15 - 18 July - UK - London Our week passed with child minding interspersed with dinners out. We joined cousin Alex out for a lovely Turkish meal at EY near Waterloo station, then the following evening dinner at Jamie's Italian in Coventry Garden and then onto the West End to the Lyceum for the stage production The Lion King. Both dinner & show were great & it was fun to be around Coventry Garden enjoying the sunshine & the 'buzz' of London on a sum...

9 - 14 July - UK - London The past week has been getting to know the 'boys ' & their routines. We have had great fun gallivanting around the area with the twins going to the park & taking Joseph on the train & tube to Green Park & Buckingham Palace. Yesterday we had a lovely Ulyate/Rooke family get together at George's & today Ray & I had the day off & used our Oyster cards to roam around the classic London sights. We were lucky in th...

6/7/8 July - UK - London Arrived to a beautiful English summer ..... 23-24 degrees, not a cloud in the sky & bright & breezy. We had a lovely welcome at George's & met Joseph (17months) & the twins Thomas & Oliver (11 weeks). Have spent the last few days getting to know the children & their routines. We have taken Joseph to the park & are going solo with the twins this afternoon.

5 July - Germany - Frankfurt After a good sleep we enjoyed the breakfast here & decided to purchase a 2 day travel pass so we could roam at our leisure. The trams are very clean & efficient so we basically went east,west & south till the end of the lines & then trundled back, stopping off at the river for a riverside walk, a sandwich by another part of the river & visit to a gorgeous food market before refreshing ourselves with the local cide...

4 July - Germany - Frankfurt What a show!!!!! Zangoora is certainly Bollywood on the stage ...... I have never seen such an amazing symphony of colour, light, showmanship, costumes & bling, dancing, singing & stage production. There were aerial arrivals, masses of large confetti dropped from the ceiling, actors singing & dancing in the aisles plus each half of of the side walls of the theatre were screens that became part of the stage setting. As the...