Changi Airport. At the last international gate.

Singapore old and new

Singapore harbor from Marina Bay Sands hotel

A backyard Santorini style

Holidaymakers at one of the many luxury apartments at Oia, Santorini.

The caldera of Santorini. Our ship is waiting in the background.

We travelled up the mountain in a coach and down in a cable car. Amazing rock strata in the cliffs.

Oia, Santorini

One of the many clifftop chutes in Thira, Santorini

A little shopping in Rhodes before hitting the beach.

Medieval Rhodes town square. Cooler inside the walls - must be 40' outside.

Lindos Bay.

Lindos Acropolis. Overlooks St Pauls lagoon.

Walked along the marina in Patmos. Boats very colorful against the whitewater houses.

Outside the theatre at Ephesus. St Paul spoke to the people here.

Celsus Library at Ephesus

Mykonos Harbour

Mykonos in the evening

Cruising the Med

We have a taxi booked to take us to the port after breakfast. Very
lucky there is one as they went on strike at 5 am. Some private ones
still available.
Did the Acropolis yest am. It was amazing. Dan and Stef you would love
the photo ops. Britt and George you would love the sun. Tho it is so
hot that everyone walks around with sweat running down their backs.
Hotter than Singapore tho better in the shade. After a slushy under
the olive trees - and we saw pomegranates we went to the museum. It is
just for things from the Acropolis site and was really good and cool.
Then had a sandwich and back to the air con and watch a bit of Tdf.
Later we walked in the National Garden looked at Parliament and the
guards checked out Hadrians Arch and then had some tea at a sidewalk
cafe. Had to hunt around for a money machine and then came across the
Plaka area full of restaurants and tourists. really nice vibe. Then we
found the rooftop cinema so went to the movies. Acropolis on the hill
above very cool ( still hot actually)

It was great.
Won't have wifi on the boat or txt unless we are on land so will take
a while to answer any messages.
Home soon.

Mum and Dad
Xxxxxxxxoooooooo

We found 'Rooftop Cinema' quite by chance. Watched Sunshine and Oranges an Aussie movie. Great stuff.

A warm day at the Parthenon.

Mandy and Jonathon at Harmonie, Bonnefont

Saying goodbye to Poppy

Sitting on the bank above the finish. We sat with Americans, Londoners and locals.

The peloton goes past 100m from the finish in Lourdes

The caravan comes through. Our camp is in the very centre of the picture.

Lunch while we wait...

Thor Hushovld chases the leaders

The first big bunch racing past

Pont d'Espagne

Lac de Gaube in the Vallee de Gaube very close to the Spainish border.

We drove up the gorge 40 km from Lourdes and then took a gondola and chairlift. We walked to the far end of the lake. It is famous for it's blue colour but it was fairly misty so wasn't always blue while we were there. The Pont D'Espagne at the bottom of the chairlift had a huge waterfall. Very scenic area.

Wendy setting the pace less than 1pm from the top of the Col du T.

Not just cyclists making the trek up to the Col du Tourmalet

German couple contemplating their decent of Pic du Midi down to the Col du Tourmalet

This pic is for you Hurnie!

Pic du Midi summit

We enjoyed panoramic views at the top and had fun exploring the museum and observatory.

Pic du Midi. At 2800 meters the highest peak in this part of the Pyrenees. We walked the 7k to the top and took the cable car down. Hmmmm someone wasn't planning that too well..

Col du Tourmalet. Plenty of cyclists making it to the top and hundreds of campers all set up waiting for the Tour to come through.

Tour de France here we come! We knew we were in the right spot when there were more sunflowers than you could imagine.

.....the stones weren't blown about tho. (It was great to see Stonehenge - much better than I thought)

A bit windy at Stonehenge...

Had a fabulous lunch in this roadside restaurant. Framed racing silks adorned the walls.

Searching for the family at St. Leonards, Stanton Fitzwarren. The oldest gravestone we could read was 1647.

Roman Baths and Abbey in the evening

The River Dee under the viaduct. We walked across between the handrail and canal. Great view but a bit scary especially as it was built in 1805 and mended with linen dipped in lead and sugar!!!

A narrow boat navigating the canal across the Pontcysllyte Aqueduct

Shrewbury Castle newly washed by the rain

We popped in to see Rhyl...

Conwy Castle. The castles in Wales are bigger and in better condition than any we have seen.

Public walkway near Little Langford

Beatrix Potter country

Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald

Bonny Scotland

Two days in Edinburgh have flown by. It was great to catch up with
Colin he remembers 'that mad day' well. We checked out most of the
spots from the 2007 trip but the weather wasn't so dreary - no sign of
scotch mist.
The Queen has been avoiding me. She was hiding at Buckingham palace
while we were in London then left Sandringham just as we got to
Norfolk and flew to watch the Irish derby. Tracked her down yesterday.
She popped out of Holyrood palace to inspect the guard just as I
walked round the corner.
We walked over Arthur's seat to bagpipes as there was a festival in
the park below. Very Scottish. Off to Lakes District today via
Hadrians wall which I have always wanted to see.

Arthur's Seat. Good to see the family land in great shape.