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12 June 2004
Above: Isola San Giulio as seen from Sacro Monte. Breakfast at the Elena Hotel wasn’t as sumptuous compared to Hotel du Parc but it was adequate. We got talking to three older English gentlemen. They’re on motorcycle road-trip travelling all the way to Corsica. They seem to be focused on getting to Corsica and not […]
11 June 2004
Shifting Breakfast at Hotel du Parc was good with a good selection of muesli, pastries, bread, cheese and cold cuts. But the place was a little over our budget. We just needed to book somewhere for the first night to give us certainty, since we had a long day coming from Downham Market. We walked […]
10 June 2004
Above: Hotel du Parc, Stresa. Leaving England We woke at 0515 at Wendy’s place and drove to my sister’s place at Downham Market, getting there at 0620. We said goodbye to sis and Mike. [Edit: This turned out to be the last time I saw her.] Mum and step-dad joined us for the ride to […]
6 June 2004
With the somewhat diametrically opposite time-zone from New Zealand, I woke at 0400, as I did yesterday. Fortunately, I was able to sleep again till 0800 unaided, whereas yesterday I needed half a sleeping pill. We lazed at Wendy’s place till around 1100 before driving to my sister’s place in Downham Market for lunch. Mike […]
22 October 2003
Above: Castle Cornet at St Peter Port, Guernsey. We got David to drop us in St Peter Port this morning to have another wander. We started at the La Vallette underground military museum, which covers the island’s military history during World War One and the German Occupation of the island from 1940 to 1945 during […]
21 October 2003
We had a lazy start and left home, driven by David, around 1130. We headed out towards the south-western tip of the island before driving along the southern main road towards the east to Torteval, St Martin’s and back to St Peter Port. We stopped at various points of interest at various points, for photos […]
20 October 2003
Above: At Ely Cathedral. Short trip to Ely We had spent all of yesterday with family, in Norwich and in Kings Lynn. Today, we have a good chunk of the day to kill before our evening departure to Guernsey at 1840 tonight, to visit my other sister. Mike lent us his car so we could […]
18 October 2003
Today we did an excursion to Norfolk Broads. It took about 1h15 to reach there from Downham Market and one there, we rented a boat. Kim did a marvellous job navigating the boat in the canals which were speed-restricted to 5 mph. We stopped for a cuppa tea at a pub, then ate lunch on […]
17 October 2003
Kim’s parents, Pat and Fiona, came to Downham Market today and we had an outing together to Duxford which is famous for its aviation museum, officially known as the Duxford Imperial War Museum. The journey took over an hour and we arrived before lunchtime, so we grabbed lunch before having a good wander around the […]
16 October 2003
Leaving Spain Our Spanish adventure finishes today and we head back to London and then to Downham Market in Norfolk. We have part of the morning free before our 1300 flight to London Heathrow. We settled our bill with the hostal before breakfast. They accept cash or card, so I thought I’d check if they […]