Hope your new friends know what they have let themselves in for. They must be a good influence 'cause I haven't seen too many beer photos lately. xxx Mum

Excellent, Narn!!
Just had a beautiful day in Wurzburg!! Pretty town with some good shopping!!!
Yaaay to Lotto winnings!!! Thanks for passing on Chris' greetings. We wanted to be sure we sent them in time and are having trouble keeping track of the days!!!! Bought him a riotous card - at least we think it is ...... It's all in German! Ha ha!!!!! Love to you all! Xxx

Das ist gut!!!! And don't reply in babel fish German Brian!!! Still enjoying the life and times of the oz's great adventure. It's always a shame when you find the perfect place and can't linger longer. We'll fix that when we win lotto darlings!!!!!!! Love and hugs and thanks for the birthday wishes I will give them to him on the 16th xoxoxo Narn

Great to hear from you, Vick! Fantastic news about Kimberley's trip and so exciting for all of you! She'll have a ball and it's great that you and Scott are visiting over Christmas!!! 1/2 the fun is in the planning!!! Thanks for reading our blog!! It's a good way for me to keep track of
what's happening and will help my failing memory when we get home!! Love to you all, keep safe! Xxx

Another day in Germany and its been a little bit different! We started off with the usual walking tour to see the very beautiful city of Regensburg and the regulation gorgeous church/cathedral!!! We thought that we could easily spend a couple of days here because it's sooo pretty (and it has a great sausage house on the river bank that we didn't have time to visit)!!! Anyway, after lunch on board, a group of 18 of us went for a one hour drive on the autobahn, to Neumarkt, to visit a private 'Maybach' museum. It was very interesting seeing these amazing, luxury cars from the early 1800s and early 1900s, (something different) most of which have been beautifully restored. Bwian and I saw a new one at Brisbane Mercedes Benz a few years ago, worth about $1.5m awaiting it's owner to collect it, after he extended his garage, so the car would fit!!!! We set sail for Nuremberg later this evening and we're hoping to find a Martin Luther trail there tomorrow. Unfortunately we've had to cancel our car for Sunday to drive to Coburg Castle because of the late arrival in Bamberg and then the departure from another spot!! We wouldn't have had time to make the trip and these finer details were mot available to us prior to the cruise . We're disappointed, but that's travel!!! Well, all continues to be fablious and we are both still well and loving it!!! Love to all at home. Have a great weekend!! Xxx

Glad to see you guys are still having such a great time! And thanks for all your updates - has been fun seeing a smidgeon of what you have been up to - especially whilst I have been stuck at home... Have soooo enjoyed reading your blog and yes, soooo jealous!!! Kimbereley's visa arrived in the post on Thursday - so all systems are go with organising the finer details of her trip! Have shown her some of your photos... Kimberley plans to head off some time in November... Scotty and I will go and have Christmas 2013 with her... Will have to start researching where we want to go/what we want to see before then!
Keep having fun, stay safe and ENJOY!!! xxx

Hhmmmm ..... no singing on the gondola. Don't know that our gondolier was that happy in his work!! :-) xx

Good to see you are covering the 2 major Italian food groups, ie pizza carbs & pasta carbs. Belissimo!!!! Good to see Bwian had his super ninja pick pocket thwarting powers activated....top save Brian!

Did Mario sing to you on the gondola?
So jealous. We loved Venice. Big Congratulations on the School's OP ratings.
Love you both

Great to hear from you!! You are the only diligent messager - THANKS!!!!!! Yep all still great with lots of funny tales along the way!!! Enjoy the lead up to your holiday! Love you. Xxxx

Yes but at least you didn't have to go to a brothel to get yer nails done lol
Very funny story guys, good to see Grindel is earning his keep, more than I can say for Guido. Down the coast for a couple of nights to catch up with M&W crew to say farewells, it's the holiday you have before you go on holidays (as you do)! Keep up the amusing anecdotes, good to see you are still laughing your way through Europe love & hugs Narn & Chris

Your message was a great chuckle and a wonderful start to the day!!! Thanks!!! We are off to the train station to go to Pisa for the day. All is great here. Loving our Villa with lots of space and peace and quiet!!! Hope Chris is working on his 'Domestic God' status!!! I will eagerly await a progress report!! Ciao!! Xxx