vodka and dancing – there might have been the occassional body worse for wear, something you really don't want when you are going to spend all day in the bus again. Bruce's glasses and jacket had to be returned to him in the morning – just as well he was not one of the suffering ones - or was he! Yesterday our tour director had organised for a young fellow to come ar...

More warmer than average days for this time of the year in Warsaw – again in the high 20s. Yesterday (Thursday) we wandered the area around our hotel and spent time in the National Museum. The museum was not exactly what we expected; we would call it an art gallery. Having said that, it was good and did help us understand more of the Polish history. We also caught up on some housekeeping things before meeting up with other members of the tour group at ...

Said goodbye to one of our tour buddies at the airport this morning and left Instanbul . We are off to Warsaw and she was off home to Seattle. We flew Turkish Airlines – nice flight, good crew and best economy class food we have ever had and with a good wine selection. Had fun at the airport checking in as our e-ticket was not recognised by the airline. After 15 minutes it was resolved and when we asked if we should take it up with our travel agent they s...