Well, we have been home a week now, jet lag is still hanging on a little but otherwise we are back into our home and work routines. The flight home was pretty normal – long and tiring – and we hit Sydney Airport at 05:00 last Saturday. Erin was very kind to […]
Our last day was spent in London Town as our flight was not leaving until 22:15 – just in time to miss the Royal Wedding ! The hotel where we were staying, Arran House, was happy to hold our bags for the day and let us come back and “freshen […]
With our mission coming to an end, we had the day in London today and spent a fair bit of the day at the Imperial War Museum. It is a bit like the war memorial in Canberra and has extensive displays on both world wars plus the conflicts since 1945. […]
At breakfast this morning we had further fun with the language. As we entered the restaurant, the waitress asked “Australi ?” We said yes and she started to direct us back out of the room, in front of the bar and into another room which we noticed had a number […]
The alarm sounded at 02:50 and we roused ourselves quickly to get to the Australian Memorial at Villers Bretonneux by the time the site opened at 03:30 for the Dawn Service. As we walked down the corridor of the hotel, others were also making their way and as we headed […]
