i flew to London from France to meet the whanau for the first stop in our adventure, It felt so strange to see them after being separated for 10 months it seriously felt completely unreal.
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| Kate's wonderful sign |
We Spent the first few days in London exploring the town, shopping, visiting the royal palace, going on bus and boat tours and also went to the very famous musical of Billy Elliot. Just doing all the touristy things.. whilst i was in London i spotted a really small baby and i turned to look at its little face i saw that it wasn't a baby but a baby chimpanzee dressed in clothes with a hat in a front pack of a man.... Can you believe it? it was so so funny Kate and i ran after it so we could get another look, i could not believe my eyes.
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| With the cute little telephone booths |
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| At a Lookout |
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| Big Ben |
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| first night of being together |
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| Bus tour |
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| On the boat tour of London |
Second stop was Paris where we visited the Eiffel tower and all of Paris beautiful sights and all the famous land marks we also enjoyed a fun and adventurous day at Disneyland.... Mum even went on some of the roller coasters! in which we were all very proud of her. We also got to spend some time with Line, a lady that mum and dad used to know when she was a little girl in their time when they lived in France. Paris is such a beautiful city, Especially at Christmas time with all the Markets and Christmas lights and decorations around the city.
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| Christmas markets in Paris |
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| On the Teacup ride |
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| Disneyland castle |
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| Le Louvre |
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| Enjoying a day in Paris |
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| On Top Of the Eiffel Tower |
Third stop was Bourg-en-bresse, the town where my parents used to live 26 years ago.... During our stay we visited a midi evil town and even got to visit a beautiful town in the Alps. Our stay in Bour-en-bresse involved a lot of food and wine... and when i say alot i really mean enough food to feed a small army. It was really nice to be able to see the town my parents lived in and to see where dad played rugby and to meet all their friends. And what lovely friends they have..
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| In The alps |
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| In Perouge |
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| At The Bar |
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| drinking Cidre in Perouge |
Forth stop was Barcelona where we finally got to take scarfs and jackets off and enjoy a bit of sunshine. It wasn't too hot maybe 18 degrees but a lot warmer then France. We spent our two days in Spain sight seeing, shopping and going on bus tours. Barcelona is a huge city with such amazing buildings.
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| A Castle in Barcelona |
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| Eating Paelle on the waterfront in Barcelona |
Fifth and final stop was La Fleche, i was nice to be able to show the family where i have been spending my days for the past year however it did feel unbelievably strange. we visited La fleche and stayed in a pretty impressive Castle that was owned by a Rotarian's in my Rotary club. My family got to meet all my host families at a rotary dinner and during the weekend we had meals at some of their houses. We visited Le Mans and my family got to meet my lovely friend Ellie Prior. And we visited Angers and went to see a cathedral and a big castle and more CHristmas markets.... it was a nice quiet end to our trip together...
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| Christmas markets |
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| the castle we visited |
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| The castle we stayed in |
When my family left it felt so so strange, because i had only just got them back. I must admit that i miss them even more now after i've seen them but thats okay because i will be back home now in just under 4 weeks... se i will write very soon and i hope you are all having a wonderful day. sorry that this post took a while to come! xx
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