Oh how time flies when you are having fun!!
It is whizzing by so fast the last few days that it feels like a daze now! We cant believe we have actually had 10 days together without one of us leaving for work!! Havent divorced yet either!
We leave tomorrow for France and are straight onto our tour from the plane for 13 days, so wont be able to post daily as I think our time is pretty well structured with lots of travel as we are doing the whole circumference of France - whew!
Yesterday we went to see Warwick castle- very different from the derelict ruins of Rochester castle we saw earlier. Warwick also housed one family for many generations and they have opened up all the rooms to the public to manage the cost of such a huge castle. It was great to see how they all lived and Graeme and Matt we roped in to being human mice on the trebuchet - which was a medieval seige engine.
They actually climbed inside it aand ran on the wheel to shoot out the concrete ball - the equivalent of a family car driving through a house at 60 m/p/h !!
We ladies of course sat and watched and drank hot chocolate as the wind was freezing!
Spent 4 hours there exploring then we returned home and played a giant version of Jenga in the back yard.
Another fantastic gourmet meal made by Matt our resident chef and into bed for us all.
Day 11 - 5th May
Saturday- our last full day here- bugger!
We all had great sleeps with feather pillows and duvets - such hardship!
Wandered up to Stratford upon Avon today, to Shakespeares birthplace and did a open bus tour to make us much more clever about its history! Old, old buildings in this town. Had another lovely day that cleared to warm sunshine - the forecast is for rain from tomorrow on, so we have timed it beautifully.
Had lunch in a lovely restaurant then wandered around the streets experiencing the atmosphere.
Here we are back at M & M's for "the last supper" and some drinks!! We have had such a wonderful time and have been well looked after- hope we get to return the favour one day.
Will write again from France when able. Can a Kiwi please tell me who got voted off Dancing with the stars this past week please?? I would be interested each week to know who gets the chop and who ultimately wins -ta very much!
8 comments:
Frank Bunce and Crystal got the chop this week. enjoy France John,Diane and Hannah.
it looks like you're having an awesome time!!!! enjoy france for me, Amy from french!
Diane- I cant believe Frank got the chop as I think there was an expectation after Norm Hewitt last time. Frank and Crystal actually seemed to have some serious chemistry going on too!
Bonjour Amy,
Your turn soon I hope- we are off to France today so au revoir and I need to re-read my notes when I get there.!!
Bonsoir mon ami (or something like that)!
Love Warwick it looked like you could have dressed in Medieval costumes and no one would bat an eyelid.
France will be delightful!!! (from a wine drinkers point of view!!) think of me when you drink some champagne from Champagne....
Make sure you post retrospectively we all now expect day by day analysis and run downs!!! hehehehe
Bon Voyage (that and ma cherie) are the extent of what I can remember from 4th form French!
Bon jour Wee Wee!!
He he - must be funny in France everytime someone says "wee" you must turn around thinking I am there calling your name!!
Just so you don't feel left out I just wanted to let you know you are invited to my 30th bash on the 26th May - so would really appreciate if you could fly back for that!! RSVP asap!!
Hope you are enjoying France and getting stuck into all those fried kermit legs and snail bits or whatever the french eat!! We did think of you guys this morning as we had crossiants for brekky tho!!
Will let you know who gets voted off tonight on DWTS - just hope Brendon is doing latin again tonight - really liking those tight lyrca numbers he wears - if you know what i mean!!
TTFN
Du Du xxxxxx
Hey you BP's (Beautiful People) sounds like you are giving kiwis a bad name!! Sarah rob and Lucy here. We had a great holiday but nothing like yours. Lucy is fab but we miss you!! Hope your french is perfect and not leading you astray. We will keep in touch. Thinking of you lots. xxx
BTW... still getting used to this posting bizzo and wondering why I always come up as anonymous and forget to put my name. That's me comment 4 re Warwick and Champagne (Cath) hehehe. I wasn't the knowledgeable mountain person though.... weird.
Paul Holmes got the boot last night! Tragic :)
Theres a digger over the paddock at the moment so you may arrive back to another house in the area!!!
Anyway happy travels
Cath
Hi Cath- yes warwick was pretty cool as was seeing Bath and Shakespeare birthplace.
Is the house being built at our place in the section up by you??
Du Du- how rude to have your 30th while I am on the other side of the world?!@!!! Have a great day - I will be spending my 40th wearing the HUGEST Ïm 40"badge ever made. Hope the Tuscans have a sense of humour! I havent eaten any froggie legs- but have parteken in a few heineckins since I arrived!!!
Harts- Hi guys, good to hear from you, hope you are able to get back into work and homelife after your trip to Oz!!
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