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Almost cruise time for us but let me catch you up on more of Europe.  With my cousins, Louis and Henry, and their Mum and Dad  Louis and I using Henry as a table to play cards on - it was quite late!  In front of the Arc de Triomphe, leading down the Champs Elysee
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 We met with my cousins and Aunt and Uncle in Paris and almost went up the Eiffel Tower with them............but the boys were tired so we went for a nice French dinner instead. Snails are actually tasty but they were a bit too chewy for me! Anyway, next day we went straight back to the Eiffel Tower and up we went. There are 3 levels and most people go to level 2 where there is a really good viewing platform. It feels like it is really high but when you get in the central lifts to go to the 3rd level (the TOP!) then you realise just how high the tower is. We loved it although my Mum was nervous in the last lift - it is mostly glass so you can see all of the iron girders around you as you go up and up and up!  Level 2, still a long way to the top  At the top!!  Over 16,900km from home! :-(  Dressed for a Party!! We went back to England for a few days to go to my Aunty Tracy's house warming party. It is crazy to think that in Europe you can just drive through a few countries to go to a party. I loved getting dressed up and then when I got there and surprised everyone our long trip was worth it. I was trusted to take orders, prepare and serve cocktails so I was busy all night - having lots of fun too!!  Blowing up balloons with Aunty Tracy whilst Grandad gets his bow-tie sorted out by Cookie  With James, Isabel and Edward (mostly out of the picture) in their Dad's Land Rover  With my Mum's Godparents, Uncle David and Aunty Maureen, at the biggest Indian Restaurant in the World!!! I have been in and out of France now but not yet Paris (except for a dirty train station and the rather nice air port). We went to the beaches where the D-Day landings occurred in 1944. A lot of people died there from England, Canada, America and of course France and Germany. We went back to England after Normandy - it is fun being able to just change direction and go to a different country when you want to. It is like heading to Canberra and then deciding to go to Goulburn instead. Well, kind of like that. Hope everyone is enjoying winter. We are hoping to have a white Christmas in North America so I will be looking forward to Summer as well when I get home.  A German machine-gun post on the beach known as Juno - where the Canadians landed.  An observation post on the headland at Arromanches - no troops landed here because they wanted to keep the beach clear to construct a huge floating, artifical harbour  More comments to follow but enjoy some pictures for now.............  Capturing the action at Trafalgar Square  Hanging on the fence at Buckingham Palace whilst they change the individual Guards  Near Downing Street, London Eye in the background   A few photos from around my Grandma and Grandad's place in Cornwall.  With my Grandma and cousins, Louis and Henry, hiking in the woods  Surfing (body boarding!) at Hayle beach  Cookie happenings at Hayle town carnival  Here comes the carnival!!  Guess who the Caterpillar is!? Henry is next to me and the other Tiger is Louis.   With June and David, my Grandpa's cousins, in Blaydon, Newcastle  Playing the part of the Scottish hordes threatening a Roman Britain, on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, close to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne We had to rush to England from Moscow when we found out my great Grandma had died so along the way we visited Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and France. When finally we reached Yorkshire we stayed there for about a week before heading to Northumberland and staying there for 2 nights. On our way to Ireland we drove through Scotland for about 6 hours and then a ferry to Northern Ireland - we had to wait in a queue for about 2 hours and then finally we got onto the bit between the road and the boat waited there for about an hour before been told we had to get on another boat. It was the bumpiest ride ever. When we finally got to Northern Ireland we drove around it for about 2 hours, soon to discover that we had been half around it and were back where we started. So we decided that we would stay there for the night the next day we drove to Dublin and stayed there for 2 nights while catching up with some friends. After Dublin we drove down to Rosslare and stayed there for a night and the next day had a lovely journey to Wales. We stayed there for 2 nights with family and then drove down to Cornwall to stay for 3 weeks - it was amazing to have some space for that period ofr time. It was also great to see all my family and friends! We spent a day running around, quite lost, in a Maize Maze – a huge maze made in a corn field! While we were there I was on a float for the Hayle town carnival - it was for the Methodist church so it was Noah’s Ark and I had to be a caterpillar! We drove up the main street of Hayle and then back again, waving at everyone and getting lots of cheers and claps.  Trinity College - Dublin.  In an old Pub for lunch, Central Wales  Mum and Dad in Aunty Jenny's backyard with Uncle John, enjoying the sunset - Monmouth, Wales Well, the real question of where is Molly cannot be answered tonight...........girls would shriek, boys would swoon and people would wonder what we were doing with our daughter..........she is safe, she is preparing updates but right now, I need to catch up on her behalf - clearly she was spoilt by her English grand parents and has done NOTHING for our blog! So here is something from..........:Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Wales.........  In our Pub-Stay in Newcastle-upon-tyne. According to my Dad it was a good Geordie evening!  The Ferry that never sailed.......apparently we should be glad about that!  A big lake in a little country - Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland - and YES, the wind was strong and cold!!  Me, Molly, with .........well, Molly! Molly Malone in Dublin!  I can't believe it is a month since we were in St Petersburg - our rush to England for a funeral became a rush around Scotland, N.Ireland, Ireland and Wales.........and some normal life in Cornwall with my Grandma and Grandad.      Inside the Kremlin - the Tsar's Bell and Cathedral Square in the background  This is 'just' a museum - at the end of Red Square  The Bolshoi Theatre - famously home to the Bolshoi Ballet |
AuthorMolly: Hi guys, it's me, hope year 5 is treating you well!! My teachers this year are a real drag!! Mum and Dad; boring! I know you won't have that problem at Batemans Bay Public School.........!!!??!! Archives
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