Friday, 9-Sep-2011:
Arrived in London, then Oxford for a few days.
Sunday, 11-Sep-11: Oxford Botanical Gardens:
I then flew to Helsinki for 2 workshops organisaed by Terena (the pan-European networking association).
Tuesday, 13-Sep-11: Espoo, near Helsinki: for the workshops and then a visit to the adjacent Espoo-Laajalahti Nature Reserve (including a red squirrel)
Sunday, 18-Sep-11: Milletts Farm Maze:
Wednesday, 21-Sep-11: Met up with Parrys and flew to Budapest:
We boarded our vessel (MV Avalon Panorama) and were given a bus tour of the main sights of Budapest (Fisherman's Bastion, Parliament Building, Synagogue):
Friday, 23-Sep-2011 we arrived at our first stop, Bratislava, having set sail the evening of 22-Sep.
Saturday, 24-Sep-2011, arrived in Vienna:
Sunday, 25-Sep-2011, arrived in Durnstein:
Sunday, 25-Sep-2011, tour of Melk Abbey:
Monday, 26-Sep-2011, arrived in Linz: Thence Helen and I took a coach ride via Mondsee to Salzburg for a guided tour then a free walk (when we found Chongo and Tim's lock on the bridge); we returned to the ship in Passau.
Tuesday, 27-Sep-2011, tour of Regensburg:
Wednesday, 28-Sep-2011, tour of Nuremburg:
Thursday, 29-Sep-2011, tour of Bamburg:
Sunset near Hassfurt.
Friday, 30-Sep-2011, tour of Wurzburg:
Friday, 30-Sep-2011, tour of Rothenburg:
Saturday, 1-Oct-2011, tour of Miltenberg: then sailed past Wertheim.
Wertheim:
Sunday, 2-Oct-2011, Rhine Valley:
Mainz:
Loreley:
Wiesbaden:
Sunday, 2-Oct-2011, tour of Rudesheim:
Mechanical Music Museum:
Monday, 3-Oct-2011, tour of Cologne:
Tuesday, 4-Oct-2011, boat tour of Amsterdam:
Wednesday, 5-Oct-2011, disembark the Avalon Panorama: fly back to London, and then on to the Nook.
Sunday, 9-Oct-2011, visit London: British Museum, Madame Tussaud's, Rainforest Cafe:
Saturday, 15-Oct-2011, visit Hidcote Gardens:
Tuesday, 18-Oct-2011, fly from Heathrow to Philadelphia: then drive to Lancaster.
Wednesday, 19-Oct-2011, in Lancaster
Did some sightseeing, including a quilt exhibition, and a guided walking tour.
Then attended the Christian conference (20-22 Oct), followed by exploring Amish country and lifestyle (23-Oct).
Monday, 24-Oct-2011 (overnight), flew back to London.
For the next several days, did odd jobs around the Nook, attended Louisa's birthday party in Westminster Pool on 30-Oct, minded Erica & Louisa a bit, and included a vist to the Roald Dahl museum on 26-Oct.
Here is Erica sitting in Dahl's writing chair in his writing booth:
Wednesday, 2-Nov-2011: fly back to Perth via Dubai.
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Alex Reid
2-Jun-25