Qantas flight landed on time in Melbourne to a lovely Aussie autumn day!...Bonza to be home!!

The best news on Friday 8/11/13 Finley Arlo Kirchener made his entrance into the world at 1.21am an weighed 3263gr. He is a most beautiful baby and has Jon's chin and both parents height. John has not stopped smiling and spent several hours at the hospital today. Saturday 9/11 after our visit to see Finley and Jen, we went to the city and had a fabulous steak at the Steak Expert, then saw a movie, so many people out and about. Sunday 10/11 Jen and Fin are home ...

Day 67 Thursday 17/10 18 deg Sunny > Day 88 Wednesday 7/11 10 deg Sunny Met Louise at her hotel Royal National at Bedford Way Russell Square and wished her well for her Contiki tour of Europe from 19/10 > 3/11. We have been to a great satirical show by the Canal Café Theatre - News Review which has been running since 1979, a great gig. Also catching up on movies Diana, Captain Phillips, Blue Jasmine, Rush story of James Hunt and Niki Lauda, John saw E...

Day 66 Wednesday 16/10 Paris > London 16 deg Cloudy - Judy here...With a stop at Boulanger Josephine for another delicious baguette, we then bid a fond au revoir to the "City of Light" and headed to Gare du Nord for our 2.5 hour Eurostar train journey to London, which is so much easier than flying! The train is over 350 metres in length, so a few laps on the platform and with the trundle of our bags to the station from our hotel as well, we have almost had...

Day 65 Tuesday 15/10 Paris 16 deg Cloudy - Judy here...Paris in the autumn, how lovely the colour of the trees are. For breakfast we went to the local Boulanger, Josephine and bought the best ham and cheese baguette we have had in a long time, as well as a pastry that was light and had a jam filling, you have to hand it to the French they sure can do bread and pastry. The first orders of the day were a haircut for "moiré", and after 78 days since my last cut...