Not long to go now until I head off on my Europe trip.
I leave on the 3rd of October and head to London for 3 days before joining a bus tour for 18 days.
See the tour here….European Cavalcade
I have been saving for ages for this trip to treat myself for my 50th birthday I am spoiling myself and flying business class with Etihad.
European Cavalcade – October 2014
Not long to go now until I head off on my Europe trip. I leave on the 3rd of October ...
Packing Light
Just over a week now until I go, and I am going to pack this weekend For some time I ...
Day 1.. Bon Voyage -Bound for London
Today stated with an early wake up to get ready to go. A quick breakfast and Mick drove me to ...
Day 2 – Arriving in London
This is a re-run of the entry that I stupidly deleted. How do you accidently delete an entry you may ...
Day 3 – London Sightseeing
Started the day with a breakfast of bacon and eggs cooked in the apartment I organized what train I needed ...
Day 4 – More Sights
A big day of sightseeing today as today is my last day before I meet up with the Trafalgar tour ...
Day 5 – A Quiet Last Day in London
Had a bit of a sleep in today and pottered round leisurely this morning. I over-did it a bit yesterday, ...
Day 6 – London to Amsterdam
Today is the first day of my coach tour :). From now on this blog may seem a little disjointed ...
Day 7 – Amsterdam to Neustadt
A nice sleep in today (6:00) good buffet breakfast, and we were "wheels rolling"at 7:30 on our way to Germany ...
Day 8 – On to Switzerland
We had our first "gentle start" we did not have to be at breakfast until 7:15 and were on the ...
Day 9 – Mountains, Lake and Bunkers
Breakfast this morning was a genuine "continental breakfast" of cold meats, cheese, croissants, cereal and coffee ( and tea ) ...
Day 10 – Lucerne to Innsbruck
On the road to Austria via Liechtenstein. Bern tells us that today is brought to us by the letter "S" ...
Day 11 – Venice
7:00 bags and breakfast then off to Verona.A pleasant drive down the motorway we passed through the Dolomite mountains and ...
Day 12 – Venice
Another glorious day in the beautiful Venice. 🙂 we have a strange phenomenon today... There is a big shiny ball ...
Day 13 – Venice to Rome
We had an early start today, ready for a long road trip day today. Leaving the hotel at 7:30 we ...
Day 14 -The Vatican & the Colosseum -Rome
We boarded the coach and walked straight passed the lines and entered the museum just on 8:00 We passed through ...
Day 15 – Sorrento, Positano & the Amalfi Coast
Arrivederci Roma 7:00 bags and breakfast this morning and we are on our way to Naples While we were in ...
Day 16 – Sorrento to Florence
Pompeii ...After a good breakfast, quite a few of us went to the pool deck to take photos of Sorrento ...
Day 17 – Florence
We woke to a misty morning and about 15 degrees Yay to some cooler weather. The weather report says it ...
Day 18 – Florence to Nice via Pisa
Another early morning (6:45 bags and breakfast) then off to Pisa. The leaning tower was built as the bell tower ...
Day 19 – Nice
A free morning today, so a group of us headed out shopping. Bern gave us details instructions on how to ...
Day 20 – Nice -Avignon -Lyon
On the bus at 7:45 we made our way along the Promenade and bid farewell to Nice. The sun was ...
Day 21 – Lyon – Paris via Versailles
6:45 bags and breakfast and we were on our way to Paris at 7:30 A misty morning greeted us as ...
Day 22 – Paris
We started the day with a sightseeing tour on the coach, stopping a number of times for photos. We then ...
Day 23 – Paris to London
Early start this morning for our final day. Quite a few people are staying on in Paris and a number ...
Day 24 – Last day in London and Heading Home
I checked out the hotel after having the included buffet breakfast. The hotel stored my bags while I headed out ...
