The best sign

Picture equals home!

It's not goodbye to the Blog its, Au revoir

There is no place like being home, Geelong has a bit of everything and the includes my family.

I'm so glad to be home and would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to either read one or possible all of my blog pages, look at the pictures and who have travelled along with me in my Europe 2012 adventures.

Thank you again and it has been an adventure of my life time (or for the period from 2012 to 2015 as I have dreams to be overseas in 2015, don't tell my family yet!).

Beautiful Geelong

Awe to be home and it's not teeming down rain, so good to walk the streets that I know without needing a map, to be able to cross the road looking left first and not get ran over for looking the wrong way!

I know in the coming weeks I will revisit my blog and photos and have thoughts and wishes of being overseas again. At this time home is the only place I want to be!

Beautiful children

Walking with the kids before dinner along the Geelong waterfront.

It's great to be home with family walking chatting and catching up with what has been happening at home while have been away.

Family time

Hanging with the kids and the slingshots were definitely a favorite with the boys and Calista fits into the GAP hoodie. Yeh!

The best sign I have seen

I'm so glad to be home, I could cry!

Its been a sensational trip of Europe, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris in that order and not forgetting Dubai.

To be able to travel opens your eyes to do much, I have met some strange, weird, fantastic, intriguing, engaging wonderful people, places and cities!

I would not change a thing.



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Last 8hours

I know I can do it but man am I pooped and my feet have swollen, I'm exhausted!

I fell asleep at the Dubai airport and woke to final boarding call for Melbourne flight, put on my backpack and in my stupa picked up the nice Japanese mans bag as well as he very politely advised, I had my bag ANSI had also picked up his! Oops.

Hugo movie

Watching Hugo on the plane hone just for one more look at Paris!

It's time to go home

What a sensational holiday but it's time and I'm ready to go home, I'm tired and miss my husband and children.

It's a grawling 24 hr flight, Paris to Dubai 8hrs, Dubai to KL 8hrs and KL to Melb 8hrs with est arrival of 1am or so!

Thanks Ross for agreeing to pick me up at 2am or so, promise to be a zombie when I get off the plane.

Easy shuttle bus

After a quick stroll to Opera find the bus stop with the same logo and sit and wait and for the 10 euro dropped to the door of the airport! Perfect.

Goodbye Paris

It's been a blast, one of my favorite city's to travel to. The people were fantastic, the food was delightful, the history and culture was totally engrossing I could not look away or get enough!

Oh until we meet again, next time it will be with Ross and my fabulous children and hopefully before I hit retirement age!

Bowling movie????

It's a Shane this starts after I get home, was so hoping to go with Dotti, Bibi and Tom to watch it!

This poster was everywhere!

The way back to the apartment in Paris

This shop was the best indicates its time to turn to head towards the apartment, rain hale or shine it showed us the way!

I'm not sure if I ever remember seeing it open!

Pretty gardens in Versailles

We walk and were the perfect tourists, clicking away with our cameras and phone cameras, wondering through making fun of the naked statues as the mature adults we are.

The Hall of Mirrors Verasilles

Grand views of the garden reflections of the people wondering through the volume of the many languages as tourist admire and discuss the room, with the art wort mirrors and fantastically perfectly manicured gardens, it's a lot to take in!

Girls just wanna have fun!

Hanging out looking at the sights. Big day of walking, the metro, photos, baguettes and looking up!

Chateau de versailles this is a place of vision, dreams, endless vision and determination to see something evolve into a chateau of dreams.

De planes !

Flying over the city of Paris, planes for the military parade for Bastille day!

Independence day in Paris 14 July 2012

Sitting have breakfast with friends, the parade has started and the jets are flying past with the colours of the French flag.

So where we're you on 14/07/2012? Not sure? Well I was in Paris France.

Big omelette

So, anglaise breakfast, orange juice, coffee, omelette and toast with butter. It did the job and got the say started.

We are off to vassillies.

Cute Couple

Awweeee look they are holding hands aren't they sweet as they walk the streets just out of Paris!

Chateau Versailles

The rooms spin you around in gigantic circles as you turn and turn again to look at the details that has been displayed in each room for the families that lived here in the past.

Notre dame

This cathedral began being build in around 1163 and took nearly 200 years to finish, it is gothic and eerier at night but no less beautiful, the French have a lot tone prows of.

Paris apartment

Thanks Bibi, Dotti and Tom for letting me tag (or boss you around the tourist sites) around Paris, great location for accomodation, just off ravioli st! He he he.

Gardens Verasilles

Pretty hey? And it's such a small part of this grand estate.

Dinner time in gay Paris

What a sensation dinner in the very well known gay area if Paris, the streets were alive, the food was amazing, I want more but a long way from Australia for curry!

Thanks for a fabo night out!

Paris baby

I'm here oh M G! This is real, need a chocolate crepe to make it feel real!

Here she is the awe striking beauty.

The Eiffel Tower

Nice wheels

A little extravagant but I'm ok with the ride! Wonder if my suitcase will fit in?

Kids ?!?!

Put the goose down! Why are children mean to animals?

And how long did he hold this pose for the artist to create the marble statute?

Art creates more questions than answers!

Art and Paris

The louvre holds some if the most talked about art in the world. Now 2 guesses what she is called?

Why do the always loose there arms?

Patisserie

The French know how to make shinny food.

Baguette

Yummy and easy for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

The SHIM

I here you say, what is a SHIM it's a she/he, yes you heard right! A boy and girl, feminine body and male bits!

The birds are coming..

So quiet in the gardens. Perfect to be walking the streets. Time to see the sights.

Inside the louvre

This is the biggest museum i have walked through.

Oui oui Paris

Bonjour Paris even on this fine summers day! Amoré France!

The Powers of force

I think I'm getting a message, it's summer in Paris and its still grey, what an sensational sky!

Looking up is always a surprise

So every time you look up in Paris, there is something amazing new and really really old!

Ice

Calista a shop for just ice watches in Paris !

Whaaaa hoooo the louvre

Amazing. I love the French they know how to build stuff!!!!

This is so big im so in awe, I wish everyone could experience this place!

Thalys is the best

This was the easiest and nicest way to travel! Free wifi, skyped with the family, was feed breaky and coffee, best 3 hrs from Amsterdam to Paris by fast train.

Train breaky

You have to travel on the Thalys great service, comfort and a quick 3 he's from Amsterdam to Paris. With food.

Snack time

Oh how I'm loving this express fast train!

Hello and goodbye Brussels

Not a great photo but looked like a nice city, maybe next time bring on Paris !

That's a serious suit!

Wow he is rocking this white linen suit for a thursday morning, you go dude, go!

Beer break

So last of the tours in Amsterdam, that deserves a break! Fabo little pub on the corner with out door seats wrapped around the building with cushions in the sun.

Anne frank

This is something everyone should do but do pre book your tickets online (thanks Megsy), I walked straight in, no waiting. The cue to buy tickets wrapped around the building and 1:30hrs wait at the minimum.

Long wait

The line foe Anne frank house, has gone around the front of the house and all the way along the church and it's 3:30 pm, it closes at 6pm!

More books

Oh my Emirates is not going to like me! I have read 1 book and now bought 3 more, lucky it's winter when I get home I will have to wear all my clothes to fit all the stuff I have bought home!

More cute streets in Amsterdam

I'll say it again lovin the walks up and down the streets here.

Has to be good

It's gotta be good coffee it's it's named Kimbo!