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22 October 2003
Above: Castle Cornet at St Peter Port, Guernsey. We got David to drop us in St Peter Port this morning to have another wander. We started at the La Vallette underground military museum, which covers the island’s military history during World War One and the German Occupation of the island from 1940 to 1945 during […]
21 October 2003
We had a lazy start and left home, driven by David, around 1130. We headed out towards the south-western tip of the island before driving along the southern main road towards the east to Torteval, St Martin’s and back to St Peter Port. We stopped at various points of interest at various points, for photos […]
20 October 2003
Above: At Ely Cathedral. Short trip to Ely We had spent all of yesterday with family, in Norwich and in Kings Lynn. Today, we have a good chunk of the day to kill before our evening departure to Guernsey at 1840 tonight, to visit my other sister. Mike lent us his car so we could […]
18 October 2003
Today we did an excursion to Norfolk Broads. It took about 1h15 to reach there from Downham Market and one there, we rented a boat. Kim did a marvellous job navigating the boat in the canals which were speed-restricted to 5 mph. We stopped for a cuppa tea at a pub, then ate lunch on […]
17 October 2003
Kim’s parents, Pat and Fiona, came to Downham Market today and we had an outing together to Duxford which is famous for its aviation museum, officially known as the Duxford Imperial War Museum. The journey took over an hour and we arrived before lunchtime, so we grabbed lunch before having a good wander around the […]
16 October 2003
Leaving Spain Our Spanish adventure finishes today and we head back to London and then to Downham Market in Norfolk. We have part of the morning free before our 1300 flight to London Heathrow. We settled our bill with the hostal before breakfast. They accept cash or card, so I thought I’d check if they […]
15 October 2003
Lazy sightseeing We repeated our breakfast at Museo de Jamon. My breakfast drink of hot chocolate was a delicious thick drink of the consistency of pea soup or warmed up chocolate mousse. I had expected something like in Argentina where they give you a chocolate bar to dissolve into hot milk. After breakfast, we walked […]
14 October 2003
Breakfast With the late night yesterday, we had a late start waking up around 09090. We popped over to a chain outlet called Museo de Jamon for a cheap breakfast. There were lots of whole ham legs hanging from the ceiling, some still oozing. They range from EUR7 to 45 per kg. When cut they […]
13 October 2003
Sights of Granada We have a night flight to Madrid and have most of the day available to us here in Granada. We started with breakfast at Pans & Company, a sandwich chain somewhat like Subway but better bread. We had a slow start because Kim had trouble sleeping last night. Walking to the cathedral […]
12 October 2003
Going to Alhambra Today could be considered the highlight of our trip to Spain as we will visit Alhambra, the Moorish palace and fortress complex. After breakfast, we bought a sandwich to take along for the uphill hike to Alhambra. We entered through the wrong entrance which gave access to the free-of-charge areas. As we […]