Britannia Coventry Hill Hotel

... A new form of fly away hair mine was fly everywhere.<br>I am dreaming of sitting on my parents decking in the morning sunshine eating a whole fresh mango (juice dripping type - yum) for breakfast reading the morning paper (prob be the Geelong Addy as thats Dad's usual, which I don't luv but at least its not footy season so I won't have to read just about the Cats). Bring it on I say.<br><br>

... t be bothered with the shopping crowds. Having to fight your way through the likes of Primark (hell on earth in terms for shopping and I'm a shop-a-holic so it must be bad) or on the escalators in the Bull Ring just didn't appeal today. So I saved my pennies for a rainy day - that will probably be tomorrow.<br>Ok get some sleep - with 10 days to go I need to keep the battery charged. More to follow in the next few days .......<br>

I am being to think I am absolutely mad for doing this ... my bag has been re-packed no less than 10 times to find some space for a mascara and a pair of sparkly flip-flops, both of which I thought were essential items, until I remmebered that I am going to Africa and in fact fighting off bugs should really be my number one priority. So out came the sparkly flip-flops and the mascara and back in went the mossie net and deet spray!!<br ...

... I'll probably initially feel homesick when I arrive in strange surroundings, but hopefully that will soon pass.<br><br>I'm so excited ... new places, new people, the sun - a complete adventure - bring it on!<br><br>Back to reality for now, and back to organising storage, insurance, membership cancellations etc.<br><br>Ciao for now<br><br>xxx

... the camera and as such, are pictureless (as opposed to picturesque). I'm sure we will go back to Worcester in the nearish future and will make sure some piccies will be taken then. <br><br>Finally (because I'm sure you're all bored now) we took a weekend away to the East midlands to visit Anthea's family's hometown. We stayed with a family friend who has lived in the same house all his 60-something years. Anthea's grandfather was the local ...

... of the world walk by. But I miss my home and I am glad to be returning.<br><br> The flights back home were busy with it being Friday afternoon and flying home always seems like it takes ages simply because I look forward to being back.<br><br> Home now though for the weekend, we start it all off again on Monday as we go to Vilnius.<br>

... via the backside of Shakespeares house <br>with a nice Cedar tree. We got back on the bus then tootled along <br>towards Coventry<br> Coventry and the Cathedral got badly bombed during the war, there <br>is still the ruins of the old Catheral standing next to the <br>new/modern Cathedral. We took some photos and then took a walk to the <br>statue of Lady Godiva and took a photo of her. It was a short trip to <br>the hotel at the Ramada Coventry and we reached it by 5.30pm. The <br ...

... away. That is until he invited himself to our wedding in Northern Cyprus and kept repeating "if I do good work you put me up in nice hotel yes? hahaha". On the 3rd "hahaha put me up in nice hotel" request, I immediately blocked him from my emails since he initially said to me "I charge nothing for advice on hotel, I just love my country". I checked him out via google and he seems quite respectable - Director of his own company ...

... lawns that stretched to the river. Coventry We were told the 70% of Coventry was destroyed by bombs in WWII, what is left of the old Cathedral stands beside the new Cathedral which people from all nations including Germany helped to rebuild. Here there is a monument dedicated to International Reconciliation and while we stood in the old ruins the bells tolled in preparation for evensong, it was a magical moment.

... years ago. After our stop at the Hathaway home, we headed into town to spend a couple of hours and to visit the homestead of Shakespeare himself. They have maintained the quaint look of this town very nicely. Stratford sits upon the River Avon, hence its name. It rained in the afternoon, but we were prepared and no one melted.