Arbury Lodge Cambridge

The last few weeks have been really manic while we've prepared to put our furniture into storage and get our property ready for letting. Thankfully, most of the hard work is completed and now we can concentrate on getting ready for our travels. It's difficult to believe that we leave in just under a week! <br><br>We fly into Delhi on Monday, arriving very early ...

Well since Amsterdam Josh and I have been staying in county Bedfordshire with my Aunty Sue. She lives in a country house, dated from the 1800's (and has the deeds to prove it!), with her dad - known as Grand dad to all) and her doggies, Molly and Buddy the bulldog. <br><br>So Friday we had a glorious sleep in, then headed to Milton Keynes for a couple of hours of retail ...

Well today was our last day in Amsterdam<br><br>A lovely sleep in this morning - owing part to the stone over from the previous night's events and also due to the grey skies and rain that have plagued us through Amsterdam. Packed all the bits and pieces up, left our bags with the hotel staff and off we wandered to the Heineken Experience Museum......<br><br>which wasn't open until 11am (note that for anyone wanting to visit!) - so another wonderful brekkie ...

<br><br>The most outgoing and bubbly people mostly go in for pastel shades or<br>light colors in clothing while the reserved people choose the safer<br>shades. Besides, you have those who wear bright prints and unique cuts<br>which reflects their expressive and loud personality. Ed Hardy clothing brings you ...

... s hard to explain - there was obviously so much more to explore and take in...... like unfinished business. Then...<br><br>The taxi driver asked us if we would be coming back again. When we replied "no", he knowingly said "You will be back! See you next year!" <br><br>What could we say??! <br><br>Maybe he knows something we don't....

... close to transport links. Indeed it seems public transport is going to be integral in our trip. Berlin is very well connected with underground (u-bahn), overground (s-bahn) and buses a-go-go all included in one tourist ticket so more money saving there (Martin Lewis would be proud). Seeing as it's Ally's birthday she thinks she should get to decide the itinerary. There has been much planning on work-time already and ...

... Anyway, as promised below are some of the pictures form the last Day, taken at Redondo Beach, California. I will post again some of the background bits and pieces as soon as. In the meantime, thank you for following us, I hope you have enjoyed reading the virtual postcard as much as we have doing it. Love Les &amp; Caroline xxx

... wooden pole aboard a flat-bottomed boat and pushing yourself along the riverbed, much like riding in a gondola. Not the most efficient way to travel but a good way to see behind the College building's and grounds and to learn the history of the many bridges and famous buildings built along the river Cam. Later, Robert and I went to hear the evening Kings College Choir recital in the Chapel then wandered back to the hostel ...

... when converted to dollars. We drove out to Lavenham where Bruce had visited on one of his prior trips to England. It's a quaint village with unique wood-beam and stucco houses that are as crooked as they could be. One is famous for being the Crookedest House and we took pictures of it and others. There's even a house where the poem "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was written, amongst others. I bought some fudge in a shop and found it to be mediocre fudge. Very disappointing.