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Howdy :)
Sorry these updates may be few and far between as I have no Internet access where I'm staying. We've landed in London and are already having a fantastic time. The weather has been fantastic, averaging 12 degrees Celsius each day. No rain so far! Yay!! And theres been sunshine too! Today we did a whole heap of sight seeing which was so much fun. ...
Howdy :)
Sorry these updates may be few and far between as I have no Internet access where I'm staying. We've landed in London and are already having a fantastic time. The weather has been fantastic, averaging 12 degrees Celsius each day. No rain so far! Yay!! And theres been sunshine too! Today we did a whole heap of sight seeing which was so much fun. ...
Around the world in almost 80 days: part I
As you all know by now Mark's mother died in England on Good Friday, 6th April. It came as a shock and had us trying to get on the next flight from Port Moresby to London, via Brisbane.
I had plucked up my courage a couple of weeks before, to agree to do a PADI Scuba course with Bella, a volunteer working on World Heritage issues in the Dept of Environment and Conservation (DEC). I am not a natural in the water and have withstood Mark's ...
The Incredible Journey
... s car (thanks Aunt Karen for driving us) and that is where all the madness begins. ...
Tower Of London
... Willian the Conqueror (1066) to King Edward (1300's) to Henry VIII (1500's) have expanded and reinvented the towers. The Tower Green, where Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey were beheaded is now the spot of a beautiful monument that simply reads: ~Gentle visitor pause awhile ~where you stand death cut away the light of many days ~here jeweled names were broken from the vivid thread of life ~may they rest in peace while we walk ...