Left Vienna and headed for the Byzantine city of Venice. We went to the Isle of Lido where we stayed at a quaint hotel which was decorated with unique porcelain and other artifacts . Dinner was a bit of a fiasco but ended up okay. Pasta , salad followed by beef stew as I remember. Next day was a visit to Venice, the Morano glass factory and shop, St Mark's Square, Doge 's Palace and a couple of hours to wander to check out the other squares, the Grand Canal ,the ...

After a lovely time in Lucerne we set forth in the dark of the early morning. Our first stop around 10 am was Valduz, Leichenstein's capital. Went to the post office ,sent some postcards and went to the philatelic shop. Had a walk around and took photos of the castle as the mist had cleared. Back on the coach and enjoyed the views of the Arlberg route through the Tyrol , Austria. Innsbruck was our overnight stop. We had our orientation of the city, visited the S...

We arrived at t"Sand square at Bruges where we had a lovely walk around the city. Beautiful lace and tapestry shops. Passed by the canal and fish market and found the Notre Dame cathedral where Michelangelo 's Madonna & child is situated. After our interesting though short stay we proceeded onto Brussels. We were dropped off at the GrandPlatz where we walked to see various statues,shops etc. We had dinner at a restaurant in the square and then went to the Ren...

Tuesday 16 October we farewelled our hospitable B & B hosts at Godshill/Sandford on the Isle of Wight and headed for London. We had a stop to investigate some model plane equipment at Rowlands Castle and later for our lunch purchase. Returned the hire car near Gatwick and trained into London. We decided on a taxi to get to hotel Copthorne Tara , Scarsdale place in Kensington. Had a walk around and went back and had Chinese for dinner - quite nice. Bed ear...

This is the B & B where we stayed on the Isle of Wight near Godshill. The town where the lovely thatched roof cottages and an amazing miniature village and toy museum were sighst to enjoy. We had a great stay here and particularly enjoyed the great breakfasts. We left our friends mid morning today and drove to Portsmouth where we caught the Isle of Wight ferry over to Fairhaven. We settled into our B & B at the Barn pound Farm and then we drove to Sand...