It's good to be home

What an amazing adventure! We loved every part of it and even the long haul flights were ok. Trafalgar were excellent as was Air New Zealand.

We've had some great experiences that will shape who we are and remain with us for the rest of our lives.

Now to sort out the thousands of photos!

LAX

Half way home... Get off the plane, get our bags, complete customs forms, put bags back on plane, go through security after taking off shoes & belt & jacket then getting full body scan, get back on plane... Helping solve the US unemployment!

Jolly good show London

It was a foggy start but after a very pleasant black taxi trip we were at Paddington Station looking for marmalade and a bear before catching the very efficient Heathrow Express - no traffic worries & only 15 minutes to the airport.

The English are a very pleasant & cheery bunch!

Reflections on our Trafalgar Tour

I'm pleased that we chose Trafalgar's European Interlude as our tour. I'm also pleased that we had an excellent tour director in Kevin and an excellent driver in Rudy L.

The people on the tour were generally positive and pleasant and we made some great friends.

My advice is to participate fully in all the optional events to get the most out of the trip. Go with the flow, remember to pack a smile and you will get to experience a diverse and interesting Europe - at the end of the tour you will get out of it, exactly what you put into it.

Biggest mall in Europe

We decided to check out the biggest mall in this part of the world. It had free wifi too. It's a Westfield mall - certainly bigger than our local Westfield.

It even had a Lego store that only sold Lego! I could've filled a shipping container with the stunning lego models. You could even make your own Lego people and buy individual bricks.

They had 4 different styles of advent calendars, party kits, hobbit Lego etc...

More English food

After our last trip in the coach we went for a small adventure in the underground which is actually quite fun once you work out the colours of the lines and which stations to swap trains. I then joined friends for a lovely pub meal of mushy peas (which are actually delicious) and warm ale. The pub had a warm atmosphere and it was a perfect way to end the day.

On the way back an Italian asked me directions, so I must be looking like a local :-)

Traditional English fare

It wasn't long before we were tucking into a good tasting curry & a beer on the cruise to Dover.