Sunday 17 April 6-19C Cloudy morning, clear blue skies & sunny from 4pm OMG…..we had a wakeup call at 6am and were on the road at 7.30!We travelled south into the Rhineland on the German autobahn, then past Stuttgart into Bavaria with it's woods, farms and pretty villages.We broke the journey with a Rhine cruise and lunch, almost gliding past Lorelei Rock.The Rhine River is the third longest in Europe, originating in Switzerland and ending in the nor...

Saturday 16 April 7-19C London and Brussels Sunny Woke up in the UK, caught the ferry at Dover, landed in France and went to sleep in Belgium.3 countries in one day, no wonder l feel tired.We met a few other people on the tour during the bus ride to the ferry in the UK and were greeted in Calais, France by the tour director.We came ashore on the north side of the France where the area is quite flat, we're travelling south and the landscape changes to a hil...

Thursday 14 April 7-16C Cloudy Blood Brothers, the show we saw last night was absolutely fantastic.It had us enthralled from start to finish and l would recommend it to everyone.After a very late breakfast we caught the bus to Oxford Street and wandered around the shops for a while.Around 3pm we caught another bus to Marble Arch where we took some photos then l caught the bus back to Lancaster Gate while Mum said she'd walk back through the park, but what ...

Wednesday 13 April 5-14C Cloudy with showers A bit of a lazy day today. Mum has gone to the national archives at Kings Cross to track down some family information. I've chosen to hang around Paddington. I have to find a post office which shouldn't be too hard....not like in Spain! We're off to West End tonight. We'll catch the tube there and back as it's pretty straightforward and cheaper than a taxi.

Tuesday 12 April 6-15 Cloudy l was up at 6.30 this morning. I guess it's because l went to bed so early. We went to see the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace this morning. We were told the changing was on at 10.30 so arrived at the palace around 9.30 only to find a sign inside the gates saying that it was on tomorrow. We were a bit bummed by that but waited around as last night l called a friend of Debbie's (Elise) who's living in London at the momen...