We had a fabulous time in the states and are both suffering from jet lag, we both woke up at 2pm and still felt tired. The trip back from San Francisco was shorter than we expected which made the journey slightly more pleasant. We were also sad to see Pocahontas being returned to the car hire place, Ian was straight on eBay pricing one up. We arrived back at Heathrow, collected our suitcases and the car was waiting for us outside. It seemed weird being on the o...

What a day today has been, it feels like we have walked 18 miles. I have the blister on my toe and Ian has the sun burnt neck to prove it. First thing this morning we caught the U bahn to Schloss Schonbrunn which is a palace that was used as a summer residence. It was huge. We ended up walking round the gardens first in the blistering heat before going around 40 of the rooms in the palace. It was all very beautiful and posh. Even the tearoom where we stopped for...

After sleeping in until 10am we set out for a day of exploring. We walked into the main town, stopping off at a small bakery to have a drink and a chocolate bread cake. This was really sweet and sickly so I enjoyed it more than Ian. We went into the main centre where the Stephansdom cathedral is which is amazing to look at. It is very gothic in style and has two huge towers at the front. Inside it is full of carving and stain glass windows. It was also crammed fu...

So here we are off on our minimoon to sunny Austria. Not the best start to the day, we left our house at 6:30am & sat nav said 1hr 45 mins to get to Heathrow. Three hours later because of horrendous traffic and a lot of bum twitching, we made it to the airport by the skin of our teeth and boarded our flight. When we got to Vienna we caught the CAT train which pretty much delivered us to our hotel. It was a fab train like riding a double decker bus but as a t...

Well we are finally married and what a brilliant day it was! Tomorrow is the beginning of our first adventure, we fly to Vienna and have 3 nights booked in a lovely hotel. Pics to follow.....