Getting really excited not long to go. Roll on Monday 11th May.

 

    Hi Every One here is my first update. We started off on Monday night at Dover we arrived the usual two hours before our sailing and they asked us if we would like to go on the earlier sail but instead of  going to Calais it was going to Dunkirk no problem to us. A very uneventful crossing which was good. We then made our way to Reims travelling through the night, it was quite surreal driving about Reims whilst everybody else was sleeping. We had a snooze in the car for a few hours then approached the hotel and pleaded our case about being put on an earlier ferry, they let us into our room, quite quirky as the photo shows. We then set off round Reims and |I have to say I was most impressed it is a beautiful city and the architecture is simply stunning. We paid a visit to the cathedral and it is well worth a visit, very serene and the colours of the stained glass windows are something to behold. I would happily return to Reims and the hotel was in a fabulous location, good hotel lovely and clean, rubbish Wifi reception. The top photo is in the centre of Reims and it is treated as a roundabout the best looking roundabout I've come across, it appears to be a golden angel. It's called The Glory. The other photo of me sitting at the water orb is just situated in the shopping area. They have the most amazing statues. Today we travelled on to Geneva it was a bit of a journey approx. 6 hours which included stopping for lunch and ice creams. Thank god for air conditioning as it was 30 degrees. I'm sure Arthur really appreciated my music discs that I had made for our road trip those of you who know me will no doubt know how important my music is to me. We arrived at the hotel to be met by two of the friendliest receptionists I have ever come across. They upgraded us and the room is fabulous they also gave me complimentary transport passes for everything in Geneva. We went off earlier and walked for miles we will go to Lake Geneva tomorrow and go for a sail on a boat. Will update tomorrow night. Cheers xx

 

Thursday 14th May. Geneva

Very impressed with the city, lots of fabulous buildings to see. We made great  use of our transport tickets today it is a really good system, trams go all over the city and you just jump on and off they also allow you to use them on the water buses which we did several times it meant that we went to all different parts of the lake. The bottom picture is a fountain in the lake which reaches 500 feet it's quite spectacular. We also visited the beach the marina, unfortunately it is the holiday of ascension which meant that everywhere was closed. I'm sure Arthur phoned ahead and arranged it. All these fabulous shops and I couldn't get into them. Boohoo. Had a great time in Geneva well worth a visit. Tomorrow Parma Ciao.