Dad (H) See you laters!

DadG Hi P&D, Hope you're both still having a great time and making the most of the adventure! Thanks for the postcard, Philip: the one you posted in Berlin on 11th July arrived yesterday - 26th July !!! Efficient postal system or what? :o( It was really good to hear from you as well as following your exploits on this web site. Looking forward to seeing loads of photos and hearing your stories when you're back! Take care both! Love, DadG.

Schmelon! somone has rudely stolen my name!! so i've had to put my name down as Schmelon (much to Debbi's pleasure, i'm sure!) wowzers!! sounds like you're having an awesome time guys!! well better than just sat around at home, by the computer, despite having sun outside, like myself (can you tell i'm part of the 'not so cool' crew?! ;) ). Me Sorcha and Ben have booked an interrail for after results going round eastern europe now...so im tres looking forward to that! :) overtime at Boots is required, so im working monday-friday for the next 2 and 1/2 weeks....so i may be a tired Schmelon by the time i next see you!! ...and i want some of that ice cream you raved about! i have a feeling Czech Repulic is on our intinerary....ooo a day of ice cream..a plan! :) and come home soon please so we can go PARTYING dammit i've done next to nothing since you've gone away!!!!!!!! how are the partying places over in le Europe?! and are you uber tanned yet? that is all :)....speak to you both sooooon, muchos love :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

harry hey deb looks like u having a great time, luckly u. went to angelc a couple of days ago was really hot, lots of swimmingt done lol. when do u get back? bring me baack somthin. see u soon

Emily Helooo. Just emailed u but still felt i should leave a msg on here. Thanks 4 the postcards, even if they are making me increasingly jealous! Erm yeh its all in the email...

not so big sis hey lil bro and Debbi sounds like you're having an awesome time! well i survived my 3 years at uni and graduated in style last week, finally i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee!!! god it feels good! (not that there's anything bad about uni for all you going off in september!) anyways thanks for the postcard we're off to Wales to see the sheep on saturday. hope you're both ok the weather here is rediculously hot n we are all suffering. look forward to seeing you soon. big sister Ceri x

The amazing boyfriend Halo Phil and Debs! jus in tenerife chillin in a internet cafe. sorry i havnt been in touch but iv ran out of credit so i havent bin able 2 talk 2 any1. i hope u r both alrite and ok. btw phil have u realised hgow much debbi moans yet? :) lol the pics are wikid and thanx 4 sendin me th pic of th brandenburg gate (altho it was at half 4 in the mornin!) hopefully speak 2 u soon

grannyh Lovely surprise to hear your voice on the phone. Glad all is going well and you've not run out of money. Just had a super meal here courtesy of your mum and dad. Nice for me to see Jonathon on his birthday. Really enjoyed reading your journals and learning all about where you are. Go on taking care. All my love, Granny xx

mr william s yeates esquire i'm so incredibly jealous. i might cry. its 04.05 in the morning and the sun is coming up outside, i've just finished a ten hour bar shift. not realy mentally tired, just physically. anyway, back to being jealous, yes, you may have inspred me to go to switzerland at the start of september. i have two or three weeks to do something, and may go somewhere. it sounds amazing. just amazing. email me if you need a tip. if you go to croatia, go to the islands on the boat from dubrovnik. if you go to hungary, go for a walk along the danube in budapest when the sun comes up. if you get to italy. go to sorrento and do the amalfi coast and mt vesuvius. if you get to spain, you might as well go to morocco... anyway, i really really really should go to bed. my body clock is messed. night/morning xx anyhoo i have to get up for work again in 26 hours time. must go to bed love you both... a lot. x

Akram Hmm....you claim you're in Switzerland, but your map thingy says you guys are in Italy.....hmm either i'm blind(most likely) or someone is telling porkies!!! I bet you guys jumped in the lake at Interlaken for a quick swim to find out it was freezing? no? oh then that was just me.......i've enclosed a picture for you guys to give you some laughter. enjoy(http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=main/7/19509315188.jpg&s=f10) see y'all soon. Akram

HELEN Heyhey! Hope the holiday is still going well and that you've not killed each other yet! I'v just flown home from San Diego..i want to go back!! America was amazing.....A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! I managed to take nearly 1000mb worth of photos or something, so i hope yours will rival them!! Anyway, hope you're both having an amazing fantabulous time! I would go into details of my hols but i would probably run out of space..so i'l just synopsise it for you....San Francisco....VERY hilly, VERY foggy!! (So foggy we never saw the golden gate bridge, even when we rode across it on bikes!!) Las Vegas...like a huge blackpool in a desert! Very cheesy, very tacky - although i suppose you have to admire it at night! Oh and we even had a fatal shooting outside the hotel!! Yosimete...awesome, words can't describe it. Death Valley - the name sums it up!! You know the saying "Only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun"?? 114 degrees F at 10 o clock at night...hmmm. Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon...amazing! Although it rained in bryce..and we couldn't really see the rocks...and it was thunder and lightning in GC..and we happened to be on an 8 mile walk. We got wet. We had bright yellow ponchos though!!! Only after we left there did we get told it was monsoon season!!! LA was so so...the walk of fame was slightly pathetic really! Although the first name we saw was Englebert Humperdink or something!! Newport looked nothing like in the OC, was very disappointed! And san diego was amazing, very cool beaches..and it has sea world and the zoo!! Went to sea world and saw shamu the whale, and fed dolphins (they smile, so cute!!) Was extremely unhappy though because the penguin encounter was closed - they told us the refridgeration had broken!!! And there you have it - a mini essay on my american life! So if you even manage to get to the end of here then A) well done and B) enjoy the rest of your trip!! Keep me posted!! Helen xx Anyway...

Debbi's lil bro Jonny Hi Debs and Phil. Debbi hope you havnt 4got me afta all u r havin such a gr8 time. Hope the atmosphere was gd @ the world cupfinal. Soz didn't c u on the telly. Shame the Italians won tho i dont think they deserved it. Have a great time at James Blunt make sure you crowd surf. I got ur 1st postcard today and i am expecting more! lol. Speak 2 u soon Loads a lv Jon (ur little bro) xxx

DadG Hi you two, Glad you're OK and having fun! Also glad you're being real travellers and "sleeping" on the trains, not swanning around in hotels all the time. Hope the World Cup final atmosphere was awesome - trust you found a big screen setup somewhere? Have a better night's sleep on the bunks tonight and have a great time at the concert tomorrow - Take Care! DadG.

Dad Hi Debs & Phil/Mike!! It was good to hear from you on Sunday. Even better news is I won the office sweepstake for the world cup! Don't forget everything I taught you about German. "Meine arme sind zehn centimetre langer geworden". It's one of those really useful phrases that will impress the natives! Very concerned by your friends messages. None of them can spell and I thought Sale Grammar was supposed to be one of the better schools. Where you off to next? Big "D".

Katy hello strangers, still wishing we were with u!! lol, doesnt sound like uv escapes the British weather tho!! lol, we're distinctly lacking party animals here tho so enjoy ur trip and then get ur arses home to party!! :) :) lol, Berlin at the moment im guessing!! well dnt know where next but hope ur loving it!! o btw lil tip, sleepin on trains = close eyes and dream of far away places!! :P missing u both!! xxx