Bern and it's fantastic buildings
 September 24, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
						Medieval buildings, cobblestone roads, shutters on windows, window boxes with flowers, attics with their cute doors/windows, underground theatres/shops, fountains, arcade shops....
Exploring Old Town Berne
 September 24, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
						Walked to the Rose Garden, great views of the city, had a yummy brunch, antipasto platter, breads and grilled porcini mushrooms and steak tartare! Found the Bern bears and they were true to form, oneRead more
Driving the pass through the Swiss Alps
 September 25, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
						Spectacular sights, cool roads, cows with bells :)
Lucerne to the Alps
 September 25, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
						Alps to Legnano (Milan)
 September 25, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
						Off to find olives
 September 26, 2017 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
						Cinque terra
 September 27, 2017 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
						Cinque terra
 September 27, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
						Manarola-Corniglia- Train to Manarola met up with the Daley's , explored the town nice and early while it was peaceful. Climbed heaps of stairs in the cute village of Corniglia.
Road to Arles
 September 28, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
						Just a bit more driving, with a dip in the Mediterranean for Vince...or was it raining Emi😂..Girls and Vince prepared a yummy dinner then into Van Gogh's hang out for dessert.
Arles
 September 29, 2017 in France ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
						Arena, church, theatre
Arles and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
 September 29, 2017 in France ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
						Roman Arena, Van Gogh garden, wandering the streets. Fantastic town with history to rival the romans. Narrow cobblestone streets....Kids ordered at a cafe in French, well done, and we got what weRead more
Carcassone, yummy lunch and snails
 September 30, 2017 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
						Great day in Carcassone, medieval castle with heaps of lolly shops and great food places. Had lunch in a more local restaurant with regional specialties. Vince had the cassoulet while I had the duck.Read more
Walking through vineyards - Villegly
 October 1, 2017 in France ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
						Nice long walk through vineyards surround a small village near Villegly. Found an old church and chateau. Picked some grapes and munched on them as we walked, also picked wild lavender and thyme alongRead more
Fun day wandering
 October 1, 2017 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
						Great walk through vineyards, marvelling at the range of colours amongst the vines, exploring roads - abandoned places, historical sites...great day
Wine tasting Laure minervois, lunch Min
 October 2, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
						Met Marnie and David's friend Florence from a lovely organic winerey 'Boissey' in Laure Minervois. Flo showed us through the winery explaining the loving process of winemaking in the Languedoc region.Read more
Lunch Minerve
 October 2, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
						Fantastic fortified village. Wonderful lunch! Most had entree of melon and smoked ham, mum had marinated raw steak. Then mains pork and veg, mum had fish and Marnie salmon. Dessert was delish, Jess,Read more
Chateau Chombard
 October 3, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
						Called into a boutique, chocolatier on our way to the Chateau Chombard. Handcrafted chocolates from tea sets to sheep to life size cars! Em loved the choc 'water feature' and tried to rate the diffRead more
Villers-Bretonneux to cousins
 October 4, 2017 in France ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
						Visited the war memorial. The village of Villers Bretonneux has a special relationship with Australia through war. The Australians fought to capture many of the towns, bridges, important vantageRead more
Play with cousins then back to Ireland
 October 5, 2017 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
						Kids chilled, m&d to Carrickmacross
 October 6, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
						Today J & E opted not to get in a car, spent the day home alone :) M & D went for a drive to Carrickmacross to pay respects to Patrick, then meet a cousin of grandad and mum from the Kenny side if theRead more
Navan rugby, Athboy gocarting
 October 7, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
						Watched Drew play a successful, entertaining game of rugby, home for pizza then off gocarting. Mum was setting the challenge by weaving all over the road at a nice steady pace. For everyone else, theRead more
Carting - drive through country Ireland
 October 7, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
						Ireland has many different roads M, N, R and L. I think we tried all of them today. Took a wrong turn in Birr and saw some lovely country side along some very narrow roads.
Portumna
 October 8, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
						Learnt a bit about the castle, went inside and checked out the grounds. Found a fantastic kitchen garden. We spent ages in here, sampling some of the fruits, playing in the maze and just wakingRead more
Nenagh
 October 9, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
						Wandered town, met some great locals with personality and great stories :)
Limerick shope, movie, Galway dinner
 October 10, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
						Watched a movie with Judy Dench as queen, with Indian sidekick in Limerick. Went to the Front Door for dinner in Galway, then headed back to Athboy to be greeted by Halloween :)






















































































































































