The last day shopping and eating with mum and then to the tower for lunch. A good weekend but now I need a rest and no food for the next week. It says snow by the end of the week but it's so warm at the mo I just can't see it. Bring on the cold I say.

100 mins of Boot trip. The colours of the trees are now fabulous. So many parks we haven't even seen before. Note to self must come back.

Frankfurt marathon. Maybe a new world record coming as good conditions. We will see. Not quite 2hrs2mins so close.

Well Arch is definitely settling into the hotel alright. We met up with mum and Charles and had a lovely traditional dinner in the old square then headed back to the hotel. In the morning we made full use of the buffet breakfast before heading out shopping with mum. We got slightly side tracked by the mist amazing kitsch shop ever, which I will be going back to before Christmas me thinks. Anyway after a hard morning shopping we all met up for lunch at the sky r...

So in 15,000 BC the Bow and Arrow: The first tool superior to man 10,000 BC Farming: By prehistoric hunters in the transition from nomad to settler 3,000 BC The Wheel: maybe originated from the potters wheel 1,100 BC Navigation: The North Star 600 Electricity: The Greeks 1040 Gunpowder: In the Chinese manual on warfare was the first description 1450 The Printing Press: Johannes Gutenberg (German) but 5 years later went bust and handed it over to Johann Fus...